Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's eight
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's eights
|games = 1980 Summer
|venue = Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
|date = 21–26 July 1980
|competitors = 54
|nations = 6
|gold = Martina Boesler
Christiane Knetsch
Gabriele Kühn
Karin Metze
Kersten Neisser
Ilona Richter
Marita Sandig
Birgit Schütz
Marina Wilke (cox)
|goldNOC = GDR
|silver = Nina Frolova (cox)
Maria Paziun
Olga Pivovarova
Nina Preobrazhenskaya
Nadezhda Prishchepa
Tatyana Stetsenko
Elena Tereshina
Nina Umanets
Valentina Zhulina
|silverNOC = URS
|bronze = Angelica Aposteanu
Elena Bondar
Florica Bucur
Maria Constantinescu
Elena Dobrițoiu (cox)
Rodica Frîntu
Ana Iliuță
Rodica Puscatu
Marlena Zagoni
|bronzeNOC = ROM
|win_value = 3:03.32
|prev = 1976
|next = 1984
}}
{{Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}
The women's eights 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/womens-coxed-eights.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/womens-coxed-eights.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Coxed Eights |work=Sports Reference |access-date=2 September 2018}}
Heats
The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.
= Heat 1 =
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Rank
!Rowers !Country !Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frolova, Paziun, Pivovarova, Preobrazhenskaya, Prishchepa, Stetsenko, Tereshina, Umanets, Zhulina | {{flagIOCteam|URS|1980 Summer}} | 3:11.72 |
| 2 | Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1980 Summer}} | 3:18.18 |
| 3 | Niebrzydowska, Lewandowska, Piatkowska, Kamuda, Modlińska, Soroka, Ambros, Kiełsznia, Różańska | {{flagIOCteam|POL|1980 Summer}} | 3:25.15 |
=Heat 2=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Rank
!Rowers !Country !Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boesler, Knetsch, Kühn, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke | {{flagIOCteam|GDR|1980 Summer}} | 3:13.41 |
| 2 | Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Dobritoiu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni | {{flagIOCteam|ROM|1980 Summer}} | 3:16.21 |
| 3 | Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva | {{flagIOCteam|BUL|1980 Summer}} | 3:20.25 |
Repechage
Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Rank
!Rowers !Country !Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Dobritoiu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni | {{flagIOCteam|ROM|1980 Summer}} | 3:10.24 |
| 2 | Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva | {{flagIOCteam|BUL|1980 Summer}} | 3:15.49 |
| 3 | Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1980 Summer}} | 3:15.77 |
| 4 | Niebrzydowska, Lewandowska, Piatkowska, Kamuda, Modlinska, Soroka, Ambros, Kielsznia, Rózanska (cox) | {{flagIOCteam|POL|1980 Summer}} | 3:24.04 |
Final
| class="wikitable" | |
| Rank
! Rowers ! Country ! Time | |
|---|---|
| 1
|Boesler, Knetsch, Kühn, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke (cox) |{{flagIOC|GDR|1980 Summer}} | 3:03.32 |
| 2
|Paziun, Pivovarova, Preobrazhenskaya, Prishchepa, Stetsenko, Tereshina, Umanets, Zhulina, Frolova (cox) |{{flagIOC|URS|1980 Summer}} |3:04.29 | |
| 3
|Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni, Dobritoiu (cox) |{{flagIOC|ROM|1980 Summer}} |3:05.63 | |
| 4
|Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva (cox) |{{flagIOC|BUL|1980 Summer}} |3:10.03 | |
| 5
|Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright (cox) |{{flagIOC|GBR|1980 Summer}} |3:13.85 |
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|title=The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three |page=121 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf |type=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222426/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}
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