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Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:
Women's 100 metres Freestyle
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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 18, 1976
Date Finished: July 19, 1976
| Gold: |  Kornelia Ender |
| Silver: | Petra Priemer |
| Bronze: |  Enith Brigitha |
Summary
Kornelia Ender had won this event at the 1973 and 1975 World Championships, and had set nine world records in the 100 freestyle since the Munich Olympics. She came into Montréal as the prohibitive favorite and would not disappoint. Her winning time was her 10th consecutive world record in the event, finishing in 55.65, and was the fifth time she had bettered 56 seconds, the only woman to do so at this time. Behind her for silver was her teammates Petra Priemer followed by the Netherlands’ Enith Brigitha, making Brigitha the first black swimmer to win an Olympic medal. Three American women made the final, placing 4-5-7.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kornelia Ender | 17 | East Germany | GDR | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Petra Priemer | 15 | East Germany | GDR | Silver | |
| 3 | Enith Brigitha | 21 | Netherlands | NED | Bronze | |
| 4 | Kim Peyton | 19 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 | Shirley Babashoff | 19 | United States | USA | ||
| 6 | Claudia Hempel | 17 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 7 | Jill Sterkel | 15 | United States | USA | ||
| 8 | Jutta Weber | 22 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | Barbara Clark | 17 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Gail Amundrud | 19 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Rebecca Perrott | 15 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Anne Jardin | 16 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Ineke Ran | 14 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Lene Jenssen | 19 | Norway | NOR | ||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | Guylaine Berger | 20 | France | FRA | ||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | Jenny Tate | 16 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | Pia Mårtensson | 17 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | Sachiko Yamazaki | 14 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Irina Vlasova | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 3 h4 r1/3 | Susan Edmondson | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h7 r1/3 | Lyubov Kobzova | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | Ida Hansson | 18 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Regina Nissen | 15 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Elaine Gray | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Berber Kamstra | 16 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | Marina Klyuchnikova | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | Drue Le Guier | 17 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 4 h7 r1/3 | Anne Richard | 16 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Shelley Cramer | 14 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Lesleigh Harvey | 15 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Ivis Poleo | 13 | Venezuela | VEN | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Geert Boekhout | 18 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Rachaniw Bulakul | 13 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | Beate Jasch | 17 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 5 h7 r1/3 | Diana Olsson | 18 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Myriam Mizouni | 17 | Tunisia | TUN | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | Deirdre Sheehan | 18 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Karen Robertson | 14 | Hong Kong | HKG | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | Marianela Huen | 16 | Venezuela | VEN | ||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | Rossana Juncos | 18 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | María París | 15 | Costa Rica | CRC | ||
| 6 h7 r1/3 | Susana Coppo | 16 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | Vilborg Sverrisdóttir | 19 | Iceland | ISL | ||
| 7 h4 r1/3 | Georgina Osorio | 17 | Panama | PAN | ||
| 7 h7 r1/3 | Jane Fayer | 17 | Puerto Rico | PUR |
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