Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

The women's quadruple sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] 40 rowers from 10 nations competed.[2]

Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates23–28 July 2021
Competitors40 from 10 nations
Winning time6:05.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
 Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
 Australia
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Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the event, which has been held every year since women's rowing was introduced in 1976. The reigning medalists in the event were Germany, Netherlands, and Poland. All three qualified boats for the event.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat in the event since 1912. There were 10 qualifying places in the women's quadruple sculls:[2]

  • 8 from the 2019 World Championship
  • 2 from the final qualification regatta

Competition format

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This rowing event was a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four 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. The competition consists of two rounds. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3]

During the first round two heats were held. The first two boats in each heat advanced to final A, while all others were relegated to the repechages.

The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for Final A. The top two boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats sent to Final B.

There are two finals. Final A determined the medalists and the places through 6th. Final B determined places seven through ten.

Schedule

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The competition was held over five days.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 July 2021 11:50 Heats
Sunday, 25 July 2021 10:50 Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 9:00 Final B
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 10:50 Final A

Results

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Heats

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The first two of each heat qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the repechage.[4][5]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Daniela Schultze
Franziska Kampmann
Carlotta Nwajide
Frieda Hämmerling
  Germany 6:18.22 Q
2 4 Laila Youssifou
Inge Janssen
Olivia van Rooijen
Nicole Beukers
  Netherlands 6:19.36 Q
3 1 Hannah Scott
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne
Lucy Glover
  Great Britain 6:20.80 R
4 3 Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
Ruby Tew
Eve MacFarlane
Olivia Loe
  New Zealand 6:25.23 R
5 5 Cicely Madden
Alison Rusher
Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 6:34.36 R

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Yunxia Chen
Ling Zhang
Yang Lü
Xiaotong Cui
  China 6:14.32 Q
2 1 Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
  Poland 6:18.62 Q
3 4 Valentina Iseppi
Alessandra Montesano
Veronica Lisi
Stefania Gobbi
  Italy 6:20.45 R
4 5 Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
  Australia 6:26.21 R
5 3 Violaine Aernoudts
Margaux Bailleul
Marie Jacquet
Emma Lunatti
  France 6:33.64 R

Repechage

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The first two qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the B final and were out of medal contention.[6][7]

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
  Australia 6:36.67 FA
2 3 Valentina Iseppi
Alessandra Montesano
Veronica Lisi
Stefania Gobbi
  Italy 6:37.44 FA
3 5 Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
Ruby Tew
Eve MacFarlane
Olivia Loe
  New Zealand 6:39.91 FB
4 4 Hannah Scott
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne
Lucy Glover
  Great Britain 6:42.97 FB
5 6 Violaine Aernoudts
Margaux Bailleul
Marie Jacquet
Emma Lunatti
  France 6:47.41 FB
6 1 Cicely Madden
Alison Rusher
Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 6:50.74 FB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
7 2 Hannah Scott
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne
Lucy Glover
  Great Britain 6:25.14
8 3 Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
Ruby Tew
Eve MacFarlane
Olivia Loe
  New Zealand 6:29.00
9 4 Violaine Aernoudts
Margaux Bailleul
Marie Jacquet
Emma Lunatti
  France 6:29.70
10 1 Cicely Madden
Alison Rusher
Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 6:30.03

Final A

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Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
  3 Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
  China 6:05.13 OB, WB
  5 Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
  Poland 6:11.36
  6 Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
  Australia 6:12.08
4 1 Valentina Iseppi
Alessandra Montesano
Veronica Lisi
Stefania Gobbi
  Italy 6:13.33
5 4 Daniela Schultze
Franziska Kampmann
Carlotta Nwajide
Frieda Hämmerling
  Germany 6:13.41
6 2 Laila Youssifou
Inge Janssen
Olivia van Rooijen
Nicole Beukers
  Netherlands 6:15.75

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Rowing - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Rowing - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Rowing - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Rowing - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.