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

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 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.

Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	4:42.77
	Cheryl Gibson	CAN	4:48.10
	Becky Smith	CAN	4:50.48
4	Birgit Treiber	GDR	4:52.40
5	Sabine Kahle	GDR	4:53.50
6	Donna Lee Wennerstrom	USA	4:55.34
7	Joann Baker	CAN	5:00.19
8	Monique Rodahl	NZL	5:00.21