Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1]

Women's double sculls
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date6–11 August 2016
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Winning time7:40.10
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska
Natalia Madaj
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victoria Thornley
Katherine Grainger
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Donata Vištartaitė
Milda Valčiukaitė
 Lithuania
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The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, Serbia, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Lenka Dientsbach-Wech, Germany, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Rowing Federation.

Results

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Heats

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

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Donata Vištartaitė
Milda Valčiukaitė
  Lithuania 7:04.82 SF
2 Victoria Thornley
Katherine Grainger
  Great Britain 7:05.32 SF
3 Hélène Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
  France 7:05.65 SF
4 Marie-Cathérine Arnold
Mareike Adams
  Germany 7:13.49 R
5 Lisbet Jakobsen
Nina Hollensen
  Denmark 7:18.92 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska
Natalia Madaj
  Poland 7:16.16 SF
2 Lü Yang
Zhu Weiwei
  China 7:25.19 SF
3 Yuliya Bichyk
Tatsiana Kukhta
  Belarus 7:27.22 SF
4 Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 7:46.92 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Eve MacFarlane
Zoe Stevenson
  New Zealand 7:14.31 SF
2 Sally Kehoe
Genevieve Horton
  Australia 7:17.34 SF
3 Aikaterini Nikolaidou
Sofia Asoumanaki
  Greece 7:20.64 SF
4 Kristýna Fleissnerová
Lenka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:35.85 R

Repechage

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First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marie-Cathérine Arnold
Mareike Adams
  Germany 7:00.54 SF
2 Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 7:00.60 SF
3 Kristýna Fleissnerová
Lenka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:03.68 SF
4 Lisbet Jakobsen
Nina Hollensen
  Denmark 7:04.35

Semifinals

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First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Aikaterini Nikolaidou
Sofia Asoumanaki
  Greece 6:51.99 FA
2 Donata Vištartaitė
Milda Valčiukaitė
  Lithuania 6:52.46 FA
3 Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 6:52.92 FA
4 Eve MacFarlane
Zoe Stevenson
  New Zealand 6:52.97 FB
5 Marie-Cathérine Arnold
Mareike Adams
  Germany 6:58.70 FB
6 Lü Yang
Zhu Weiwei
  China 7:05.31 FB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska
Natalia Madaj
  Poland 6:50.63 FA
2 Victoria Thornley
Katherine Grainger
  Great Britain 6:52.47 FA
3 Hélène Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
  France 6:54.34 FA
4 Sally Kehoe
Genevieve Horton
  Australia 6:55.37 FB
5 Yuliya Bichyk
Tatsiana Kukhta
  Belarus 6:57.64 FB
6 Kristýna Fleissnerová
Lenka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:03.79 FB

Final

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Final B

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marie-Cathérine Arnold
Mareike Adams
  Germany 7:39.82
2 Yuliya Bichyk
Tatsiana Kukhta
  Belarus 7:40.48
3 Sally Kehoe
Genevieve Horton
  Australia 7:42.30
4 Kristýna Fleissnerová
Lenka Antošová
  Czech Republic 7:43.77
5 Lü Yang
Zhu Weiwei
  China 7:45.68
6 Eve MacFarlane
Zoe Stevenson
  New Zealand 7:50.74

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska
Natalia Madaj
  Poland 7:40.10
  Victoria Thornley
Katherine Grainger
  Great Britain 7:41.05
  Donata Vištartaitė
Milda Valčiukaitė
  Lithuania 7:43.76
4 Aikaterini Nikolaidou
Sofia Asoumanaki
  Greece 7:48.62
5 Hélène Lefebvre
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino
  France 7:52.03
6 Meghan O'Leary
Ellen Tomek
  United States 8:06.18

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.