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
Medalists Fularczyk , Madaj Grainger , Thornley Valčiukaitė , Vištartaitė

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

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	New Zealand	Eve Macfarlane Zoe Stevenson
	Greece	Sofia Asoumanaki Aikaterini Nikolaidou
	Germany	Mareike Adams Marie-Cathérine Arnold
	Poland	Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska Natalia Madaj
	Lithuania	Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė
	United Kingdom	Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley
	People's Republic of China	Lyu Yang Zhu Weiwei
	France	Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera
	Belarus	Julija Bitschyk Tatjana Kuchta
	Australia	Genevieve Horton Sally Kehoe
	United States	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek
International qualification	Czech Republic	Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová
	Denmark	Lisbet Jakobsen Nina Hollensen

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)
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