Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

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Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tang Bin
Jin Ziwei
Xi Aihua
Zhang Yangyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Annabel Vernon
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Katherine Grainger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Britta Oppelt
Manuela Lutze
Kathrin Boron
Stephanie Schiller
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2004
2012  

Women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 10 and 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [1]

This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each 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. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking.

During the first round two heats were held. The top boat in each heat advanced to the A final, while all others went to the repechage. A single repechage heat was held, with the top four boats moving on to the A final and the remaining two being sent to the B final.

The second and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings to the two remaining crews, giving them places of 7th and 8th.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, August 10, 2008'16:30-16:50 Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 200816:50-17:00 Repechage
Saturday, August 16, 200815:00-15:10 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 200816:30-16:40 Final A

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Tang Bin
Xi Aihua
Jin Ziwei
Zhang Yangyang
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Annabel Vernon
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Katherine Grainger
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Britta Oppelt
Manuela Lutze
Kathrin Boron
Stephanie Schiller

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1->FA, 2..->R

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Tang, Xi, Jin, Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:11.83 FA
2 Spiryukhova, Olefirenko, Lyal’chuk, Kolesnikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:17.84 R
3 de Jong, de Zwager, Hanson, Guloien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:23.27 R
4 Kalinovskaya, Dorodnova, Merk, Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:26.21 R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Vernon, Flood, Houghton, Grainger Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:13.70 FA
2 Oppelt, Lutze, Boron, Schiller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:15.26 R
3 Pernell, Meyer, Kaido, Shumway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:19.89 R
4 Ives, Hore, Uphill, Bradley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:20.95 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-4->FA, 5..->FB

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Oppelt, Lutze, Boron, Schiller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:36.17 FA
2 Pernell, Meyer, Kaido, Shumway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:39.53 FA
3 Ives, Hore, Uphill, Bradley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:41.39 FA
4 Spiryukhova, Olefirenko, Lyal’chuk, Kolesnikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:41.45 FA
5 de Jong, de Zwager, Hanson, Guloien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:46.60 FB
6 Kalinovskaya, Dorodnova, Merk, Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:51.14 FB

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kalinovskaya, Dorodnova, Merk, Levina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6:28.10
2 de Jong, de Zwager, Hanson, Guloien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:28.78

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tang, Xi, Jin, Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:16.06
Silver medal icon.svg Vernon, Flood, Houghton, Grainger Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:17.37
Bronze medal icon.svg Oppelt, Lutze, Boron, Schiller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:19.56
4 Spiryukhova, Olefirenko, Lialchuk, Kolesnikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:20.02
5 Pernell, Meyer, Kaido, Shumway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:25.86
6 Ives, Hore, Uphill, Bradley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:30.05

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2018.