Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four
| Men's coxed four at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic basin at Notre Dame Island |
| Date | 18–25 July |
| Competitors | 71 from 14 nations |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winning time | 6:40.22 |
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The men's coxed four (M4+) competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics 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 Soviet Union.
While West Germany had won the previous Olympic event in 1972, the Soviet Union had since won most of the relevant competitions: the 1973 European Rowing Championships (the event was discontinued after 1973), and the 1975 World Rowing Championships. In the 1974 World Rowing Championships, the Soviet Union won silver. East Germany had won silver at the 1972 Summer Olympics and had since won silver at the 1973 European Rowing Championships, gold at the 1974 World Rowing Championships, and silver in the following year. West Germany had not made the A final at the 1973 European Rowing Championships, but had won bronze at both the subsequent world championships. The only other country that had won medals in these events was Czechoslovakia, having won bronze in both 1972 and 1973.
Three heats were rowed on 18 July. Two of the heats had five teams and one had four teams, with the first three teams to qualify for the semi-finals, and the remaining teams progressing to the repechage.
One heat was rowed in the repechage on 20 July. Of the five teams competing, the first three progressed to the semi-finals. Poland swapped seats 2 and 4 for this race. The team from Bulgaria swapped three of the seats for the repechage. Italy swapped seats 1 to 3. Norway swapped seats 2 to 4. Argentina and Norway were eliminated in the repechage.
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