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Double Sculls, Women

Date21 – 26 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationGrebnoy kanal, Sportivny komplex Krylatskoye, Moskva
Participants14 from 7 countries

The double sculls had been one of only two women’s rowing events not won by East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics (the other was the coxless pairs), and reigning champions Svetla Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova of Bulgaria returned in a bid to defend their crown. Since Montreal they had experienced moderate success at the World Championships, winning gold in 1978 and silver in 1977 and 1979, but the East Germans remained a force by rowing to victory in the years that the Bulgarian duo were not victorious. That nation sent Cornelia Linse and Heidi Westphal, the reigning World Champions, to reassert their Olympic dominance.

In the opening round, however, both of these nations faltered to the benefit of the Soviet Union and Romania, who came in first and second in the heat that contained Bulgaria and East Germany. The Soviet Union, who had taken silver at the 1978 World Championships with a different duo, was represented by Yelena Khloptseva and Larisa Aleksandrova, while Romania sent Olga Homeghi and Valeria Roşca, bronze medalists at the most recent World Championships. The easier heat was won by Poland’s Hanna Jarkiewicz and Janina Klucznik. Proving that their performance was not a fluke, Khloptseva and Aleksandrova won the final in Olympic record time, while the East Germans rebounded and took silver. Romania slid in for a bronze medal comfortably ahead of the Bulgarians, who were unable to reach the podium, let alone defend their title.

PosPairNOC
1Yelena Khloptseva / Larisa PopovaURSGold
2Cornelia Linse / Heidi WestphalGDRSilver
3Olga Homeghi / Valeria RoşcaROUBronze
4Svetla Otsetova / Zdravka YordanovaBUL
5Hanna Jarkiewicz / Janina KlucznikPOL
6Ilona Bata / Klára Langhoffer-PéterváriHUN
7Sue Handscombe / Astrid AylingGBR

Round One

Date21 July 1980 — 10:20
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13Yelena Khloptseva / Larisa PopovaURS3:25.5147.30 (1)1:36.92 (1)2:29.74 (1)49.62 (1)52.82 (2)55.77 (2)Q
24Olga Homeghi / Valeria RoşcaROU3:27.7049.27 (3)1:39.18 (2)2:31.80 (2)49.91 (2)52.62 (1)55.90 (3)
32Cornelia Linse / Heidi WestphalGDR3:32.2350.24 (4)1:42.34 (4)2:36.82 (3)52.10 (3)54.48 (3)55.41 (1)
41Svetla Otsetova / Zdravka YordanovaBUL3:37.8648.83 (2)1:41.49 (3)2:37.19 (4)52.66 (4)55.70 (4)1:00.67 (4)

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13Hanna Jarkiewicz / Janina KlucznikPOL3:34.1150.68 (1)1:42.59 (1)2:37.65 (1)51.91 (1)55.06 (1)56.46 (1)Q
21Sue Handscombe / Astrid AylingGBR3:39.2752.18 (3)1:45.77 (3)2:41.90 (2)53.59 (3)56.13 (2)57.37 (2)
32Ilona Bata / Klára Langhoffer-PéterváriHUN3:44.3351.01 (2)1:43.47 (2)2:43.41 (3)52.46 (2)59.94 (3)1:00.92 (3)

Round One Repêchage

Date23 July 1980 — 10:10
FormatTop four finishers advanced to final
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14Cornelia Linse / Heidi WestphalGDR3:20.4948.14 (2)1:37.72 (3)2:28.81 (3)49.58 (3)51.09 (1)51.68 (1)Q OB
22Svetla Otsetova / Zdravka YordanovaBUL3:21.3646.92 (1)1:36.31 (1)2:27.65 (1)49.39 (2)51.34 (3)53.71 (3)Q
31Olga Homeghi / Valeria RoşcaROU3:21.7448.60 (3)1:37.45 (2)2:28.60 (2)48.85 (1)51.15 (2)53.14 (2)Q
45Ilona Bata / Klára Langhoffer-PéterváriHUN3:31.3750.47 (4)1:42.41 (4)2:36.25 (4)51.94 (4)53.84 (4)55.12 (5)Q
53Sue Handscombe / Astrid AylingGBR3:33.3251.35 (5)1:44.57 (5)2:38.54 (5)53.22 (5)53.97 (5)54.78 (4)

Final Round

Date26 July 1980 — 10:40
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
15Yelena Khloptseva / Larisa PopovaURS3:16.2745.99 (1)1:33.47 (1)2:23.87 (1)47.48 (1)50.40 (3)52.40 (2)OB
24Cornelia Linse / Heidi WestphalGDR3:17.6347.76 (4)1:36.95 (4)2:27.07 (4)49.19 (4)50.12 (2)50.56 (1)
33Olga Homeghi / Valeria RoşcaROU3:18.9147.48 (3)1:36.00 (3)2:25.87 (2)48.52 (2)49.87 (1)53.04 (3)
42Svetla Otsetova / Zdravka YordanovaBUL3:23.1446.84 (2)1:35.58 (2)2:26.67 (3)48.74 (3)51.09 (4)56.47 (6)
56Hanna Jarkiewicz / Janina KlucznikPOL3:27.2549.69 (5)1:40.02 (5)2:33.13 (5)50.33 (5)53.11 (5)54.12 (4)
61Ilona Bata / Klára Langhoffer-PéterváriHUN3:35.7050.40 (6)1:44.06 (6)2:39.58 (6)53.66 (6)55.52 (6)56.12 (5)