title: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
text: # Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
  
  The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal.
  
  U.S. victory over East German dopers who received state support from the Soviet Bloc is often considered the greatest upset in swimming history. East Germans swept most of the other medals and even finished first and second in the women's 100m freestyle event while the US didn't win a medal.
  
  ## Heats
  
  Heat 1
  
  | Place | Swimmers | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jill Sterkel, Wendy Boglioli, Jennifer Hooker, Kim Peyton (USA) | 3:50.27 |
  | 2 | Ineke Ran, Linda Faber, Annelies Maas, Enith Brigitha (NED) | 3:53.40 |
  | 3 | Guylaine Berger, Sylvie Le Noach, Caroline Carpentier, Chantal Schertz (FRA) | 3:56.89 |
  | 4 | Pia Mårtensson, Ylva Persson, Gunilla Lundberg, Ida Hansson (SWE) | 3:57.48 |
  | 5 | Jutta Weber, Gudrun Beckmann, Regina Nissen, Marion Platten (FRG) | 3:58.09 |
  | 6 | Anne Richard, Carine Verbauwen, Chantal Grimard, Geert Boekhout (BEL) | 4:00.35 |
  | 7 | Vania Vázquez, Ivis Poleo, Marianela Huen, María Pérez (VEN) | 4:12.81 |
  
  Heat 2
  
  | Place | Swimmers | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kornelia Ender, Petra Priemer, Andrea Pollack, Claudia Hempel (GDR) | 3:48.95 |
  | 2 | Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Debbie Clarke, Anne Jardin (CAN) | 3:49.69 |
  | 3 | Lyubov Kobzova, Irina Vlasova, Marina Klyuchnikova, Larisa Tsaryova (URS) | 3:53.67 |
  | 4 | Jenny Tate, Lesleigh Harvey, Tracey Wickham, Drue Le Guier (AUS) | 3:58.87 |
  | 5 | Debbie Hill, Ann Bradshaw, Susan Edmondson, Elaine Gray (GBR) | 4:00.97 |
  | 6 | Susana Coppo, Patricia Spohn, Claudia Bellotto, Rossana Juncos (ARG) | 4:14.57 |
  | 7 | Diana Hatler, Angela López, María Mock, Jane Fayer (PUR) | 4:18.40 |
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Final | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | United States Kim Peyton Wendy Boglioli Jill Sterkel Shirley Babashoff (Jennifer Hooker) | 3:44.82 56.95 55.81 55.78 56.28 |
  | | East Germany Kornelia Ender Petra Priemer Andrea Pollack Claudia Hempel | 3:45.50 55.79 56.16 56.99 56.56 |
  | | Canada Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Becky Smith Anne Jardin | 3:48.81 57.60 57.05 57.13 57.03 |
  | 4. | Netherlands Ineke Ran Linda Faber Annelies Maas Enith Brigitha | 3:51.67 58.86 59.42 57.48 55.91 |
  | 5. | Soviet Union Lyubov Kobzova Irina Vlasova Marina Kliyuchnikova Larisa Tsaryova | 3:52.69 58.07 58.58 58.57 57.47 |
  | 6. | France Guylaine Berger Sylvie Le Noach Caroline Carpentier Chantal Schertz | 3:56.73 58.99 58.76 59.82 59.16 |
  | 7. | Sweden Pia Mårtensson Ylva Persson Diana Olsson Ida Hansson | 3:57.25 59.06 59.06 59.76 58.86 |
  | 8. | West Germany Jutta Weber Marion Platten Regina Nissen Beate Jasch | 3:58.33 58.02 59.35 1:00.59 1:00.37 |
  