Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's eight
| Men's eight at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
| Venue | Olympic basin at Notre Dame Island |
|---|---|
| Date | 18–25 July |
| Competitors | 100 from 11 nations |
| Teams | 11 |
| Winning time | 5:58.29 |
| Medalists | |
| Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | men | women | ||
| Double sculls | men | women | ||
| Coxless pair | men | women | ||
| Coxed pair | men | |||
| Quadruple sculls | men | women | ||
| Coxless four | men | |||
| Coxed four | men | women | ||
| Eight | men | women | ||
The men's eight competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, also referred to as men's coxed eight (M8+), took place at the rowing basin on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was held from 18 to 25 July and was won by the team from East Germany.
Background
Whilst the East German team was considered to be the favourite, the event was wide open and many teams could have won it.[1] The United States had in the past dominated the event and up until and including the 1964 Summer Olympics, they had won nine out of ten Olympic golds.[2] Whilst their dominance had since waned, they were still considered possible medal contenders, as they had won the 1974 World Rowing Championships. East Germany had won the 1973 European Rowing Championships (the event was discontinued after 1973), and the 1975 World Rowing Championships, and they had won bronze at the 1972 Olympics. The New Zealand team had won the event at the previous Summer Olympics, had won bronze at the last two World Rowing Championships, and four of their 1972 Olympic rowers plus their cox returned to Montreal.[1] Other medallist at these major rowing events were Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain.[3][4]
Previous M8+ competitions
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Summer Olympics[5] | New Zealand | United States | East Germany |
| 1973 European Rowing Championships[3] | East Germany | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union |
| 1974 World Rowing Championships[4] | United States | Great Britain | New Zealand |
| 1975 World Rowing Championships[6] | East Germany | Soviet Union | New Zealand |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm Shaw Ian Clubb Tim Conrad Gary Uebergang Islay Lee Athol MacDonald Robert Paver Brian Richardson Stuart Carter (cox) |
 Australia |
5:39.07 | FA |
| 2 | Trevor Coker Lindsay Wilson Peter Dignan Athol Earl Tony Hurt Alec McLean Dave Rodger Ivan Sutherland Simon Dickie (cox) |
 New Zealand |
5:40.00 | R |
| 3 | Richard Cashin Steve Christiansen John Everett David Fellows Michael Hess Chip Lubsen Mark Norelius Alan Shealy David Weinberg (cox) |
 United States |
5:42.05 | R |
| 4 | Luis Alonso Humberto Dorrego Israel Gorguet Francisco Mora Hermenegildo Palacio Angel Ramírez Porfirio Reynoso Alcides Risco Jesús Rosello (cox) |
 Cuba |
5:44.30 | R |
| 5 | Ron Burak George Tintor Patrick Croskerry Dirk Gidney James Henniger Mel LaForme Alexander Manson Edgar Smith Robert Choquette (cox) |
 Canada |
6:04.83 | R |
| 6 | Tomiaki Iso Masanobu Yamamoto Kenji Kaneyasu Toshihai Kitaura Shiro Mataki Shigeru Miyagawa Takashi Murayama Hiroshi Toriba Akio Kakishita (cox) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Japan |
6:08.11 | R |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernd Baumgart Dieter Wendisch Gottfried Döhn Ulrich Karnatz Werner Klatt Roland Kostulski Hans-Joachim Lück Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Karl-Heinz Danielowski (cox) |
 East Germany |
5:32.17 | FA |
| 2 | James Clark Timothy Crooks Richard Lester Hugh Matheson David Maxwell Leonard Robertson Frederick Smallbone John Yallop Patrick Sweeney (cox) |
 Great Britain |
5:36.97 | R |
| 3 | Antanas Čikotas Anatoly Ivanov Igor Konnov Anatoly Nemtyryov Aleksandr Plyushkin Vasily Potapov Aleksandr Shitov Vladimir Vasilyev Vladimir Zharov (cox) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union |
5:37.79 | R |
| 4 | Pavel Konvička Karel Mejta Jr. Václav Mls Josef Neštický Josef Plamínek Josef Pokorný Lubomír Zapletal Miroslav Vraštil Sr. Jiří Pták (cox) |
 Czechoslovakia |
5:43.94 | R |
| 5 | Frithjof Henckel Otmar Kaufhold Reinhard Wendemuth Wolf-Dieter Oschlies Volker Sauer Frank Schütze Wolfram Thiem Bernd Truschinski Helmut Latz (cox) |
 West Germany |
5:48.30 | R |
Repechage
Heat 1
New Zealand changed seats for seven of its eight rowers. West Germany and Japan changed seats for all eight rowers. The Soviet team changed seats 1 to 7. The team from Cuba changed seats for seven rowers.[7]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Sutherland Trevor Coker Peter Dignan Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Dave Rodger Alec McLean Tony Hurt Simon Dickie (cox) |
New Zealand |
5:37.08 | FA |
