Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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 100 metre Backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal.

Semi finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Ulrike Richter	GDR	1:02.39 # OR
2	Birgit Treiber	GDR	1:04.21 #
3	Cheryl Gibson	CAN	1:04.89 #
4	Klavdia Studennikova	URS	1:05.73
5	Linda Jezek	USA	1:06.01
6	Michelle De Vries	AUS	1:06.02
7	Tauna Vandeweghe	USA	1:06.29
8	Glenda Robertson	AUS	1:06.93

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Nancy Garapick	CAN	1:03.75 #
2	Antje Stille	GDR	1:03.94 #
3	Wendy Hogg	CAN	1:04.17 #
4	Enith Brigitha	NED	1:05.21 #
5	Nadiya Stavko	URS	1:05.23 #
6	Diane Edelijn	NED	1:05.58
7	Heike John	FRG	1:06.26
8	Yoshimi Nishigawa	JPN	1:06.46

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Ulrike Richter	GDR	1:01.83 OR
	Birgit Treiber	GDR	1:03.41
	Nancy Garapick	CAN	1:03.71
4	Wendy Hogg	CAN	1:03.93
5	Cheryl Gibson	CAN	1:05.16
6	Nadiya Stavko	URS	1:05.19
7	Antje Stille	GDR	1:05.30
8	Diane Edelijn	NED	1:05.53