Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:	Women's lightweight double sculls
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date:	18–24 September
Competitors:	36
Nations:	18
Gold:	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică
Goldnoc:	ROM
Silver:	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Christine Collins Sarah Garner
Bronzenoc:	USA
Win Value:	7:02.64
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of 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. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 18 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13–18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Meanwhile, unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B must proceed to final B, which determines places 7–12.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 18 September 2000	08:30	Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000	08:30	Repechages
Friday, 22 September 2000	08:30	Semifinals
Saturday, 23 September 2000	11:10	Final B
Saturday, 23 September 2000	12:10	Final C
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday, 24 September 2000	style=background:lemonchiffon	08:30	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff	7:11.27	Q
2	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Bénédicte Luzuy	7:16.53	R
3	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	7:21.55	R
4	Akiko Iwamoto Ayako Yoshida	7:27.12	R
5	María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes	7:36.51	R
6	Im Jin-myeong Mun Hae-yeong	8:00.45	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Christine Collins Sarah Garner	7:09.99	Q
2	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	7:11.11	R
3	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	7:18.04	R
4	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	7:20.60	R
5	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	7:22.51	R
6	Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	7:38.26	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	7:16.65	Q
2	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	7:21.43	R
3	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	7:23.89	R
4	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	7:28.99	R
5	María Garisoain Marisa Peguri	7:30.74	R
6	Anna Alliquander Mónika Remsei	7:31.05	R

Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	7:10.46	A/B
2	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Benedicte Luzuy	7:11.46	A/B
3	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	7:20.87	A/B
4	Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	7:29.10	C
5	María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes	7:33.58	C

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	7:14.08	A/B
2	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	7:17.38	A/B
3	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	7:18.90	A/B
4	Anna Alliquander Mónika Remsei	7:20.21	C
5	Akiko Iwamoto Ayako Yoshida	7:23.36	C

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	7:12.99	A/B
2	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	7:18.83	A/B
3	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	7:21.00	A/B
4	María Garisoain Marisa Peguri	7:28.19	C
5	Im Jin-myeong Mun Hae-yeong	7:55.74	C

Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	6:59.85	A
2	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff	7:02.46	A
3	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	7:06.58	A
4	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Benedicte Luzuy	7:09.32	B
5	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	7:14.58	B
6	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	7:22.47	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Christine Collins Sarah Garner	7:04.86	A
2	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	7:07.16	A
3	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	7:07.22	A
4	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	7:08.73	B
5	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	7:18.60	B
6	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	7:21.88	B

Final C

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Anna Alliquander Mónika Remsei	7:13.22
2	Akiko Iwamoto Ayako Yoshida	7:15.01
3	Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	7:19.63
4	María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes	7:25.00
5	Im Jin-myeong Mun Hae-yeong	7:42.07
—	María Garisoain Marisa Peguri		DNS

Final B

Rank	Rower	Time
1	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Benedicte Luzuy	7:10.70
2	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	7:12.76
3	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	7:13.76
4	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	7:15.31
5	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	7:17.11
6	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	7:17.64

Final A

Rank	Rower	Time
	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	7:02.64
	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff	7:02.95
	Christine Collins Sarah Garner	7:06.37
4	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	7:12.04
5	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	7:15.57
6	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	7:17.89

External links

Notes and References

Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Lightweight Double Sculls. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025206/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ROW/womens-lightweight-double-sculls.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 6 November 2012.