The women's quadruple 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 (heats and finals) 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 (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final (for 1st through 6th place). 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 (4 boats total) advanced to the "A" final. The remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were eliminated from medal contention and competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place.Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 531–32.
All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:23.22 2 6:26.95 3 6:35.55 4 6:41.03 5 6:49.29
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:31.40 2 6:42.93 3 6:43.56 4 6:45.27 5 6:47.13
Repechage
Repechage heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:26.14 2 6:37.46 3 6:38.95 4 6:44.15
Repechage heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:27.75 2 6:33.36 3 6:39.10 4 6:41.24
Finals
Final B
Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 6:38.70 8 6:40.91 9 6:41.28 10 6:43.16
Final A
Rank Rowers Nation Time 6:21.06 6:23.47 6:23.81 4 6:24.10 5 6:41.86 6 6:43.79
Final classification
RankRowersNation Kerstin FörsterKristina MundtBeate SchrammJana Sorgers Irina KalimbetSvitlana MaziyInna FrolovaAntonina Zelikovich Anișoara BălanAnişoara MineaVeronica CogeanuDoina Robu (heats)/Elisabeta Lipă (final) 4 Pavlina KhristovaGalina AnakhrievaIskra VelinovaKrasimira Tocheva 5 Hana KrejčováĽubica Novotníková-KurhajcováBlanka MikyskováIrena Soukupová 6 Marie-Anne VandermoereAnn HaesebrouckLucia FocqueAnnelies Bredael 7 Jos CompaanMarjan PentengaNicolette WesselMarijke Zeekant 8 Erika BertényiIldikó CsereyAnikó KapócsKatalin Sarlós 9 Sherry CassutoAngie HerronJennie MarshallAnne Martin 10 Monique CoupatChristine Dubosquelle-JullienChristine GosséChantal Lafon
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