Women's Double Sculls
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueKrylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date21–26 July
Competitors14 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Khloptseva
and Larisa Popova
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cornelia Linse
and Heidi Westphal
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Homeghi
and Valeria Răcilă
 Romania

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

Heats

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

Heat One

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1Yelena Khloptseva
Larisa Popova
 Soviet Union (URS)3:25.51
2Olga Homeghi
Valeria Răcilă
 Romania (ROM)3:27.70
3Cornelia Linse
Heidi Westphal
 East Germany (GDR)3:32.23
4Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
 Bulgaria (BUL)3:37.86

Heat Two

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1Hanna Jarkiewicz
Janina Klucznik
 Poland (POL)3:34.11
2Sue Handscomb
Astrid Ayling
 Great Britain (GBR)3:39.27
3Ilona Bata
Klára Langhoffer-Pétervári
 Hungary (HUN)3:44.33

Repechage

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1Cornelia Linse
Heidi Westphal
 East Germany (GDR)3:20.49
2Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
 Bulgaria (BUL)3:21.36
3Olga Homeghi
Valeria Răcilă
 Romania (ROM)3:21.74
4Ilona Bata
Klára Langhoffer
 Hungary (HUN)3:31.37
5Sue Handscomb
Astrid Ayling
 Great Britain (GBR)3:33.32

Finals

Rank Athletes Names Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Yelena Khloptseva
Larisa Popova
 Soviet Union (URS)3:16.27
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Cornelia Linse
Heidi Westphal
 East Germany (GDR)3:17.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Olga Homeghi
Valeria Răcilă
 Romania (ROM)3:18.91
4Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
 Bulgaria (BUL)3:23.14
5Hanna Jarkiewicz
Janina Klucznik
 Poland (POL)3:27.25
6Ilona Bata
Klára Langhoffer
 Hungary (HUN)3:35.70

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

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