Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Ulrike Tauber East Germany 4:42.77
2 Cheryl Gibson Canada 4:48.10
3 Becky Smith Canada 4:50.48
4 Birgit Treiber East Germany 4:52.40
5 Sabine Kahle East Germany 4:53.50
6 Donnalee Wennerstrom United States 4:55.34
7 Joann Baker Canada 5:00.19
8 Monique Rodahl New Zealand 5:00.21
Results -- Final
The women's 400 metre individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal on 24 July. All swimmers in the final would have won the 1972 final in this event. Ulrike Tauber won in a new world record time.