Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Casitas, California, United States of America.[1]

Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Date4 August
Competitors12 from 6 nations
Medalists
Rodica Arba
Elena Horvat		  Romania
Elizabeth Craig
Tricia Smith		  Canada
Ellen Becker
Iris Völkner		  West Germany
Rowing at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmenwomen
Double scullsmenwomen
Coxless pairmenwomen
Coxed pairmen
Quadruple scullsmenwomen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmenwomen
Eightmenwomen

With only 6 boats in the competition, a single race was held.

Results

The final was held on August 4, with calm winds and 18 °C temperatures. At the halfway mark, the Romanian boat had opened a 2.6 second lead, which stretched to 3.5 seconds by the end. The Canadians and West Germans were relatively close for second and third halfway through, but the Canadians pulled away to take the silver medal relatively easily. The Dutch, American, and British boats were well behind the leaders; the Americans had a slight lead over the Dutch for 4th, but the Dutch team overtook them in the second half. The British team finished 6th, well behind the rest of the field.[2]

RankRowersNationTime
 Romania3:32.60
 Canada3:36.06
 West Germany3:40.50
4
 Netherlands3:44.01
5
 United States3:44.35
6
 Great Britain3:48.53

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 521.
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