Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
Petra Thümer  East Germany Shirley Babashoff  United States Shannon Smith  Canada

Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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 Women's 400 metre Freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 July.

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Petra Thümer (GDR)	4:09.89 WR
	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	4:10.46
	Shannon Smith (CAN)	4:14.60
4.	Rebecca Perrott (NZL)	4:14.76
5.	Kathy Heddy (USA)	4:15.50
6.	Brenda Borgh (USA)	4:17.43
7.	Annelies Maas (NED)	4:17.44
8.	Sabine Kahle (GDR)	4:20.42

References

• Official Olympic Report