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Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

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Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates23–28 July 2021
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
 Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
 New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands
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The women's double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.[2]

Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the event, which has been held every year since women's rowing was introduced in 1976.

The reigning Olympic medalists were Poland, Great Britain, and Lithuania. Lithuania was the only team to qualify.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was limited to a single boat in the event. There were 13 qualifying places in the women's single sculls:[2]

  • 11 from the 2019 World Championship
  • 2 from the final qualification regatta

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for rowing.

Competition format

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This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consists of multiple rounds. The competition continues to use the three-round format. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3]

During the first round three heats were held. The first three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with the others relegated to the repechage.

The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for the semifinals. Placing in the repechage determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats eliminated.

Two semifinal heats were held, each with 6 boats. The top three boats from each heat advanced to Final A and competed for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.

The third and final round is the finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th, while the B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.

Schedule

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The competition was held over six days.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 July 2021 11:00 Heats
Saturday, 24 July 2021 9:00 Repechage
Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:20 Semifinals A/B
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 8:10 Final B
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 9:18 Final A

Results

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Heats

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The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.[4]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
 New Zealand 6:53.62 Q
2 1 Kristina Wagner
Genevra Stone
 United States 6:55.65 Q
3 4 Helene Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
 France 6:57.83 Q
4 2 Shuangmei Shen
Xiaoxin Liu
 China 7:03.78 R
5 5 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
 Czech Republic 7:05.56 R

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radis
 Romania 6:49.79 Q
2 4 Gabrielle Smith
Jessica Sevick
 Canada 6:57.69 Q
3 1 Alessandra Patelli
Chiara Ondoli
 Italy 6:59.58 Q
4 2 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
 ROC 7:03.96 R

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands 6:49.90 Q
2 3 Donata Karalienė
Milda Valciukaite
 Lithuania 6:50.38 Q
3 1 Amanda Bateman
Tara Rigney
 Australia 6:53.30 Q
4 2 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
 Germany 6:59.61 R

Repechage

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The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
 ROC 7:13.77 Q
2 2 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
 Germany 7:14.92 Q
3 3 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
 Czech Republic 7:16.96 Q
4 1 Shuangmei Shen
Xiaoxin Liu
 China 7:21.93

Semifinals

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The first three of each heat qualify to the Final A, other to Final B

Semifinal A/B 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radis
 Romania 7:04.31 FA
2 5 Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
 New Zealand 7:09.05 FA
3 2 Donata Karalienė
Milda Valciukaite
 Lithuania 7:11.29 FA
4 4 Alessandra Patelli
Chiara Ondoli
 Italy 7:19.25 FB
5 6 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
 Czech Republic 7:24.22 FB
6 1 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
 ROC 7:24.37 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands 7:08.09 FA
2 2 Gabrielle Smith
Jessica Sevick
 Canada 7:09.44 FA
3 4 Kristina Wagner
Genevra Stone
 United States 7:11.14 FA
4 1 Helene Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
 France 7:12.68 FB
5 5 Amanda Bateman
Tara Rigney
 Australia 7:15.25 FB
6 6 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
 Germany 7:20.44 FB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
7 2 Amanda Bateman
Tara Rigney
 Australia 6:57.71
8 3 Helene Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
 France 6:58.52
9 4 Alessandra Patelli
Chiara Ondoli
 Italy 6:58.88
10 5 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
 Czech Republic 6:59.19
11 1 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
 Germany 7:01.21
12 6 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
 ROC 7:01.83

Final A

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
 Romania 6:41.03 OB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
 New Zealand 6:44.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands 6:45.73
4 1 Donata Karalienė
Milda Valciukaite
 Lithuania 6:47.44
5 6 Kristina Wagner
Genevra Stone
 United States 6:52.98
6 2 Gabrielle Smith
Jessica Sevick
 Canada 6:53.19

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Rowing - Heat 1 Results". Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.