Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 25 July 1976 at the Olympic Basin, Notre Dame Island on the outskirts of Montreal.
For the first time in history, women were admitted to compete in the rowing events with a distance of 1000 metres. Moreover, the quadruple sculls (without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women) were officially introduced to the Olympic program.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany |
9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 |  Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Great Britain |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  West Germany |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 |  New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Pertti Karppinen
|
Peter-Michael Kolbe
|
Joachim Dreifke
|
| Coxless pair | Bernd Langvoigt Jorg Langvoigt
|
Calvin Coffey Mike Staines
|
Thomas Strauss Peter Vanroye
|
| Coxed pair | East Germany Harald Jahrling Georg Spohr Friedrich Ulrich |
Soviet Union Dmitri Bekhterev Yuri Lorentson Yuri Shurkalov |
Czechoslovakia Oldrich Svojanovsky Pavel Svojanovsky Ludvik Vebr |
| Double sculls | Alf Hansen Frank Hansen
|
Chris Baillieu Michael Hart
|
Jurgen Bertow Hans Ulrich Schmied
|
| Coxless four | East Germany Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Wolfgang Mager Stefan Semmler |
Norway Rolf Andreassen Arne Bergodd Ole Nafstad Finn Tveter |
Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Valeri Dolinin Anushavan Gasan-Dzhalalov Nikolai Kuznetsov |
| Coxed four | Soviet Union Vladimir Eshinov Nikolai Ivanov Alexandr Klepikov Mikhail Kuznetsov Alexandr Lukianov Alexandr Sema |
East Germany Ullrich Diessner Walter Diessner Rudiger Kunze Andreas Schulz Johannes Thomas |
West Germany Johann Faerber Siegfried Fricke Ralph Kubail Peter Niehusen Hartmut Wenzel |
| Quadruple sculls | East Germany Karl-Heinz Bussert Wolfgang Guldenpfennig Rudiger Reiche Michael Wolfgramm |
Soviet Union Vitautas Butkus Yevgeny Duleev Aivar Lazdenieks Yuri Yakimov |
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Helebrand Vladek Lacina Zdenek Pecka Vaclav Vochoska |
| Eight | East Germany Bernd Baumgart Karl-Heinz Danielowski Gottfried Dohn Ulrich Karnatz Werner Klatt Roland Kostulski Hans-Joachim Luck Karl-Heins Prudohl Dieter Wendisch |
Great Britain James Clark Timothy Crooks Richard Lester Hugh Matheson David Maxwell Leonard Robertson Fred Smallbone Patrick Sweeney John Yallop |
New Zealand Trevor Coker Simon Dickie Peter Dignan Athol Earl Tony Hurt Alex McLean Dave Rodger Ivan Sutherland Lindsay Wilson |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Christine Scheiblich
|
Joan Lind
|
Elena Antonova
|
| Pair | Stoyanka Grouitcheva Siika Kelbetcheva
|
Sabine Dahne Angelika Noack
|
Edith Eckbauer Thea Elnoeder
|
| Double sculls | Svetla Otzetova Zdravka Yordanova
|
Petra Boesler Sabine Jahn
|
Leonora Kaminskaite Genovate Ramoshkene
|
| Coxed four | East Germany Sabine Hess Andrea Kurth Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Bianka Schwede |
Bulgaria Kapka Gueorguieva Ginka Gurova Mariika Modeva Liliana Vasseva Reni Yordanova |
Soviet Union Lyudmila Krokhina Lidiya Krylova Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova |
| Coxed quadruple sculls | East Germany Anke Borchmann Jutta Lau Viola Poley Liane Weigelt Roswietha Zobelt |
Soviet Union Larisa Alexandrova Mira Bryunina Nadezhda Chernysheva Galina Ermolaeva Anna Kondrachina |
Romania Felicia Afrasiloaia Elena Giurca Elisabeta Lazar Maria Micsa Ioana Tudoran |
| Coxed eight | East Germany Brigitte Ahrenholz Henrietta Ebert Viola Goretzki Monika Kallies Christiane Knetsch Helma Lehmann Irina Muller Ilona Richter Marina Wilke |
Soviet Union Olga Guzenko Olga Kolkova Klavdiya Kozenkova Olga Pugovskaya Nadezda Roshchina Nadezhda Rozgon Lyubov Talalaeva Nelli Tarakanova Elena Zubko |
United States Carol Brown Anita Defrantz Carie Graves Marion Greig Peggy McCarthy Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman Anne Warner Jacqueline Zoch |
Statistics[]
- There were 593 athletes from 31 countries.
- Kirsten Plum-Jensen was the youngest participant with 14 years and 232 days.
- Yuri Lorentson was the oldest participant with 45 years and 236 days.
- 4 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Great Britain won its first 2 medals in the sport since Tokyo 1964.
- Bulgaria won its first-ever medals in the sport.
- Finland won its first-ever gold medal in the sport and its first medal since Rome 1960.
