Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal featured races in 14 events, all held at the rowing basin on Notre Dame Island. Women's events held at 1000 m debuted (they would be lengthened to the men's events of 2000 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul).[1]
| Rowing at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Olympic Basin at Notre Dame Island |
| Dates | 18–25 July 1976 |
| Competitors | 593 (388 men, 205 women) from 31 nations |
There was a desire by the IOC's program commission to reduce the number of competitors and a number of recommendations were put to the IOC's executive board on 23 February 1973, which were all accepted. Rowing was the only sport where the number of competitors was increased, and women were admitted for the first time in Olympic history.[2] The quadruple sculls events were introduced at this Olympics, without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women.[3]
Participating nations
editA total of 593 rowers from 31 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
Argentina (10)
Australia (13)
Austria (3)
Belgium (7)
Brazil (7)
Bulgaria (33)
Canada (46)
Cuba (14)
Czechoslovakia (34)
Denmark (7)
East Germany (54)
Finland (7)
France (17)
Great Britain (31)
Hungary (8)
Ireland (10)
Italy (15)
Japan (9)
Mexico (1)
Netherlands (24)
New Zealand (18)
Norway (14)
Poland (22)
Romania (21)
Soviet Union (55)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (4)
United States (54)
Uruguay (1)
West Germany (44)
Yugoslavia (7)
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany (GDR) | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Medal summary
editMen's events
editWomen's events
editNotes
edit- ^ "Rowing at the 1976 Monteral Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ Official Report of the Organising Committee 1978, p. 116.
- ^ "Montreal 1976: Rowing". Olympic.org. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours Final Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
References
edit- Proulx, Daniel; Mollitt, J. James (1969). Chantigny, Louis (ed.). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad (PDF). Ottawa, Canada: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXI Olympiad.
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