Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad |
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| Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The final of the Women's 800 metre Freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held on July 25, 1976 in Montreal, after the preliminary heats on July 24, 1976.
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Results [edit]
Final [edit]
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
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 Petra Thümer (GDR) |
8:37.14 WR |
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 Shirley Babashoff (USA) |
8:37.59 |
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Wendy Weinberg (USA) |
8:42.60 |
| 4. |  Rosemary Milgate (AUS) |
8:47.21 |
| 5. | Nicole Kramer (USA) |
8:47.33 |
| 6. |  Shannon Smith (CAN) |
8:48.15 |
| 7. | Regina Jäger (GDR) |
8:50.40 |
| 8. | Jennifer Turrall (AUS) |
8:52.88 |
Qualifying Heats [edit]
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
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| 1. | Nicole Kramer (USA) |
8:46.81 |
| 2. | Shannon Smith (CAN) |
8:52.66 |
| 3. | Lisa Geary (CAN) |
8:56.49 |
| 4. |  Allison Calder (NZL) |
8:57.24 |
| 5. |  Carine Verbauwen (BEL) |
8:57.31 |
| 6. |  Laura Bortolotti (ITA) |
9:00.16 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
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| 1. | Petra Thümer (GDR) |
8:46.58 |
| 2. | Regina Jäger (GDR) |
8:49.19 |
| 3. | Beth Weinberg (USA) |
8:49.78 |
| 4. | Wendy Quirk (CAN) |
8:53.93 |
| 5. | Eleonora Pandini (ITA) |
9:12.47 |
| 6. |  Fernanda Pérez (COL) |
9:36.10 |
| — |  Maria Guimarães (BRA) |
DSQ |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
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| 1. | Shirley Babashoff (USA) |
8:47.74 |
| 2. | Jennifer Turrall (AUS) |
8:51.41 |
| 3. | Rosemary Milgate (AUS) |
8:53.65 |
| 4. |  Annelies Maas (NED) |
8:57.38 |
| 5. | Tracey Wickham (AUS) |
9:01.93 |
| 6. |  Antonia Real (ESP) |
9:07.24 |
| 7. |  Diana Hatler (PUR) |
9:43.51 |
References [edit]
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