Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

Women's quadruple sculls at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date	20–25 September
Competitors	41 from 10 nations
Medalists
Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers  East Germany Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Zelikovich  Soviet Union Anișoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă  Romania

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

Competition format

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 winner of each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final (for 1st through 6th place). 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. The remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were eliminated from medal contention and competed in the "B" final for 7th through 10th place.

All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Galina Anakhrieva Pavlina Khristova Krasimira Tocheva Iskra Velinova	Bulgaria	6:23.22	QA
2	Anișoara Bălan Veronica Cochela Anişoara Minea Doina Robu	Romania	6:26.95	R
3	Inna Frolova Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Antonina Zelikovich	Soviet Union	6:35.55	R
4	Hana Krejčová Blanka Mikysková Ľubica Novotníková-Kurhajcová Irena Soukupová	Czechoslovakia	6:41.03	R
5	Monique Coupat Christine Dubosquelle-Jullien Christine Gossé Chantal Lafon	France	6:49.29	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers	East Germany	6:31.40	QA
2	Sherry Cassuto Angie Herron Jennie Marshall Anne Martin	United States	6:42.93	R
3	Annelies Bredael Lucia Focque Ann Haesebrouck Marie-Anne Vandermoere	Belgium	6:43.56	R
4	Jos Compaan Marjan Pentenga Nicolette Wessel Marijke Zeekant	Netherlands	6:45.27	R
5	Erika Bertényi Ildikó Cserey Anikó Kapócs Katalin Sarlós	Hungary	6:47.13	R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Anișoara Bălan Veronica Cochela Anişoara Minea Doina Robu	Romania	6:26.14	QA
2	Annelies Bredael Lucia Focque Ann Haesebrouck Marie-Anne Vandermoere	Belgium	6:37.46	QA
3	Jos Compaan Marjan Pentenga Nicolette Wessel Marijke Zeekant	Netherlands	6:38.95	QB
4	Monique Coupat Christine Dubosquelle-Jullien Christine Gossé Chantal Lafon	France	6:44.15	QB

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Inna Frolova Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Antonina Zelikovich	Soviet Union	6:27.75	QA
2	Hana Krejčová Blanka Mikysková Ľubica Novotníková-Kurhajcová Irena Soukupová	Czechoslovakia	6:33.36	QA
3	Sherry Cassuto Angie Herron Jennie Marshall Anne Martin	United States	6:39.10	QB
4	Erika Bertényi Ildikó Cserey Anikó Kapócs Katalin Sarlós	Hungary	6:41.24	QB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
7	Jos Compaan Marjan Pentenga Nicolette Wessel Marijke Zeekant	Netherlands	6:38.70
8	Erika Bertényi Ildikó Cserey Anikó Kapócs Katalin Sarlós	Hungary	6:40.91
9	Sherry Cassuto Angie Herron Jennie Marshall Anne Martin	United States	6:41.28
10	Monique Coupat Christine Dubosquelle-Jullien Christine Gossé Chantal Lafon	France	6:43.16

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
	Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers	East Germany	6:21.06
	Inna Frolova Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Antonina Zelikovich	Soviet Union	6:23.47
	Anișoara Bălan Veronica Cochela Elisabeta Lipă Anişoara Minea	Romania	6:23.81
4	Galina Anakhrieva Pavlina Khristova Krasimira Tocheva Iskra Velinova	Bulgaria	6:24.10
5	Hana Krejčová Blanka Mikysková Ľubica Novotníková-Kurhajcová Irena Soukupová	Czechoslovakia	6:41.86
6	Annelies Bredael Lucia Focque Ann Haesebrouck Marie-Anne Vandermoere	Belgium	6:43.79

Final classification

Rank	Rowers	Nation
	Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers	East Germany
	Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Zelikovich	Soviet Union
	Anișoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Doina Robu (heats)/Elisabeta Lipă (final)	Romania
4	Pavlina Khristova Galina Anakhrieva Iskra Velinova Krasimira Tocheva	Bulgaria
5	Hana Krejčová Ľubica Novotníková-Kurhajcová Blanka Mikysková Irena Soukupová	Czechoslovakia
6	Marie-Anne Vandermoere Ann Haesebrouck Lucia Focque Annelies Bredael	Belgium
7	Jos Compaan Marjan Pentenga Nicolette Wessel Marijke Zeekant	Netherlands
8	Erika Bertényi Ildikó Cserey Anikó Kapócs Katalin Sarlós	Hungary
9	Sherry Cassuto Angie Herron Jennie Marshall Anne Martin	United States
10	Monique Coupat Christine Dubosquelle-Jullien Christine Gossé Chantal Lafon	France