Rowing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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The women's single sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinals, with only the last-place boat eliminated (13th place overall). The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Anne Marden  United States 8:01.55 Q
2 Inger Pors Olsen  Denmark 8:09.55 Q
3 Heather Hattin  Canada 8:15.04 Q
4 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová  Czechoslovakia 8:17.80 R
5 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 8:29.70 R

Heat 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Jutta Behrendt  East Germany 7:51.44 Q
2 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu  Romania 7:53.75 Q
3 Harriet van Ettekoven  Netherlands 7:56.80 Q
4 Nataliya Kvasha  Soviet Union 7:59.95 R

Heat 3

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Magdalena Georgieva  Bulgaria 7:50.64 Q
2 Rita Defauw  Belgium 8:09.25 Q
3 Tonia Svaier  Greece 8:12.13 Q
4 Lydie Dubedat-Briero  France 8:28.75 R

Repechage

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Nataliya Kvasha  Soviet Union 8:06.11 Q
2 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová  Czechoslovakia 8:15.63 Q
3 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 8:20.20 Q
4 Lydie Dubedat-Briero  France 8:26.86

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Jutta Behrendt  East Germany 7:37.69 QA
2 Anne Marden  United States 7:40.51 QA
3 Harriet van Ettekoven  Netherlands 7:48.84 QA
4 Heather Hattin  Canada 7:56.97 QB
5 Rita Defauw  Belgium 8:07.95 QB
6 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 8:11.21 QB

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Nation Time Notes
1 Magdalena Georgieva  Bulgaria 7:35.47 QA
2 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu  Romania 7:39.93 QA
3 Inger Pors Olsen  Denmark 7:42.76 QA
4 Nataliya Kvasha  Soviet Union 7:45.50 QB
5 Tonia Svaier  Greece 7:49.15 QB
6 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová  Czechoslovakia 8:08.04 QB

Finals

Final B

Rank Rower Nation Time
7 Tonia Svaier  Greece 7:57.73
8 Nataliya Kvasha  Soviet Union 8:00.73
9 Rita Defauw  Belgium 8:04.90
10 Heather Hattin  Canada 8:08.69
11 Annelie Larsson  Sweden 8:11.69
12 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová  Czechoslovakia 8:14.02

Final A

Rank Rower Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jutta Behrendt  East Germany 7:47.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anne Marden  United States 7:50.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Magdalena Georgieva  Bulgaria 7:53.65
4 Harriet van Ettekoven  Netherlands 7:57.29
5 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu  Romania 7:59.44
6 Inger Pors Olsen  Denmark 7:59.77

Final classification

Rank Rower Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jutta Behrendt  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anne Marden  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Magdalena Georgieva  Bulgaria
4 Harriet van Ettekoven  Netherlands
5 Marioara Popescu-Ciobanu  Romania
6 Inger Pors Olsen  Denmark
7 Tonia Svaier  Greece
8 Nataliya Kvasha  Soviet Union
9 Rita Defauw  Belgium
10 Heather Hattin  Canada
11 Annelie Larsson  Sweden
12 Michaela Burešová-Loukotová  Czechoslovakia
13 Lydie Dubedat-Briero  France

References

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 528–29.