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Kayak Fours, 500 metres, Women

Date4 – 8 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationCanal Olímpico de Cataluña, Castelldefels
Participants64 from 16 countries

Germany, East or unified, had won the women’s K-4 500 at the last four editions of the World Championships and was the defending Olympic champion. It had a strong squad in Barcelona that had earned 10 Olympic medals between them, 9 of them gold, which were won between 1980 and 1992, and it was the tournament favorite. Hungary, meanwhile, had been runner-up at each of those tournaments and had five Olympic medals of its own among their crew. These two nations met in the opening heats, where Germany was surprisingly relegated to the semi-finals after being defeated by both Hungary and Sweden, the latter of whom could count six Olympic medals on their squad thanks to Agneta Andersson and Anna Olsson. China, the 1991 World bronze medalists, won the other, much easier heat. Germany had no trouble in the semi-finals and again faced Hungary in the medal round, where the two battled towards the finish in the final stretch of the course. The Hungarians dealt the Germans an unexpected defeat by a margin of only 0.15 seconds, claiming gold as their opponents settled for silver, while Sweden came in for bronze nearly a second and a half later.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1SFFinal
1HungaryHUN1:32.94 (1 h2)1:38.32 (1)Gold
Éva DónuszKinga CzigányErika MészárosRita Kőbán
2GermanyGER1:34.13 (3 h2)1:37.48 (1 h1)1:38.47 (2)Silver
Katrin BorchertBirgit SchmidtAnke von SeckRamona Portwich
3SwedenSWE1:33.25 (2 h2)1:39.79 (3)Bronze
Anna OlssonMaria HaglundSusanne RosenqvistAgneta Andersson
4RomaniaROU1:36.82 (3 h1)1:38.21 (2 h2)1:41.02 (4)
Viorica IordacheClaudia NiculaCarmen SimionSanda Toma
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN1:36.15 (1 h1)1:41.12 (5)
Ning MenghuaWang JingWen YangfangZhao Xiaoli
6CanadaCAN1:36.34 (4 h2)1:37.86 (1 h2)1:42.28 (6)
Caroline BrunetAlison HerstKlara MacAskillKevyn Stafford
7United StatesUSA1:36.74 (2 h1)1:43.00 (7)
Sheila ConoverAlexandra HarboldCathy Marino-GeersTraci Phillips
8AustraliaAUS1:39.32 (6 h1)1:39.81 (3 h1)1:43.88 (8)
Denise CooperLynda LehmannGayle MayesAnna Wood
9Unified TeamEUN1:38.25 (5 h2)1:38.56 (2 h1)1:44.84 (9)
Irina SamoylovaGalina SavenkoIrina VaagOlga Tishchenko
3 h2 r2/3CzechoslovakiaTCH1:40.57 (7 h1)1:40.12 (3 h2)
Pavlína JobánkováJitka JanáčkováVladimíra HavelkováIvana Vokurková
4 h1 r2/3ItalyITA1:38.82 (4 h1)1:41.08 (4 h1)
Annacatia CasagrandeAmalia CalzavaraChiara Dal SantoLucia Micheli
4 h2 r2/3SpainESP1:38.72 (6 h2)1:40.17 (4 h2)
Belén SánchezJoaquina CostaLuisa ÁlvarezAna María Penas
5 h1 r2/3Great BritainGBR1:40.22 (7 h2)1:41.24 (5 h1)
Hilary DresserAndrea DallawayAlison ThorogoodSandra Troop
5 h2 r2/3FranceFRA1:39.27 (5 h1)1:41.83 (5 h2)
Françoise LasakBernadette BrégeonIsabelle BoulogneAnne Michaut
6 h1 r2/3BulgariaBUL1:45.39 (8 h1)1:45.90 (6 h1)
Bonka PindzhevaMariya KichukovaKinka RachevaTanya Georgieva
6 h2 r2/3NorwayNOR1:40.53 (8 h2)1:41.88 (6 h2)
Hege BrannstenNina BergsvikTone RasmussenIngeborg Rasmussen

Round One

Date4 August 1992
FormatTop two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time10:10
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14People's Republic of ChinaCHN1:36.1546.69 (1)49.46 (3)QOB
Ning MenghuaWang JingWen YangfangZhao Xiaoli
26United StatesUSA1:36.7447.09 (2)49.65 (4)Q
Sheila ConoverAlexandra HarboldCathy Marino-GeersTraci Phillips
38RomaniaROU1:36.8247.89 (3)48.93 (1)
Viorica IordacheClaudia NiculaCarmen SimionSanda Toma
45ItalyITA1:38.8249.51 (7)49.31 (2)
Annacatia CasagrandeAmalia CalzavaraChiara Dal SantoLucia Micheli
57FranceFRA1:39.2749.12 (6)50.15 (5)
Françoise LasakBernadette BrégeonIsabelle BoulogneAnne Michaut
61AustraliaAUS1:39.3248.79 (5)50.53 (6)
Denise CooperLynda LehmannGayle MayesAnna Wood
72CzechoslovakiaTCH1:40.5748.52 (4)52.05 (7)
Pavlína JobánkováJitka JanáčkováVladimíra HavelkováIvana Vokurková
83BulgariaBUL1:45.3951.82 (8)53.57 (8)
Bonka PindzhevaMariya KichukovaKinka RachevaTanya Georgieva

