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
Rowing pictogram.svg
Olympic rowing
Venue Sea Forest Waterway
Dates23–28 July 2021
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2016
2024  

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

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

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]

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

Competition format

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

The competition was held over six days. [1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 23 July 202111:00Heats
Saturday, 24 July 20219:00Repechage
Sunday, 25 July 202112:20Semifinals A/B
Wednesday, 28 July 20218:10Final B
Wednesday, 28 July 20219:18Final A

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
13 Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:53.62Q
21 Kristina Wagner
Genevra Stone
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:55.65Q
34 Helene Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
Flag of France.svg  France 6:57.83Q
42 Shuangmei Shen
Xiaoxin Liu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:03.78R
55 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:05.56R

Heat 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
13 Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radis
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:49.79Q
24 Gabrielle Smith
Jessica Sevick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:57.69Q
31 Alessandra Patelli
Chiara Ondoli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:59.58Q
42 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 7:03.96R

Heat 3

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14 Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:49.90Q
23 Donata Karalienė
Milda Valciukaite
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6:50.38Q
31 Amanda Bateman
Tara Rigney
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:53.30Q
42 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:59.61R

Repechage

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

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 7:13.77Q
22 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:14.92Q
33 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:16.96Q
41 Shuangmei Shen
Xiaoxin Liu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:21.93

Semifinals

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

Semifinal A/B 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
13 Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radis
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:04.31FA
25 Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:09.05FA
32 Donata Karalienė
Milda Valciukaite
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7:11.29FA
44 Alessandra Patelli
Chiara Ondoli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:19.25FB
56 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:24.22FB
61 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 7:24.37FB

Semifinal A/B 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
13 Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:08.09FA
22 Gabrielle Smith
Jessica Sevick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:09.44FA
34 Kristina Wagner
Genevra Stone
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:11.14FA
41 Helene Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
Flag of France.svg  France 7:12.68FB
55 Amanda Bateman
Tara Rigney
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:15.25FB
66 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:20.44FB

Finals

Final B

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
72 Amanda Bateman
Tara Rigney
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:57.71
83 Helene Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
Flag of France.svg  France 6:58.52
94 Alessandra Patelli
Chiara Ondoli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:58.88
105 Kristyna Fleissnerova
Lenka Antosova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:59.19
111 Annekatrin Thiele
Leonie Menzel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:01.21
126 Ekaterina Pitirimova
Ekaterina Kurochkina
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 7:01.83

Final A

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radis
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:41.03OB
Silver medal icon.svg5 Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:44.82
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:45.73
41 Donata Karalienė
Milda Valciukaite
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6:47.44
56 Kristina Wagner
Genevra Stone
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:52.98
62 Gabrielle Smith
Jessica Sevick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:53.19

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