Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

Last updated
Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Eton Dorney
Date30 July – 3 August
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time6:55.82
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Watkins
Katherine Grainger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Kim Crow
Brooke Pratley
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2008
2016  

The Women's double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. [1] [2]

Contents

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 30 July 201210:20Heats
Tuesday, 31 July 201209:50Repechage
Friday 3 August 201210:30Final B
Friday, 3 August 201212:10Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Anna Watkins
Katherine Grainger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:44.33Q, OB
2 Fiona Paterson
Anna Reymer
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:49.44Q
3 Wang Min
Zhu Weiwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:50.64R
4 Inge Janssen
Ellen Hogerwerf
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:00.10R
5 Lenka Antošová
Jitka Antošová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:05.05R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Crow
Brooke Pratley
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:48.80Q
2 Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:50.85Q
3 Margot Shumway
Sarah Trowbridge
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:55.25R
4 Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:08.36R
5 Hanna Kravchenko
Olena Buryak
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7:09.40R

Repechage

First two qualify to the final.

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Wang Min
Zhu Weiwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:09.65Q
2 Margot Shumway
Sarah Trowbridge
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:10.37Q
3 Lenka Antošová
Jitka Antošová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:11.68
4 Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:18.37
5 Inge Janssen
Ellen Hogerwerf
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:19.80
6 Anna Kravchenko
Olena Buryak
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7:23.02

Finals

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Lenka Antošová
Jitka Antošová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:24.93
2 Inge Janssen
Ellen Hogerwerf
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:29.57
3 Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:33.32
4 Anna Kravchenko
Olena Buryak
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7:36.65

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Watkins
Katherine Grainger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:55.82
Silver medal icon.svg Kim Crow
Brooke Pratley
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:58.55
Bronze medal icon.svg Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7:07.92
4 Wang Min
Zhu Weiwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:08.92
5 Fiona Paterson
Anna Reymer
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:09.82
6 Margot Shumway
Sarah Trowbridge
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:10.54

Related Research Articles

Frances Houghton British rower

Frances Houghton MBE is a 5 time Olympic rower (2000–2016), 4 times World Champion and 3 times Olympic Silver medallist.

Anna Watkins British rower

Anna Rose Watkins MBE PhD, is a British rower.

Brooke Pratley is an Australian former rower. She is an Australian national champion, a world champion, a dual Olympian and an Olympic medal-winner. Together with Kim Crow, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Hannah Every-Hall is an Australian former rower, a national champion, World Champion and Olympian.

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowing events at the Olympics

The rowing competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 4 August 2012, at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney. Fourteen medal events were contested by 550 athletes, 353 men and 197 women.

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mens single sculls Olympic rowing event

The men's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney. It was held from 28 July to 3 August. There were 33 competitors from 33 nations. The event was won by Mahé Drysdale of New Zealand, the nation's first victory in the event since 2000. Ondřej Synek of the Czech Republic earned his second consecutive silver in the event; Drysdale and Synek were the 13th and 14th men to win multiple medals in the single sculls; they would go on to be the 5th and 6th to earn three in the event in 2016 when Drysdale repeated as champion and Synek added a bronze. The 2012 bronze went to Alan Campbell, Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1928.

The Men's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

The men's double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

The Men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

The men's coxless four 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.

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mens quadruple sculls Mens quadruple sculls events at the Olympics

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Womens quadruple sculls Womens quadruple sculls events at the Olympics

The Women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

The Women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Womens coxless pair Womens coxless pair events at the Olympics

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.

The women's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

The Women's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

Sally Kehoe Australian rower

Sally Kehoe is an Australian former representative rower who was a national champion, three-time Olympian and a representative at multiple world championships. Since 2014 she has held the world-record time in the women's double scull over 2000m.

Sanita Pušpure Latvian-born professional rower (born 1981)

Sanita Pušpure is a Latvian-born Irish professional rower. She is the reigning world champion in the women's single scull winning her title at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv and defending it at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim. She initially competed for Latvia at a junior level, but she moved to Ireland in 2006 and began competing for her adopted country in 2010, before gaining full Irish nationality in 2011. She was selected as the sole rowing competitor for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she did not win a medal. In May 2016, she qualified for the Women's single sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Melanie Wilson is a British rower who competes for the GB rowing team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's quadruple sculls. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the women's eight.

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Rowing competitions at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London were held from 31 August to 2 September 2012, at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

References

  1. "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.