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Eights, Women

Date22 – 28 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationLake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
Participants72 from 8 countries

The women’s coxed eights at the 1996 Summer Olympics had many contenders, including the Canadians, who were the defending Olympic champions and brought two members from their 1992 crew, Jessica Monroe and Lesley Thompson-Willie, to Atlanta. At the World Championships, however, 11 of the last 12 medals had gone to three nations, Romania, Germany, and the United States, each of whom had won one edition of the tournament. The Netherlands was the odd nation out, having taken bronze in 1995. In the opening round, the heats were won by Belarus and Romania, the latter of whom posted the fastest time, while Germany was eliminated in the repêchage. In the final, the Romanians were absolutely dominant, taking the gold medal by a margin of over four seconds. Five members of their crew, Veronica Cochelea, Elisabeta Lipă, Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu, Doina Ignat, and Elena Georgescu, had won Olympic medals in various events at previous editions of the Games. The Canadians, meanwhile, had a more difficult time keeping the Belarusians at bay and managed to win silver by only 0.39 seconds. Belarus, who took bronze, captured its second Olympic rowing medal as an independent nation, the first having come from Yekaterina Khodatovich, who won gold in the women’s single sculls.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1RomaniaROUGold
Anca TănaseVeronica CochelaLiliana GafencuDoina SpîrcuIoana OlteanuElisabeta LipăMărioara Popescu-CiobanuDoina IgnatElena Georgescu
2CanadaCANSilver
Heather McDermidTosha TsangMaria MaunderAlison KornEmma RobinsonAnna Van der KampJessica MonroeTheresa LukeLesley Thompson-Willie
3BelarusBLRBronze
Natallia LaurinenkaAliaksandra PankinaNatallia ValchiekTamara DavydenkaValiantsina SkrabatunAlena MikulichNatallia StasiukMaryna ZnakYaraslava Paulovich
4United StatesUSA
Anne KakelaMary McCaggLaurel KorholzCatriona FallonBetsy McCaggMonica Tranel MichiniAmy FullerJennifer DoreYasmin Farooq
5AustraliaAUS
Jennifer LuffGina DouglasAmy SafeAnna OzolinsKarina WielandAlison DaviesCarmen KlompBronwyn ThompsonKay Hick
6NetherlandsNED
Femke BoelenMarleen van der VeldenAstrid van KoertMarieke WesterhofRita de JongTessa KnavenTessa AppeldoornMuriel van SchilfgaardeJissy de Wolf
7Great BritainGBR
Annamarie StapletonLisa EyreDot BlackieKate PollittMiriam BattenCath BishopJoanne TurveyAlison GillSuzie Ellis
8GermanyGER
Ina JusthAntje RehaagKathleen NaserAndrea GeschDana PyritzMicaela SchmidtAnja PyritzUte SchellDaniela Neunast

Round One

Date22 July 1996
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time11:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11BelarusBLR6:24.611:32.87 (1)3:10.50 (2)4:48.99 (1)1:37.63 (2)1:38.49 (1)1:35.62 (1)Q
Natallia LaurinenkaAliaksandra PankinaNatallia ValchiekTamara DavydenkaValiantsina SkrabatunAlena MikulichNatallia StasiukMaryna ZnakYaraslava Paulovich
23United StatesUSA6:28.451:33.98 (2)3:1.118 (1)4:50.02 (2)1:27.14 (1)1:48.90 (4)1:38.43 (3)
Anne KakelaMary McCaggLaurel KorholzCatriona FallonBetsy McCaggMonica Tranel MichiniAmy FullerJennifer DoreYasmin Farooq
32NetherlandsNED6:32.711:35.67 (3)3:14.58 (4)4:54.40 (3)1:38.91 (4)1:39.82 (2)1:38.31 (2)
Femke BoelenMarleen van der VeldenAstrid van KoertMarieke WesterhofRita de JongTessa KnavenTessa AppeldoornMuriel van SchilfgaardeJissy de Wolf
44AustraliaAUS6:35.691:36.21 (4)3:14.34 (3)4:55.66 (4)1:38.13 (3)1:41.32 (3)1:40.03 (4)
Jennifer LuffGina DouglasAmy SafeAnna OzolinsKarina WielandAlison DaviesCarmen KlompBronwyn ThompsonKay Hick

Heat #2

Time11:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12RomaniaROU6:23.941:30.20 (1)3:06.68 (1)4:45.01 (1)1:36.48 (1)1:38.33 (2)1:38.93 (1)Q
Anca TănaseVeronica CochelaLiliana GafencuDoina SpîrcuIoana OlteanuElisabeta LipăMărioara Popescu-CiobanuDoina IgnatElena Georgescu
23CanadaCAN6:29.081:33.63 (2)3:11.56 (2)4:49.48 (2)1:37.93 (2)1:37.92 (1)1:39.60 (2)
Heather McDermidTosha TsangMaria MaunderAlison KornEmma RobinsonAnna Van der KampJessica MonroeTheresa LukeLesley Thompson-Willie
31GermanyGER6:33.901:35.76 (3)3:14.10 (3)4:52.86 (3)1:38.34 (3)1:38.76 (3)1:41.04 (3)
Ina JusthAntje RehaagKathleen NaserAndrea GeschDana PyritzMicaela SchmidtAnja PyritzUte SchellDaniela Neunast
44Great BritainGBR6:39.341:36.42 (4)3:16.47 (4)4:56.68 (4)1:40.05 (4)1:40.21 (4)1:42.66 (4)
Annamarie StapletonLisa EyreDot BlackieKate PollittMiriam BattenCath BishopJoanne TurveyAlison GillSuzie Ellis

