| Event: | Women's quadruple sculls |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Date: | 20–25 September |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers |
| Goldnoc: | GDR |
| Silver: | Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Zelikovich |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Anișoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă |
| Bronzenoc: | ROU |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]
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.[2]
All races were over a 2000 metre course, unlike previous Games in which women used a 1000 metre course.
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Geneș, Liliana" | 6:23.22 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Bălan, Anișoara" | 6:26.95 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Frolova, Inna" | 6:35.55 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Krejčová, Hana" | 6:41.03 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Coupat, Monique" | 6:49.29 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Förster, Kerstin" | 6:31.40 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Cassuto, Sherry" | 6:42.93 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Bredael, Annelies" | 6:43.56 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Compaan, Jos" | 6:45.27 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Bertényi, Erika" | 6:47.13 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Bălan, Anișoara" | 6:26.14 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Bredael, Annelies" | 6:37.46 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Compaan, Jos" | 6:38.95 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Coupat, Monique" | 6:44.15 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Frolova, Inna" | 6:27.75 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Krejčová, Hana" | 6:33.36 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Cassuto, Sherry" | 6:39.10 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Bertényi, Erika" | 6:41.24 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Compaan, Jos" | 6:38.70 | |||
| 8 | align=left data-sort-value="Bertényi, Erika" | 6:40.91 | |||
| 9 | align=left data-sort-value="Cassuto, Sherry" | 6:41.28 | |||
| 10 | align=left data-sort-value="Coupat, Monique" | 6:43.16 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Förster, Kerstin" | 6:21.06 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Frolova, Inna" | 6:23.47 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Bălan, Anișoara" | 6:23.81 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Geneș, Liliana" | 6:24.10 | |||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Krejčová, Hana" | 6:41.86 | |||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Bredael, Annelies" | 6:43.79 |