Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

Women's coxless pairs
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueHan River Regatta Course
Date19–24 September
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time7:28.13
Medalists
   Romania
   Bulgaria
   New Zealand
Rowing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men   women
Double sculls men women
Coxless pair men women
Coxed pair men
Quadruple sculls men women
Coxless four men
Coxed four men women
Eight men women

The women's coxless pairs rowing competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Han River Regatta Course in Seoul, Korea. The event was held from 19 to 24 September.

Background

The Romanian rower Rodica Arba had competed in the event since the 1981 season,[1] and dominated it—with different partners—since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[2] where she won gold with Elena Horvat.[3] She gained the 1985 World Rowing Championships title with Horvat,[4] and won the 1986 and 1987 World Rowing Championships with Olga Homeghi.[5][6] Arba and Homeghi were the only team favoured to have a chance of winning the event at the 1988 Olympics.[2] The East German rowers were regarded as medal contenders, as they had gained medals in the event at the last three World Championships.[4][5][6] Canada were the reigning Pan American champions.[2]

Previous W2- competitions

Competition Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Summer Olympics[7]  East Germany  Poland  Bulgaria
1981 World Rowing Championships[1]  East Germany  Canada  Romania
1982 World Rowing Championships[8]  East Germany  Poland  Canada
1983 World Rowing Championships[9]  East Germany  Romania  Canada
1984 Summer Olympics[3]  Romania  Canada  West Germany
1985 World Rowing Championships[4]  Romania  United States  East Germany
1986 World Rowing Championships[5]  Romania  Soviet Union  East Germany
1987 World Rowing Championships[6]  Romania  East Germany  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Katrin Schröder
Kerstin Spittler
East Germany 7:59.10 FA
2 Lynley Hannen
Nikki Payne
New Zealand 8:02.39 R
3 Mara Keggi
Barbara Kirch
United States 8:16.85 R
4 Marina Smorodina
Sarmīte Stone
Soviet Union 8:23.68 R
5 Gong Jeong-Bae
Lee Byeong-In
South Korea 8:34.90 R

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Rodica Arba
Olga Homeghi
Romania 7:42.53 FA
2 Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Bulgaria 7:48.68 R
3 Kirsten Barnes
Sarah Ann Ogilvie
Canada 8:09.51 R
4 Alison Bonner
Kim Thomas
Great Britain 8:14.52 R
5 Bettina Kämpf
Cordula Keller
West Germany 8:19.76 R

Repechage

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Lynley Hannen
Nikki Payne
New Zealand 7:59.93 FA
2 Marina Smorodina
Sarmīte Stone
Soviet Union 8:07.67 FA
3 Kirsten Barnes
Sarah Ann Ogilvie
Canada 8:11.49 FB
4 Bettina Kämpf
Cordula Keller
West Germany 8:20.13 FB

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Bulgaria 7:50.94 FA
2 Mara Keggi
Barbara Kirch
United States 8:05.55 FA
3 Alison Bonner
Kim Thomas
Great Britain 8:13.13 FB
4 Gong Jeong-Bae
Lee Byeong-In
South Korea 8:18.62 FB

Finals

B final

Rank Rower Country Time
7 Kirsten Barnes
Sarah Ann Ogilvie
Canada 8:09.10
8 Alison Bonner
Kim Thomas
Great Britain 8:15.20
9 Bettina Kämpf
Cordula Keller
West Germany 8:22.08
10 Gong Jeong-Bae
Lee Byeong-In
South Korea 8:25.14

A final

Olga Homeghi (stroke) and Rodica Arba after winning gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Rank Rower Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Rodica Arba
Olga Homeghi
Romania 7:28.13
2nd, silver medalist(s) Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova
Bulgaria 7:31.95
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Nikki Payne
Lynley Hannen
New Zealand 7:35.68
4 Kerstin Spittler
Katrin Schröder
East Germany 7:40.47
5 Sarmīte Stone
Marina Smorodina
Soviet Union 7:53.19
6 Barbara Kirch
Mara Keggi
United States 7:56.27

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