The women's eight competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.
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. 3, pp. 340–42.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Yaroslava Pavlovich 6:24.61 2 Yasmin Farooq 6:28.45 3 Jissy de Wolf 6:32.71 4 Kaylynn Hick 6:35.69
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Elena Georgescu 6:23.94 2 Lesley Thompson 6:29.08 3 Daniela Neunast 6:33.90 4 Suzie Ellis 6:39.34
Repechage
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes 1 Yasmin Farooq 6:06.17 2 Lesley Thompson 6:06.49 3 Jissy de Wolf 6:08.85 4 Kaylynn Hick 6:08.92 5 Daniela Neunast 6:09.43 6 Suzie Ellis 6:12.28
Finals
Final B
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time 7 Suzie Ellis 6:15.21 8 Daniela Neunast 6:17.73
Final A
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Elena Georgescu 6:19.73 Lesley Thompson 6:24.05 Yaroslava Pavlovich 6:24.44 4 Yasmin Farooq 6:26.19 5 Kaylynn Hick 6:30.10 6 Jissy de Wolf 6:31.11
Final classification
The following rowers took part: RankRowersCountry Liliana GafencuVeronica CochelaElena GeorgescuAnca TănaseDoina SpîrcuMarioara PopescuIoana OlteanuElisabeta LipăDoina Ignat Anna van der KampTosha TsangLesley ThompsonEmma RobinsonJessica MonroeHeather McDermidMaria MaunderTheresa LukeAlison Korn Yelena MikulichMarina ZnakNataliya VolchekNataliya StasyukTamara DavydenkoValentina SkrabatunNataliya LavrinenkoYaroslava PavlovichAleksandra Pankina Anne KakelaMary McCaggLaurel KorholzCatriona FallonBetsy McCaggMonica Tranel MichiniAmy FullerJennifer DoreYasmin Farooq Jennifer LuffGina DouglasAmy SafeAnna OzolinsKarina WielandAlison DaviesCarmen KlompBronwyn ThompsonKaylynn Hick Femke BoelenMarleen van der VeldenAstrid van KoertMarieke WesterhofRita de JongTessa KnavenTessa AppeldoornMuriel van SchilfgaardeJissy de Wolf Annamarie StapletonLisa EyreDot BlackieKate PollittMiriam BattenCath BishopJoanne TurveyAlison GillSuzie Ellis Ina JusthAntje RehaagKathleen NaserAndrea GeschDana PyritzMicaela SchmidtAnja PyritzUte Schell-Wagner-StangeDaniela Neunast
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