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

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

Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ingeburg Schwerzmann
Stefani Werremeier
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephanie Pierson
Anna Seaton
 United States
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Competition format edit

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 edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   United States 7:40.19 Q
2   Great Britain 7:44.99 Q
3   Unified Team 7:53.89 Q
4   Bulgaria 8:03.55 R
5   South Korea 8:33.76 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   France 7:43.29 Q
2   Latvia 8:04.79 Q
3   Romania 8:10.03 Q
4   Zimbabwe 8:24.16 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Canada 7:41.19 Q
2   Germany 7:43.60 Q
3   Japan 7:55.16 Q
4   Lithuania 8:04.77 R

Repechage edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Lithuania 7:52.47 Q
2   Bulgaria 7:58.18 Q
3   Zimbabwe 8:07.93 Q
4   South Korea 8:15.42

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   United States 7:11.70 QA
2   France 7:12.35 QA
3   Germany 7:14.71 QA
4   Romania 7:24.94 QB
5   Unified Team 7:34.42 QB
6   Zimbabwe 8:04.73 QB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Canada 7:18.00 QA
2   Great Britain 7:22.89 QA
3   Bulgaria 7:28.37 QA
4   Lithuania 7:30.54 QB
5   Latvia 7:37.18 QB
6   Japan 7:40.48 QB

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7   Romania 7:22.07
8   Unified Team 7:25.15
9   Japan 7:26.51
10   Lithuania 7:29.24
11   Latvia 7:33.72
12   Zimbabwe 7:56.10

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
    Canada 7:06.22
    Germany 7:07.96
    United States 7:08.11
4   France 7:08.70
5   Great Britain 7:17.28
6   Bulgaria 7:32.67

Final classification edit

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
  Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
  Canada
  Ingeburg Schwerzmann
Stefani Werremeier
  Germany
  Stephanie Pierson
Anna Seaton
  United States
Christine Gossé
Isabelle Danjou
  France
Joanne Turvey
Miriam Batten
  Great Britain
Violeta Zareva
Teodora Zareva
  Bulgaria
Doina Liliana Snep-Bălan
Doina Ciucanu-Robu
  Romania
Hanna Motrechko
Olena Ronzhyna-Morozova
  Unified Team
Nobuko Ota
Miyuki Yamashita
  Japan
Violeta Lastakauskaitė
Violeta Bernotaitė
  Lithuania
Liene Sastapa
Gunta Lamaša
  Latvia
Margaret Gibson
Susanne Standish-White
  Zimbabwe
Lee Jae-nam
Kim Sung-ok
  South Korea

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 332–33.