Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

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

Women's eight
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors72 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kirsten Barnes
Shannon Crawford
Megan Delehanty
Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Jessica Monroe
Brenda Taylor
Lesley Thompson
Kay Worthington
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viorica Neculai
Adriana Bazon
Maria Păduraru
Iulia Bulie
Doina Robu
Victoria Lepădatu
Doina Șnep-Bălan
Elena Georgescu
Ioana Olteanu
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sylvia Dördelmann
Kathrin Haacker
Christiane Harzendorf
Daniela Neunast
Cerstin Petersmann
Dana Pyritz
Annegret Strauch
Ute Schell
Judith Zeidler
 Germany
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Competition format edit

The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top 4 boats in the repechage advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th placers in the repechage) 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 and 8th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Lesley Thompson   Canada 6:11.44 QA
2 Li Ronghua   China 6:14.99 R
3 Yasmin Farooq   United States 6:15.52 R
4 Lenka Kováčová   Czechoslovakia 6:31.54 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Daniela Neunast   Germany 6:11.70 QA
2 Yelena Medvedeva   Unified Team 6:15.04 R
3 Elena Georgescu   Romania 6:16.74 R
4 Alison Paterson   Great Britain 6:31.63 R

Repechage edit

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Elena Georgescu   Romania 6:10.98 QA
2 Li Ronghua   China 6:13.80 QA
3 Yasmin Farooq   United States 6:13.83 QA
4 Yelena Medvedeva   Unified Team 6:14.97 QA
5 Alison Paterson   Great Britain 6:18.99 QB
6 Lenka Kováčová   Czechoslovakia 6:22.59 QB

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
7 Alison Paterson   Great Britain 6:29.68
8 Lenka Kováčová   Czechoslovakia 6:31.12

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
  Lesley Thompson   Canada 6:02.62
  Elena Georgescu   Romania 6:06.26
  Daniela Neunast   Germany 6:07.80
4 Yelena Medvedeva   Unified Team 6:09.68
5 Li Ronghua   China 6:12.08
6 Yasmin Farooq   United States 6:12.25

Final classification edit

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
  Kirsten Barnes
Shannon Crawford
Megan Delehanty
Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Jessica Monroe
Brenda Taylor
Lesley Thompson
Kay Worthington
  Canada
  Viorica Neculai
Adriana Bazon
Maria Păduraru
Iulia Bulie
Doina Robu
Victoria Lepădatu
Doina Șnep-Bălan
Elena Georgescu
Ioana Olteanu
  Romania
  Sylvia Dördelmann
Kathrin Haacker
Christiane Harzendorf
Daniela Neunast
Cerstin Petersmann
Dana Pyritz
Annegret Strauch
Ute Schell
Judith Zeidler
  Germany
Svitlana Fil
Marina Znak
Irina Gribko
Sarmīte Stone
Marina Suprun
Nataliya Stasyuk
Nataliya Grigoryeva
Yekaterina Kotko
Yelena Medvedeva
  Unified Team
Lin Zhiai
Ma Linqin
Pei Jiayun
He Yanwen
Liu Xirong
Liang Xiling
Cao Mianying
Zhou Shouying
Li Ronghua
  China
Tina Brown
Shannon Day
Betsy McCagg
Mary McCagg
Sarah Gengler
Tracy Rude
Kelley Jones
Diana Olson
Yasmin Farooq
  United States
Fiona Freckleton
Philippa Cross
Dot Blackie
Susan Smith
Kate Grose
Rachel Hirst
Kareen Marwick
Katharine Brownlow
Alison Paterson
  Great Britain
Lenka Zavadilová
Eliška Jandová
Renata Beránková
Martina Šefčíková
Sabina Telenská
Michaela Vávrová
Hana Žáková
Hana Dariusová
Lenka Kováčová
  Czechoslovakia

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Coxed Eights Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 335.