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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 19, 1976
Date Finished: July 19, 1976
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Andrea Pollack |
| Silver: | Ulrike Tauber |
| Bronze: | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Moe-Thornton | 23 | United States | USA | 2:14.53 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Becky Smith | 17 | Canada | CAN | 2:15.79 | |
| 3 | Judith Hudson | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:18.12 | |
| 4 | Gunilla Andersson | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 2:22.04 | |
| 5 | María Mock | 18 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 2:23.71 | |
| 6 | Rosemary Ribeiro | 18 | Brazil | BRA | 2:23.79 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamara Shelofastova | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:14.39 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Donnalee Wennerstrom | 16 | United States | USA | 2:15.56 | |
| 3 | Linda Hanel | 14 | Australia | AUS | 2:17.66 | |
| 4 | Beate Jasch | 17 | West Germany | FRG | 2:19.19 | |
| 5 | Joanne Atkinson | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:21.23 | |
| 6 | Miriam Hopkins | 15 | Ireland | IRL | 2:24.96 | |
| 7 | Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir | 15 | Iceland | ISL | 2:29.22 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Pollack | 15 | East Germany | GDR | 2:11.56 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Nataliya Popova | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:14.65 | QU |
| 3 | Lynne Rowe | 18 | New Zealand | NZL | 2:17.89 | |
| 4 | Yasue Hatsuda | 16 | Japan | JPN | 2:18.03 | |
| 5 | Anne Adams | 16 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:22.62 | |
| 6 | Chantal Grimard | 16 | Belgium | BEL | 2:26.04 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrike Tauber | 18 | East Germany | GDR | 2:13.50 | QU |
| 2 | Wendy Quirk | 17 | Canada | CAN | 2:14.30 | QU |
| 3 | Cheryl Gibson | 16 | Canada | CAN | 2:14.65 | QU |
| 4 | Donatella Talpo-Schiavon | 19 | Italy | ITA | 2:21.88 | |
| 5 | María París | 15 | Costa Rica | CRC | 2:23.52 | |
| 6 | María Hung | 16 | Venezuela | VEN | 2:23.64 | |
| 7 | Jane Alexander | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:26.61 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 2:12.93 | QU |
| 2 | Camille Wright | 21 | United States | USA | 2:14.77 | |
| 3 | Michelle Ford | 14 | Australia | AUS | 2:18.24 | |
| 4 | Kuniko Banno | 19 | Japan | JPN | 2:21.68 | |
| 5 | José Damen | 16 | Netherlands | NED | 2:21.73 | |
| 6 | Rossana Juncos | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 2:28.81 |