Women’s Rowing first Olympic competition – Montreal 1976 Olympic Games

Rowing has been an Olympic sport since the Paris 1900 Games. However, women only started competing at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, in 1000m races. The former East Germany made history becoming the first female crew to win an Olympic medal in the eight, the sport’s most traditional event. The former Soviet Union and the United States of America took second and third positions, respectively, and completed the podium.