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Lightweight Double Sculls, Women

Date22 – 28 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationLake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
Participants33 from 16 countries

Women’s lightweight rowing events were held for the first time at the Olympics in 1996, but they had been held at the World Championships since the mid-1980s. Colleen Miller and Wendy Wiebe of Canada had won the event at the last three editions of the Worlds and were the strong favorites to take the inaugural crown in Atlanta. In the opening round, however, they were outperformed by Constanţa Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc of Romania, as well as Berit Christoffersen and Lene Andersson of Denmark. The Danes were the reigning World runners-up, while Burcică was a 1992 Olympic silver medalist in the quadruple sculls. The Canadians heat was also the slowest of the opening round, with both the Americans, 1994 World bronze medalists Lindsay Burns and Teresa Bell, and the Australians, Virginia Lee and Rebecca Joyce, posting faster times than the Romanians as they won their heats. The Americans and the Australians were again the heat winners in the semi-finals, the latter of whom helped to eliminate the favored Canadians. The situation turned again in the final, when Romania regrouped and captured the gold medal by a margin of nearly two seconds. The Americans, in winning silver, were almost two seconds ahead of the Australians, who battled the Italians down to the line to take bronze with only 0.27 seconds to spare.

PosPairNOC
1Constanţa Burcică / Camelia MacoviciucROUGold
2Teresa Bell / Lindsay BurnsUSASilver
3Bec Joyce / Virginia LeeAUSBronze
4Lisa Bertini / Martina OrzanITA
5Berit Christoffersen / Lene AnderssonDEN
6Laurien Vermulst / Ellen MeliesieNED
7Colleen Miller / Wendy WiebeCAN
8Michelle Darvill / Ruth KapsGER
9Li Fei / Ou ShaoyanCHN
10Myriam Lamolle / Catherine MullerFRA
11Karola Schustereder / Monika FelizeterAUT
12Monika Knejp / Kristina KnejpSWE
13Ayako Yoshida / Noriko ShibutaJPN
14Ana Sofía Soberanes / Andrea BoltzMEX
15Angeliki Gkremou / Chrysa BiskitziGRE
16Anna Accensi / Esperanza Márquez / Nuria DomínguezESP

Round One

Date22 July 1996
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time9:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Lindsay Burns / Teresa BellUSA7:28.281:49.16 (2)3:42.39 (2)5:33.66 (1)1:53.23 (2)1:51.27 (1)1:54.62 (2)Q OB
22Lisa Bertini / Martina OrzanITA7:31.581:48.13 (1)3:41.02 (1)5:34.27 (2)1:52.89 (1)1:53.25 (2)1:57.31 (5)
34Laurien Vermulst / Ellen MeliesieNED7:32.301:50.61 (4)3:44.75 (3)5:38.01 (3)1:54.14 (3)1:53.26 (3)1:54.29 (1)
45Li Fei / Ou ShaoyanCHN7:36.711:49.81 (3)3:45.24 (4)5:39.90 (4)1:55.43 (5)1:54.66 (5)1:56.81 (4)
51Myriam Lamolle / Catherine MullerFRA7:36.751:51.05 (5)3:45.92 (5)5:40.55 (5)1:54.87 (4)1:54.63 (4)1:56.20 (3)
66Angeliki Gkremou / Chrysa BiskitziGRE8:01.601:52.36 (6)3:51.88 (6)5:57.71 (6)1:59.52 (6)2:05.83 (6)2:03.89 (6)

Heat #2

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Virginia Lee / Bec JoyceAUS7:33.161:50.77 (2)3:42.30 (1)5:35.11 (1)1:51.53 (1)1:52.81 (1)1:58.05 (1)Q
24Michelle Darvill / Ruth KapsGER7:45.521:50.45 (1)3:44.10 (2)5:41.06 (2)1:53.65 (2)1:56.96 (2)2:04.46 (5)
33Monika Knejp / Kristina KnejpSWE7:48.131:52.09 (3)3:49.07 (3)5:48.28 (3)1:56.98 (3)1:59.21 (3)1:59.85 (3)
45Esperanza Márquez / Nuria DomínguezESP7:51.051:52.70 (4)3:50.95 (4)5:51.67 (4)1:58.25 (4)2:00.72 (4)1:59.38 (2)
51Ayako Yoshida / Noriko ShibutaJPN7:55.991:55.64 (5)3:54.75 (5)5:55.67 (5)1:59.11 (5)2:00.92 (5)2:00.32 (4)

