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

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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 →

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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 6:49.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Romania 6:51.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
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
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.