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

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

Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kerstin Köppen
Kathrin Boron
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Veronica Cochela
Elisabeta Lipă
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gu Xiaoli
Lu Huali
 China
← 1988
1996 →

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   Germany 7:16.74 Q
2   Bulgaria 7:19.53 Q
3   Netherlands 7:23.59 Q
4   United States 7:26.73 R
5   Mexico 7:47.64 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Romania 7:16.41 Q
2   New Zealand 7:20.49 Q
3   Australia 7:24.14 Q
4   Great Britain 7:31.85 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   China 7:27.62 Q
2   Unified Team 7:34.73 Q
3   Belgium 7:41.32 Q
4   Hungary 7:47.05 R

Repechage edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Great Britain 7:20.97 Q
2   United States 7:22.29 Q
3   Mexico 7:29.27 Q
4   Hungary 7:43.84

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Germany 7:01.32 QA
2   Romania 7:03.92 QA
3   Unified Team 7:04.78 QA
4   Australia 7:07.00 QB
5   Netherlands 7:14.90 QB
6   Mexico 7:42.37 QB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   China 6:58.09 QA
2   New Zealand 7:01.07 QA
3   Great Britain 7:03.89 QA
4   Bulgaria 7:04.02 QB
5   Belgium 7:07.35 QB
6   United States 7:13.04 QB

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7   Bulgaria 7:04.19
8   Australia 7:05.91
9   Belgium 7:06.98
10   Netherlands 7:10.62
11   United States 7:12.24
12   Mexico 7:19.10

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
    Germany 6:49.00
    Romania 6:51.47
    China 6:55.16
4   New Zealand 6:56.81
5   Great Britain 7:06.62
6   Unified Team 7:09.45

Final classification edit

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
  Kerstin Köppen
Kathrin Boron
  Germany
  Veronica Cochela
Elisabeta Lipă
  Romania
  Gu Xiaoli
Lu Huali
  China
Philippa Baker
Brenda Lawson
  New Zealand
Annabel Eyres
Alison Gill
  Great Britain
Sariya Zakyrova
Inna Frolova
  Unified Team
Daniela Oronova
Galina Kamenova
  Bulgaria
Jennifer Luff
Gillian Campbell
  Australia
Renée Govaert
Ann Haesebrouck
  Belgium
Rita de Jong
Marie-José de Groot
  Netherlands
Cindy Ryder
Mary Mazzio
  United States
Martha García
Lourdes Montoya
  Mexico
Edit Punk
Anikó Kapócs
  Hungary

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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.