# Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage after the heats.
* The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top 3 boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals (9 boats total). The remaining 6 boats competed in a single-heat repechage.
* The top 3 boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals; the bottom 3 boats were eliminated.
* The semifinals consisted of two heats of 6 boats each. The top 3 boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The 4th through 6th place boats were placed in the "B" final (7th through 12th place).
All races were over a 2000 metre course.

## Results
### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bernd LandvoigtJörg Landvoigt | East Germany | 6:49.19 | Q |
| 2 | Calvin CoffeyMike Staines | United States | 6:52.36 | Q |
| 3 | Tiit HelmjaGennadi Kinko | Soviet Union | 6:55.57 | Q |
| 4 | Willem BoeschotenJan van der Horst | Netherlands | 6:59.99 | R |
| 5 | Mogens RasmussenKim Rørbæk | Denmark | 7:46.75 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vojtěch CaskaMiroslav Knapek | Czechoslovakia | 6:56.50 | Q |
| 2 | Alfons ŚlusarskiZbigniew Ślusarski | Poland | 6:58.98 | Q |
| 3 | Leo AhonenKari Hanska | Finland | 7:02.62 | Q |
| 4 | Brian LoveMike Neary | Canada | 7:05.10 | R |
| 5 | Ian LuxfordChris Shinners | Australia | 7:07.21 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zlatko CelentDuško Mrduljaš | Yugoslavia | 6:56.06 | Q |
| 2 | Georgi GeorgievValentin Stoev | Bulgaria | 6:58.96 | Q |
| 3 | Peter van RoyeThomas Strauß | West Germany | 7:01.52 | Q |
| 4 | Henry ClayDavid Sturge | Great Britain | 7:04.83 | R |
| 5 | Raúl BagattiniGuilherme Campos | Brazil | 8:00.64 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Willem BoeschotenJan van der Horst | Netherlands | 6:55.37 | Q |
| 2 | Henry Clay David Sturge | Great Britain | 6:56.12 | Q |
| 3 | Brian LoveMike Neary | Canada | 6:56.91 | Q |
| 4 | Ian LuxfordChris Shinners | Australia | 7:06.18 | |
| 5 | Mogens RasmussenKim Rørbæk | Denmark | 7:11.13 | |
| 6 | Raúl BagattiniGuilherme Campos | Brazil | 7:22.32 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bernd LandvoigtJörg Landvoigt | East Germany | 6:33.02 | QA |
| 2 | Vojtěch CaskaMiroslav Knapek | Czechoslovakia | 6:33.14 | QA |
| 3 | Georgi GeorgievValentin Stoev | Bulgaria | 6:33.23 | QA |
| 4 | Leo AhonenKari Hanska | Finland | 6:35.53 | QB |
| 5 | Brian LoveMike Neary | Canada | 6:45.05 | QB |
| 6 | Tiit HelmjaGennadi Kinko | Soviet Union | 6:55.08 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Calvin CoffeyMike Staines | United States | 6:33.25 | QA |
| 2 | Zlatko CelentDuško Mrduljaš | Yugoslavia | 6:34.18 | QA |
| 3 | Peter van RoyeThomas Strauß | West Germany | 6:35.27 | QA |
| 4 | Willem BoeschotenJan van der Horst | Netherlands | 6:36.84 | QB |
| 5 | Alfons ŚlusarskiZbigniew Ślusarski | Poland | 6:44.64 | QB |
| 6 | Henry Clay David Sturge | Great Britain | 6:49.58 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Tiit HelmjaGennadi Kinko | Soviet Union | 7:26.27 |
| 8 | Leo AhonenKari Hanska | Finland | 7:29.09 |
| 9 | Brian LoveMike Neary | Canada | 7:30.024 |
| 10 | Willem BoeschotenJan van der Horst | Netherlands | 7:31.40 |
| 11 | Alfons ŚlusarskiZbigniew Ślusarski | Poland | 7:35.53 |
| 12 | Henry Clay David Sturge | Great Britain | 7:36.12 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| | Bernd LandvoigtJörg Landvoigt | East Germany | 7:23.31 |
| | Calvin CoffeyMike Staines | United States | 7:26.73 |
| | Peter van RoyeThomas Strauß | West Germany | 7:30.03 |
| 4 | Zlatko CelentDuško Mrduljaš | Yugoslavia | 7:34.17 |
| 5 | Georgi GeorgievValentin Stoev | Bulgaria | 7:37.42 |
| 6 | Vojtěch CaskaMiroslav Knapek | Czechoslovakia | 7:51.06 |

## Final classification

| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| | Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt | East Germany |
| | Calvin Coffey Mike Staines | United States |
| | Peter van Roye Thomas Strauß | West Germany |
| 4 | Zlatko Celent Duško Mrduljaš | Yugoslavia |
| 5 | Valentin Stoev Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria |
| 6 | Miroslav Knapek Vojtěch Caska | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | Gennadi Kinko Tiit Helmja | Soviet Union |
| 8 | Leo Ahonen Kari Hanska | Finland |
| 9 | Brian Love Mike Neary | Canada |
| 10 | Jan van der Horst Willem Boeschoten | Netherlands |
| 11 | Alfons Ślusarski Zbigniew Ślusarski | Poland |
| 12 | David Sturge Henry Clay | Great Britain |
| 13 | Ian Luxford Chris Shinners | Australia |
| 14 | Kim Rørbæk Mogens Rasmussen | Denmark |
| 15 | Guilherme Campos Raúl Bagattini | Brazil |