Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.^[1]

Women's quadruple sculls at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	22–28 July 1996
Competitors	40 from 10 nations
Medalists
Katrin Rutschow Jana Sorgers Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron  Germany Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna  Ukraine Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean  Canada
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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 first-place boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final. 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, while the remaining 4 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were sent to the "B" final.

The boats in the "A" final competed for medals and 4th through 6th place; the boats in the "B" final competed for 7th through 10th.^[2]

All races were over a 2000-metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Canada	6:39.32	QA
2	Irene Eijs Meike van Driel Nelleke Penninx Eeke van Nes	Netherlands	6:43.76	R
3	Cao Mianying Zhang Xiuyun Liu Xirong Gu Xiaoli	China	6:46.00	R
4	Sally Newmarch Jane Robinson Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye	Australia	6:48.58	R
5	Angela Alupei Viorica Susanu Iulia Bulie Doina Robu	Romania	6:50.93	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers-Rau Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron	Germany	6:36.00	QA
2	Irina Fedotova Oksana Dorodnova Larisa Merk Margarita Bogdanova	Russia	6:37.59	R
3	Inger Pors Olsen Ulla Werner Hansen Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen	Denmark	6:38.25	R
4	Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna	Ukraine	6:46.17	R
5	Dré Thies Cécile Tucker Cathy Symon Julia Chilicki	United States	6:54.73	R

Repechage

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Inger Pors Olsen Ulla Werner Hansen Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen	Denmark	6:15.45	QA
2	Irene Eijs Meike van Driel Nelleke Penninx Eeke van Nes	Netherlands	6:15.92	QA
3	Sally Newmarch Jane Robinson Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye	Australia	6:16.85	QB
4	Dré Thies Cécile Tucker Cathy Symon Julia Chilicki	United States	6:25.54	QB

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna	Ukraine	6:19.11	QA
2	Cao Mianying Zhang Xiuyun Liu Xirong Gu Xiaoli	China	6:21.23	QA
3	Angela Alupei Viorica Susanu Iulia Bulie Doina Robu	Romania	6:26.27	QB
–	Irina Fedotova Oksana Dorodnova Larisa Merk Margarita Bogdanova	Russia	DNS	QB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
7	Irina Fedotova Oksana Dorodnova Larisa Merk Margarita Bogdanova	Russia	6:24.10
8	Dré Thies Cécile Tucker Cathy Symon Julia Chilicki	United States	6:24.49
9	Sally Newmarch Jane Robinson Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye	Australia	6:25.73
10	Angela Alupei Viorica Susanu Iulia Bulie Doina Robu	Romania	6:31.35

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers-Rau Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron	Germany	6:27.44
	Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna	Ukraine	6:30.36
	Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Canada	6:30.38
4	Inger Pors Olsen Ulla Werner Hansen Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen	Denmark	6:30.92
5	Cao Mianying Zhang Xiuyun Liu Xirong Gu Xiaoli	China	6:31.10
6	Irene Eijs Meike van Driel Nelleke Penninx Eeke van Nes	Netherlands	6:35.54