Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four
The women's coxed four 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 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. 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 competed in the "B" final for 7th and 8th place.All races were over a 1000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sabine Heß | 3:22.55 | |||
| 2 | Aneta Matei | 3:26.42 | |||
| 3 | Mimi Kellogg | 3:32.77 | |||
| 4 | Pauline Wright | 3:33.90 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kapka Georgieva | 3:20.98 | |||
| 2 | Monique Pronk | 3:23.94 | |||
| 3 | Barbara Mutch | 3:24.23 | |||
| 4 | Lidiya Krylova | 3:25.92 |
Repechage
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Monique Pronk | 3:39.88 | |||
| 2 | Aneta Matei | 3:40.96 | |||
| 3 | Lidiya Krylova | 3:42.44 | |||
| 4 | Mimi Kellogg | 3:43.27 | |||
| 5 | Barbara Mutch | 3:44.41 | |||
| 6 | Pauline Wright | 3:45.53 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Barbara Mutch | 3:46.18 | ||
| 8 | Pauline Wright | 3:45.53 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Sabine Heß | 3:45.08 | |||
| Kapka Georgieva | 3:48.24 | |||
| Lidiya Krylova | 3:49.38 | |||
| 4 | Aneta Matei | 3:51.17 | ||
| 5 | Monique Pronk | 3:54.36 | ||
| 6 | Mimi Kellogg | 3:56.50 |
Final classification
| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß | ||
| Ginka Gyurova Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova Mariyka Modeva Kapka Georgieva | ||
| Nadezhda Sevostyanova Lyudmila Krokhina Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Lidiya Krylova | ||
| 4 | Elena Oprea-Horvat Florica Petcu-Dospinescu Filigonia Tol Aurelia Marinescu Aneta Matei | |
| 5 | Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin Hette Borrias Myriam van Rooyen-Steenman Ans Gravesteijn Monique Pronk | |
| 6 | Pam Behrens Catherine Menges Nancy Storrs Judy Geer Mimi Kellogg | |
| 7 | Linda Schaumleffel Dolores Young Monika Draeger Joy Fera Barbara Mutch | |
| 8 | Gillian Webb Pauline Bird-Hart Clare Grove Diana Bishop Pauline Wright |