Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

Women's coxless pairs at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date	21–26 July 1980
Competitors	12 from 6 nations
Winning time	3:30.49
Medalists
Ute Steindorf and Cornelia Klier   East Germany Małgorzata Dłużewska and Czesława Kościańska   Poland Siika Barboulova and Stoyanka Kurbatova   Bulgaria
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The women's coxless pairs rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Krylatskoye Rowing Canal, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 21 to 26 July. ^[1]

Heats

The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams had to compete in the repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Larisa Zavarzina Galina Stepanova	Soviet Union	3:55.08
2	Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	East Germany	4:00.17
3	Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kurbatova	Bulgaria	4:00.38

Heat 2

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska	Poland	3:56.08
2	Florica Dospinescu Elena Oprea	Romania	4:04.74
3	Teréz Bednarik Éva Molnár	Hungary	4:12.44

Repechage

Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	East Germany	3:36.51
2	Florica Dospinescu Elena Oprea	Romania	3:37.16
3	Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kurbatova	Bulgaria	3:37.48
4	Teréz Bednarik Éva Molnár	Hungary	3:50.47

Final

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	East Germany	3:30.49
2	Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska	Poland	3:30.95
3	Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kurbatova	Bulgaria	3:32.39
4	Florica Dospinescu Elena Oprea	Romania	3:35.14
5	Larisa Zavarzina Galina Stepanova	Soviet Union	4:12.53

References

1. "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

Sources

• The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). p. 117. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.