Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair
# Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 13 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The slowest boat (4th place) in the repechage finished in 13th place.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

## Results

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stephanie Maxwell-PiersonAnna Seaton | United States | 7:40.19 | Q |
| 2 | Joanne TurveyMiriam Batten | Great Britain | 7:44.99 | Q |
| 3 | Hanna MotrechkoOlena Ronzhyna-Morozova | Unified Team | 7:53.89 | Q |
| 4 | Violeta ZarevaTeodora Zareva | Bulgaria | 8:03.55 | R |
| 5 | Lee Jae-namKim Sung-ok | South Korea | 8:33.76 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Christine GosséIsabelle Danjou | France | 7:43.29 | Q |
| 2 | Liene SastapaGunta Lamaša | Latvia | 8:04.79 | Q |
| 3 | Doina Liliana Snep-BălanDoina Ciucanu-Robu | Romania | 8:10.03 | Q |
| 4 | Margaret GibsonSusanne Standish-White | Zimbabwe | 8:24.16 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean | Canada | 7:41.19 | Q |
| 2 | Ingeburg SchwerzmannStefani Werremeier | Germany | 7:43.60 | Q |
| 3 | Nobuko Ota Miyuki Yamashita | Japan | 7:55.16 | Q |
| 4 | Violeta LastakauskaitėVioleta Bernotaitė | Lithuania | 8:04.77 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Violeta LastakauskaitėVioleta Bernotaitė | Lithuania | 7:52.47 | Q |
| 2 | Violeta ZarevaTeodora Zareva | Bulgaria | 7:58.18 | Q |
| 3 | Margaret GibsonSusanne Standish-White | Zimbabwe | 8:07.93 | Q |
| 4 | Lee Jae-namKim Sung-ok | South Korea | 8:15.42 | |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stephanie Maxwell-PiersonAnna Seaton | United States | 7:11.70 | QA |
| 2 | Christine GosséIsabelle Danjou | France | 7:12.35 | QA |
| 3 | Ingeburg SchwerzmannStefani Werremeier | Germany | 7:14.71 | QA |
| 4 | Doina Liliana Snep-BălanDoina Ciucanu-Robu | Romania | 7:24.94 | QB |
| 5 | Hanna MotrechkoOlena Ronzhyna-Morozova | Unified Team | 7:34.42 | QB |
| 6 | Margaret GibsonSusanne Standish-White | Zimbabwe | 8:04.73 | QB |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean | Canada | 7:18.00 | QA |
| 2 | Joanne TurveyMiriam Batten | Great Britain | 7:22.89 | QA |
| 3 | Violeta ZarevaTeodora Zareva | Bulgaria | 7:28.37 | QA |
| 4 | Violeta LastakauskaitėVioleta Bernotaitė | Lithuania | 7:30.54 | QB |
| 5 | Liene SastapaGunta Lamaša | Latvia | 7:37.18 | QB |
| 6 | Nobuko Ota Miyuki Yamashita | Japan | 7:40.48 | QB |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Doina Liliana Snep-BălanDoina Ciucanu-Robu | Romania | 7:22.07 |
| 8 | Hanna MotrechkoOlena Ronzhyna-Morozova | Unified Team | 7:25.15 |
| 9 | Nobuko Ota Miyuki Yamashita | Japan | 7:26.51 |
| 10 | Violeta LastakauskaitėVioleta Bernotaitė | Lithuania | 7:29.24 |
| 11 | Liene SastapaGunta Lamaša | Latvia | 7:33.72 |
| 12 | Margaret GibsonSusanne Standish-White | Zimbabwe | 7:56.10 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kathleen HeddleMarnie McBean | Canada | 7:06.22 |
| | Ingeburg SchwerzmannStefani Werremeier | Germany | 7:07.96 |
| | Stephanie Maxwell-PiersonAnna Seaton | United States | 7:08.11 |
| 4 | Christine GosséIsabelle Danjou | France | 7:08.70 |
| 5 | Joanne TurveyMiriam Batten | Great Britain | 7:17.28 |
| 6 | Violeta ZarevaTeodora Zareva | Bulgaria | 7:32.67 |

## Final classification

The following rowers took part:

| Rowers | Country |
| - | - |
| Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean | Canada |
| Ingeburg Schwerzmann Stefani Werremeier | Germany |
| Stephanie Pierson Anna Seaton | United States |
| Christine Gossé Isabelle Danjou | France |
| Joanne Turvey Miriam Batten | Great Britain |
| Violeta Zareva Teodora Zareva | Bulgaria |
| Doina Liliana Snep-Bălan Doina Ciucanu-Robu | Romania |
| Hanna Motrechko Olena Ronzhyna-Morozova | Unified Team |
| Nobuko Ota Miyuki Yamashita | Japan |
| Violeta Lastakauskaitė Violeta Bernotaitė | Lithuania |
| Liene Sastapa Gunta Lamaša | Latvia |
| Margaret Gibson Susanne Standish-White | Zimbabwe |
| Lee Jae-nam Kim Sung-ok | South Korea |