Heat #3

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
15Constanţa Burcică / Camelia MacoviciucROU7:33.611:48.19 (1)3:39.59 (1)5:34.27 (1)1:51.40 (1)1:54.68 (2)1:59.34 (2)Q
24Berit Christoffersen / Lene AnderssonDEN7:36.471:52.34 (4)3:46.09 (3)5:40.70 (2)1:53.75 (2)1:54.61 (1)1:55.77 (1)
33Colleen Miller / Wendy WiebeCAN7:41.201:50.86 (2)3:45.05 (2)5:41.71 (3)1:54.19 (3)1:56.66 (3)1:59.49 (3)
42Karola Schustereder / Monika FelizeterAUT7:45.451:51.30 (3)3:47.19 (4)5:45.42 (4)1:55.89 (4)1:58.23 (4)2:00.03 (4)
51Ana Sofía Soberanes / Andrea BoltzMEX8:00.921:56.01 (5)3:57.50 (5)6:00.64 (5)2:01.49 (5)2:03.14 (5)2:00.28 (5)

Round One Repêchage

Date24 July 1996
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time9:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Laurien Vermulst / Ellen MeliesieNED7:00.171:41.28 (1)3:25.81 (1)5:12.93 (1)1:44.53 (1)1:47.12 (1)1:47.24 (1)Q OB
23Michelle Darvill / Ruth KapsGER7:05.291:42.91 (4)3:27.72 (2)5:15.40 (2)1:44.81 (2)1:47.68 (2)1:49.89 (3)Q
34Karola Schustereder / Monika FelizeterAUT7:07.341:42.01 (2)3:28.58 (3)5:18.00 (3)1:46.57 (3)1:49.42 (3)1:49.34 (2)Q
41Ayako Yoshida / Noriko ShibutaJPN7:15.611:44.90 (5)3:33.98 (5)5:25.04 (4)1:49.08 (5)1:51.06 (4)1:50.57 (4)
55Angeliki Gkremou / Chrysa BiskitziGRE7:21.391:42.26 (3)3:30.45 (4)5:25.70 (5)1:48.19 (4)1:55.25 (5)1:55.69 (5)

Heat #2

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Lisa Bertini / Martina OrzanITA6:59.061:41.35 (2)3:25.69 (1)5:12.61 (1)1:44.34 (1)1:46.92 (1)1:46.45 (1)Q OB
23Colleen Miller / Wendy WiebeCAN7:02.541:41.63 (3)3:26.88 (3)5:15.36 (3)1:45.25 (3)1:48.48 (2)1:47.18 (2)Q
31Myriam Lamolle / Catherine MullerFRA7:03.271:41.15 (1)3:26.35 (2)5:14.98 (2)1:45.20 (2)1:48.63 (3)1:48.29 (3)Q
44Esperanza Márquez / Nuria DomínguezESP7:12.961:43.90 (4)3:31.72 (4)5:23.08 (4)1:47.82 (4)1:51.36 (4)1:49.88 (4)

Heat #3

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Berit Christoffersen / Lene AnderssonDEN7:03.801:44.03 (4)3:28.52 (2)5:15.10 (1)1:44.49 (1)1:46.58 (1)1:48.70 (1)Q
22Monika Knejp / Kristina KnejpSWE7:08.681:42.71 (2)3:29.91 (3)5:19.53 (3)1:47.20 (3)1:49.62 (2)1:49.15 (2)Q
34Li Fei / Ou ShaoyanCHN7:10.961:40.99 (1)3:26.73 (1)5:16.88 (2)1:45.74 (2)1:50.15 (3)1:54.08 (4)Q
41Ana Sofía Soberanes / Andrea BoltzMEX7:18.311:43.69 (3)3:33.69 (4)5:26.88 (4)1:50.00 (4)1:53.19 (4)1:51.43 (3)

Semi-Finals

Date26 July 1996
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time9:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Teresa Bell / Lindsay BurnsUSA7:09.471:44.81 (3)3:33.18 (2)5:21.95 (2)1:48.37 (2)1:48.77 (1)1:47.52 (1)Q
23Constanţa Burcică / Camelia MacoviciucROU7:11.131:42.32 (1)3:30.01 (1)5:19.22 (1)1:47.69 (1)1:49.21 (2)1:51.91 (4)Q
32Lisa Bertini / Martina OrzanITA7:15.291:45.26 (4)3:34.44 (4)5:24.01 (3)1:49.18 (3)1:49.57 (3)1:51.28 (3)Q
45Michelle Darvill / Ruth KapsGER7:19.691:43.64 (2)3:33.46 (3)5:24.55 (4)1:49.82 (4)1:51.09 (4)1:55.14 (6)
56Myriam Lamolle / Catherine MullerFRA7:20.111:46.16 (5)3:37.30 (5)5:28.85 (5)1:51.14 (5)1:51.55 (5)1:51.26 (2)
61Monika Knejp / Kristina KnejpSWE7:27.011:47.00 (6)3:38.76 (6)5:33.04 (6)1:51.76 (6)1:54.28 (6)1:53.97 (5)

