Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

The women's eight 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 eight
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date19–24 July
Competitors72 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viola Goretzki
Christiane Knetsch
Ilona Richter
Brigitte Ahrenholz
Monika Kallies
Henrietta Ebert
Helma Lehmann
Irina Müller
Marina Wilke
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lyubov Talalaeva
Nadezhda Roshchina
Klavdija Koženkova
Olena Zubko
Olha Kolkova
Nelli Tarakanova
Nadiya Rozhon
Olha Huzenko
Olha Puhovska
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jackie Zoch
Anita DeFrantz
Carie Graves
Marion Greig
Anne Warner
Peggy McCarthy
Carol Brown
Gail Ricketson
Lynn Silliman
 United States
1980 →

Competition format

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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 1,000 metre course.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Olha Puhovska   Soviet Union 3:00.19 QA
2 Aneta Matei   Romania 3:01.80 R
3 Illoana Smith   Canada 3:02.27 R
4 Ingrid Huhn-Wagner   West Germany 3:04.14 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Marina Wilke   East Germany 3:01.20 QA
2 Lynn Silliman   United States 3:05.52 R
3 Dorota Zdanowska   Poland 3:06.67 R
4 Evelien Koogje   Netherlands 3:06.78 R

Repechage

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Lynn Silliman   United States 3:13.26 QA
2 Aneta Matei   Romania 3:14.25 QA
3 Ingrid Huhn-Wagner   West Germany 3:15.16 QA
4 Illoana Smith   Canada 3:16.44 QA
5 Dorota Zdanowska   Poland 3:18.18 QB
6 Evelien Koogje   Netherlands 3:21.44 QB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
7 Dorota Zdanowska   Poland 3:32.48
8 Evelien Koogje   Netherlands 3:35.87

Final A

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
  Marina Wilke   East Germany 3:33.32
  Olha Puhovska   Soviet Union 3:36.17
  Lynn Silliman   United States 3:38.68
4 Illoana Smith   Canada 3:39.52
5 Ingrid Huhn-Wagner   West Germany 3:41.06
6 Aneta Matei   Romania 3:44.79

Final classification

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Rank Rowers Country
  Viola Goretzki
Christiane Knetsch
Ilona Richter
Brigitte Ahrenholz
Monika Kallies
Henrietta Ebert
Helma Lehmann
Irina Müller
Marina Wilke
  East Germany
  Lyubov Talalaeva
Nadezhda Roshchina
Klavdija Koženkova
Olena Zubko
Olha Kolkova
Nelli Tarakanova
Nadiya Rozhon
Olha Huzenko
Olha Puhovska
  Soviet Union
  Jackie Zoch
Anita DeFrantz
Carie Graves
Marion Greig
Anne Warner
Peggy McCarthy
Carol Brown
Gail Ricketson
Lynn Silliman
  United States
4 Carol Eastmore
Rhonda Ross
Nancy Higgins
Mazina Delure
Susan Antoft
Wendy Pullan
Christine Neuland
Gail Cort
Illoana Smith
  Canada
5 Waltraud Roick
Erika Endriss
Monika Zipplies
Birgit Kiesow
Hiltrud Gürtler
Isolde Eisele
Marianne Weber
Eva Dick
Ingrid Huhn-Wagner
  West Germany
6 Elena Oprea
Florica Petcu-Dospinescu
Filigonia Tol
Aurelia Marinescu
Georgeta Militaru-Mașca
Iuliana Munteanu
Elena Avram
Marioara Constantin
Aneta Matei
  Romania
7 Anna Brandysiewicz
Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak
Barbara Wenta-Wojciechowska
Danuta Konkalec
Róża Data
Mieczysława Franczyk
Maria Stadnicka
Aleksandra Kaczyńska
Dorota Zdanowska
  Poland
8 Karin Abma
Joke Dierdorp
Barbara de Jong
Annette Schortinghuis-Poelenije
Marleen van Rij
Maria Kusters-ten Beitel
Liesbeth Pascal-de Graaff
Loes Schutte
Evelien Koogje
  Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 94–95.