Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair
The men's coxed pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada.
Competition format
The competition consisted of three main rounds as well as a repechage after the heats.- The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top 3 boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats competed in a single-heat repechage.
- The top 3 boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals; the last-place boat was eliminated.
- The semifinals consisted of two heats of 6 boats each. The top 3 boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final. The 4th through 6th place boats were placed in the "B" final.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Todor Kishev | 7:24.44 | |||
| 2 | Georg Spohr | 7:26.03 | |||
| 3 | Yuriy Lorentsson | 7:29.19 | |||
| 4 | Ryszard Kubiak | 7:43.45 | |||
| 5 | Ken Dreyfuss | 7:49.00 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antoine Gambert | 7:35.91 | |||
| 2 | Nilton Alonço | 7:39.20 | |||
| 3 | Siniša Rutešić | 7:40.70 | |||
| 4 | Michel Riendeau | 7:45.77 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ludvík Vébr | 7:34.03 | |||
| 2 | Franco Venturini | 7:37.15 | |||
| 3 | David Webb | 7:40.22 | |||
| 4 | Holger Hocke | 8:04.22 |
Repechage
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ryszard Kubiak | 7:23.17 | |||
| 2 | Ken Dreyfuss | 7:25.58 | |||
| 3 | Holger Hocke | 7:26.90 | |||
| 4 | Michel Riendeau | 7:28.81 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Todor Kishev | 7:01.10 | |||
| 2 | Yuriy Lorentsson | 7:03.89 | |||
| 3 | Franco Venturini | 7:05.60 | |||
| 4 | Antoine Gambert | 7:06.70 | |||
| 5 | Siniša Rutešić | 7:17.02 | |||
| 6 | Holger Hocke | 7:23.93 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Georg Spohr | 7:05.76 | |||
| 2 | Ludvík Vébr | 7:08.00 | |||
| 3 | Ryszard Kubiak | 7:09.33 | |||
| 4 | David Webb | 7:11.67 | |||
| 5 | Nilton Alonço | 7:21.81 | |||
| 6 | Ken Dreyfuss | 7:24.78 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | David Webb | 8:06.93 | ||
| 8 | Holger Hocke | 8:09.02 | ||
| 9 | Antoine Gambert | 8:12.66 | ||
| 10 | Nilton Alonço | 8:14.44 | ||
| 11 | Ken Dreyfuss | 8:15.65 | ||
| 12 | Siniša Rutešić | 8:16.22 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Georg Spohr | 7:58.99 | |||
| Yuriy Lorentsson | 8:01.82 | |||
| Ludvík Vébr | 8:03.28 | |||
| 4 | Todor Kishev | 8:11.27 | ||
| 5 | Franco Venturini | 8:15.97 | ||
| 6 | Ryszard Kubiak | 8:23.02 |
Final classification
| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Harald Jährling Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr | ||
| Dmitry Bekhterev Yuriy Shurkalov Yuriy Lorentsson | ||
| Oldřich Svojanovský Pavel Svojanovský Ludvík Vébr | ||
| 4 | Rumen Khristov Tsvetan Petkov Todor Kishev | |
| 5 | Primo Baran Annibale Venier Franco Venturini | |
| 6 | Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak | |
| 7 | Neil Christie James MacLeod David Webb | |
| 8 | Winfried Ringwald Klaus Jäger Holger Hocke Thomas Hitzbleck | |
| 9 | Yves Fraisse Jean-Claude Coucardon Antoine Gambert | |
| 10 | Atalibio Magioni Wandir Kuntze Nilton Alonço | |
| 11 | John Matthews Darrell Vreugdenhil Ken Dreyfuss | |
| 12 | Stanko Miloš Milan Butorac Siniša Rutešić | |
| 13 | Robert Bergen Walter Krawec Michel Riendeau |