Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

The Women's double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.[1][2]

Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date30 July – 3 August
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time6:55.82
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Watkins
Katherine Grainger
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Crow
Brooke Pratley
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska
 Poland
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Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 30 July 2012 10:20 Heats
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 09:50 Repechage
Friday 3 August 2012 10:30 Final B
Friday, 3 August 2012 12:10 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

First two of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repeachge.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Anna Watkins
Katherine Grainger
  Great Britain 6:44.33 Q, OB
2 Fiona Paterson
Anna Reymer
  New Zealand 6:49.44 Q
3 Wang Min
Zhu Weiwei
  China 6:50.64 R
4 Inge Janssen
Ellen Hogerwerf
  Netherlands 7:00.10 R
5 Lenka Antošová
Jitka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:05.05 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kim Crow
Brooke Pratley
  Australia 6:48.80 Q
2 Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska
  Poland 6:50.85 Q
3 Margot Shumway
Sarah Trowbridge
  United States 6:55.25 R
4 Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller
  Germany 7:08.36 R
5 Hanna Kravchenko
Olena Buryak
  Ukraine 7:09.40 R

Repechage edit

First two qualify to the final.

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Wang Min
Zhu Weiwei
  China 7:09.65 Q
2 Margot Shumway
Sarah Trowbridge
  United States 7:10.37 Q
3 Lenka Antošová
Jitka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:11.68
4 Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller
  Germany 7:18.37
5 Inge Janssen
Ellen Hogerwerf
  Netherlands 7:19.80
6 Anna Kravchenko
Olena Buryak
  Ukraine 7:23.02

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Lenka Antošová
Jitka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:24.93
2 Inge Janssen
Ellen Hogerwerf
  Netherlands 7:29.57
3 Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller
  Germany 7:33.32
4 Anna Kravchenko
Olena Buryak
  Ukraine 7:36.65

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
  Anna Watkins
Katherine Grainger
  Great Britain 6:55.82
  Kim Crow
Brooke Pratley
  Australia 6:58.55
  Magdalena Fularczyk
Julia Michalska
  Poland 7:07.92
4 Wang Min
Zhu Weiwei
  China 7:08.92
5 Fiona Paterson
Anna Reymer
  New Zealand 7:09.82
6 Margot Shumway
Sarah Trowbridge
  United States 7:10.54

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.