Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair 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 coxless pair
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date19–24 July
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Siyka Kelbecheva
Stoyanka Gruycheva
 Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Angelika Noack
Sabine Dähne
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edith Eckbauer
Thea Einöder
 West Germany
1980 →

Competition format edit

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 11 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 6 boats in one heat and 5 boats in the other. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 9 boats were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 5 boats in one heat and 4 boats in the other. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 5 boats (3rd, 4th, and 5th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final for 7th through 11th place.[2]

All races were over a 1000-metre course.

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   West Germany 3:31.01 QA
2   Bulgaria 3:33.24 R
3   Soviet Union 3:33.91 R
4   East Germany 3:36.26 R
5   Poland 3:41.05 R
6   Great Britain 3:42.53 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Canada 3:37.53 QA
2   Romania 3:42.18 R
3   Czechoslovakia 3:46.65 R
4   United States 3:46.76 R
5   Hungary 3:57.17 R

Repechage edit

Repechage heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Bulgaria 3:48.73 QA
2   East Germany 3:54.58 QA
3   Czechoslovakia 4:01.18 QB
4   Great Britain 4:02.54 QB
5   Hungary 4:06.81 QB

Repechage heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Soviet Union 3:52.59 QA
2   Romania 3:53.93 QA
3   United States 3:58.41 QB
4   Poland 4:02.20 QB

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7   United States 4:02.91
8   Poland 4:03.26
9   Czechoslovakia 4:05.10
10   Great Britain 4:07.99
11   Hungary 4:11.93

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
    Bulgaria 4:01.22
    East Germany 4:01.64
    West Germany 4:02.35
4   Soviet Union 4:03.27
5   Canada 4:08.09
6   Romania 4:15.44

Final classification edit

Rank Rowers Country
  Siyka Kelbecheva
Stoyanka Gruycheva
  Bulgaria
  Angelika Noack
Sabine Dähne
  East Germany
  Edith Eckbauer
Thea Einöder
  West Germany
4 Nataliya Horodilova
Hanna Karnaushenko
  Soviet Union
5 Tricia Smith
Betty Craig
  Canada
6 Marlena Predescu-Zagoni
Marinela Maxim
  Romania
7 Sue Morgan
Laura Staines
  United States
8 Anna Krzemińska-Karbowiak
Małgorzata Kawalska
  Poland
9 Oldřiška Pěkná
Zdena Tichá
  Czechoslovakia
10 Lin Clark
Beryl Mitchell
  Great Britain
11 Katalin Pál-Ribáry
Judit Kéri-Novák
  Hungary

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 90.