Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

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Women's coxless pairs
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Han River Regatta Course
Date19–24 September
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time7:28.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rodica Arba
Olga Homeghi
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikki Payne
Lynley Hannen
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
  1984
1992  

The women's coxless pairs rowing competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Han River Regatta Course in Seoul, Korea. The event was held from 19 to 24 September.

Contents

Background

The Romanian rower Rodica Arba had competed in the event since the 1981 season, [1] and dominated it—with different partners—since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, [2] where she won gold with Elena Horvat. [3] She gained the 1985 World Rowing Championships title with Horvat, [4] and won the 1986 and 1987 World Rowing Championships with Olga Homeghi. [5] [6] Arba and Homeghi were the only team favoured to have a chance of winning the event at the 1988 Olympics. [2] The East German rowers were regarded as medal contenders, as they had gained medals in the event at the last three World Championships. [4] [5] [6] Canada were the reigning Pan American champions. [2]

Previous W2- competitions

CompetitionGoldSilverBronze
1980 Summer Olympics [7] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
1981 World Rowing Championships [1] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
1982 World Rowing Championships [8] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1983 World Rowing Championships [9] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1984 Summer Olympics [3] Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1985 World Rowing Championships [4] Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1986 World Rowing Championships [5] Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1987 World Rowing Championships [6] Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Katrin Schröder
Kerstin Spittler
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7:59.10FA
2 Lynley Hannen
Nikki Payne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:02.39R
3 Mara Keggi
Barbara Kirch
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:16.85R
4 Marina Smorodina
Sarmīte Stone
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8:23.68R
5 Gong Jeong-bae
Lee Byeong-in
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 8:34.90R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Rodica Arba
Olga Homeghi
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:42.53FA
2 Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 7:48.68R
3 Kirsten Barnes
Sarah Ann Ogilvie
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 8:09.51R
4 Alison Bonner
Kim Thomas
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:14.52R
5 Bettina Kämpf
Cordula Keller
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8:19.76R

Repechage

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Lynley Hannen
Nikki Payne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:59.93FA
2 Marina Smorodina
Sarmīte Stone
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8:07.67FA
3 Kirsten Barnes
Sarah Ann Ogilvie
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 8:11.49FB
4 Bettina Kämpf
Cordula Keller
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8:20.13FB

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 7:50.94FA
2 Mara Keggi
Barbara Kirch
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:05.55FA
3 Alison Bonner
Kim Thomas
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:13.13FB
4 Gong Jeong-Bae
Lee Byeong-In
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 8:18.62FB

Finals

B final

RankRowerCountryTime
7 Kirsten Barnes
Sarah Ann Ogilvie
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 8:09.10
8 Alison Bonner
Kim Thomas
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:15.20
9 Bettina Kämpf
Cordula Keller
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8:22.08
10 Gong Jeong-Bae
Lee Byeong-In
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 8:25.14

A final

Olga Homeghi (stroke) and Rodica Arba after winning gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rodica Arba and Olga Homeghi 1988.jpg
Olga Homeghi (stroke) and Rodica Arba after winning gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics
RankRowerCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Rodica Arba
Olga Homeghi
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:28.13
Silver medal icon.svg Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 7:31.95
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikki Payne
Lynley Hannen
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:35.68
4 Kerstin Spittler
Katrin Schröder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7:40.47
5 Sarmīte Stone
Marina Smorodina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:53.19
6 Barbara Kirch
Mara Keggi
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:56.27

Notes

  1. 1 2 "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  7. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  8. "Rudern - Weltmeisterschaften: Zweier ohne Steuerfrau" (in German). Sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 30 November 2016.

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