Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls
| 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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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]
Records
Prior 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
Heats
The first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1
| 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
| 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
| 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
The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to Final C.
Repechage 1
| 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
| 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
Semifinal A/B 1
| 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
| 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
Final C
| 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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "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.
Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls | |
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Since 1984 and, after 1996 in non-Olympic years, this boat class has been a World Championships event; see World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls |
