Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
# Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal.

## Heats

Heat 1

| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Camille Wright, Shirley Babashoff, LeLei Fonoimoana, Wendy Boglioli (USA) | 4:20.87 | |
| 2 | Michelle de Vries, Judith Hudson, Linda Hanel, Jenny Tate (AUS) | 4:26.07 | |
| 3 | Silvia Fontana, Rosa Estiarte, Magda Camps, Montserrat Majo (ESP) | 4:38.42 | |
| 4 | Diana Hatler, Angela López, María Mock, Jane Fayer (PUR) | 4:49.45 | |
| 5 | Angelika Grieser, Dagmar Rehak, Gudrun Beckmann, Marion Platten (FRG) | | DQ |

Heat 2

| Place | Swimmers | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Wendy Cook-Hogg, Robin Corsiglia, Susan Sloan, Debbie Clarke (CAN) | 4:20.10 |
| 2 | Diane Edelijn, Wijda Mazereeuw, Ineke Ran, Enith Brigitha (NED) | 4:22.49 |
| 3 | Joy Beasley, Maggie Kelly-Hohmann, Sue Jenner, Debbie Hill (GBR) | 4:23.91 |
| 4 | Sylvie Testuz, Annick de Susini, Pascale Ducongé, Guylaine Berger (FRA) | 4:26.48 |
| 5 | Carine Verbauwen, Ilse Schoors, Chantal Grimard, Anne Richard (BEL) | 4:30.78 |
| 6 | Paola Ruggieri, Dacyl Pérez, Marianela Huen, Vania Vázquez (VEN) | 4:43.78 |

Heat 3

| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kornelia Ender, Birgit Treiber, Carola Nitschke, Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel (GDR) | 4:13.98 | |
| 2 | Nadiya Stavko, Maryna Yurchenia, Tamara Shelofastova, Larisa Tsaryova (URS) | 4:18.73 | |
| 3 | Yoshimi Nishigawa (1:06.34) NR, Toshiko Haruoka, Yasue Hatsuda, Sachiko Yamazaki (JPN) | 4:25.81 | NR |
| 4 | Gunilla Lundberg, Anette Fredriksson, Gunilla Andersson, Ylva Persson (SWE) | 4:29.46 | |
| 5 | Antonella Roncelli, Iris Corniani, Donatella Talpo-Schiavon, Elisabetta Dessy (ITA) | 4:31.20 | |
| 6 | Claudia Bellotto, Patricia Spohn, Rossana Juncos, Susana Coppo (ARG) | 4:41.82 | |

## Final

| Rank | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | East Germany | Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Andrea Pollack Kornelia Ender (Birgit Treiber) (Carola Nitschke) (Rosemarie Gabriel) | 4:07.95 | |
| | United States | Linda Jezek Lauri Siering Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff (Lelei Fonoimoana) (Wendy Boglioli) | 4:14.55 | |
| | Canada | Wendy Hogg Robin Corsiglia Susan Sloan Anne Jardin (Deborah Clarke) | 4:15.22 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union | Nadiya Stavko Maryna Yurchenya Tamara Shelofastova Larissa Tsareva | 4:16.05 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | Diane Edelijn Wijda Mazereeuw José Damen Enith Brigitha (Ineke Ran) | 4:19.03 | |
| 6 | Great Britain | Joy Beasley Margaret Kelly Susan Jenner Deborah Hill | 4:23.25 | |
| 7 | Japan | Yoshimi Nishigawa (1:06.01) NR Toshiko Haruoka Yasue Hatsuda Sachiko Yamazaki | 4:23.47 | NR |
| 8 | Australia | Michelle Devries Judith Hudson Linda Hanel Jenny Tate | 4:25.91 | |

    Parenthesis indicate that the athlete competed in preliminary rounds, but not in the final.
