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

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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
← 1988
1996 →

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

Competition format

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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

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Heats

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Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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Final B

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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

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 7:06.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 7:07.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 7:08.11
4  France 7:08.70
5  Great Britain 7:17.28
6  Bulgaria 7:32.67

Final classification

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The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
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
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

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  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.