Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four

Women's coxed four
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date19–24 July
Competitors40 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karin Metze
Bianka Schwede
Gabriele Lohs
Andrea Kurth
Sabine Heß		  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ginka Gyurova
Lilyana Vaseva
Reni Yordanova
Mariyka Modeva
Kapka Georgieva		  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nadezhda Sevostyanova
Lyudmila Krokhina
Galina Mishenina
Anna Pasokha
Lidiya Krylova		  Soviet Union
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Rowing at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmenwomen
Double scullsmenwomen
Coxless pairmenwomen
Coxed pairmen
Quadruple scullsmenwomen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmenwomen
Eightmenwomen

The women's coxed four competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada.[1] It was the first time the event was contested for women.[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. A single repechage heat was held. The top 4 boats in the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th place in the repechage) competed in the "B" final for 7th and 8th place.[2]

All races were over a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1
Sabine Heß  East Germany 3:22.55 QA
2
Aneta Matei  Romania 3:26.42 R
3
Mimi Kellogg  United States 3:32.77 R
4
Pauline Wright  Great Britain 3:33.90 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1
Kapka Georgieva  Bulgaria 3:20.98 QA
2
Monique Pronk  Netherlands 3:23.94 R
3
Barbara Mutch  Canada 3:24.23 R
4
Lidiya Krylova  Soviet Union 3:25.92 R

Repechage

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1
Monique Pronk  Netherlands 3:39.88 QA
2
Aneta Matei  Romania 3:40.96 QA
3
Lidiya Krylova  Soviet Union 3:42.44 QA
4
Mimi Kellogg  United States 3:43.27 QA
5
Barbara Mutch  Canada 3:44.41 QB
6
Pauline Wright  Great Britain 3:45.53 QB

Finals

Final B

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
7
Barbara Mutch  Canada 3:46.18
8
Pauline Wright  Great Britain 3:45.53

Final A

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sabine Heß  East Germany 3:45.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kapka Georgieva  Bulgaria 3:48.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lidiya Krylova  Soviet Union 3:49.38
4
Aneta Matei  Romania 3:51.17
5
Monique Pronk  Netherlands 3:54.36
6
Mimi Kellogg  United States 3:56.50

Final classification

Rank Rowers Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karin Metze
Bianka Schwede
Gabriele Lohs
Andrea Kurth
Sabine Heß 		 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ginka Gyurova
Lilyana Vaseva
Reni Yordanova
Mariyka Modeva
Kapka Georgieva 		 Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nadezhda Sevostyanova
Lyudmila Krokhina
Galina Mishenina
Anna Pasokha
Lidiya Krylova 		 Soviet Union
4 Elena Oprea
Florica Petcu-Dospinescu
Filigonia Tol
Aurelia Marinescu
Aneta Matei 		 Romania
5 Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin
Hette Borrias
Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman
Ans Gravesteijn
Monique Pronk 		 Netherlands
6 Pam Behrens
Catherine Menges
Nancy Storrs
Judy Geer
Mimi Kellogg 		 United States
7 Linda Schaumleffel
Dolores Young
Monika Draeger
Joy Fera
Barbara Mutch 		 Canada
8 Gillian Webb
Pauline Bird-Hart
Clare Grove
Diana Bishop
Pauline Wright 		 Great Britain

References

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 93.