Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eight at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date	28 July – 2 August
Competitors	72 from 8 nations
Medalists
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

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

Competition format

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

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Kay Worthington	Lesley Thompson	Canada	6:11.44	QA
2	Lin Zhiai Ma Linqin Pei Jiayun He Yanwen Liu Xirong Liang Xiling Cao Mianying Zhou Shouying	Li Ronghua	China	6:14.99	R
3	Tina Brown Shannon Day Betsy McCagg Mary McCagg Sarah Gengler Tracy Rude Kelley Jones Diana Olson	Yasmin Farooq	United States	6:15.52	R
4	Lenka Zavadilová Eliška Jandová Renata Beránková Martina Šefčíková Sabina Telenská Michaela Vávrová Hana Žáková Hana Dariusová	Lenka Kováčová	Czechoslovakia	6:31.54	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sylvia Dördelmann Kathrin Haacker Christiane Harzendorf Cerstin Petersmann Dana Pyritz Annegret Strauch Ute Schell Judith Zeidler	Daniela Neunast	Germany	6:11.70	QA
2	Svitlana Fil Marina Znak Irina Gribko Sarmīte Stone Marina Suprun Nataliya Stasyuk Nataliya Grigoryeva Yekaterina Kotko	Yelena Medvedeva	Unified Team	6:15.04	R
3	Viorica Neculai Adriana Bazon Maria Păduraru Iulia Bulie Doina Robu Victoria Lepădatu Doina Șnep-Bălan Ioana Olteanu	Elena Georgescu	Romania	6:16.74	R
4	Fiona Freckleton Philippa Cross Dot Blackie Susan Smith Kate Grose Rachel Hirst Kareen Marwick Katharine Brownlow	Alison Paterson	Great Britain	6:31.63	R

Repechage

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Viorica Neculai Adriana Bazon Maria Păduraru Iulia Bulie Doina Robu Victoria Lepădatu Doina Șnep-Bălan Ioana Olteanu	Elena Georgescu	Romania	6:10.98	QA
2	Lin Zhiai Ma Linqin Pei Jiayun He Yanwen Liu Xirong Liang Xiling Cao Mianying Zhou Shouying	Li Ronghua	China	6:13.80	QA
3	Tina Brown Shannon Day Betsy McCagg Mary McCagg Sarah Gengler Tracy Rude Kelley Jones Diana Olson	Yasmin Farooq	United States	6:13.83	QA
4	Svitlana Fil Marina Znak Irina Gribko Sarmīte Stone Marina Suprun Nataliya Stasyuk Nataliya Grigoryeva Yekaterina Kotko	Yelena Medvedeva	Unified Team	6:14.97	QA
5	Fiona Freckleton Philippa Cross Dot Blackie Susan Smith Kate Grose Rachel Hirst Kareen Marwick Katharine Brownlow	Alison Paterson	Great Britain	6:18.99	QB
6	Lenka Zavadilová Eliška Jandová Renata Beránková Martina Šefčíková Sabina Telenská Michaela Vávrová Hana Žáková Hana Dariusová	Lenka Kováčová	Czechoslovakia	6:22.59	QB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
7	Fiona Freckleton Philippa Cross Dot Blackie Susan Smith Kate Grose Rachel Hirst Kareen Marwick Katharine Brownlow	Alison Paterson	Great Britain	6:29.68
8	Lenka Zavadilová Eliška Jandová Renata Beránková Martina Šefčíková Sabina Telenská Michaela Vávrová Hana Žáková Hana Dariusová	Lenka Kováčová	Czechoslovakia	6:31.12

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
	Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Kay Worthington	Lesley Thompson	Canada	6:02.62
	Viorica Neculai Adriana Bazon Maria Păduraru Iulia Bulie Doina Robu Victoria Lepădatu Doina Șnep-Bălan Ioana Olteanu	Elena Georgescu	Romania	6:06.26
	Sylvia Dördelmann Kathrin Haacker Christiane Harzendorf Cerstin Petersmann Dana Pyritz Annegret Strauch Ute Schell Judith Zeidler	Daniela Neunast	Germany	6:07.80
4	Svitlana Fil Marina Znak Irina Gribko Sarmīte Stone Marina Suprun Nataliya Stasyuk Nataliya Grigoryeva Yekaterina Kotko	Yelena Medvedeva	Unified Team	6:09.68
5	Lin Zhiai Ma Linqin Pei Jiayun He Yanwen Liu Xirong Liang Xiling Cao Mianying Zhou Shouying	Li Ronghua	China	6:12.08
6	Tina Brown Shannon Day Betsy McCagg Mary McCagg Sarah Gengler Tracy Rude Kelley Jones Diana Olson	Yasmin Farooq	United States	6:12.25

Final classification

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

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