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

The Women's quadruple 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 quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Ukrainian team celebrating with their gold medals
VenueEton Dorney
Date28 July – 3 August
Competitors32 from 8 nations
Winning time6:35.93
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kateryna Tarasenko
Nataliya Dovhodko
Anastasiya Kozhenkova
Yana Dementyeva
 Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annekatrin Thiele
Carina Bär
Julia Richter
Britta Oppelt
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalie Dell
Kara Kohler
Megan Kalmoe
Adrienne Martelli
 United States
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Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012 09:50 Heats
Monday, 30 July 2012 09:40 Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 2012 10:20 Final B
Wednesday, 1 August 2012 12:10 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

First team of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Thiele, Bär, Richter, Oppelt   Germany 6:13.62 Q
2 Dell, Kohler, Kalmoe, Martelli   United States 6:15.76 R
3 Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj   Poland 6:21.44 R
4 Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang   China 6:24.32 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva   Ukraine 6:14.82 Q
2 Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay   Australia 6:17.52 R
3 Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane   New Zealand 6:20.22 R
4 Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford   Great Britain 6:20.71 R

Repechage edit

First four qualify to the final.

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay   Australia 6:18.80 Q
2 Dell, Kohler, Kalmoe, Martelli   United States 6:19.49 Q
3 Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford   Great Britain 6:21.65 Q
4 Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang   China 6:21.98 Q
5 Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj   Poland 6:23.19
6 Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane   New Zealand 6:48.71 "caught a crab"[3]

Finals edit

Note: Strong headwinds

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane   New Zealand 6:56.46
2 Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj   Poland 6:57.20

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
  Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva   Ukraine 6:35.93
  Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Richter, Britta Oppelt   Germany 6:38.09
  Natalie Dell, Kara Kohler, Megan Kalmoe, Adrienne Martelli   United States 6:40.63
4 Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay   Australia 6:41.67
5 Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang   China 6:44.19
6 Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford   Great Britain 6:51.54

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 Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ Olympics: Malfunction costs NZ rowers