Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

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Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August 1992
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Ingeburg Schwerzmann
Stefani Werremeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Stephanie Pierson
Anna Seaton
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  

The women's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain. [1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The slowest boat (4th place) in the repechage finished in 13th place.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th. [2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:40.19Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:44.99Q
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:53.89Q
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8:03.55R
5Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 8:33.76R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 7:43.29Q
2Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 8:04.79Q
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:10.03Q
4Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 8:24.16R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:41.19Q
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:43.60Q
3Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:55.16Q
4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 8:04.77R

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 7:52.47Q
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:58.18Q
3Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 8:07.93Q
4Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 8:15.42

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:11.70QA
2Flag of France.svg  France 7:12.35QA
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:14.71QA
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:24.94QB
5Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:34.42QB
6Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 8:04.73QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:18.00QA
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:22.89QA
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:28.37QA
4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 7:30.54QB
5Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 7:37.18QB
6Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:40.48QB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:22.07
8Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:25.15
9Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:26.51
10Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 7:29.24
11Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 7:33.72
12Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 7:56.10

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:06.22
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:07.96
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 7:08.11
4Flag of France.svg  France 7:08.70
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:17.28
6Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:32.67

Final classification

The following rowers took part: [1]

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Ingeburg Schwerzmann
Stefani Werremeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Stephanie Pierson
Anna Seaton
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Christine Gossé
Isabelle Danjou
Flag of France.svg  France
Joanne Turvey
Miriam Batten
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Violeta Zareva
Teodora Zareva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Doina Liliana Snep-Bălan
Doina Ciucanu-Robu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Hanna Motrechko
Olena Ronzhyna-Morozova
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Nobuko Ota
Miyuki Yamashita
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Violeta Lastakauskaitė
Violeta Bernotaitė
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Liene Sastapa
Gunta Lamaša
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia
Margaret Gibson
Susanne Standish-White
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Lee Jae-nam
Kim Sung-ok
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea

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