Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair
The women's coxless pairs rowing competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Han River Regatta Course in Seoul, Korea. The event was held from 19 to 24 September.
Background
The Romanian rower Rodica Arba had competed in the event since the 1981 season,[1] and dominated it—with different partners—since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[2] where she won gold with Elena Horvat.[3] She gained the 1985 World Rowing Championships title with Horvat,[4] and won the 1986 and 1987 World Rowing Championships with Olga Homeghi.[5][6] Arba and Homeghi were the only team favoured to have a chance of winning the event at the 1988 Olympics.[2] The East German rowers were regarded as medal contenders, as they had gained medals in the event at the last three World Championships.[4][5][6] Canada were the reigning Pan American champions.[2]
^ a b cEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
^ a bEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^"Rudern - Weltmeisterschaften: Zweier ohne Steuerfrau" (in German). Sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
Official Report of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul, 1988 – Volume 1: Competition Summary and Results (in English and French). Seoul: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. 1989. OCLC 23924033.
Volume 1 Part 1 – up to page 305
Volume 1 Part 2 – pages 306–587
Volume 1 Part 3 – pages 588–866
Official Report of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul, 1988 – Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (in English and French). Seoul: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. 1989. OCLC 23924033.
Volume 2 Part 1 – up to page 144
Volume 2 Part 2 – pages 145–725
External links
1988 Summer Olympics women's coxless pairs final on YouTube