Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls
The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. It was the first time that the event was included at the Olympics.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two main rounds 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. 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 competed in the "B" final for 7th through 11th place.All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:49.21 | |||
| 2 | 5:53.40 | |||
| 3 | 5:55.05 | |||
| 4 | 5:58.79 | |||
| 5 | 6:03.44 | |||
| 6 | 6:19.88 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:47.83 | |||
| 2 | 5:50.87 | |||
| 3 | 5:57.19 | |||
| 4 | 5:58.92 | |||
| 5 | 8:00.68 |
Repechage
Repechage heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:48.52 | |||
| 2 | 5:49.38 | |||
| 3 | 5:53.55 | |||
| 4 | 5:57.82 | |||
| 5 | 6:14.49 |
Repechage heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:50.36 | |||
| 2 | 5:55.23 | |||
| 3 | 5:58.68 | |||
| 4 | 6:10.11 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | 6:28.60 | ||
| 8 | 6:29.61 | ||
| 9 | 6:32.83 | ||
| 10 | 6:40.76 | ||
| 11 | 6:44.74 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 6:18.65 | |||
| 6:19.89 | |||
| 6:21.77 | |||
| 4 | 6:24.81 | ||
| 5 | 6:32.04 | ||
| 6 | 6:34.33 |
Final classification
| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Wolfgang Güldenpfennig Rüdiger Reiche Karl-Heinz Bußert Michael Wolfgramm | ||
| Yevgeniy Duleyev Yuriy Yakimov Aivars Lazdenieks Vytautas Butkus | ||
| Jaroslav Hellebrand Václav Vochoska Zdeněk Pecka Vladek Lacina | ||
| 4 | Norbert Kothe Helmut Krause Michael Gentsch Helmut Wolber | |
| 5 | Yordan Valchev Mincho Nikolov Khristo Zhelev Eftim Gerzilov | |
| 6 | Peter Cortes Kenneth Foote Neil Halleen John Van Blom | |
| 7 | Roland Weill Roland Thibaut Patrick Morineau Charles Imbert | |
| 8 | Hans Ruckstuhl Denis Oswald Jürg Weitnauer Reto Wyss | |
| 9 | Andrew Justice Mark Hayter Allan Whitwell Thomas Bishop | |
| 10 | Francisco Rodríguez César Herrera Ramón Luperón Nelson Simon Cirilo Suárez | |
| 11 | Louis Bourassa York Langerfeld Louis Prévost André Renart |