| Women's coxed four at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |
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| Date | 19–24 September 1988 |
| Competitors | 55 from 10 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Single sculls | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Coxed pair | men | |
| Coxless four | men | |
| Coxed four | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
The women's coxed four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea. [1]
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.
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Sylvia Rose |  East Germany | 7:11.01 | QA | |
| 2 | Greta Georgieva [3] |  Bulgaria | 7:11.59 | R | |
| 3 | Li Ronghua |  China | 7:17.15 | R | |
| 4 | Lesley Thompson-Willie |  Canada | 7:31.02 | R | |
| 5 | Nam Sang-ran |  South Korea | 8:09.58 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecaterina Oancia |  Romania | 7:21.43 | QA | |
| 2 | Valentina Khokhlova |  Soviet Union | 7:28.73 | R | |
| 3 | Grażyna Błąd |  Poland | 7:29.72 | R | |
| 4 | Kim Santiago |  United States | 7:33.42 | R | |
| 5 | Alison Norrish |  Great Britain | 7:38.01 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Greta Georgieva | Bulgaria | 7:20.78 | QA | |
| 2 | Alison Norrish | Great Britain | 7:25.63 | QA | |
| 3 | Lesley Thompson-Willie | Canada | 7:29.71 | QB | |
| 4 | Grażyna Błąd | Poland | 7:32.55 | QB |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Li Ronghua | China | 7:23.80 | QA | |
| 2 | Kim Santiago | United States | 7:28.01 | QA | |
| 3 | Valentina Khokhlova | Soviet Union | 7:35.22 | QB | |
| 4 | Nam Sang-ran | South Korea | 8:13.07 | QB |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Lesley Thompson-Willie | Canada | 7:19.86 | |
| 8 | Grażyna Błąd | Poland | 7:22.59 | |
| 9 | Valentina Khokhlova | Soviet Union | 7:27.20 | |
| 10 | Nam Sang-ran | South Korea | 8:07.71 |
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sylvia Rose | East Germany | 6:56.00 | OB | |
 | Li Ronghua | China | 6:58.78 | ||
 | Ecaterina Oancia | Romania | 7:01.13 | ||
| 4 | Greta Georgieva | Bulgaria | 7:02.27 | ||
| 5 | Kim Santiago | United States | 7:09.12 | ||
| 6 | Alison Norrish | Great Britain | 7:10.80 |
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