# 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 (heats and finals) 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 (1st through 6th place). 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 (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final for 7th through 9th place.
All races were over a 1000 metre course. The 1976 event (along with the 1980 and 1984 competitions) featured a coxswain in each boat; later editions dropped the coxswain.

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

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mira BryuninaAnna KondrachinaLarisa PopovaGalina Yermolayeva | Nadezhda Chernyshyova | Soviet Union | 3:11.74 | QA |
| 2 | Felicia AfrăsiloaieElisabeta LazărMaria MicșaIoana Tudoran | Elena Giurcă | Romania | 3:14.86 | R |
| 3 | Marie BartákováHana KavkováAnna MarešováJarmila Pátková | Alena Svobodová | Czechoslovakia | 3:15.51 | R |
| 4 | Lisa HansenLiz HillsKaren McCloskeyClaudia Schneider | Irene Moreno | United States | 3:18.02 | R |
| 5 | Judith AndersenElse Mærsk-KristensenKaren Margrethe NielsenKirsten Thomsen | Kirsten Plum Jensen | Denmark | 3:19.95 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anke BorchmannJutta LauViola PoleyRoswietha Zobelt | Liane Buhr | East Germany | 3:08.49 | QA |
| 2 | Verka AleksievaSvetlana GinchevaTroyanka VasilevaIskra Velinova | Stanka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 3:12.13 | R |
| 3 | Ilona BataValéria GyimesiKamilla KosztolányiErzsébet Nagy | Ágnes Szijj | Hungary | 3:15.51 | R |
| 4 | Guylaine BernierBarbara BoettcherElaine BourbeauSandra Kirby | Johanne Delisle | Canada | 3:29.37 | R |

### Repechage
#### Repechage heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Felicia AfrăsiloaieElisabeta LazărMaria MicșaIoana Tudoran | Elena Giurcă | Romania | 3:27.48 | QA |
| 2 | Judith AndersenElse Mærsk-KristensenKaren Margrethe NielsenKirsten Thomsen | Kirsten Plum Jensen | Denmark | 3:31.61 | QA |
| 3 | Ilona BataValéria GyimesiKamilla KosztolányiErzsébet Nagy | Ágnes Szijj | Hungary | 3:37.29 | QB |
| 4 | Guylaine BernierBarbara BoettcherElaine BourbeauSandra Kirby | Johanne Delisle | Canada | 3:38.22 | QB |

#### Repechage heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Verka AleksievaSvetlana GinchevaTroyanka VasilevaIskra Velinova | Stanka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 3:22.43 | QA |
| 2 | Marie BartákováHana KavkováAnna MarešováJarmila Pátková | Alena Svobodová | Czechoslovakia | 3:26.75 | QA |
| 3 | Lisa HansenLiz HillsKaren McCloskeyClaudia Schneider | Irene Moreno | United States | 3:27.82 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Lisa HansenLiz HillsKaren McCloskeyClaudia Schneider | Irene Moreno | United States | 3:46.06 |
| 8 | Ilona BataValéria GyimesiKamilla KosztolányiErzsébet Nagy | Ágnes Szijj | Hungary | 3:55.33 |
| 9 | Guylaine BernierBarbara BoettcherElaine BourbeauSandra Kirby | Johanne Delisle | Canada | 3:57.72 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| | Anke BorchmannJutta LauViola PoleyRoswietha Zobelt | Liane Buhr | East Germany | 3:29.99 |
| | Mira BryuninaAnna KondrachinaLarisa PopovaGalina Yermolayeva | Nadezhda Chernyshyova | Soviet Union | 3:32.49 |
| | Felicia AfrăsiloaieElisabeta LazărMaria MicșaIoana Tudoran | Elena Giurcă | Romania | 3:32.76 |
| 4 | Verka AleksievaSvetlana GinchevaTroyanka VasilevaIskra Velinova | Stanka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 3:34.13 |
| 5 | Marie BartákováHana KavkováAnna MarešováJarmila Pátková | Alena Svobodová | Czechoslovakia | 3:42.53 |
| 6 | Judith AndersenElse Mærsk-KristensenKaren Margrethe NielsenKirsten Thomsen | Kirsten Plum Jensen | Denmark | 3:46.99 |

## Final classification

| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| | Anke Borchmann Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt | East Germany |
| | Anna Kondrachina Mira Bryunina Larisa Alexandrova Galina Ermolaeva Nadezhda Chernyshyova | Soviet Union |
| | Ioana Tudoran Maria Micșa Felicia Afrăsiloaie Elisabeta Lazăr Elena Giurcă | Romania |
| 4 | Iskra Velinova Verka Aleksieva Troyanka Vasileva Svetlana Gincheva Stanka Georgieva | Bulgaria |
| 5 | Anna Marešová Marie Bartáková Jarmila Pátková Hana Kavková Alena Svobodová | Czechoslovakia |
| 6 | Kirsten Thomsen Else Mærsk-Kristensen Judith Andersen Karen Margrethe Nielsen Kirsten Plum Jensen | Denmark |
| 7 | Karen McCloskey Lisa Hansen Liz Hills Claudia Schneider Irene Moreno | United States |
| 8 | Ilona Bata Kamilla Kosztolányi Valéria Gyimesi Ágnes Szijj Erzsébet Nagy | Hungary |
| 9 | Sandra Kirby Elaine Bourbeau Guylaine Bernier Barbara Boettcher Johanne Delisle | Canada |