# Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four

The women's coxed four 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 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. A single repechage heat was held. The top 4 boats in the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th place in the repechage) competed in the "B" final for 7th and 8th place.
All races were over a 1000 metre course.

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

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gabriele KühnAndrea KurthKarin MetzeBianka Schwede | Sabine Heß | East Germany | 3:22.55 | QA |
| 2 | Aurelia MarinescuElena OpreaFlorica Petcu-DospinescuFiligonia Tol | Aneta Matei | Romania | 3:26.42 | R |
| 3 | Pam BehrensJudy GeerCatherine MengesNancy Storrs | Mimi Kellogg | United States | 3:32.77 | R |
| 4 | Pauline Bird-HartDiana BishopClare GroveGillian Webb | Pauline Wright | Great Britain | 3:33.90 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ginka GyurovaMariyka ModevaLilyana VasevaReni Yordanova | Kapka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 3:20.98 | QA |
| 2 | Hette BorriasAns GravesteijnMyriam van Rooyen-SteenmanLiesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin | Monique Pronk | Netherlands | 3:23.94 | R |
| 3 | Monika DraegerJoy FeraLinda SchaumleffelDolores Young | Barbara Mutch | Canada | 3:24.23 | R |
| 4 | Lyudmila KrokhinaGalina MisheninaAnna PasokhaNadezhda Sevostyanova | Lidiya Krylova | Soviet Union | 3:25.92 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hette BorriasAns GravesteijnMyriam van Rooyen-SteenmanLiesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin | Monique Pronk | Netherlands | 3:39.88 | QA |
| 2 | Aurelia MarinescuElena OpreaFlorica Petcu-DospinescuFiligonia Tol | Aneta Matei | Romania | 3:40.96 | QA |
| 3 | Lyudmila KrokhinaGalina MisheninaAnna PasokhaNadezhda Sevostyanova | Lidiya Krylova | Soviet Union | 3:42.44 | QA |
| 4 | Pam BehrensJudy GeerCatherine MengesNancy Storrs | Mimi Kellogg | United States | 3:43.27 | QA |
| 5 | Monika DraegerJoy FeraLinda SchaumleffelDolores Young | Barbara Mutch | Canada | 3:44.41 | QB |
| 6 | Pauline Bird-HartDiana BishopClare GroveGillian Webb | Pauline Wright | Great Britain | 3:45.53 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Monika DraegerJoy FeraLinda SchaumleffelDolores Young | Barbara Mutch | Canada | 3:46.18 |
| 8 | Pauline Bird-HartDiana BishopClare GroveGillian Webb | Pauline Wright | Great Britain | 3:45.53 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| | Gabriele KühnAndrea KurthKarin MetzeBianka Schwede | Sabine Heß | East Germany | 3:45.08 |
| | Ginka GyurovaMariyka ModevaLilyana VasevaReni Yordanova | Kapka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 3:48.24 |
| | Lyudmila KrokhinaGalina MisheninaAnna PasokhaNadezhda Sevostyanova | Lidiya Krylova | Soviet Union | 3:49.38 |
| 4 | Aurelia MarinescuElena OpreaFlorica Petcu-DospinescuFiligonia Tol | Aneta Matei | Romania | 3:51.17 |
| 5 | Hette BorriasAns GravesteijnMyriam van Rooyen-SteenmanLiesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin | Monique Pronk | Netherlands | 3:54.36 |
| 6 | Pam BehrensJudy GeerCatherine MengesNancy Storrs | Mimi Kellogg | United States | 3:56.50 |

## Final classification

| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| | Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß | East Germany |
| | Ginka Gyurova Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova Mariyka Modeva Kapka Georgieva | Bulgaria |
| | Nadezhda Sevostyanova Lyudmila Krokhina Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Lidiya Krylova | Soviet Union |
| 4 | Elena Oprea Florica Petcu-Dospinescu Filigonia Tol Aurelia Marinescu Aneta Matei | Romania |
| 5 | Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin Hette Borrias Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman Ans Gravesteijn Monique Pronk | Netherlands |
| 6 | Pam Behrens Catherine Menges Nancy Storrs Judy Geer Mimi Kellogg | United States |
| 7 | Linda Schaumleffel Dolores Young Monika Draeger Joy Fera Barbara Mutch | Canada |
| 8 | Gillian Webb Pauline Bird-Hart Clare Grove Diana Bishop Pauline Wright | Great Britain |