| Event: | Women's coxless pair |
| Games: | 1976 Summer |
| Date: | 19–24 July |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Gold: | Siyka Kelbecheva Stoyanka Gruycheva |
| Goldnoc: | BUL |
| Silver: | Angelika Noack Sabine Dähne |
| Silvernoc: | GDR |
| Bronze: | Edith Eckbauer Thea Einöder |
| Bronzenoc: | FRG |
| Next: | 1980 |
The women's coxless pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada.[1] It was the first time the event was contested for women.[1]
The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 11 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 6 boats in one heat and 5 boats in the other. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 9 boats were placed in the repechage. Two heats were held in the repechage, with 5 boats in one heat and 4 boats in the other. The top two boats in each heat of the repechage went to the "A" final as well. The remaining 5 boats (3rd, 4th, and 5th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final for 7th through 11th place.[2]
All races were over a 1000-metre course.
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Eckbauer, Edith" | 3:31.01 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Kelbecheva, Siyka" | 3:33.24 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Horodilova, Nataliya" | 3:33.91 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Dähne, Sabine" | 3:36.26 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Kawalska, Małgorzata" | 3:41.05 | ||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Clark, Lin" | 3:42.53 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Craig, Elizabeth" | 3:37.53 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Maxim, Marinela" | 3:42.18 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Pěkná, Oldřiška" | 3:46.65 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Morgan, Sue" | 3:46.76 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Kéri-Novák, Judit" | 3:57.17 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Kelbecheva, Siyka" | 3:48.73 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Dähne, Sabine" | 3:54.58 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Pěkná, Oldřiška" | 4:01.18 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Clark, Lin" | 4:02.54 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Kéri-Novák, Judit" | 4:06.81 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Horodilova, Nataliya" | 3:52.59 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Maxim, Marinela" | 3:53.93 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Morgan, Sue" | 3:58.41 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Kawalska, Małgorzata" | 4:02.20 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Morgan, Sue" | 4:02.91 | |||
| 8 | align=left data-sort-value="Kawalska, Małgorzata" | 4:03.26 | |||
| 9 | align=left data-sort-value="Pěkná, Oldřiška" | 4:05.10 | |||
| 10 | align=left data-sort-value="Clark, Lin" | 4:07.99 | |||
| 11 | align=left data-sort-value="Kéri-Novák, Judit" | 4:11.93 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Kelbecheva, Siyka" | 4:01.22 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Dähne, Sabine" | 4:01.64 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Eckbauer, Edith" | 4:02.35 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Horodilova, Nataliya" | 4:03.27 | |||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Craig, Elizabeth" | 4:08.09 | |||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Maxim, Marinela" | 4:15.44 |