Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

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Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kerstin Köppen
Kathrin Boron
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Veronica Cochelea
Elisabeta Lipă
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Gu Xiaoli
Lu Huali
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  1988
1996  

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

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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 Germany.svg  Germany 7:16.74Q
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:19.53Q
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:23.59Q
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:26.73R
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:47.64R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:16.41Q
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:20.49Q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:24.14Q
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:31.85R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:27.62Q
2Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:34.73Q
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:41.32Q
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:47.05R

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:20.97Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:22.29Q
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:29.27Q
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:43.84

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:01.32QA
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:03.92QA
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:04.78QA
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:07.00QB
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:14.90QB
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:42.37QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:58.09QA
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:01.07QA
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:03.89QA
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:04.02QB
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:07.35QB
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:13.04QB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:04.19
8Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:05.91
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:06.98
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:10.62
11Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:12.24
12Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:19.10

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:49.00
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:51.47
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:55.16
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:56.81
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:06.62
6Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:09.45

Final classification

The following rowers took part: [1]

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Kerstin Köppen
Kathrin Boron
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Veronica Cochelea
Elisabeta Lipă
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Gu Xiaoli
Lu Huali
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Philippa Baker
Brenda Lawson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Annabel Eyres
Alison Gill
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sariya Zakyrova
Inna Frolova
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Daniela Oronova
Galina Kamenova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Jennifer Luff
Gillian Campbell
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Renée Govaert
Ann Haesebrouck
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Rita de Jong
Marie-José de Groot
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Cindy Ryder
Mary Mazzio
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Martha García
Lourdes Montoya
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Edit Punk
Anikó Kapócs
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 332.