Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Rowing - Lightweight Double Sculls (Women)

sport	rowing
discipline	Lightweight double scull
gender	Women
Attendees	34 athletes from 17 countries
Competition location	Dorney Lake
Competition phase	July 29th – 4th August 2012
Medalists Hosking , Copeland Xu , Huang Giazitzidou , Tsiavou

The rowing competition in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 29 to August 4, 2012 on Dorney Lake . 34 athletes in 17 boats competed.

The rowing regatta, which was held over 2000 meters, began with three heats. The first two boats qualified for the semi-finals, the others had to go to the reunion . In these two races, the first three boats qualified for the semi-finals, the rest made it to the C-final, in which the places 13 to 17 were determined. The winners of the semi-finals went to final A, the rest to final B.

The qualified boats are highlighted in light green.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Netherlands crew: Kirsten van der Kolk , Marit van Eupen	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Greece occupation: Christina Giazitzidou , Alexandra Tsiavou	Bled 2011

Prelims

July 29, 2012

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Sophie Hosking , Katherine Copeland	6: 56.96
2	Denmark	Anne Lolk Thomsen , Juliane Rasmussen	6: 59.94
3	New Zealand	Louise Ayling , Julia Edward	7: 02.78
4th	Cuba	Yaima Velázquez , Yoslaine Dominguez	7: 12.99
5	Argentina	Maria Rohner , Milka Kraljev	7: 33.37
6th	Egypt	Sara Mohamad Baraka , Fatma Rashed	7: 45.23

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Greece	Christina Giazitzidou , Alexandra Tsiavou	7: 03.66
2	Australia	Bronwen Watson , Hannah Every-Hall	7: 05.30
3	United States	Kristin Hedstrom , Julie Nichols	7: 08.46
4th	Netherlands	Rianne Sigmond , Maaike Head	7: 10.49
5	Canada	Lindsay Jennerich , Patricia Obee	7: 10.89
6th	Brazil	Luana de Assis , Fabiana Beltrame	7: 34.37

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	People's Republic of China	Xu Dongxiang , Huang Wenyi	7: 15.57
2	Germany	Lena Müller , Anja Noske	7: 19.24
3	Japan	Atsumi Fukumoto , Akika Iwamoto	7: 30.29
4th	South Korea	Kim Myung-shin , Kim Sol-ji	7: 31.98
5	Vietnam	Phạm Thị Hài , Phạm Thị Thảo	7:40.06

Reunion

July 31, 2012

Run 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Netherlands	Rianne Sigmond, Maaike Head	7: 19.26
2	New Zealand	Louise Ayling, Julia Edward	7: 19.26
3	Japan	Atsumi Fukumoto, Akika Iwamoto	7: 23.79
4th	Brazil	Luana de Assis, Fabiana Beltrame	7: 27.46
5	Vietnam	Phạm Thị Hài, Phạm Thị Thảo	7: 37.64
6th	Egypt	Sara Mohamad Baraka, Fatma Rashed	7: 54.01

Run 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United States	Kristin Hedstrom, Julie Nichols	7: 13.82
2	Canada	Lindsay Jennerich, Patricia Obee	7: 15.37
3	Cuba	Yaima Velázquez, Yoslaine Dominguez	7: 19.33
4th	South Korea	Kim Myung-shin, Kim Sol-ji	7: 27.95
5	Argentina	Maria Rohner, Milka Kraljev	7: 40.72

Semifinals

2nd August 2012

Run 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Sophie Hosking , Katherine Copeland	7: 05.90
2	Greece	Christina Giazitzidou , Alexandra Tsiavou	7: 09.01
3	Germany	Lena Müller , Anja Noske	7: 10.16
4th	United States	Kristin Hedstrom, Julie Nichols	7: 13.61
5	New Zealand	Louise Ayling, Julia Edward	7: 15.06
6th	Cuba	Yaima Velázquez, Yoslaine Dominguez	7: 21.86

Run 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	People's Republic of China	Xu Dongxiang, Huang Wenyi	7: 10.39
2	Denmark	Anne Lolk Thomsen, Juliane Rasmussen	7: 10.93
3	Australia	Bronwen Watson, Hannah Every-Hall	7: 12.35
4th	Canada	Lindsay Jennerich, Patricia Obee	7: 14.83
5	Netherlands	Rianne Sigmond, Maaike Head	7: 19.31
6th	Japan	Atsumi Fukumoto, Akika Iwamoto	7: 34.23

final

Finale C

August 4, 2012, 11:00 a.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 13 to 17

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
13	Brazil	Luana de Assis, Fabiana Beltrame	7: 41.43
14th	South Korea	Kim Myung-shin, Kim Sol-ji	7: 44.03
15th	Argentina	Maria Rohner, Milka Kraljev	7: 44.62
16	Vietnam	Phạm Thị Hài, Phạm Thị Thảo	7: 51.82
17th	Egypt	Sara Mohamad Baraka, Fatma Rashed	8: 14.17

Finale B

August 4, 2012, 11:40 a.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
07th	Canada	Lindsay Jennerich, Patricia Obee	7: 17.24
08th	Netherlands	Rianne Sigmond, Maaike Head	7: 20.36
09	New Zealand	Louise Ayling, Julia Edward	7: 22.78
10	Cuba	Yaima Velázquez, Yoslaine Dominguez	7: 23.25
11	United States	Kristin Hedstrom, Julie Nichols	7: 23.31
12	Japan	Atsumi Fukumoto, Akika Iwamoto	7: 32.12

Finale A

August 4, 2012, 12:50 p.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Sophie Hosking , Katherine Copeland	7: 09.30
2	People's Republic of China	Xu Dongxiang, Huang Wenyi	7: 11.93
3	Greece	Christina Giazitzidou , Alexandra Tsiavou	7: 12.09
4th	Denmark	Anne Lolk Thomsen, Juliane Rasmussen	7: 15.53
5	Australia	Bronwen Watson, Hannah Every-Hall	7: 20.68
6th	Germany	Lena Müller , Anja Noske	7: 22.18

The final resulted in the first ever Olympic victory for a British boat in the women's lightweight double scull. For the first time there was a medal for a Chinese and a Greek boat in this boat class. Christina Giazitzidou and Alexandra Tsiavou are also the first Greek women to win a medal in Olympic rowing.

Web links

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