Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair
December 14, 2023
The men's coxed pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada.[1] It was held from 18 to 25 July.[2] There were 13 boats (40 competitors, with West Germany making one substitution) from 13 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event.[2] The event was won by Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich, and Georg Spohr of East Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event (with an entirely different crew than in 1972). The Soviet Union (Dmitry Bekhterev, Yuriy Shurkalov, and cox Yuriy Lorentsson) earned that nation's first medal in the event since 1960 with their silver. The Czechoslovakian brothers Oldřich Svojanovský and Pavel Svojanovský became the 8th and 9th men to win multiple medals in the event, adding a bronze to 1972 silver with new cox Ludvík Vébr.
This was the 14th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900, but was not held in 1904, 1908, or 1912. It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992, when it (along with the men's coxed four) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]
Three of the 18 competitors from the 1972 coxed pair Final A returned: Oldřich Svojanovský and Pavel Svojanovský, the rowers from the silver-medal Czechoslovakia boat, and Yuriy Lorentsson, the coxswain of the fifth-place Soviet Union crew. East Germany had won the 1972 Olympics and 1975 World Championship, but sent a different crew after Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich, and Georg Spohr defeated the reigning champions in Grünau in May. Similarly, the Soviet Union had won the 1974 World Championship, but sent a different crew. Primo Baran, a member of the 1968 Italian gold medalist team, returned after not being selected for the coxed pair in 1972.[2]
No nations made their debut in the event. France and the United States each made their 12th appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.
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The coxed pair event featured three-person boats, with two rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3] The competition consisted of three main rounds (quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage after the quarterfinals.
The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the quarterfinals, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top 3 boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals (9 boats total). The remaining 4 boats competed in a single-heat repechage.
The top 3 boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals; the last-place boat was eliminated.
The semifinals consisted of two heats of 6 boats each. The top 3 boats in each semifinal advanced to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The 4th through 6th place boats were placed in the "B" final (7th through 12th place).[4]
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The men s coxed pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin Canada 1 It was held from 18 to 25 July 2 There were 13 boats 40 competitors with West Germany making one substitution from 13 nations with each nation limited to a single boat in the event 2 The event was won by Harald Jahrling Friedrich Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr of East Germany the nation s second consecutive victory in the event with an entirely different crew than in 1972 The Soviet Union Dmitry Bekhterev Yuriy Shurkalov and cox Yuriy Lorentsson earned that nation s first medal in the event since 1960 with their silver The Czechoslovakian brothers Oldrich Svojanovsky and Pavel Svojanovsky became the 8th and 9th men to win multiple medals in the event adding a bronze to 1972 silver with new cox Ludvik Vebr Men s coxed pairat the Games of the XXI OlympiadHarald Jahrling Friedrich Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr left earn their place on the East German Olympic team by beating reigning Olympic champion rowers Wolfgang Gunkel and Jorg Lucke in May 1976 the trio would win the gold medal in MontrealVenueNotre Dame Island Olympic BasinDate18 25 JulyCompetitors40 from 13 nationsWinning time7 58 99MedalistsHarald JahrlingFriedrich Wilhelm UlrichGeorg Spohr cox East GermanyDmitry BekhterevYuriy ShurkalovYuriy Lorentsson cox Soviet UnionOldrich SvojanovskyPavel SvojanovskyLudvik Vebr cox Czechoslovakia 19721980 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Quarterfinals 4 1 1 Quarterfinal 1 4 1 2 Quarterfinal 2 4 1 3 Quarterfinal 3 4 2 Repechage 4 3 Semifinals 4 3 1 Semifinal 1 4 3 2 Semifinal 2 4 4 Finals 4 4 1 Final B 4 4 2 Final A 5 Final classification 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 14th appearance of the event Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather The men s coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900 but was not held in 1904 1908 or 1912 It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992 when it along with the men s coxed four was replaced with the men s lightweight double sculls and men s lightweight coxless four 2 Three of the 18 competitors from the 1972 coxed pair Final A returned Oldrich Svojanovsky and Pavel Svojanovsky the rowers from the silver medal Czechoslovakia boat and Yuriy Lorentsson the coxswain of the fifth place Soviet Union crew East Germany had won the 1972 Olympics and 1975 World Championship but sent a different crew after Harald Jahrling Friedrich Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr defeated the reigning champions in Grunau in May Similarly the Soviet Union had won the 1974 World Championship but sent a different crew Primo Baran a member of the 1968 Italian gold medalist team returned after not being selected for the coxed pair in 1972 2 No nations made their debut in the event France and the United States each made their 12th appearance tied for most among nations to that point Competition format editThe coxed pair event featured three person boats with two rowers and a coxswain It was a sweep rowing event with the rowers each having one oar and thus each rowing on one side