Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
# Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place from 18 to 25 July at the Olympic Reggatta Course at Île Notre-Dame.

## Results

### Heats

Three fastest rowers in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. The remaining rowers must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in semi-finals.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Frank Hansen Alf Hansen | Norway | 6:29.77 |
| 2 | Yevgeny Barbakov Gennady Korshikov | Soviet Union | 6:38.63 |
| 3 | Chris Baillieu Michael Hart | Great Britain | 6:40.86 |
| 4 | Umberto Ragazzi Silvio Ferrini | Italy | 6:47.97 |
| 5 | Gilberto Gerhardt Sérgio Sztancsa | Brazil | 7:02.18 |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen Bertow Uli Schmied | East Germany | 6:39.71 |
| 2 | Peter Becker Gerhard Kroschewski | West Germany | 6:41.16 |
| 3 | Jean-Noël Ribot Jean-Michel Izart | France | 6:44.04 |
| 4 | Bill Belden Lawrence Klecatsky | United States | 6:46.33 |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Josef Straka Miroslav Laholík | Czechoslovakia | 6:40.55 |
| 2 | Jean-Henrik Martell Lennart Bälter | Sweden | 6:44.10 |
| 3 | Zoran Pančić Darko Majstorović | Yugoslavia | 6:49.68 |
| 4 | Patrick Willems Didier Vermeersch | Belgium | 6:52.09 |

### Repechage

Top three finishers in heat qualify to the semifinal round.

**Repechage**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bill Belden Lawrence Klecatsky | United States | 6:34.81 |
| 2 | Umberto Ragazzi Silvio Ferrini | Italy | 6:38.48 |
| 3 | Patrick Willems Didier Vermeersch | Belgium | 6:39.48 |
| 4 | Gilberto Gerhardt Sérgio Sztancsa | Brazil | 6:48.95 |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal A/B**

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

**Semifinal A/B**

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Frank Hansen Alf Hansen | Norway | 6:12.48 |
| 2 | Chris Baillieu Michael Hart | Great Britain | 6:18.38 |
| 3 | Peter Becker Gerhard Kroschewski | West Germany | 6:21.64 |
| 4 | Josef Straka Miroslav Laholík | Czechoslovakia | 6:25.02 |
| 5 | Umberto Ragazzi Silvio Ferrini | Italy | 6:34.34 |
| 6 | Zoran Pančić Darko Majstorović | Yugoslavia | 6:39.91 |

**Semifinal A/B**

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen Bertow Uli Schmied | East Germany | 6:24.90 |
| 2 | Yevgeny Barbakov Gennady Korshikov | Soviet Union | 6:26.87 |
| 3 | Jean-Noël Ribot Jean-Michel Izart | France | 6:30.83 |
| 4 | Bill Belden Lawrence Klecatsky | United States | 6:33.88 |
| 5 | Jean-Henrik Martell Lennart Bälter | Sweden | 6:35.51 |
| 6 | Patrick Willems Didier Vermeersch | Belgium | 6:42.32 |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Umberto Ragazzi Silvio Ferrini | Italy | 7:15.21 |
| 2 | Bill Belden Lawrence Klecatsky | United States | 7:16.59 |
| 3 | Zoran Pančić Darko Majstorović | Yugoslavia | 7:21.69 |
| 4 | Josef Straka Miroslav Laholík | Czechoslovakia | 7:23.49 |
| 5 | Jean-Henrik Martell Lennart Bälter | Sweden | 7:25.57 |
| 6 | Patrick Willems Didier Vermeersch | Belgium | 7:25.82 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Frank Hansen Alf Hansen | Norway | 7:13.20 |
| | Chris Baillieu Michael Hart | Great Britain | 7:15.26 |
| | Jürgen Bertow Uli Schmied | East Germany | 7:17.45 |
| 4 | Yevgeny Barbakov Gennady Korshikov | Soviet Union | 7:18.87 |
| 5 | Peter Becker Gerhard Kroschewski | West Germany | 7:22.15 |
| 6 | Jean-Noël Ribot Jean-Michel Izart | France | 7:50.18 |