Round One Repêchage

Date24 July 1996
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time11:10
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13United StatesUSA6:06.171:28.87 (2)3:00.84 (2)4:33.77 (2)1:31.97 (3)1:32.93 (1)1:32.40 (3)Q
Anne KakelaMary McCaggLaurel KorholzCatriona FallonBetsy McCaggMonica Tranel MichiniAmy FullerJennifer DoreYasmin Farooq
24CanadaCAN6:06.491:28.22 (1)3:00.12 (1)4:33.49 (1)1:31.90 (2)1:33.37 (2)1:33.00 (4)Q
Heather McDermidTosha TsangMaria MaunderAlison KornEmma RobinsonAnna Van der KampJessica MonroeTheresa LukeLesley Thompson-Willie
35NetherlandsNED6:08.851:32.01 (6)3:03.11 (4)4:36.92 (4)1:31.10 (1)1:33.81 (5)1:31.93 (2)Q
Astrid van KoertFemke BoelenMarleen van der VeldenMarieke WesterhofRita de JongTessa KnavenTessa AppeldoornMuriel van SchilfgaardeJissy de Wolf
41AustraliaAUS6:08.921:31.19 (5)3:04.21 (6)4:37.72 (5)1:33.02 (=4)1:33.51 (3)1:31.20 (1)Q
Jennifer LuffGina DouglasAmy SafeAnna OzolinsKarina WielandAlison DaviesCarmen KlompBronwyn ThompsonKay Hick
52GermanyGER6:09.431:29.76 (3)3:02.78 (3)4:36.40 (3)1:33.02 (=4)1:33.62 (4)1:33.03 (5)
Ina JusthAntje RehaagKathleen NaserAndrea GeschDana PyritzMicaela SchmidtAnja PyritzUte SchellDaniela Neunast
66Great BritainGBR6:12.281:30.75 (4)3:03.83 (5)4:38.61 (6)1:33.08 (6)1:34.78 (6)1:33.67 (6)
Annamarie StapletonLisa EyreDot BlackieKate PollittMiriam BattenCath BishopJoanne TurveyAlison GillSuzie Ellis

Final Round

Date28 July 1996

Final A

Time11:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13RomaniaROU6:19.731:32.24 (1)3:07.92 (1)4:44.70 (1)1:35.68 (1)1:36.78 (1)1:35.03 (2)
Anca TănaseVeronica CochelaLiliana GafencuDoina SpîrcuIoana OlteanuElisabeta LipăMărioara Popescu-CiobanuDoina IgnatElena Georgescu
22CanadaCAN6:24.051:34.33 (3)3:12.04 (4)4:49.72 (3)1:37.71 (4)1:37.68 (2)1:34.33 (1)
Heather McDermidTosha TsangMaria MaunderAlison KornEmma RobinsonAnna Van der KampJessica MonroeTheresa LukeLesley Thompson-Willie
34BelarusBLR6:24.441:33.83 (2)3:10.52 (2)4:48.95 (2)1:36.69 (3)1:38.43 (3)1:35.49 (3)
Natallia LaurinenkaAliaksandra PankinaNatallia ValchiekTamara DavydenkaValiantsina SkrabatunAlena MikulichNatallia StasiukMaryna ZnakYaraslava Paulovich
45United StatesUSA6:26.191:35.05 (4)3:11.44 (3)4:50.15 (4)1:36.39 (2)1:38.71 (4)1:36.04 (4)
Anne KakelaMary McCaggLaurel KorholzCatriona FallonBetsy McCaggMonica Tranel MichiniAmy FullerJennifer DoreYasmin Farooq
51AustraliaAUS6:30.101:36.58 (6)3:14.53 (=5)4:53.30 (5)1:37.95 (5)1:38.77 (5)1:36.80 (6)
Jennifer LuffGina DouglasAmy SafeAnna OzolinsKarina WielandAlison DaviesCarmen KlompBronwyn ThompsonKay Hick
66NetherlandsNED6:31.111:36.22 (5)3:14.53 (=5)4:54.42 (6)1:38.31 (6)1:39.89 (6)1:36.69 (5)
Femke BoelenMarleen van der VeldenAstrid van KoertMarieke WesterhofRita de JongTessa KnavenTessa AppeldoornMuriel van SchilfgaardeJissy de Wolf

Final B

Time9:35
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Great BritainGBR6:15.211:31.31 (1)3:06.89 (1)4:41.98 (1)1:35.58 (2)1:35.09 (1)1:33.23 (1)
Annamarie StapletonLisa EyreDot BlackieKate PollittMiriam BattenCath BishopJoanne TurveyAlison GillSuzie Ellis
22GermanyGER6:17.731:31.57 (2)3:07.14 (2)4:42.86 (2)1:35.57 (1)1:35.72 (2)1:34.87 (2)
Ina JusthAntje RehaagKathleen NaserAndrea GeschDana PyritzMicaela SchmidtAnja PyritzUte SchellDaniela Neunast