Heat #2

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Virginia Lee / Bec JoyceAUS7:17.671:47.63 (5)3:36.87 (3)5:27.79 (2)1:49.24 (1)1:50.92 (1)1:49.88 (1)Q
24Laurien Vermulst / Ellen MeliesieNED7:19.021:45.83 (1)3:35.60 (1)5:27.17 (1)1:49.77 (3)1:51.57 (4)1:51.85 (3)Q
35Berit Christoffersen / Lene AnderssonDEN7:19.791:47.37 (4)3:37.35 (4)5:28.32 (3)1:49.98 (4)1:50.97 (2)1:51.47 (2)Q
46Li Fei / Ou ShaoyanCHN7:23.461:46.41 (2)3:39.21 (5)5:30.60 (4)1:52.80 (5)1:51.39 (3)1:52.86 (4)
52Colleen Miller / Wendy WiebeCAN7:27.191:47.13 (3)3:36.65 (2)5:30.84 (5)1:49.52 (2)1:54.19 (5)1:56.35 (6)
61Karola Schustereder / Monika FelizeterAUT7:32.071:48.56 (6)3:42.20 (6)5:37.58 (6)1:53.64 (6)1:55.38 (6)1:54.49 (5)

Final Round

Date26 – 28 July 1996

Final A

Time28 July 1996 — 10:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Constanţa Burcică / Camelia MacoviciucROU7:12.781:44.87 (1)3:33.01 (1)5:22.35 (1)1:48.14 (1)1:49.34 (1)1:50.43 (5)
24Teresa Bell / Lindsay BurnsUSA7:14.651:46.10 (3)3:35.23 (2)5:25.95 (2)1:49.13 (2)1:50.72 (3)1:48.70 (1)
33Virginia Lee / Bec JoyceAUS7:16.561:46.51 (4)3:35.65 (3)5:27.39 (4)1:49.14 (3)1:51.74 (5)1:49.17 (2)
41Lisa Bertini / Martina OrzanITA7:16.831:47.20 (6)3:36.44 (5)5:27.02 (3)1:49.24 (4)1:50.58 (2)1:49.81 (3)
56Berit Christoffersen / Lene AnderssonDEN7:18.201:46.88 (5)3:36.88 (6)5:27.81 (5)1:50.00 (5)1:50.93 (4)1:50.39 (4)
65Laurien Vermulst / Ellen MeliesieNED7:21.921:45.60 (2)3:36.04 (4)5:28.98 (6)1:50.44 (6)1:52.94 (6)1:52.94 (6)

Final B

Time28 July 1996 — 9:07
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Colleen Miller / Wendy WiebeCAN7:03.871:44.06 (4)3:30.30 (2)5:17.90 (2)1:46.24 (1)1:47.60 (2)1:45.97 (1)1
23Michelle Darvill / Ruth KapsGER7:04.311:43.12 (2)3:30.05 (1)5:17.53 (1)1:46.93 (2)1:47.48 (1)1:46.78 (2)2
34Li Fei / Ou ShaoyanCHN7:07.811:42.79 (1)3:30.66 (3)5:19.22 (3)1:47.87 (3)1:48.56 (3)1:48.59 (5)
45Myriam Lamolle / Catherine MullerFRA7:09.951:43.77 (3)3:32.78 (4)5:22.87 (5)1:49.01 (6)1:50.09 (6)1:47.08 (3)
56Karola Schustereder / Monika FelizeterAUT7:11.221:44.70 (5)3:33.35 (5)5:22.52 (4)1:48.65 (4)1:49.17 (4)1:48.70 (6)
61Monika Knejp / Kristina KnejpSWE7:12.031:45.33 (6)3:34.21 (6)5:24.23 (6)1:48.88 (5)1:50.02 (5)1:47.80 (4)

Final C

Time26 July 1996 — 11:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Ayako Yoshida / Noriko ShibutaJPN7:44.811:51.50 (4)3:49.50 (2)5:47.93 (1)1:58.00 (1)1:58.43 (1)1:56.88 (2)
21Ana Sofía Soberanes / Andrea BoltzMEX7:46.571:51.28 (3)3:50.88 (4)5:50.46 (3)1:59.60 (3)1:59.58 (2)1:56.11 (1)
34Angeliki Gkremou / Chrysa BiskitziGRE7:51.801:50.20 (1)3:48.66 (1)5:49.89 (2)1:58.46 (2)2:01.23 (3)2:01.91 (3)
43Esperanza Márquez / Anna AccensiESP7:55.841:50.67 (2)3:50.61 (3)5:53.54 (4)1:59.94 (4)2:02.93 (4)2:02.30 (4)