The women's eight 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.Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 94–95.

All races were over a 1,000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Olha Puhovska 3:00.19 2 Aneta Matei 3:01.80 3 Illoana Smith 3:02.27 4 Ingrid Huhn-Wagner 3:04.14

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Marina Wilke 3:01.20 2 Lynn Silliman 3:05.52 3 Dorota Zdanowska 3:06.67 4 Evelien Koogje 3:06.78

Repechage

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Lynn Silliman 3:13.26 2 Aneta Matei 3:14.25 3 Ingrid Huhn-Wagner 3:15.16 4 Illoana Smith 3:16.44 5 Dorota Zdanowska 3:18.18 6 Evelien Koogje 3:21.44

Finals

Final B

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time 7 Dorota Zdanowska 3:32.48 8 Evelien Koogje 3:35.87

Final A

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Marina Wilke 3:33.32 Olha Puhovska 3:36.17 Lynn Silliman 3:38.68 4 Illoana Smith 3:39.52 5 Ingrid Huhn-Wagner 3:41.06 6 Aneta Matei 3:44.79

Final classification

RankRowersCountry Viola GoretzkiChristiane KnetschIlona RichterBrigitte AhrenholzMonika KalliesHenrietta EbertHelma LehmannIrina MüllerMarina Wilke Lyubov TalalaevaNadezhda RoshchinaKlavdija KoženkovaOlena ZubkoOlha KolkovaNelli TarakanovaNadiya RozhonOlha HuzenkoOlha Puhovska Jackie ZochAnita DeFrantzCarie GravesMarion GreigAnne WarnerPeggy McCarthyCarol BrownGail RicketsonLynn Silliman 4 Carol EastmoreRhonda RossNancy HigginsMazina DelureSusan AntoftWendy PullanChristine NeulandGail CortIlloana Smith 5 Waltraud RoickErika EndrissMonika ZippliesBirgit KiesowHiltrud GürtlerIsolde EiseleMarianne WeberEva DickIngrid Huhn-Wagner 6 Elena OpreaFlorica Petcu-DospinescuFiligonia TolAurelia MarinescuGeorgeta Militaru-MașcaIuliana MunteanuElena AvramMarioara ConstantinAneta Matei 7 Anna BrandysiewiczBogusława Kozłowska-TomasiakBarbara Wenta-WojciechowskaDanuta KonkalecRóża DataMieczysława FranczykMaria StadnickaAleksandra KaczyńskaDorota Zdanowska 8 Karin AbmaJoke DierdorpBarbara de JongAnnette Schortinghuis-PoelenijeMarleen van RijMaria Kusters-ten BeitelLiesbeth Pascal-de GraaffLoes SchutteEvelien Koogje

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