Lake of Banyoles training location for many foreign rowers, particularly English rowers. It was also the site for the 1991 Junior World Rowing Championships. Lake of Banyoles Lake of Banyoles (or Estany de Banyoles) is a natural lake located in the "comarca" "Pla de l'Estany", Province of Girona, in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of Banyoles, to which it belongs entirely. On the western shore it borders with the town of Porqueres. The lake is approximately 2,100 m by 750 m with an average depth of 15 m that in several points gets down to 46.4 metres. It
Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics increased, and women were admitted for the first time in Olympic history. The quad scull events were introduced at this Olympics, without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women. A total of 593 rowers from 31 nations competed at the Montreal Games: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal featured races in 14 events, all held at the rowing basin on Notre Dame Island. Women's events held at 1000 m debuted (they would be lengthened to the men's events of 2000 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul). There was a