Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Women's lightweight double sculls; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
	Olympic rowing
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	24–29 July 2021
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	6:47.54
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

The women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.^[1] 36 rowers from 18 nations competed.^[2]

Schedule[edit]

The competition was held over six days.^[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 24 July 2021	10:20	Heats
Sunday, 25 July 2021	10:20	Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 2021	11:40	Semifinals A/B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021	9:00	Final B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021	10:10	Final A
Thursday, 29 July 2021	11:30	Final C*

^{* Event has been rescheduled.}

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.^[3]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Laura Tarantola Claire Bové	France	7:03.47	Q
2	1	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:04.66	Q
3	6	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	7:05.30	R
4	3	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:08.66	R
5	4	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	7:17.67	R
6	5	Mutiara Rahma Putri Melani Putri	Indonesia	7:52.57	R

Heat 2[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	7:07.73	Q
2	1	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:11.30	Q
3	6	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:22.47	R
4	5	Lường Thị Thảo Đinh Thị Hảo	Vietnam	7:36.21	R
5	3	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:39.61	R
6	2	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:53.35	R

Heat 3[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:01.74	Q
2	5	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:03.29	Q
3	4	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	7:07.67	R
4	3	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:10.15	R
5	2	Valentina Cavallar Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:26.22	R
6	6	Milka Kraljev Evelyn Silvestro	Argentina	7:29.27	R

Repechage[edit]

The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while remaining crew to Final C.

Repechage heat 1[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	7:21.25	Q
2	2	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:26.99	Q
3	3	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:34.45	Q
4	1	Milka Kraljev Evelyn Silvestro	Argentina	7:39.53	FC
5	5	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:54.95	FC
6	6	Mutiara Rahma Putri Melani Putri	Indonesia	8:03.19	FC

Repechage heat 2[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:22.02	Q
2	3	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	7:22.72	Q
3	5	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	7:23.46	Q
4	1	Valentina Cavallar Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:42.31	FC
5	2	Lường Thị Thảo Đinh Thị Hảo	Vietnam	7:53.69	FC
6	6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	8:13.27	FC

Semifinals[edit]

Semifinal A/B 1[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:41.99	FA
2	3	Laura Tarantola Claire Bové	France	6:42.92	FA
3	4	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:43.85	FA
4	2	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	6:48.92	FB
5	1	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	6:49.24	FB
6	6	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	6:54.78	FB

Semifinal A/B 2[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	6:41.36 WB	FA
2	5	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	6:41.54	FA
3	3	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:42.08	FA
4	1	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	6:45.23	FB
5	6	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	6:56.52	FB
6	2	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:00.82	FB

Finals[edit]

Final C[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time
13	3	Milka Kraljev Evelyn Silvestro	Argentina	7:05.82
14	4	Valentina Cavallar Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:15.25
15	2	Lường Thị Thảo Đinh Thị Hảo	Vietnam	7:19.05
16	5	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:22.25
17	1	Mutiara Rahma Putri Melani Putri	Indonesia	7:25.06
18	6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:27.51

Final B[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time
7	3	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	6:49.16
8	5	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	6:49.90
9	4	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	6:51.65
10	2	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	6:54.94
11	6	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	6:57.84
12	1	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	6:59.72

Final A[edit]

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time
	4	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	6:47.54
	2	Laura Tarantola Claire Bové	France	6:47.68
	1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:48.03
4	3	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:48.04
5	5	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	6:48.54
6	6	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:49.40

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Rowing - Heat Results". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[Dates-1] "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[Qualifying-2] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[3] "Rowing - Heat Results". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualification
Single sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Coxless four	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Eight	men	women
v t e

v t e Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls
1996: Constanța Burcică & Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU) 2000: Constanța Burcică & Angela Alupei (ROU) 2004: Constanța Burcică & Angela Alupei (ROU) 2008: Kirsten van der Kolk & Marit van Eupen (NED) 2012: Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR) 2016: Ilse Paulis & Maaike Head (NED) 2020: Valentina Rodini & Federica Cesarini (ITA)
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