Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]

Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date19–24 September
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Medalists
Birgit Peter
Martina Schröter
 East Germany
Elisabeta Lipă
Veronica Cogeanu
 Romania
Violeta Ninova
Stefka Madina
 Bulgaria

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 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.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1
 Romania7:30.09QA
2 Soviet Union7:35.82R
3 Sweden7:38.14R
4 United States7:38.62R
5 Canada7:46.89R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 East Germany7:25.95QA
2 Bulgaria7:32.82R
3 China7:39.20R
4 Great Britain8:01.34R
5 South Korea8:16.55R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Soviet Union7:30.00QA
2 China7:32.39QA
3 Canada7:36.80QB
4 Great Britain7:59.75QB

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Bulgaria7:24.96QA
2 United States7:29.52QA
3 Sweden7:30.23QB
4 South Korea8:13.57QB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7 Canada8:03.56
8 Sweden8:09.35
9 Great Britain8:15.70
10 South Korea8:58.45

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
 East Germany7:00.48
 Romania7:04.36
 Bulgaria7:06.03
4 Soviet Union7:12.67
5 China7:18.69
6 United States7:21.28

Final classification

Rank Rowers Nation
Birgit Peter
Martina Schröter
 East Germany
Elisabeta Lipă
Veronica Cogeanu
Liliana Geneș
 Romania
Violeta Ninova
Stefka Madina
 Bulgaria
4 Marina Zhukova
Mariya Omelianovych
 Soviet Union
5 Guo Mei
Cao Mianying
 China
6 Monica Havelka
Cathy Thaxton-Tippett
 United States
7 Silken Laumann
Kay Worthington
 Canada
8 Maria Brandin
Carina Gustavsson
 Sweden
9 Sally Andreae
Alison Gill
 Great Britain
10 Jang Myeong-hui
Han Hye-sun
 South Korea

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 530.
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