Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. It was the first time that the event was included at the Olympics.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 11 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 6 boats in one heat and 5 boats in the other. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 9 boats were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 5 boats in one heat and 4 boats in the other. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 5 boats (3rd, 4th, and 5th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final for 7th through 11th place.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 105.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:49.21 2 5:53.40 3 5:55.05 4 5:58.79 5 6:03.44 6 6:19.88

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:47.83 2 5:50.87 3 5:57.19 4 5:58.92 5 8:00.68

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:48.52 2 5:49.38 3 5:53.55 4 5:57.82 5 6:14.49

Repechage heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:50.36 2 5:55.23 3 5:58.68 4 6:10.11

Finals

Final B

Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 6:28.60 8 6:29.61 9 6:32.83 10 6:40.76 11 6:44.74

Final A

Rank Rowers Nation Time 6:18.65 6:19.89 6:21.77 4 6:24.81 5 6:32.04 6 6:34.33

Final classification

RankRowersCountry Wolfgang GüldenpfennigRüdiger ReicheKarl-Heinz BußertMichael Wolfgramm Yevgeniy DuleyevYuriy YakimovAivars LazdenieksVytautas Butkus Jaroslav HellebrandVáclav VochoskaZdeněk PeckaVladek Lacina 4 Norbert KotheHelmut KrauseMichael GentschHelmut Wolber 5 Yordan ValchevMincho NikolovKhristo ZhelevEftim Gerzilov 6 Peter CortesKenneth FooteNeil HalleenJohn Van Blom 7 Roland WeillRoland ThibautPatrick MorineauCharles Imbert 8 Hans RuckstuhlDenis OswaldJürg WeitnauerReto Wyss 9 Andrew JusticeMark HayterAllan WhitwellThomas Bishop 10 Francisco RodríguezCésar HerreraRamón LuperónNelson SimonCirilo Suárez 11 Louis BourassaYork LangerfeldLouis PrévostAndré Renart

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