The women's eight competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 8 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 4 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top 4 boats in the repechage advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 2 boats (5th and 6th placers in the repechage) were sent to the "B" final.
The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th and 8th.Official Report, vol. 5, p. 335.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Lesley Thompson 6:11.44 2 Li Ronghua 6:14.99 3 Yasmin Farooq 6:15.52 4 Lenka Kováčová 6:31.54
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Daniela Neunast 6:11.70 2 Yelena Medvedeva 6:15.04 3 Elena Georgescu 6:16.74 4 Alison Paterson 6:31.63
Repechage
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Elena Georgescu 6:10.98 2 Li Ronghua 6:13.80 3 Yasmin Farooq 6:13.83 4 Yelena Medvedeva 6:14.97 5 Alison Paterson 6:18.99 6 Lenka Kováčová 6:22.59
Finals
Final B
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time 7 Alison Paterson 6:29.68 8 Lenka Kováčová 6:31.12
Final A
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Lesley Thompson 6:02.62 Elena Georgescu 6:06.26 Daniela Neunast 6:07.80 4 Yelena Medvedeva 6:09.68 5 Li Ronghua 6:12.08 6 Yasmin Farooq 6:12.25
Final classification
The following rowers took part: RankRowersCountry Kirsten BarnesShannon CrawfordMegan DelehantyKathleen HeddleMarnie McBeanJessica MonroeBrenda TaylorLesley ThompsonKay Worthington Viorica NeculaiAdriana BazonMaria PăduraruIulia BulieDoina RobuVictoria LepădatuDoina Șnep-BălanElena GeorgescuIoana Olteanu Sylvia DördelmannKathrin HaackerChristiane HarzendorfDaniela NeunastCerstin PetersmannDana PyritzAnnegret StrauchUte SchellJudith Zeidler Svitlana FilMarina ZnakIrina GribkoSarmīte StoneMarina SuprunNataliya StasyukNataliya GrigoryevaYekaterina KotkoYelena Medvedeva Lin ZhiaiMa LinqinPei JiayunHe YanwenLiu XirongLiang XilingCao MianyingZhou ShouyingLi Ronghua Tina BrownShannon DayBetsy McCaggMary McCaggSarah GenglerTracy RudeKelley JonesDiana OlsonYasmin Farooq Fiona FreckletonPhilippa CrossDot BlackieSusan SmithKate GroseRachel HirstKareen MarwickKatharine BrownlowAlison Paterson Lenka ZavadilováEliška JandováRenata BeránkováMartina ŠefčíkováSabina TelenskáMichaela VávrováHana ŽákováHana DariusováLenka Kováčová
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