Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

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Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date20–25 September 1988
Competitors41 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kerstin Förster
Kristina Mundt
Beate Schramm
Jana Sorgers
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Irina Kalimbet
Svitlana Maziy
Inna Frolova
Antonina Zelikovich
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Anișoara Bălan
Anişoara Minea
Veronica Cogeanu
Elisabeta Lipă
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  1984
1992  

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea. [1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 10 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final (for 1st through 6th place). The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (4 boats total) advanced to the "A" final. The remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were eliminated from medal contention and competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place. [2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6:23.22QA
2Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:26.95R
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:35.55R
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:41.03R
5Flag of France.svg  France 6:49.29R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:31.40QA
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:42.93R
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:43.56R
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:45.27R
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:47.13R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:26.14QA
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:37.46QA
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:38.95QB
4Flag of France.svg  France 6:44.15QB

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:27.75QA
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:33.36QA
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:39.10QB
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:41.24QB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:38.70
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:40.91
9Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:41.28
10Flag of France.svg  France 6:43.16

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:21.06
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:23.47
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:23.81
4Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6:24.10
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:41.86
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:43.79

Final classification

RankRowersNation
Gold medal icon.svg Kerstin Förster
Kristina Mundt
Beate Schramm
Jana Sorgers
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Irina Kalimbet
Svitlana Maziy
Inna Frolova
Antonina Zelikovich
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Anișoara Bălan
Anişoara Minea
Veronica Cogeanu
Doina Robu (heats)/Elisabeta Lipă (final)
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
4 Pavlina Khristova
Galina Anakhrieva
Iskra Velinova
Krasimira Tocheva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
5 Hana Krejčová
Ľubica Novotníková-Kurhajcová
Blanka Mikysková
Irena Soukupová
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
6 Marie-Anne Vandermoere
Ann Haesebrouck
Lucia Focque
Annelies Bredael
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
7 Jos Compaan
Marjan Pentenga
Nicolette Wessel
Marijke Zeekant
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
8 Erika Bertényi
Ildikó Cserey
Anikó Kapócs
Katalin Sarlós
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
9 Sherry Cassuto
Angie Herron
Jennie Marshall
Anne Martin
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 Monique Coupat
Christine Dubosquelle-Jullien
Christine Gossé
Chantal Lafon
Flag of France.svg  France

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 531–32.