Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four

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

Women's coxed fours
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueKrylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date21–26 July
Competitors31 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ramona Kapheim
Silvia Fröhlich
Angelika Noack
Romy Saalfeld
Kirsten Wenzel
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ginka Gyurova
Mariyka Modeva
Rita Todorova
Iskra Velinova
Nadiya Filipova
 Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mariya Fadeyeva
Galina Sovetnikova
Marina Studneva
Svetlana Semyonova
Nina Cheremisina
 Soviet Union
← 1976
1984 →

Heats edit

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

Heat One edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova   Bulgaria (BUL) 3:26.75
2 Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei   Romania (ROU) 3:31.42
3 Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman   Australia (AUS) 3:34.08

Heat Two edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel   East Germany (GDR) 3:25.22
2 Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nataliya Kazak[2]   Soviet Union (URS) 3:28.72
3 Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown   Great Britain (GBR) 3:48.13

Repechage edit

The top three teams in the repechage heat qualified for the finals.[3]

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina   Soviet Union (URS) 3:21.51
2 Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei   Romania (ROU) 3:23.91
3 Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman   Australia (AUS) 3:26.77
4 Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown   Great Britain (GBR) 3:35.85

Finals edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
  Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel   East Germany (GDR) 3:19.27
  Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova   Bulgaria (BUL) 3:20.75
  Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina   Soviet Union (URS) 3:20.92
4 Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei   Romania (ROU) 3:22.08
5 Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman   Australia (AUS) 3:26.37

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nataliya Kazak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Coxed Fours Round One Repêchage. Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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