Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

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Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Rowing pictogram.svg
Olympic rowing
Venue Sea Forest Waterway
Dates23–28 July 2021
Competitors40 from 10 nations
Winning time6:05.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2016
2024  

The women's quadruple sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. [1] 40 rowers from 10 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 medalists in the event were Germany, Netherlands, and Poland. All three qualified boats for the event.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat in the event since 1912. There were 10 qualifying places in the women's quadruple sculls: [2]

Competition format

This rowing event was a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four 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 two rounds. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [3]

During the first round two heats were held. The first two boats in each heat advanced to final A, while all others were relegated to the repechages.

The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for Final A. The top two boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats sent to Final B.

There are two finals. Final A determined the medalists and the places through 6th. Final B determined places seven through ten.

Schedule

The competition was held over five days. [1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 23 July 202111:50Heats
Sunday, 25 July 202110:50Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 20219:00Final B
Wednesday, 28 July 202110:50Final A

Results

Heats

The first two of each heat qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the repechage. [4] [5]

Heat 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
12 Daniela Schultze
Franziska Kampmann
Carlotta Nwajide
Frieda Hämmerling
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:18.22Q
24 Laila Youssifou
Inge Janssen
Olivia van Rooijen
Nicole Beukers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:19.36Q
31 Hannah Scott
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne
Lucy Glover
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:20.80R
43 Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
Ruby Tew
Eve MacFarlane
Olivia Loe
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:25.23R
55 Cicely Madden
Alison Rusher
Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:34.36R

Heat 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
12 Yunxia Chen
Ling Zhang
Yang Lü
Xiaotong Cui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:14.32Q
21 Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:18.62Q
34 Valentina Iseppi
Alessandra Montesano
Veronica Lisi
Stefania Gobbi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:20.45R
45 Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:26.21R
53 Violaine Aernoudts
Margaux Bailleul
Marie Jacquet
Emma Lunatti
Flag of France.svg  France 6:33.64R

Repechage

The first two qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the B final and were out of medal contention. [6] [7]

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
12 Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:36.67FA
23 Valentina Iseppi
Alessandra Montesano
Veronica Lisi
Stefania Gobbi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:37.44FA
35 Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
Ruby Tew
Eve MacFarlane
Olivia Loe
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:39.91FB
44 Hannah Scott
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne
Lucy Glover
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:42.97FB
56 Violaine Aernoudts
Margaux Bailleul
Marie Jacquet
Emma Lunatti
Flag of France.svg  France 6:47.41FB
61 Cicely Madden
Alison Rusher
Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:50.74FB

Finals

Final B

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
72 Hannah Scott
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne
Lucy Glover
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:25.14
83 Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
Ruby Tew
Eve MacFarlane
Olivia Loe
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:29.00
94 Violaine Aernoudts
Margaux Bailleul
Marie Jacquet
Emma Lunatti
Flag of France.svg  France 6:29.70
101 Cicely Madden
Alison Rusher
Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:30.03

Final A

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:05.13 OB , WB
Silver medal icon.svg5 Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:11.36
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:12.08
41 Valentina Iseppi
Alessandra Montesano
Veronica Lisi
Stefania Gobbi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:13.33
54 Daniela Schultze
Franziska Kampmann
Carlotta Nwajide
Frieda Hämmerling
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:13.41
62 Laila Youssifou
Inge Janssen
Olivia van Rooijen
Nicole Beukers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:15.75

References

  1. 1 2 "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation . Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. "Rowing - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. "Rowing - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. "Rowing - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. "Rowing - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.