The women's single 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 11 competitors were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in one heat and 6 in the other. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 9 rowers were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 4 boats in one and 5 in the other. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 5 boats (3rd, 4th, and 5th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final for 7th through 11th place.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 87.

All races were over a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Rositsa Spasova 3:42.67 2 Yelena Antonova 3:43.15 3 Mariann Ambrus 3:47.97 4 Annick Anthoine 3:55.14 5 Ewa Ambroziak 3:58.09 6 Colette Pepin 4:05.37

Heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Christine Scheiblich 3:36.09 2 Joan Lind 3:40.67 3 Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp 3:49.29 4 Christel Agrikola 3:50.42 5 Tone Pahle 4:26.19

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Yelena Antonova 4:02.47 2 Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp 4:05.02 3 Christel Agrikola 4:08.35 4 Ewa Ambroziak 4:16.74 5 Colette Pepin 4:26.23

Repechage heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes 1 Joan Lind 4:03.87 2 Mariann Ambrus 4:10.20 3 Annick Anthoine 4:14.00 4 Tone Pahle 4:26.19

Finals

Final B

Rank Rower Nation Time 7 Annick Anthoine 4:19.14 8 Christel Agrikola 4:23.49 9 Ewa Ambroziak 4:26.60 10 Tone Pahle 4:30.53 11 Colette Pepin 4:34.76

Final A

Rank Rower Nation Time Christine Scheiblich 4:05.56 Joan Lind 4:06.21 Yelena Antonova 4:10.24 4 Rositsa Spasova 4:10.86 5 Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp 4:18.71 6 Mariann Ambrus 4:22.59

Final classification

RankRowersCountry Christine Scheiblich Joan Lind Yelena Antonova 4 Rositsa Spasova 5 Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp 6 Mariann Ambrus 7 Annick Anthoine 8 Christel Agrikola 9 Ewa Ambroziak 10 Tone Pahle 11 Colette Pepin

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