Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:Women's lightweight double sculls
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Sea Forest Waterway
Dates:24–29 July 2021
Competitors:36
Nations:18
Win Value:6:47.54
Gold:Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
Silvernoc:FRA
Bronze:Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
Bronzenoc:NED
Prev:2016
Next:2024

The women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] 36 rowers from 18 nations competed.[2]

Schedule

The competition was held over six days.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 24 July 2021 10:20 Heats
Sunday, 25 July 2021 10:20 Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:40 Semifinals A/B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021 9:00 Final B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:10 Final A
Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:30 Final C*

Results

Heats

The first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.[3]

Heat 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
12Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
7:03.47
21Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
7:04.66
36Mary Reckford
Michelle Sechser
7:05.30
43Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
7:08.66
54Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
7:17.67
65Mutiara Rahma Putri
Melani Putri
7:52.57

Heat 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
7:07.73
21Jill Moffatt
Jennifer Casson
7:11.30
36Chiaki Tomita
Ayami Oishi
7:22.47
45Lường Thị Thảo
Đinh Thị Hảo
7:36.21
53Nour El-Houda Ettaieb
Khadija Krimi
7:39.61
62Yulisa López
Jennieffer Zúñiga
7:53.35

Heat 3

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
11Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
7:01.74
25Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
7:03.29
34Anastasia Lebedeva
Maria Botalova
7:07.67
43Ina Nikulina
Alena Furman
7:10.15
52Valentina Cavallar
Louisa Altenhuber
7:26.22
66Milka Kraljev
Evelyn Silvestro
7:29.27

Repechage

The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while remaining crew to Final C.

Repechage heat 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14Mary Reckford
Michelle Sechser
7:21.25
22Ina Nikulina
Alena Furman
7:26.99
33Chiaki Tomita
Ayami Oishi
7:34.45
41Milka Kraljev
Evelyn Silvestro
7:39.53FC
55Nour El-Houda Ettaieb
Khadija Krimi
7:54.95FC
66Mutiara Rahma Putri
Melani Putri
8:03.19FC

Repechage heat 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
7:22.02
23Anastasia Lebedeva
Maria Botalova
7:22.72
35Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
7:23.46
41Valentina Cavallar
Louisa Altenhuber
7:42.31FC
52Lường Thị Thảo
Đinh Thị Hảo
7:53.69FC
66Yulisa López
Jennieffer Zúñiga
8:13.27FC

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
15Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
6:41.99FA
23Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
6:42.92FA
34Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
6:43.85FA
42Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
6:48.92FB
51Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
6:49.24FB
66Ina Nikulina
Alena Furman
6:54.78FB

Semifinal A/B 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
6:41.36 WBFA
25Mary Reckford
Michelle Sechser
6:41.54FA
33Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
6:42.08FA
41Anastasia Lebedeva
Maria Botalova
6:45.23FB
56Chiaki Tomita
Ayami Oishi
6:56.52FB
62Jill Moffatt
Jennifer Casson
7:00.82FB

Finals

Final C

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
133Milka Kraljev
Evelyn Silvestro
7:05.82
144Valentina Cavallar
Louisa Altenhuber
7:15.25
152Lường Thị Thảo
Đinh Thị Hảo
7:19.05
165Nour El-Houda Ettaieb
Khadija Krimi
7:22.25
171Mutiara Rahma Putri
Melani Putri
7:25.06
186Yulisa López
Jennieffer Zúñiga
7:27.51

Final B

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
73Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
6:49.16
85Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
6:49.90
94Anastasia Lebedeva
Maria Botalova
6:51.65
102Chiaki Tomita
Ayami Oishi
6:54.94
116Ina Nikulina
Alena Furman
6:57.84
121Jill Moffatt
Jennifer Casson
6:59.72

Final A

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
4Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
6:47.54
2Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
6:47.68
1Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
6:48.03
43Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
6:48.04
55Mary Reckford
Michelle Sechser
6:48.54
66Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
6:49.40

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rowing Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 6 May 2021 . 3 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210703154906/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/schedule/rowing-schedule . dead .
  2. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing . . . 6 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Rowing - Heat Results. Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 23 July 2021. 23 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210723180722/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rowing/event-schedule-lightweight-women-s-double-sculls.htm. dead.