1. Background
    Previous M8+ competitions 

2. Results
    Heats  Heat 1  Heat 2  Repechage  Heat 1  Heat 2  Finals  B final  A final 

3. Notes

4. References

The men's eight competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, also referred to as men's coxed eight (M8+), took place at the rowing basin on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was held from 18 to 25 July and was won by the team from East Germany.

Background

Whilst the East German team was considered to be the favourite, the event was wide open and many teams could have won it.^[1] The United States had in the past dominated the event and up until and including the 1964 Summer Olympics, they had won nine out of ten Olympic golds.^[2] Whilst their dominance had since waned, they were still considered possible medal contenders, as they had won the 1974 World Rowing Championships. East Germany had won the 1973 European Rowing Championships (the event was discontinued after 1973), and the 1975 World Rowing Championships, and they had won bronze at the 1972 Olympics. The New Zealand team had won the event at the previous Summer Olympics, had won bronze at the last two World Rowing Championships, and four of their 1972 Olympic rowers plus their cox returned to Montreal.^[1] Other medallist at these major rowing events were Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain.^[4][5]

Previous M8+ competitions

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 2

Repechage

Heat 1

New Zealand changed seats for seven of its eight rowers. West Germany and Japan changed seats for all eight rowers. The Soviet team changed seats 1 to 7. The team from Cuba changed seats for seven rowers.{{sfn|Official Report of the Organising Committee|1978|loc=Vol 3, pp. 115–117}}

Heat 2

Great Britain changed five of its seats, including the stroke. Czechoslovakia changed seats 2 to 6. Canada changed seven of the eight seats.{{sfn|Official Report of the Organising Committee|1978|loc=Vol 3, pp. 115–117}}

Finals

The two finals were rowed on 25 July.^[7] The only team that did not change seats during the competition was the United States.{{sfn|Official Report of the Organising Committee|1978|loc=Vol 3, pp. 115–117}}

B final

A final

East Germany changed five seats for the final.{{sfn|Official Report of the Organising Committee|1978|loc=Vol 3, pp. 115–117}} After Malcolm Shaw as stroke injured his back in the elimination race,^[8] Australia replaced him with Peter Shakespear for the final.{{sfn|Official Report of the Organising Committee|1978|loc=Vol 3, pp. 115–117}}

Notes

References

• {{cite book | first1=Daniel | last1=Proulx | last2=Mollitt | first2=J. James | editor1-last=Chantigny | editor1-first=Louis | ref= {{sfnRef|Official Report of the Organising Committee|1978}} |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad | type=PDF | publisher=Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXI Olympiad | location=Ottawa, Canada | date=1969}}
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