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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 Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... 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 The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ... in 1976. Her husband Bernd Landvoigt, brother-in-law Jörg Landvoigt and nephew Ike Landvoigt are also retired Olympic rowers. References 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Zwickau Rowers from Saxony Sportspeople 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olha Puhovska
Olha Oleksandrivna Puhovska (; 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 wiktionary:cockboat, cockboat, a ... of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the eights event. 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 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{USSR-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Island
Notre Dame Island () 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. The island contains the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which hosts the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. History Notre Dame Island was built in ten months from 15 million tons of rock excavated for the Montreal Metro in the early 1960s. 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 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It is the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, also the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic games held in North America, followed by the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Twenty-nine countries, mostly African, boycotted the Montreal Games when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to ban New Zealand, after the New Zealand national rugby union team ... [...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 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet .... 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 wiktionary:cockboat, cockboat, a ... of the American boat that won the bronze medal in the women's eight event. References 1959 births Living people American female rowers American coxswains (rowing) Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in rowing Sportspeople from Watsonville, California Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States 20th-century American sportswomen {{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. She was born in Plattsburgh, New York Plattsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The population of the sur .... 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 20th-century American sportswomen {{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 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy McCarthy
Margaret Ann "Peggy" McCarthy (born March 1, 1956), 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 the oldest and highest civilian award in the United States, alongside the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is bestowed by vote of the United States Congress, signed into law by the president. The Gold Medal exp ...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 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-rowing-Olympic-m ... [...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 proba ... [...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 The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ... 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 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
