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. It was the first time the event was contested for women.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two main rounds 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. 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 competed in the "B" final for 7th and 8th place.
All races were over a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Olha Puhovska3:00.19
2Aneta Matei3:01.80
3Illoana Smith3:02.27
4Ingrid Huhn-Wagner3:04.14

Heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Marina Wilke3:01.20
2Lynn Silliman3:05.52
3Dorota Zdanowska3:06.67
4Evelien Koogje3:06.78

Repechage

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Lynn Silliman3:13.26
2Aneta Matei3:14.25
3Ingrid Huhn-Wagner3:15.16
4Illoana Smith3:16.44
5Dorota Zdanowska3:18.18
6Evelien Koogje3:21.44

Finals

Final B

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
7Dorota Zdanowska3:32.48
8Evelien Koogje3:35.87

Final A

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
Marina Wilke3:33.32
Olha Puhovska3:36.17
Lynn Silliman3:38.68
4Illoana Smith3:39.52
5Ingrid Huhn-Wagner3:41.06
6Aneta Matei3:44.79

Final classification

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