Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

The women's double 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 (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 10 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 89.

All races were over a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 3:21.75 2 3:22.35 3 3:29.54 4 3:31.88 5 3:33.15

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 3:25.05 2 3:31.17 3 3:31.38 4 3:33.98 5 3:40.09

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 3:34.99 2 3:42.73 3 3:43.00 4 3:52.93

Repechage heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 3:44.02 2 3:45.19 3 3:47.80 4 3:49.39

Finals

Final B

Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 4:03.37 8 4:03.66 9 4:05.16 10 4:11.38

Final A

Rank Rowers Nation Time 3:44.36 3:47.86 3:49.93 4 3:52.18 5 3:58.25 6 4:06.23

Final classification

RankRowersCountry Svetla OtsetovaZdravka Yordanova Sabine JahnPetra Boesler Eleonora KaminskaitėGenovaitė Ramoškienė 4 Solfrid JohansenIngun Brechan 5 Jan PalchikoffDiane Braceland 6 Cheryl HowardBev Cameron 7 Andrea VissersHelie Klaasse 8 Miluše NeffeováZuzana Prokešová 9 Josiane RabillerFrançoise Wittington 10 Renate SiglMaria Leibetseder

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