Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair explained

Event:Women's coxless pair
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates:28 July – 2 August 2024
Competitors:26
Nations:13
Gold:Ymkje Clevering
Veronique Meester
Goldnoc:NED
Silver:Ioana Vrînceanu
Roxana Anghel
Silvernoc:ROU
Bronze:Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
Bronzenoc:AUS
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The women's coxless pair event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 28 July to 2 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.

Background

This will be the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1976.

Qualification

See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1976.

Competition format

This rowing event is a coxless pair event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "coxless" portion means that there is no coxswain. Each rower has one oar. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[1]

During the first round three heats were held. The first three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with the others relegated to the repechage.

The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for the semifinals. Placing in the repechage determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats being eliminated.

Two semifinals were held, each with 6 boats. The top three boats from each heat advanced to Final A and competed for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.

The third and final round was the finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th, while the B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.

Schedule

The competition is held over eight days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session.[2]

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 28 July 2024 10:30 Heats
Monday, 29 July 2024 10:30 Repechage
Wednesday, 31 July 202410:54 Semifinals
Friday, 2 August 202410:54 Finals

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
13Ymkje Clevering
Veronique Meester
7:17.81
24Kamilė Kralikaitė
Ieva Adomavičiūtė
7:22.53
35Azja Czajkowski
Jessica Thoennes
7:25.52
41Hedvig Rasmussen
Fie Udby Erichsen
7:30.91
52Kate Haines
Alana Sherman
7:43.56

Heat 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
12Ioana Vrînceanu
Roxana Anghel
7:24.27
24Aifric Keogh
Fiona Murtagh
7:28.22
31Radka Novotníková
Pavlína Flamíková
7:28.23
43Rebecca Edwards
Chloe Brew
7:29.70

Heat 3

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
11Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
7:16.58
23Evangelia Anastasiadou
Christina Bourmpou
7:20.49
34Melita Abraham
Antonia Abraham
7:23.01
42Esther Briz Zamorano
Aina Cid Centelles
7:24.09

Repechage

The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
12Hedvig Rasmussen
Fie Udby Erichsen
7:34.57
23Esther Briz Zamorano
Aina Cid Centelles
7:36.98
34Rebecca Edwards
Chloe Brew
7:37.11
41Kate Haines
Alana Sherman
7:46.18

Semifinals

The first three of each heat qualify to the Final A, other to Final B

Semifinal A/B 1

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14Ymkje Clevering
Veronique Meester
7:10.16
23Ioana Vrînceanu
Roxana Anghel
7:14.53
35Evangelia Anastasiadou
Christina Bourmpou
7:18.28
46Hedvig Rasmussen
Fie Udby Erichsen
7:19.11-bgcolor=bbf3ff51Rebecca Edwards
Chloe Brew
7:28.76
62Radka Novotníková
Pavlína Flamíková
7:33.68

Semifinal A/B 2

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
14Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
7:14.14
26Azja Czajkowski
Jessica Thoennes
7:15.59
33Kamilė Kralikaitė
Ieva Adomavičiūtė
7:19.27
42Melita Abraham
Antonia Abraham
7:26.82
51Esther Briz Zamorano
Aina Cid Centelles
7:30.36
65Aifric Keogh
Fiona Murtagh
7:32.97

Finals

Final B

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
75 Esther Briz Zamorano
Aina Cid Centelles
7:07.08
81 Aifric Keogh
Fiona Murtagh
7:08.88
94 Melita Abraham
Antonia Abraham
7:10.45
106 Radka Novotníková
Pavlína Flamíková
7:10.46
113 Hedvig Rasmussen
Fie Udby Erichsen
7:12.01
122Rebecca Edwards
Chloe Brew
7:16.02

Final A

RankLaneRowerNationTimeNotes
3 Ymkje Clevering
Veronique Meester
6:58.67
5 Ioana Vrînceanu
Roxana Anghel
7:02.97
4 Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
7:03.54
42 Azja Czajkowski
Jessica Thoennes
7:05.31
51 Kamilė Kralikaitė
Ieva Adomavičiūtė
7:05.34
66 Evangelia Anastasiadou
Christina Bourmpou
7:13.30

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance . World Rowing . 1 May 2017 . 19 April 2021.
  2. "Olympic Schedule – Rowing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Rowing – Women's Coxless Pair Results. 2024-07-29. en-us.