2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls (women)
sport | rowing | ||||||||
discipline | Double scull | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 26 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Lagoa Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | 6-11 August 2016 | ||||||||
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The rowing competition in the women's double sculls as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from August 6th to 11th, 2016 in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon . 26 athletes in 13 teams competed.
The competition, which was held over the Olympic rowing distance of 2000 meters, began with three preliminary runs with four or five teams each. The first, second and third placed teams in the preliminary runs qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the remaining four teams had to go to the repechage . Here the first three teams qualified again for the semi-finals. In the two rounds of the semi-finals, the top three teams qualified for the final, while the fourth to sixth placed teams rowed for 7th to 12th place in the B final. In the final on August 11th, six teams competed for Olympic medals.
The teams qualified for the next round are highlighted in light green.
Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska and Natalia Madaj from Poland won the competition in front of the defending champion Katherine Grainger , who formed a new combination with Victoria Thornley . Grainger and Thornley previously struggled to qualify for nomination in this boat class in the UK. As the third-placed team, Milda Valčiukaitė and Donata Vištartaitė from Lithuania rowed the bronze medal. The 2015 World Champions from New Zealand only reached twelfth place.
Title holder and starting position
Olympic Champion ( London 2012 ) |
United Kingdom Katherine Grainger , Anna Watkins |
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 ) |
New Zealand Eve Macfarlane , Zoe Stevenson |
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 ) |
Belarus Julija Bitschyk , Tatjana Kuchta |
World best time ( 6: 37.31 min , Amsterdam 2014 ) |
Australia Olympia Aldersey , Sally Kehoe |
Attendees
Prelims
Saturday 6th August 2016
Forward 1
space | boat | crew | Time (min) | qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lithuania | Milda Valčiukaitė , Donata Vištartaitė | 7: 04.82 | Semifinals |
2 | United Kingdom | Katherine Grainger , Victoria Thornley | 7: 05.32 | |
3 | France | Hélène Lefebvre , Elodie Ravera | 7: 05.65 | |
4th | Germany | Mareike Adams , Marie-Cathérine Arnold | 7: 13.49 | Reunion |
5 | Denmark | Lisbet Jakobsen , Nina Hollensen | 7: 18.92 |
Forward 2
space | boat | crew | Time (min) | qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Poland | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska , Natalia Madaj | 7: 16.16 | Semifinals |
2 | People's Republic of China | Lyu Yang , Zhu Weiwei | 7: 25.19 | |
3 | Belarus | Julija Bitschyk , Tatjana Kuchta | 7: 27.22 | |
4th | United States | Meghan O'Leary , Ellen Tomek | 7: 46.92 | Reunion |
Forward 3
space | boat | crew | Time (min) | qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Zealand | Eve Macfarlane , Zoe Stevenson | 7: 14.31 | Semifinals |
2 | Australia | Genevieve Horton , Sally Kehoe | 7: 17.34 | |
3 | Greece | Sofia Asoumanaki , Aikaterini Nikolaidou | 7: 20.64 | |
4th | Czech Republic | Lenka Antošová , Kristýna Fleissnerová | 7: 35.85 | Reunion |
Reunion
planned for Sunday, August 7, 2016 , postponed to Monday, August 8, 2016
space | boat | crew | Time (min) | qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | Mareike Adams , Marie-Cathérine Arnold | 7: 00.54 | Semifinals |
2 | United States | Meghan O'Leary , Ellen Tomek | 7: 00.60 | |
3 | Czech Republic | Lenka Antošová , Kristýna Fleissnerová | 7: 03.68 | |
4th | Denmark | Lisbet Jakobsen , Nina Hollensen | 7: 04.35 | - |
Semifinals
Tuesday August 9, 2016
Semi-final 1
space | boat | crew | Time (min) | qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greece | Sofia Asoumanaki , Aikaterini Nikolaidou | 6: 51.99 | final |
2 | Lithuania | Milda Valčiukaitė , Donata Vištartaitė | 6: 52.46 | |
3 | United States | Meghan O'Leary , Ellen Tomek | 6: 52.92 | |
4th | New Zealand | Eve Macfarlane , Zoe Stevenson | 6: 52.97 | B final |
5 | Germany | Mareike Adams , Marie-Cathérine Arnold | 6: 58.70 | |
6th | People's Republic of China | Lyu Yang , Zhu Weiwei | 7: 05.31 |
Semi-final 2
space | boat | crew | Time (min) | qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Poland | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska , Natalia Madaj | 6: 50.63 | final |
2 | United Kingdom | Katherine Grainger , Victoria Thornley | 6: 52.47 | |
3 | France | Hélène Lefebvre , Elodie Ravera | 6: 54.34 | |
4th | Australia | Genevieve Horton , Sally Kehoe | 6: 55.37 | B final |
5 | Belarus | Julija Bitschyk , Tatjana Kuchta | 6: 57.64 | |
6th | Czech Republic | Lenka Antošová , Kristýna Fleissnerová | 7: 03.79 |
final
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6
space | boat | crew | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Poland | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska , Natalia Madaj | 7: 40.10 |
2 | United Kingdom | Katherine Grainger , Victoria Thornley | 7: 41.05 |
3 | Lithuania | Milda Valčiukaitė , Donata Vištartaitė | 7: 43.76 |
4th | Greece | Sofia Asoumanaki , Aikaterini Nikolaidou | 7: 48.62 |
5 | France | Hélène Lefebvre , Elodie Ravera | 7: 52.03 |
6th | United States | Meghan O'Leary , Ellen Tomek | 8: 06.18 |
B final
Note: Determination of places 7 to 12
space | boat | crew | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
7th | Germany | Mareike Adams , Marie-Cathérine Arnold | 7: 39.82 |
8th | Belarus | Julija Bitschyk , Tatjana Kuchta | 7: 40.48 |
9 | Australia | Genevieve Horton , Sally Kehoe | 7: 42.30 |
10 | Czech Republic | Lenka Antošová , Kristýna Fleissnerová | 7: 43.77 |
11 | People's Republic of China | Lyu Yang , Zhu Weiwei | 7: 45.68 |
12 | New Zealand | Eve Macfarlane , Zoe Stevenson | 7: 50.74 |
Another classification without finals
space | boat | crew | Time (min) |
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13 | Denmark | Lisbet Jakobsen , Nina Hollensen | - |
Web links
- Results on the website of the World Rowing Association
- Double sculls (women) on the website www.sports-reference.com