Event: | Women's eight |
Games: | 1976 Summer |
Date: | 19–24 July |
Competitors: | 72 |
Nations: | 8 |
Gold: | Viola Goretzki Christiane Knetsch Ilona Richter Brigitte Ahrenholz Monika Kallies Henrietta Ebert Helma Lehmann Irina Müller Marina Wilke |
Goldnoc: | GDR |
Silver: | Lyubov Talalaeva Nadezhda Roshchina Klavdija Koženkova Olena Zubko Olha Kolkova Nelli Tarakanova Nadiya Rozhon Olha Huzenko Olha Puhovska |
Silvernoc: | URS |
Bronze: | Jackie Zoch Anita DeFrantz Carie Graves Marion Greig Anne Warner Peggy McCarthy Carol Brown Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman |
Bronzenoc: | USA |
Next: | 1980 |
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]
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.
Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes | |||
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1 | align=left data-sort-value="Huzenko, Olha" | align=left data-sort-value="Puhovska, Olha" | 3:00.19 | |||||
2 | align=left data-sort-value="Avram, Elena" | align=left data-sort-value="Matei, Aneta" | 3:01.80 | |||||
3 | align=left data-sort-value="Antoft, Susan" | align=left data-sort-value="Smith, Illoana" | 3:02.27 | |||||
4 | align=left data-sort-value="Dick, Eva" | align=left data-sort-value="Huhn-Wagner, Ingrid" | 3:04.14 |
Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes | |||
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1 | align=left data-sort-value="Ahrenholz, Brigitte" | align=left data-sort-value="Wilke, Marina" | 3:01.20 | |||||
2 | align=left data-sort-value="Avram, Elena" | align=left data-sort-value="Silliman, Lynn" | 3:05.52 | |||||
3 | align=left data-sort-value="Brandysiewicz, Anna" | align=left data-sort-value="Zdanowska, Dorota" | 3:06.67 | |||||
4 | align=left data-sort-value="Abma, Karin" | align=left data-sort-value="Koogje, Evelien" | 3:06.78 |
Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes | |||
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1 | align=left data-sort-value="Avram, Elena" | align=left data-sort-value="Silliman, Lynn" | 3:13.26 | |||||
2 | align=left data-sort-value="Avram, Elena" | align=left data-sort-value="Matei, Aneta" | 3:14.25 | |||||
3 | align=left data-sort-value="Dick, Eva" | align=left data-sort-value="Huhn-Wagner, Ingrid" | 3:15.16 | |||||
4 | align=left data-sort-value="Antoft, Susan" | align=left data-sort-value="Smith, Illoana" | 3:16.44 | |||||
5 | align=left data-sort-value="Brandysiewicz, Anna" | align=left data-sort-value="Zdanowska, Dorota" | 3:18.18 | |||||
6 | align=left data-sort-value="Abma, Karin" | align=left data-sort-value="Koogje, Evelien" | 3:21.44 |
Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | |||
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7 | align=left data-sort-value="Brandysiewicz, Anna" | align=left data-sort-value="Zdanowska, Dorota" | 3:32.48 | ||||
8 | align=left data-sort-value="Abma, Karin" | align=left data-sort-value="Koogje, Evelien" | 3:35.87 |
Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | |||
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align=left data-sort-value="Ahrenholz, Brigitte" | align=left data-sort-value="Wilke, Marina" | 3:33.32 | |||||
align=left data-sort-value="Huzenko, Olha" | align=left data-sort-value="Puhovska, Olha" | 3:36.17 | |||||
align=left data-sort-value="Avram, Elena" | align=left data-sort-value="Silliman, Lynn" | 3:38.68 | |||||
4 | align=left data-sort-value="Antoft, Susan" | align=left data-sort-value="Smith, Illoana" | 3:39.52 | ||||
5 | align=left data-sort-value="Dick, Eva" | align=left data-sort-value="Huhn-Wagner, Ingrid" | 3:41.06 | ||||
6 | align=left data-sort-value="Avram, Elena" | align=left data-sort-value="Matei, Aneta" | 3:44.79 |