Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls


The women's double sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two main rounds as well as a repechage. The 10 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the "A" final. The remaining 4 boats were eliminated from medal contention and competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place.
All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
17:30.09
27:35.82
37:38.14
47:38.62
57:46.89

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
17:25.95
27:32.82
37:39.20
48:01.34
58:16.55

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
17:30.00
27:32.39
37:36.80
47:59.75

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
17:24.96
27:29.52
37:30.23
48:13.57

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
78:03.56
88:09.35
98:15.70
108:58.45

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
7:00.48
7:04.36
7:06.03
47:12.67
57:18.69
67:21.28

Final classification

RankRowersNation
Birgit Peter
Martina Schröter
Elisabeta Lipă
Veronica Cogeanu
Liliana Geneș
Violeta Ninova
Stefka Madina
4Marina Zhukova
Mariya Omelianovych
5Guo Mei
Cao Mianying
6Monica Havelka
Cathy Thaxton-Tippett
7Silken Laumann
Kay Worthington
8Maria Brandin
Carina Gustavsson
9Sally Andreae
Alison Gill
10Jang Myeong-hui
Han Hye-sun