Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls
The women's quadruple sculls 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 9 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in one heat and 4 boats in the other. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 7 boats were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 4 boats in one heat and 3 boats in the other. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 3 boats competed in the "B" final for 7th through 9th place.All races were over a 1000 metre course. The 1976 event featured a coxswain in each boat; later editions dropped the coxswain.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nadezhda Chernyshyova | 3:11.74 | |||
| 2 | Elena Giurcă | 3:14.86 | |||
| 3 | Alena Svobodová | 3:15.51 | |||
| 4 | Irene Moreno | 3:18.02 | |||
| 5 | Kirsten Plum Jensen | 3:19.95 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liane Buhr | 3:08.49 | |||
| 2 | Stanka Georgieva | 3:12.13 | |||
| 3 | Ágnes Szijj | 3:15.51 | |||
| 4 | Johanne Delisle | 3:29.37 |
Repechage
Repechage heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elena Giurcă | 3:27.48 | |||
| 2 | Kirsten Plum Jensen | 3:31.61 | |||
| 3 | Ágnes Szijj | 3:37.29 | |||
| 4 | Johanne Delisle | 3:38.22 |
Repechage heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanka Georgieva | 3:22.43 | |||
| 2 | Alena Svobodová | 3:26.75 | |||
| 3 | Irene Moreno | 3:27.82 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Irene Moreno | 3:46.06 | ||
| 8 | Ágnes Szijj | 3:55.33 | ||
| 9 | Johanne Delisle | 3:57.72 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Liane Buhr | 3:29.99 | |||
| Nadezhda Chernyshyova | 3:32.49 | |||
| Elena Giurcă | 3:32.76 | |||
| 4 | Stanka Georgieva | 3:34.13 | ||
| 5 | Alena Svobodová | 3:42.53 | ||
| 6 | Kirsten Plum Jensen | 3:46.99 |
Final classification
| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Anke Borchmann Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt | ||
| Anna Kondrachina Mira Bryunina Larisa Alexandrova Galina Ermolaeva Nadezhda Chernyshyova | ||
| Ioana Tudoran Maria Micșa Felicia Afrăsiloaie Elisabeta Lazăr Elena Giurcă | ||
| 4 | Iskra Velinova Verka Aleksieva Troyanka Vasileva Svetlana Gincheva Stanka Georgieva | |
| 5 | Anna Marešová Marie Bartáková Jarmila Pátková Hana Kavková Alena Svobodová | |
| 6 | Kirsten Thomsen Else Mærsk-Kristensen Judith Andersen Karen Margrethe Nielsen Kirsten Plum Jensen | |
| 7 | Karen McCloskey Lisa Hansen Liz Hills Claudia Schneider Irene Moreno | |
| 8 | Ilona Bata Kamilla Kosztolányi Valéria Gyimesi Ágnes Szijj Erzsébet Nagy | |
| 9 | Sandra Kirby Elaine Bourbeau Guylaine Bernier Barbara Boettcher Johanne Delisle |