Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

Women's Double Sculls
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCanoeing and Rowing Basin, Krylatskoye, Moscow
Date21 – 26 July
Competitors14 from 7 nations
Medalists
   Soviet Union
   East Germany
   Romania
Rowing at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men   women
Double sculls men women
Coxless pair men women
Coxed pair men
Quadruple sculls men women
Coxless four men
Coxed four men women
Eight men women

The Women's Double Sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from July 21–26.[1]

Heats

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat One

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1 Yelena Khloptseva
Larisa Popova
 Soviet Union (URS) 3:25.51
2 Olga Homeghi
Valeria Răcilă
 Romania (ROM) 3:27.70
3 Cornelia Linse
Heidi Westphal
 East Germany (GDR) 3:32.23
4 Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
 Bulgaria (BUL) 3:37.86

Heat Two

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1 Hanna Jarkiewicz
Janina Klucznik
 Poland (POL) 3:34.11
2 Sue Handscomb
Astrid Ayling
 Great Britain (GBR) 3:39.27
3 Ilona Bata
Klára Langhoffer
 Hungary (HUN) 3:44.33

Repechage

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1 Cornelia Linse
Heidi Westphal
 East Germany (GDR) 3:20.49
2 Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
 Bulgaria (BUL) 3:21.36
3 Olga Homeghi
Valeria Răcilă
 Romania (ROM) 3:21.74
4 Ilona Bata
Klára Langhoffer
 Hungary (HUN) 3:31.37
5 Sue Handscomb
Astrid Ayling
 Great Britain (GBR) 3:33.32

Finals

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Yelena Khloptseva
Larisa Popova
 Soviet Union (URS) 3:16.27
2nd, silver medalist(s) Cornelia Linse
Heidi Westphal
 East Germany (GDR) 3:17.63
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Olga Homeghi
Valeria Răcilă
 Romania (ROM) 3:18.91
4 Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
 Bulgaria (BUL) 3:23.14
5 Hanna Jarkiewicz
Janina Klucznik
 Poland (POL) 3:27.25
6 Ilona Bata
Klára Langhoffer
 Hungary (HUN) 3:35.70

References

Notes

  1. Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls. Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
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