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Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:

Women's 400 metres Freestyle Round One

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 20, 1976
Date Finished: July 20, 1976
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Gold: GDR Petra Thümer
Silver: USA Shirley Babashoff
Bronze: CAN Shannon Smith

Round One Heat One

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Rebecca Perrott 15 New Zealand NZL 4:15.71 QU/OR
2 Regina Jäger 15 East Germany GDR 4:20.05
3 Tracey Wickham 13 Australia AUS 4:24.44
4 Carine Verbauwen 14 Belgium BEL 4:26.27
5 María Pérez 13 Venezuela VEN 4:38.93
6 María París 15 Costa Rica CRC 4:40.35
7 Vilborg Sverrisdóttir 19 Iceland ISL 4:48.28

Round One Heat Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Brenda Borgh 15 United States USA 4:17.20 QU
2 Wendy Quirk 17 Canada CAN 4:19.69
3 Wendy Lee 15 Canada CAN 4:20.16
4 Laura Bortolotti 16 Italy ITA 4:29.71
5 Antonia Real 12 Spain ESP 4:30.37
6 Fernanda Pérez 15 Colombia COL 4:45.73
7 Karen Robertson 14 Hong Kong HKG 5:03.90

Round One Heat Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Annelies Maas 16 Netherlands NED 4:17.16 QU
2 Kathy Heddy 18 United States USA 4:19.34 QU
3 Susan Barnard 15 Great Britain GBR 4:30.05
4 Maria Guimarães 17 Brazil BRA 4:32.63
5 Linda Faber 16 Netherlands NED 4:36.98
6 Susana Coppo 16 Argentina ARG 4:57.41

Round One Heat Four

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Shirley Babashoff 19 United States USA 4:16.07 QU
2 Shannon Smith 14 Canada CAN 4:16.70 QU
3 Sabine Kahle 17 East Germany GDR 4:19.34 QU
4 Irina Vlasova 19 Soviet Union URS 4:21.19
5 Rachaniw Bulakul 13 Thailand THA 4:32.98
6 Susan Edmondson 20 Great Britain GBR 4:33.33
7 Diana Hatler 12 Puerto Rico PUR 4:49.73

Round One Heat Five

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Petra Thümer 15 East Germany GDR 4:17.20 QU
2 Rosemary Milgate 17 Australia AUS 4:21.20
3 Jenny Turrall 16 Australia AUS 4:21.33
4 Allison Calder 16 New Zealand NZL 4:23.64
5 Eleonora Pandini 16 Italy ITA 4:34.69
6 Myriam Mizouni 17 Tunisia TUN 4:43.11
7 Georgina Osorio 17 Panama PAN 4:49.80