Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

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Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's coxless pair.jpg
Winners on the podium (from left): Scown and Haigh (NZL), Stanning and Glover (GBR), Tait and Hornsey (AUS)
Venue Eton Dorney
Date28 July – 1 August 2012
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time7:27.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Kate Hornsey
Sarah Tait
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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The Women's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. [1] [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 28 July 201209:30Heats
Monday, 30 July 201209:30Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 201210:10Final B
Wednesday, 1 August 201211:50Final

Results

Heats

First two of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:57.29Q, OB
2 Sara Hendershot
Sarah Zelenka
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:59.29Q
3 Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:05.39R
4 Kerstin Hartmann
Marlene Sinnig
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:10.28R
5 Maria Laura Abalo
Gabriela Best
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:12.17R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kate Hornsey
Sarah Tait
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:01.60Q
2 Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:06.93Q
3 Zhang Yage
Gao Yulan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:13.38R
4 Naydene Smith
Lee-Ann Persse
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7:14.31R
5 Claudia Wurzel
Sara Bertolasi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:21.44R

Repechage

First two qualify to the final.

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:08.42Q
2 Kerstin Hartmann
Marlene Sinnig
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:10.42Q
3 Zhang Yage
Gao Yulan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:15.18
4 Claudia Wurzel
Sara Bertolasi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:18.14
5 Naydene Smith
Lee-Ann Persse
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7:18.96
6 Maria Laura Abalo
Gabriela Best
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:20.94

Finals

Note: Strong headwinds

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Zhang Yage
Gao Yulan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:55.18
2 Naydene Smith
Lee-Ann Persse
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7:56.40
3 Maria Laura Abalo
Gabriela Best
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:03.53
4 Claudia Wurzel
Sara Bertolasi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:06.14

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:27.13
Silver medal icon.svg Kate Hornsey
Sarah Tait
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:29.86
Bronze medal icon.svg Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:30.19
4 Sara Hendershot
Sarah Zelenka
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:30.39
5 Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:37.67
6 Kerstin Hartmann
Marlene Sinnig
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:42.06

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