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

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]

Women's coxed four at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date	19–24 July 1976
Competitors	40 from 8 nations
Medalists
Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß  East Germany Ginka Gyurova Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova Mariyka Modeva Kapka Georgieva  Bulgaria Nadezhda Sevostyanova Lyudmila Krokhina Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Lidiya Krylova  Soviet Union
1980 →

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	Gabriele Kühn Andrea Kurth Karin Metze Bianka Schwede	Sabine Heß	East Germany	3:22.55	QA
2	Aurelia Marinescu Elena Oprea Florica Petcu-Dospinescu Filigonia Tol	Aneta Matei	Romania	3:26.42	R
3	Pam Behrens Judy Geer Catherine Menges Nancy Storrs	Mimi Kellogg	United States	3:32.77	R
4	Pauline Bird-Hart Diana Bishop Clare Grove Gillian Webb	Pauline Wright	Great Britain	3:33.90	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova	Kapka Georgieva	Bulgaria	3:20.98	QA
2	Hette Borrias Ans Gravesteijn Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin	Monique Pronk	Netherlands	3:23.94	R
3	Monika Draeger Joy Fera Linda Schaumleffel Dolores Young	Barbara Mutch	Canada	3:24.23	R
4	Lyudmila Krokhina Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova	Lidiya Krylova	Soviet Union	3:25.92	R

Repechage

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Hette Borrias Ans Gravesteijn Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin	Monique Pronk	Netherlands	3:39.88	QA
2	Aurelia Marinescu Elena Oprea Florica Petcu-Dospinescu Filigonia Tol	Aneta Matei	Romania	3:40.96	QA
3	Lyudmila Krokhina Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova	Lidiya Krylova	Soviet Union	3:42.44	QA
4	Pam Behrens Judy Geer Catherine Menges Nancy Storrs	Mimi Kellogg	United States	3:43.27	QA
5	Monika Draeger Joy Fera Linda Schaumleffel Dolores Young	Barbara Mutch	Canada	3:44.41	QB
6	Pauline Bird-Hart Diana Bishop Clare Grove Gillian Webb	Pauline Wright	Great Britain	3:45.53	QB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
7	Monika Draeger Joy Fera Linda Schaumleffel Dolores Young	Barbara Mutch	Canada	3:46.18
8	Pauline Bird-Hart Diana Bishop Clare Grove Gillian Webb	Pauline Wright	Great Britain	3:45.53

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
	Gabriele Kühn Andrea Kurth Karin Metze Bianka Schwede	Sabine Heß	East Germany	3:45.08
	Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova	Kapka Georgieva	Bulgaria	3:48.24
	Lyudmila Krokhina Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova	Lidiya Krylova	Soviet Union	3:49.38
4	Aurelia Marinescu Elena Oprea Florica Petcu-Dospinescu Filigonia Tol	Aneta Matei	Romania	3:51.17
5	Hette Borrias Ans Gravesteijn Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin	Monique Pronk	Netherlands	3:54.36
6	Pam Behrens Judy Geer Catherine Menges Nancy Storrs	Mimi Kellogg	United States	3:56.50

Final classification

Rank	Rowers	Country
	Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß	East Germany
	Ginka Gyurova Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova Mariyka Modeva Kapka Georgieva	Bulgaria
	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