Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date22–28 July
Competitors40 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katrin Rutschow
Jana Sorgers
Kerstin Köppen
Kathrin Boron
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svitlana Maziy
Dina Miftakhutdynova
Inna Frolova
Olena Ronzhyna
 Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laryssa Biesenthal
Diane O'Grady
Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
 Canada
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The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.[1]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 10 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 8 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (4 boats total) advanced to the "A" final, while the remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) 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 through 10th.[2]

All races were over a 2000-metre course.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Canada 6:39.32 QA
2  Netherlands 6:43.76 R
3  China 6:46.00 R
4  Australia 6:48.58 R
5  Romania 6:50.93 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Germany 6:36.00 QA
2  Russia 6:37.59 R
3  Denmark 6:38.25 R
4  Ukraine 6:46.17 R
5  United States 6:54.73 R

Repechage

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Repechage 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Denmark 6:15.45 QA
2  Netherlands 6:15.92 QA
3  Australia 6:16.85 QB
4  United States 6:25.54 QB

Repechage 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Ukraine 6:19.11 QA
2  China 6:21.23 QA
3  Romania 6:26.27 QB
 Russia DNS QB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
7  Russia 6:24.10
8  United States 6:24.49
9  Australia 6:25.73
10  Romania 6:31.35

Final A

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 6:27.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ukraine 6:30.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 6:30.38
4  Denmark 6:30.92
5  China 6:31.10
6  Netherlands 6:35.54

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 330.