Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.[1]

Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date21–27 July
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Megan Still
Kate Slatter
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Kraft
Melissa Schwen
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christine Gossé
Hélène Cortin
 France
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Results

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Heats

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The first 3 places of each heat advanced to semifinals, the remaining go to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Megan Still
Kate Slatter
  Australia 7:26.92 Q
2 Kathrin Haacker
Stefani Werremeier
  Germany 7:28.65 Q
3 Elien Meijer
Anneke Venema
  Netherlands 7:43.58 Q
4 Helen Fleming
Colleen Orsmond
  South Africa 7:48.69 R
5 Lorena Corengia
Julieta Ramírez
  Argentina 8:12.58 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Christine Gossé
Hélène Cortin
  France 7:31.91 Q
2 Albina Ligatcheva
Vera Pochitayeva
  Russia 7:42.76 Q
3 Liliana Cazac
Angela Cazac
  Romania 7:49.94 Q
4 Kate Mackenzie
Philippa Cross
  Great Britain 8:03.53 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Karen Kraft
Melissa Schwen
  United States 7:34.29 Q
2 Emma Robinson
Anna van der Kamp
  Canada 7:39.98 Q
3 Liang Xiling
Jing Yanhua
  China 7:46.80 Q
4 Sabina Telenská
Hana Dariusová
  Czech Republic 7:54.72 R

Repechage

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The first three places of the repechage advanced to the semifinals, and the remaining team was eliminated.

Repechage

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Sabina Telenská
Hana Dariusová
  Czech Republic 8:01.50 Q
2 Helen Fleming
Colleen Orsmond
  South Africa 8:11.90 Q
3 Kate Mackenzie
Philippa Cross
  Great Britain 7:43.58 Q
4 Lorena Corengia
Julieta Ramírez
  Argentina 8:35.53

Semifinals

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The first three places of the semifinal advanced to the Final A, and the remaining to Final B.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Karen Kraft
Melissa Schwen
  United States 7:29.31 A
2 Megan Still
Kate Slatter
  Australia 7:32.47 A
3 Albina Ligatcheva
Vera Pochitayeva
  Russia 7:36.37 A
4 Liang Xiling
Jing Yanhua
  China 7:36.40 B
5 Elien Meijer
Anneke Venema
  Netherlands 7:48.40 B
6 Helen Fleming
Colleen Orsmond
  South Africa 7:56.41 B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Christine Gossé
Hélène Cortin
  France 7:30.21 A
2 Emma Robinson
Anna van der Kamp
  Canada 7:32.02 A
3 Kathrin Haacker
Stefani Werremeier
  Germany 7:34.80 A
4 Liliana Cazac
Angela Cazac
  Romania 7:44.47 B
5 Sabina Telenská
Hana Dariusová
  Czech Republic 7:48.40 B
6 Kate Mackenzie
Philippa Cross
  Great Britain 7:59.57 B

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rower Country Time
6 Liang Xiling
Jing Yanhua
  China 7:15.41
7 Elien Meijer
Anneke Venema
  Netherlands 7:17.26
8 Sabina Telenská
Hana Dariusová
  Czech Republic 7:20.24
9 Liliana Cazac
Angela Cazac
  Romania 7:20.60
10 Helen Fleming
Colleen Orsmond
  South Africa 7:28.30
11 Kate Mackenzie
Philippa Cross
  Great Britain 7:34.68

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Megan Still
Kate Slatter
  Australia 7:01.39
2 Karen Kraft
Melissa Schwen
  United States 7:01.78
3 Christine Gossé
Hélène Cortin
  France 7:03.82
4 Kathrin Haacker
Stefani Werremeier
  Germany 7:08.49
5 Emma Robinson
Anna van der Kamp
  Canada 7:12.27
6 Albina Ligatcheva
Vera Pochitayeva
  Russia DQ

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2018.