Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date 19–24 July
Competitors 20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova		  Bulgaria
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sabine Jahn
Petra Boesler		  East Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Eleonora Kaminskaitė
Genovaitė Ramoškienė		  Soviet Union

The women's double sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada.[1] It was the first time the event was contested for women.[1]

Results

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
1st, gold medalist(s) Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova		  Bulgaria
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sabine Jahn
Petra Boesler		  East Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Eleonora Kaminskaitė
Genovaitė Ramoškienė		  Soviet Union
Solfrid Johansen
Ingun Brechan		  Norway
Jan Palchikoff
Diane Braceland		  United States
Cheryl Howard
Bev Cameron		  Canada
Andrea Vissers
Helie Klaasse		  Netherlands
Miluše Neffeová
Zuzana Prokešová		  Czechoslovakia
Josiane Rabiller
Françoise Wittington		  France
Renate Sigl
Maria Leibetseder		  Austria

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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