| 2 | Reinhard Wendemuth Bernd Truschinski Frank Schütze Frithjof Henckel Wolfram Thiem Volker Sauer Otmar Kaufhold Wolf-Dieter Oschlies Helmut Latz (cox) |
West Germany |
5:37.76 | FA |
| 3 | Aleksandr Shitov Antanas Čikotas Vasily Potapov Aleksandr Plyushkin Anatoly Nemtyryov Igor Konnov Anatoly Ivanov Vladimir Vasilyev Vladimir Zharov (cox) |
Soviet Union |
5:40.65 | FB |
| 4 | Israel Gorguet Francisco Mora Hermenegildo Palacio Angel Ramírez Luis Alonso Humberto Dorrego Alcides Risco Jesús Rosello (cox) |
Cuba |
5:47.33 | FB |
| 5 | Shigeru Miyagawa Toshihai Kitaura Masanobu Yamamoto Takashi Murayama Hiroshi Toriba Kenji Kaneyasu Tomiaki Iso Shiro Mataki Akio Kakishita (cox) |
Japan |
6:11.06 | FB |
Heat 2
Great Britain changed five of its seats, including the stroke. Czechoslovakia changed seats 2 to 6. Canada changed seven of the eight seats.[7]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Lester John Yallop Timothy Crooks Hugh Matheson David Maxwell James Clark Frederick Smallbone Leonard Robertson Patrick Sweeney (cox) |
Great Britain |
5:40.00 | FA |
| 2 | Pavel Konvička Václav Mls Josef Plamínek Josef Pokorný Karel Mejta Jr. Josef Neštický Lubomír Zapletal Miroslav Vraštil Sr. Jiří Pták (cox) |
Czechoslovakia |
5:43.81 | FA |
| 3 | Richard Cashin Steve Christiansen John Everett David Fellows Michael Hess Chip Lubsen Mark Norelius Alan Shealy David Weinberg (cox) |
United States |
5:48.60 | FB |
| 4 | Edgar Smith Dirk Gidney George Tintor James Henniger Patrick Croskerry Mel LaForme Ron Burak Alexander Manson Robert Choquette (cox) |
Canada |
5:48.94 | FB |
Finals
The two finals were rowed on 25 July.[8] The only team that did not change seats during the competition was the United States.[7]
B final
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Aleksandr Shitov Antanas Čikotas Vasily Potapov Aleksandr Plyushkin Anatoly Nemtyryov Igor Konnov Anatoly Ivanov Vladimir Vasilyev Vladimir Zharov (cox) |
Soviet Union |
6:05.88 |
| 8 | Edgar Smith Dirk Gidney George Tintor James Henniger Patrick Croskerry Mel LaForme Ron Burak Alexander Manson Robert Choquette (cox) |
Canada |
6:09.03 |
| 9 | Richard Cashin Steve Christiansen John Everett David Fellows Michael Hess Chip Lubsen Mark Norelius Alan Shealy David Weinberg (cox) |
United States |
6:11.07 |
| 10 | Israel Gorguet Francisco Mora Hermenegildo Palacio Angel Ramírez Luis Alonso Humberto Dorrego Alcides Risco Porfirio Reynoso Jesús Rosello (cox) |
Cuba |
6:14.86 |
| 11 | Shigeru Miyagawa Toshihai Kitaura Masanobu Yamamoto Takashi Murayama Hiroshi Toriba Kenji Kaneyasu Tomiaki Iso Shiro Mataki Akio Kakishita (cox) |
Japan |
6:33.33 |
A final
East Germany changed five seats for the final.[7] After Malcolm Shaw as stroke injured his back in the elimination race,[9] Australia replaced him with Peter Shakespear for the final.[7]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Bernd Baumgart Gottfried Döhn Werner Klatt Hans-Joachim Lück Dieter Wendisch Roland Kostulski Ulrich Karnatz Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Karl-Heinz Danielowski (cox) |
East Germany |
5:58.29 |
 |
Richard Lester John Yallop Timothy Crooks Hugh Matheson David Maxwell James Clark Frederick Smallbone Leonard Robertson Patrick Sweeney (cox) |
Great Britain |
6:00.82 |
 |
Ivan Sutherland Trevor Coker Peter Dignan Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Dave Rodger Alec McLean Tony Hurt Simon Dickie (cox) |
New Zealand |
6:03.51 |
| 4 | Reinhard Wendemuth Bernd Truschinski Frank Schütze Frithjof Henckel Wolfram Thiem Volker Sauer Otmar Kaufhold Wolf-Dieter Oschlies Helmut Latz (cox) |
West Germany |
6:06.15 |
| 5 | Islay Lee Ian Clubb Tim Conrad Robert Paver Gary Uebergang Athol MacDonald Peter Shakespear Brian Richardson Stuart Carter (cox) |
Australia |
6:09.75 |
| 6 | Pavel Konvička Václav Mls Josef Plamínek Josef Pokorný Karel Mejta Jr. Josef Neštický Lubomír Zapletal Miroslav Vraštil Sr. Jiří Pták (cox) |
Czechoslovakia |
6:14.29 |
Notes
- 1 2 "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- 1 2 "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Achter – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. Eight – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Official Report of the Organising Committee 1978, Vol 3, pp. 115–117.
- ↑ "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights Final Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "Malcolm Shaw". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
References
- Proulx, Daniel; Mollitt, J. James (1969). Chantigny, Louis, ed. The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad (PDF). Ottawa, Canada: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXI Olympiad.
- Volume 1 Part 1 (up to page 279)
- Volume 1 Part 2 (from page 280)
- Volume 2
- Volume 3
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