Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's eight
# Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

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.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

## Results

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kirsten BarnesShannon CrawfordMegan DelehantyKathleen HeddleMarnie McBeanJessica MonroeBrenda TaylorKay Worthington | Lesley Thompson | Canada | 6:11.44 | QA |
| 2 | Lin ZhiaiMa LinqinPei JiayunHe YanwenLiu XirongLiang XilingCao Mianying Zhou Shouying | Li Ronghua | China | 6:14.99 | R |
| 3 | Tina BrownShannon DayBetsy McCaggMary McCaggSarah GenglerTracy RudeKelley JonesDiana Olson | Yasmin Farooq | United States | 6:15.52 | R |
| 4 | Lenka ZavadilováEliška JandováRenata BeránkováMartina ŠefčíkováSabina TelenskáMichaela VávrováHana ŽákováHana Dariusová | Lenka Kováčová | Czechoslovakia | 6:31.54 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sylvia DördelmannKathrin HaackerChristiane HarzendorfCerstin PetersmannDana PyritzAnnegret StrauchUte SchellJudith Zeidler | Daniela Neunast | Germany | 6:11.70 | QA |
| 2 | Svitlana FilMarina ZnakIrina GribkoSarmīte StoneMarina SuprunNataliya StasyukNataliya GrigoryevaYekaterina Kotko | Yelena Medvedeva | Unified Team | 6:15.04 | R |
| 3 | Viorica NeculaiAdriana BazonMaria PăduraruIulia BulieDoina RobuVictoria LepădatuDoina Șnep-BălanIoana Olteanu | Elena Georgescu | Romania | 6:16.74 | R |
| 4 | Fiona FreckletonPhilippa CrossDot BlackieSusan SmithKate GroseRachel HirstKareen MarwickKatharine Brownlow | Alison Paterson | Great Britain | 6:31.63 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Viorica NeculaiAdriana BazonMaria PăduraruIulia BulieDoina RobuVictoria LepădatuDoina Șnep-BălanIoana Olteanu | Elena Georgescu | Romania | 6:10.98 | QA |
| 2 | Lin ZhiaiMa LinqinPei JiayunHe YanwenLiu XirongLiang XilingCao Mianying Zhou Shouying | Li Ronghua | China | 6:13.80 | QA |
| 3 | Tina BrownShannon DayBetsy McCaggMary McCaggSarah GenglerTracy RudeKelley JonesDiana Olson | Yasmin Farooq | United States | 6:13.83 | QA |
| 4 | Svitlana FilMarina ZnakIrina GribkoSarmīte StoneMarina SuprunNataliya StasyukNataliya GrigoryevaYekaterina Kotko | Yelena Medvedeva | Unified Team | 6:14.97 | QA |
| 5 | Fiona FreckletonPhilippa CrossDot BlackieSusan SmithKate GroseRachel HirstKareen MarwickKatharine Brownlow | Alison Paterson | Great Britain | 6:18.99 | QB |
| 6 | Lenka ZavadilováEliška JandováRenata BeránkováMartina ŠefčíkováSabina TelenskáMichaela VávrováHana ŽákováHana Dariusová | Lenka Kováčová | Czechoslovakia | 6:22.59 | QB |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Fiona FreckletonPhilippa CrossDot BlackieSusan SmithKate GroseRachel HirstKareen MarwickKatharine Brownlow | Alison Paterson | Great Britain | 6:29.68 |
| 8 | Lenka ZavadilováEliška JandováRenata BeránkováMartina ŠefčíkováSabina TelenskáMichaela VávrováHana ŽákováHana Dariusová | Lenka Kováčová | Czechoslovakia | 6:31.12 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kirsten BarnesShannon CrawfordMegan DelehantyKathleen HeddleMarnie McBeanJessica MonroeBrenda TaylorKay Worthington | Lesley Thompson | Canada | 6:02.62 |
| | Viorica NeculaiAdriana BazonMaria PăduraruIulia BulieDoina RobuVictoria LepădatuDoina Șnep-BălanIoana Olteanu | Elena Georgescu | Romania | 6:06.26 |
| | Sylvia DördelmannKathrin HaackerChristiane HarzendorfCerstin PetersmannDana PyritzAnnegret StrauchUte SchellJudith Zeidler | Daniela Neunast | Germany | 6:07.80 |
| 4 | Svitlana FilMarina ZnakIrina GribkoSarmīte StoneMarina SuprunNataliya StasyukNataliya GrigoryevaYekaterina Kotko | Yelena Medvedeva | Unified Team | 6:09.68 |
| 5 | Lin ZhiaiMa LinqinPei JiayunHe YanwenLiu XirongLiang XilingCao Mianying Zhou Shouying | Li Ronghua | China | 6:12.08 |
| 6 | Tina BrownShannon DayBetsy McCaggMary McCaggSarah GenglerTracy RudeKelley JonesDiana Olson | Yasmin Farooq | United States | 6:12.25 |

## Final classification

The following rowers took part:

| Rowers | Country |
| - | - |
| Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson Kay Worthington | Canada |
| Viorica Neculai Adriana Bazon Maria Păduraru Iulia Bulie Doina Robu Victoria Lepădatu Doina Șnep-Bălan Elena Georgescu Ioana Olteanu | Romania |
| Sylvia Dördelmann Kathrin Haacker Christiane Harzendorf Daniela Neunast Cerstin Petersmann Dana Pyritz Annegret Strauch Ute Schell Judith Zeidler | Germany |
| Svitlana Fil Marina Znak Irina Gribko Sarmīte Stone Marina Suprun Nataliya Stasyuk Nataliya Grigoryeva Yekaterina Kotko Yelena Medvedeva | Unified Team |
| Lin Zhiai Ma Linqin Pei Jiayun He Yanwen Liu Xirong Liang Xiling Cao Mianying Zhou Shouying Li Ronghua | China |
| Tina Brown Shannon Day Betsy McCagg Mary McCagg Sarah Gengler Tracy Rude Kelley Jones Diana Olson Yasmin Farooq | United States |
| Fiona Freckleton Philippa Cross Dot Blackie Susan Smith Kate Grose Rachel Hirst Kareen Marwick Katharine Brownlow Alison Paterson | Great Britain |
| Lenka Zavadilová Eliška Jandová Renata Beránková Martina Šefčíková Sabina Telenská Michaela Vávrová Hana Žáková Hana Dariusová Lenka Kováčová | Czechoslovakia |