The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 3 The competition consisted of three main rounds quarterfinals semifinals and finals as well as a repechage after the quarterfinals The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the quarterfinals with 4 or 5 boats in each heat The top 3 boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals 9 boats total The remaining 4 boats competed in a single heat repechage The top 3 boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals the last place boat was eliminated The semifinals consisted of two heats of 6 boats each The top 3 boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final 1st through 6th place The 4th through 6th place boats were placed in the B final 7th through 12th place 4 Schedule editAll times are Eastern Daylight Time UTC 4 Date Time RoundSunday 18 July 1976 13 00 QuarterfinalsTuesday 20 July 1976 11 00 RepechageFriday 23 July 1976 12 00 SemifinalsSunday 25 July 1976 12 20 FinalsResults editQuarterfinals edit Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Rumen KhristovTsvetan Petkov Todor Kishev nbsp Bulgaria 7 24 44 Q2 Harald JahrlingFriedrich Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr nbsp East Germany 7 26 03 Q3 Dmitry BekhterevYuriy Shurkalov Yuriy Lorentsson nbsp Soviet Union 7 29 19 Q4 Ryszard StadniukGrzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak nbsp Poland 7 43 45 R5 John MatthewsDarrell Vreugdenhil Ken Dreyfuss nbsp United States 7 49 00 RQuarterfinal 2 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Jean Claude CoucardonYves Fraisse Antoine Gambert nbsp France 7 35 91 Q2 Wandir KuntzeAtalibio Magioni Nilton Alonco nbsp Brazil 7 39 20 Q3 Milan ButoracStanko Milos Sinisa Rutesic nbsp Yugoslavia 7 40 70 Q4 Robert BergenWalter Krawec Michel Riendeau nbsp Canada 7 45 77 RQuarterfinal 3 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Oldrich SvojanovskyPavel Svojanovsky Ludvik Vebr nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 34 03 Q2 Primo BaranAnnibale Venier Franco Venturini nbsp Italy 7 37 15 Q3 Neil ChristieJames MacLeod David Webb nbsp Great Britain 7 40 22 Q4 Thomas HitzbleckKlaus Jager Holger Hocke nbsp West Germany 8 04 22 RRepechage edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Ryszard StadniukGrzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak nbsp Poland 7 23 17 Q2 John MatthewsDarrell Vreugdenhil Ken Dreyfuss nbsp United States 7 25 58 Q3 Thomas HitzbleckKlaus Jager Holger Hocke nbsp West Germany 7 26 90 Q4 Robert BergenWalter Krawec Michel Riendeau nbsp Canada 7 28 81Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Rumen KhristovTsvetan Petkov Todor Kishev nbsp Bulgaria 7 01 10 QA2 Dmitry BekhterevYuriy Shurkalov Yuriy Lorentsson nbsp Soviet Union 7 03 89 QA3 Primo BaranAnnibale Venier Franco Venturini nbsp Italy 7 05 60 QA4 Jean Claude CoucardonYves Fraisse Antoine Gambert nbsp France 7 06 70 QB5 Milan ButoracStanko Milos Sinisa Rutesic nbsp Yugoslavia 7 17 02 QB6 Thomas HitzbleckKlaus Jager Holger Hocke nbsp West Germany 7 23 93 QBSemifinal 2 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Harald JahrlingFriedrich Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr nbsp East Germany 7 05 76 QA2 Oldrich SvojanovskyPavel Svojanovsky Ludvik Vebr nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 08 00 QA3 Ryszard StadniukGrzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak nbsp Poland 7 09 33 QA4 Neil ChristieJames MacLeod David Webb nbsp Great Britain 7 11 67 QB5 Wandir KuntzeAtalibio Magioni Nilton Alonco nbsp Brazil 7 21 81 QB6 John MatthewsDarrell Vreugdenhil Ken Dreyfuss nbsp United States 7 24 78 QBFinals edit Final B edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time7 Neil ChristieJames MacLeod David Webb nbsp Great Britain 8 06 938 Klaus JagerWinfried Ringwald Holger Hocke nbsp West Germany 8 09 029 Jean Claude CoucardonYves Fraisse Antoine Gambert nbsp France 8 12 6610 Wandir KuntzeAtalibio Magioni Nilton Alonco nbsp Brazil 8 14 4411 John MatthewsDarrell Vreugdenhil Ken Dreyfuss nbsp United States 8 15 6512 Milan ButoracStanko Milos Sinisa Rutesic nbsp Yugoslavia 8 16 22Final A edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time nbsp Harald JahrlingFriedrich Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr nbsp East Germany 7 58 99 nbsp Dmitry BekhterevYuriy Shurkalov Yuriy Lorentsson nbsp Soviet Union 8 01 82 nbsp Oldrich SvojanovskyPavel Svojanovsky Ludvik Vebr nbsp Czechoslovakia 8 03 284 Rumen KhristovTsvetan Petkov Todor Kishev nbsp Bulgaria 8 11 275 Primo BaranAnnibale Venier Franco Venturini nbsp Italy 8 15 976 Ryszard StadniukGrzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak nbsp Poland 8 23 02Final classification editRank Rowers Coxswain Nation nbsp Harald JahrlingFriedrich Wilhelm Ulrich Georg Spohr nbsp East Germany nbsp Dmitry BekhterevYuriy Shurkalov Yuriy Lorentsson nbsp Soviet Union nbsp Oldrich SvojanovskyPavel Svojanovsky Ludvik Vebr nbsp Czechoslovakia4 Rumen KhristovTsvetan Petkov Todor Kishev nbsp Bulgaria5 Primo BaranAnnibale Venier Franco Venturini nbsp Italy6 Ryszard StadniukGrzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak nbsp Poland7 Neil ChristieJames MacLeod David Webb nbsp Great Britain8 Winfried Ringwald final Klaus JagerThomas Hitzbleck quarters semis Holger Hocke nbsp West Germany9 Yves FraisseJean Claude Coucardon Antoine Gambert nbsp France10 Atalibio MagioniWandir Kuntze Nilton Alonco nbsp Brazil11 John MatthewsDarrell Vreugdenhil Ken Dreyfuss nbsp United States12 Stanko MilosMilan Butorac Sinisa Rutesic nbsp Yugoslavia13 Robert BergenWalter Krawec Michel Riendeau nbsp CanadaReferences edit Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games Men s Coxed Pairs Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 24 August 2018 a b c d Coxed Pairs Men Olympedia Retrieved 10 May 2021 Why Do We Race 2000m The History Behind the Distance World Rowing 1 May 2017 Retrieved 19 April 2021 Official Report vol 3 p 103 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Men 27s coxed pair amp oldid 1053157635, wikipedia, 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