Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

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Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Katherine Grainger
Cath Bishop
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Yuliya Bichyk
Natallia Helakh
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
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These are the results of the Women's coxless pair competition, one of six events for female competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1]

Women's Pair

Gold:Silver:Bronze:
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Katherine Grainger
Cath Bishop
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Yuliya Bichyk
Natallia Helakh

Heats

10 boats competed in two heats on 14 August, 2004. The top 3 pairs from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

RankAthlete NameCountryTime
1 Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 7:27.73
2 Katherine Grainger and Cath Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:34.66
3 Maren Derlien and Sandra Goldbach Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:44.00
4 Sophie Balmary and Virginie Chauvel Flag of France.svg  France 7:49.70
5 Sarah Jones and Kate Mackenzie Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:53.78

Heat 2

RankAthlete NameCountryTime
1 Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:29.74
2 Darcy Marquardt and Buffy Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:42.36
3 Milka Tancheva and Anna Chuk Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:52.45
4 Cong Huanling and Feng Xueling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:53.30
5 Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9:37.53

Final

RankAthlete NameCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:06.56
Silver medal icon.svg Katherine Grainger and Cath Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:08.66
Bronze medal icon.svg Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 7:09.36
4 Darcy Marquardt and Buffy Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:13.33
5 Maren Derlien and Sandra Goldbach Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:20.20
6 Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:23.52

The Romanians never looked likely to lose as they led throughout. At 1,000 metres they were nearly two seconds clear of the Canadians who were half a second ahead of Belarus with world champions Great Britain a further second back. By 1,500 m. they had extended their lead with no change in positions in the trailing pack. Just after this mark Belarus and Great Britain both made a move to push past Canada who could not respond. The British kept their push going and passed the Belarusians and by the finishing line had just about overlapped the dominant Romanians. Belarus were two thirds of length back with a very tired looking Canada a further one and a half lengths away.

References

  1. "Rowing at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2018.