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

The Women's lightweight 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 lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date29 July – 4 August
Competitors34 from 17 nations
Winning time7:09.30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katherine Copeland
Sophie Hosking
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Xu Dongxiang
Wenyi Huang
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou
 Greece
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Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 29 July 2012 10:40 Heats
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 10:10 Repechages
Thursday, 2 August 2012 10:30 Semifinals
Saturday, 4 August 2012 10:00 Final C
Saturday, 4 August 2012 10:40 Final B
Saturday, 4 August 2012 11:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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First two of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Sophie Hosking
Katherine Copeland
  Great Britain 6:56.96 Q
2 Anne Lolk Thomsen
Juliane Rasmussen
  Denmark 6:59.94 Q
3 Louise Ayling
Julia Edward
  New Zealand 7:02.78 R
4 Yaima Velázquez
Yoslaine Domínguez
  Cuba 7:12.99 R
5 María Clara Rohner
Milka Kraljev
  Argentina 7:33.37 R
6 Sara Mohamed Baraka
Fatma Rashed
  Egypt 7:45.23 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Christina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou
  Greece 7:03.66 Q
2 Bronwen Watson
Hannah Every-Hall
  Australia 7:05.30 Q
3 Kristin Hedstrom
Julie Nichols
  United States 7:08.46 R
4 Rianne Sigmond
Maaike Head
  Netherlands 7:10.49 R
5 Lindsay Jennerich
Patricia Obee
  Canada 7:10.89 R
6 Luana de Assis
Fabiana Beltrame
  Brazil 7:34.37 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Xu Dongxiang
Huang Wenyi
  China 7:15.57 Q
2 Lena Müller
Anja Noske
  Germany 7:19.24 Q
3 Atsumi Fukumoto
Akiko Iwamoto
  Japan 7:30.29 R
4 Kim Myeong-sin
Kim Sol-ji
  South Korea 7:31.98 R
5 Pham Thi Hai
Pham Thi Thao
  Vietnam 7:40.06 R

Repechage

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First three qualify to the semifinal.

Repechage 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Rianne Sigmond
Maaike Head
  Netherlands 7:19.26 Q
2 Louise Ayling
Julia Edward
  New Zealand 7:19.26 Q
3 Atsumi Fukumoto
Akiko Iwamoto
  Japan 7:23.79 Q
4 Luana de Assis
Fabiana Beltrame
  Brazil 7:27.46
5 Pham Thi Hai
Pham Thi Thao
  Vietnam 7:37.64
6 Sara Mohamed Baraka
Fatma Rashed
  Egypt 7:54.01

Repechage 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Kristin Hedstrom
Julie Nichols
  United States 7:13.82 Q
2 Lindsay Jennerich
Patricia Obee
  Canada 7:15.37 Q
3 Yaima Velázquez
Yoslaine Dominguez
  Cuba 7:19.33 Q
4 Kim Myung-shin
Kim Sol-ji
  South Korea 7:27.95
5 Maria Rohner
Milka Kraljev
  Argentina 7:40.72

Semifinals A/B

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Katherine Copeland
Sophie Hosking
  Great Britain 7:05.90 Q
2 Christina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou
  Greece 7:09.01 Q
3 Lena Müller
Anja Noske
  Germany 7:10.16 Q
4 Kristin Hedstrom
Julie Nichols
  United States 7:12.61
5 Louise Ayling
Julia Edward
  New Zealand 7:15.06
6 Yaima Velasquez
Yoslaine Dominguez
  Cuba 7:21.86

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Xu Dongxiang
Wenyi Huang
  China 7:10.39 Q
2 Anne Lolk Thomsen
Juliane Rasmussen
  Denmark 7:10.93 Q
3 Bronwen Watson
Hannah Every-Hall
  Australia 7:12.35 Q
4 Lindsay Jennerich
Patricia Obee
  Canada 7:14.83
5 Rianne Sigmond
Maaike Head
  Netherlands 7:19.31
6 Atsumi Fukumoto
Akiko Iwamoto
  Japan 7:34.23

Finals

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Final C

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Luana de Assis
Fabiana Beltrame
  Brazil 7:41.43
2 Kim Myung-shin
Kim Sol-ji
  South Korea 7:44.03
3 Maria Rohner
Milka Kraljev
  Argentina 7:44.62
4 Pham Thi Hai
Pham Thi Thao
  Vietnam 7:51.82
5 Sara Mohamed Baraka
Fatma Rashed
  Egypt 8:14.17

Final B

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Lindsay Jennerich
Patricia Obee
  Canada 7:17.24
2 Rianne Sigmond
Maaike Head
  Netherlands 7:20.36
3 Louise Ayling
Julia Edward
  New Zealand 7:22.78
4 Yaima Velasquez
Yoslaine Dominguez
  Cuba 7:23.25
5 Kristin Hedstrom
Julie Nichols
  United States 7:23.31
6 Atsumi Fukumoto
Akiko Iwamoto
  Japan 7:32.12

Final A

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
  Katherine Copeland
Sophie Hosking
  Great Britain 7:09.30
  Xu Dongxiang
Huang Wenyi
  China 7:11.93
  Christina Giazitzidou
Alexandra Tsiavou
  Greece 7:12.09
4 Anne Lolk Thomsen
Juliane Rasmussen
  Denmark 7:15.53
5 Bronwen Watson
Hannah Every-Hall
  Australia 7:20.68
6 Lena Müller
Anja Noske
  Germany 7:22.18

References

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  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 Lightweight Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.