Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

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Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date22–28 July
Competitors40 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Katrin Rutschow
Jana Sorgers
Kerstin Köppen
Kathrin Boron
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Svitlana Maziy
Dina Miftakhutdynova
Inna Frolova
Olena Ronzhyna
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Laryssa Biesenthal
Diane O'Grady
Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1992
2000  

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier. [1]

Contents

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 first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. 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, while the remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were sent to the "B" final.

The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th through 10th. [2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:39.32QA
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:43.76R
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:46.00R
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:48.58R
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:50.93R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:36.00QA
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:37.59R
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:38.25R
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:46.17R
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:54.73R

Repechage

Repechage 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:15.45QA
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:15.92QA
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:16.85QB
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:25.54QB

Repechage 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:19.11QA
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:21.23QA
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:26.27QB
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNSQB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:24.10
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:24.49
9Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:25.73
10Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:31.35

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:27.44
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:30.36
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:30.38
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:30.92
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:31.10
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:35.54

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 330.