The women's lightweight double sculls 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. 32 rowers from 16 nations competed.[1] This event is not planned to return at the 2028 Summer Olympics, where it will instead be replaced by coastal rowing, in the form of the beach sprint rowing events.[2]
| Women's lightweight double sculls at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Olympic rowing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 July – 2 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]
| World Best | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Great Britain | 6:40.47 | Varese, Italy | 2023 |
| Olympic record | Italy | 6:41.36 | Tokyo, Japan | 2021 |
Results
editHeats
editThe first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Emily Craig Imogen Grant |
 Great Britain
|
7:04.20 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou |
 Greece
|
7:08.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen |
 Ireland
|
7:12.89 | R |
| 4 | 3 | Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler |
 Austria
|
7:24.14 | R |
| 5 | 2 | Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi |
 Tunisia
|
7:31.19 | R |
| 6 | 4 | Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro |
 Argentina
|
7:36.43 | R |
Heat 2
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Gianina Beleagă Ionela Cozmiuc |
 Romania
|
7:03.83 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser |
 United States
|
7:12.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios |
 Peru
|
7:32.68 | R |
| 4 | 3 | Mahsa Javer Zeinab Norouzi |
 Iran
|
7:35.97 | R |
| 5 | 1 | Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi |
 Japan
|
7:39.17 | R |
Heat 3
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle |
 New Zealand
|
7:02.25 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Claire Bové Laura Tarantola |
 France
|
7:03.22 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt |
 Canada
|
7:09.45 | R |
| 4 | 5 | Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna |
 Poland
|
7:11.14 | R |
| 5 | 1 | Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping |
 China
|
7:39.17 | R |
Repechages
editThe first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to Final C.
Repechage 1
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen |
Ireland
|
7:11.38 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt |
Canada
|
7:16.81 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro |
Argentina
|
7:29.76 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mahsa Javer Zeinab Norouzi |
Iran
|
7:35.56 | FC |
| 5 | 5 | Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping |
China
|
7:42.66 | FC |
Repechage 2
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna |
Poland
|
7:16.26 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler |
Austria
|
7:17.77 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi |
Tunisia
|
7:25.21 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios |
Peru
|
7:28.58 | FC |
| 5 | 5 | Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi |
Japan
|
7:31.14 | FC |
Semifinals
editSemifinal A/B 1
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Emily Craig Imogen Grant |
Great Britain
|
6:59.79 | FA |
| 2 | 4 | Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle |
New Zealand
|
7:02.86 | FA |
| 3 | 2 | Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser |
United States
|
7:05.03 | FA |
| 4 | 5 | Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna |
Poland
|
7:06.69 | FB |
| 5 | 1 | Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt |
Canada
|
7:13.36 | FB |
| 6 | 6 | Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro |
Argentina
|
7:33.41 | FB |
Semifinal A/B 2
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Gianina Beleagă Ionela Cozmiuc |
Romania
|
6:56.65 | FA |
| 2 | 2 | Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou |
Greece
|
6:57.90 | FA |
| 3 | 5 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen |
Ireland
|
6:59.72 | FA |
| 4 | 4 | Claire Bové Laura Tarantola |
France
|
7:03.22 | FB |
| 5 | 1 | Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler |
Austria
|
7:19.70 | FB |
| 6 | 6 | Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi |
Tunisia
|
7:26.39 | FB |
Finals
editFinal C
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping |
China
|
7:07.55 | |
| 14 | 2 | Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios |
Peru
|
7:12.27 | |
| 15 | 4 | Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi |
Japan
|
7:14.00 | |
| 16 | 3 | Mahsa Javer Zeinab Norouzi |
Iran
|
7:14.32 |
Final B
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | Claire Bové Laura Tarantola |
France
|
7:03.24 | |
| 8 | 2 | Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt |
Canada
|
7:04.82 | |
| 9 | 4 | Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna |
Poland
|
7:08.47 | |
| 10 | 5 | Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler |
Austria
|
7:10.02 | |
| 11 | 1 | Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi |
Tunisia
|
7:21.65 | |
| 12 | 6 | Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro |
Argentina
|
7:25.86 |
Final A
edit| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | Emily Craig Imogen Grant |
Great Britain
|
6:47.06 | |
|
4 | Gianina Beleagă Ionela Cozmiuc |
Romania
|
6:48.78 | |
|
2 | Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou |
Greece
|
6:49.28 | |
| 4 | 5 | Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle |
New Zealand
|
6:51.65 | |
| 5 | 1 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen |
Ireland
|
6:54.57 | |
| 6 | 6 | Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser |
United States
|
6:55.60 |
References
edit- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Rowing makes Olympic history with the inclusion of 'Beach Sprints' at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games". World Rowing. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Records". Paris 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.