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Rowing At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
The women's eight competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Goretzki
Viola Goretzki (later Landvoigt; born 23 November 1956) is a retired German rower. She won a world title in 1975 and an Olympic gold medal in 1976 at the 1976 Montreal in the eight event. For these achievements she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in 1976. Her husband Bernd Landvoigt, brother-in-law Jörg Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt (born 23 March 1951) is a retired German rower Jörg Landvoigt and his twin brother Bernd were born in Brandenburg an der Havel, then in the German Democratic Republic. Their father was a boatman: their mother worked as a secr ... and nephew Ike Landvoigt are also retired Olympic rowers. References 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Zwickau People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt East German female rowers Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olha Puhovska
Olha Oleksandrivna Puhovska ( uk, Ольга Олександрівна Пуговська, born 1 November 1942) is a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 she was the coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boa ... of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the eights event. External links profile 1942 births Living people Russian female rowers Ukrainian female rowers Soviet female rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{USSR-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Island
Notre Dame Island (french: Île Notre-Dame) is an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is immediately to the east of Saint Helen's Island and west of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the city of Saint-Lambert on the south shore. Together with Saint Helen's Island, it makes up Parc Jean-Drapeau, which forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. To the southeast, the island is connected to the embankment separating the seaway and Lachine Rapids. Parc Jean-Drapeau is registered as a leg of the Route Verte and Trans Canada Trail. It houses the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, host of the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One. History Notre Dame Island was built in ten months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro underground rail in 1965. It was created for Expo 67 to celebrate Canada's centennial. Nearly all of the remaining Expo 67 pavilions were demolished in 1975 to make way for a long rowing and canoeing basin for Montreal's 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
The women's eights rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, .... The event was held from 21 to 26 July. Heats The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final. Heat 1 Heat 2 Repechage Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final. Final References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's eight Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Women's rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Silliman
Lynn Silliman (born April 24, 1959) is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She was born in Watsonville, California in 1959. In 1976 she was the coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boa ... of the American boat that won the bronze medal in the eight event. References 1959 births Living people American female rowers Coxswains (rowing) Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing People from Watsonville, California Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Ricketson
Gail Susan Ricketson (born September 12, 1953) is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P .... She was born in Plattsburgh, New York. In 1976 she was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event. References External links * 1953 births Living people American female rowers Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Brown (rower)
Carol Page Brown (born April 19, 1953) is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She was also a member of the 1980 Olympic team women's eight that did not compete in the Moscow Olympic Games due to the US-led boycott. She was a member of the 1984 Olympic team in Los Angeles. Biography Brown rowed for Princeton University and was the founder and three-time captain of the Princeton women's swimming team. She was a member of three All American relay teams (1973 and 1974) one of which set an American record (1973). Her first US National Team was the 1974 World Championships where she and Princeton teammate Janet Youngholm raced to a fifth-place finish; the first US women's boat to reach a world championship finals. They qualified for the US Team by being National Champions in the pair event racing for Princeton University. At the 1975 World Rowing Championships, Brown won a silver medal with the women's eight. In 1976 she was a crew member of the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy McCarthy
Margaret Ann "Peggy" McCarthy (born March 1, 1956 in Urbana, Illinois), is an American rower. Olympian She competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event. She qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. McCarthy did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress. It is Congress's highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions by individuals or institutions. The congressional pract ...s created especially for the spurned athletes. References 1956 births Living people Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing American female rowers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Congressional Gold Medal recipients 21st-century American women {{US-row ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Warner (rower)
Anne Elizabeth Taubes Warner or Anne Warner Taubes (born August 24, 1954) is an American lawyer and a rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for the United States. Early life Warner was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. Warner attended Yale University, graduating with a B.A. in Russian studies, cum laude, in 1977. While at Yale, she conducted the Yale Slavic Chorus and was a member of St. Anthony Hall. She was also a member of the women's crew team, in the position of stroke. Warner was part of a protest of the women's crew for equal facilities under Title IX.Daniel J. Boyne, The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water', 2005, p. 204. via Google Books. By the water, there was no locker room for the women's crew team, so they had to wait on the bus after practice while the men showered before they could return to campus. ''The New York Times'' ran a story about their protest and quoted Warner saying, "We'll pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Greig
Marion Ethel Greig (born February 22, 1954) is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Greig was born in Hudson, New York. She graduated in 1976 from Cornell University. She competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ... and was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event. She rowed in the fifth seat. Greig also competed in the 1975 World Championships in the quad sculls, placing fifth. References 1954 births Living people Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing American female rowers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