Heat #2

Time10:20
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m250-500 m
18HungaryHUN1:32.9446.11 (2)46.83 (1)QOB
Éva DónuszKinga CzigányErika MészárosRita Kőbán
24SwedenSWE1:33.2545.80 (1)47.45 (2)Q
Anna OlssonMaria HaglundSusanne RosenqvistAgneta Andersson
35GermanyGER1:34.1346.35 (3)47.78 (3)
Katrin BorchertBirgit SchmidtAnke von SeckRamona Portwich
46CanadaCAN1:36.3448.52 (4)47.82 (4)
Caroline BrunetAlison HerstKlara MacAskillKevyn Stafford
53Unified TeamEUN1:38.2548.60 (5)49.65 (6)
Irina SamoylovaGalina SavenkoIrina VaagOlga Tishchenko
67SpainESP1:38.7249.39 (7)49.33 (5)
Belén SánchezJoaquina CostaLuisa ÁlvarezAna María Penas
71Great BritainGBR1:40.2249.10 (6)51.12 (8)
Hilary DresserAndrea DallawayAlison ThorogoodSandra Troop
82NorwayNOR1:40.5350.62 (8)49.91 (7)
Hege BrannstenNina BergsvikTone RasmussenIngeborg Rasmussen

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 1992
FormatTop two in each heat and fastest third advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time10:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m250-500 m
16GermanyGER1:37.4847.76 (1)49.72 (1)Q
Katrin BorchertBirgit SchmidtAnke von SeckRamona Portwich
25Unified TeamEUN1:38.5647.94 (2)50.62 (3)Q
Irina SamoylovaGalina SavenkoIrina VaagOlga Tishchenko
33AustraliaAUS1:39.8148.82 (3)50.99 (4)q
Denise CooperLynda LehmannGayle MayesAnna Wood
41ItalyITA1:41.0849.81 (4)51.27 (5)
Annacatia CasagrandeAmalia CalzavaraChiara Dal SantoLucia Micheli
54Great BritainGBR1:41.2450.92 (5)50.32 (2)
Hilary DresserAndrea DallawayAlison ThorogoodSandra Troop
62BulgariaBUL1:45.9052.68 (6)53.22 (6)
Bonka PindzhevaMariya KichukovaKinka RachevaTanya Georgieva

Heat #2

Time10:15
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15CanadaCAN1:37.8647.43 (1)50.43 (2)Q
Caroline BrunetAlison HerstKlara MacAskillKevyn Stafford
23RomaniaROU1:38.2148.06 (2)50.15 (1)Q
Viorica IordacheClaudia NiculaCarmen SimionSanda Toma
36CzechoslovakiaTCH1:40.1248.60 (3)51.52 (5)
Pavlína JobánkováJitka JanáčkováVladimíra HavelkováIvana Vokurková
42SpainESP1:40.1748.67 (4)51.50 (4)
Belén SánchezJoaquina CostaLuisa ÁlvarezAna María Penas
51FranceFRA1:41.8349.82 (5)52.01 (6)
Françoise LasakBernadette BrégeonIsabelle BoulogneAnne Michaut
64NorwayNOR1:41.8850.48 (6)51.40 (3)
Hege BrannstenNina BergsvikTone RasmussenIngeborg Rasmussen

Final Round

Date8 August 1992 — 10:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m250-500 m
17HungaryHUN1:38.3248.02 (2)50.30 (2)
Éva DónuszKinga CzigányErika MészárosRita Kőbán
29GermanyGER1:38.4748.00 (1)50.47 (3)
Katrin BorchertBirgit SchmidtAnke von SeckRamona Portwich
38SwedenSWE1:39.7948.33 (3)51.46 (4)
Anna OlssonMaria HaglundSusanne RosenqvistAgneta Andersson
46RomaniaROU1:41.0250.88 (7)50.14 (1)
Viorica IordacheClaudia NiculaCarmen SimionSanda Toma
54People's Republic of ChinaCHN1:41.1248.86 (4)52.26 (5)
Ning MenghuaWang JingWen YangfangZhao Xiaoli
63CanadaCAN1:42.2849.85 (5)52.43 (6)
Caroline BrunetAlison HerstKlara MacAskillKevyn Stafford
72United StatesUSA1:43.0050.37 (6)52.63 (8)
Sheila ConoverAlexandra HarboldCathy Marino-GeersTraci Phillips
85AustraliaAUS1:43.8851.41 (9)52.47 (7)
Denise CooperLynda LehmannGayle MayesAnna Wood
91Unified TeamEUN1:44.8450.96 (8)53.88 (9)
Irina SamoylovaGalina SavenkoIrina VaagOlga Tishchenko