The women's double sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 1 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne.
Background
This is the 13th appearance of the event, which was introduced at the 1976 Games.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1912.
Competition format
This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consists of multiple rounds. The competition continues to use the three-round format. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.
During the first round three heats were held. The first three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with the others relegated to the repechages.
The repechage is a round which offered rowers a second chance to qualify for the semifinals. Placing in the repechage determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in the repechage move on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats being eliminated.
Two semifinals were held, each with 6 boats. The top three boats from each heat advanced to Final A and compete for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.
The third and final round was the finals. Each final determines a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th, while the B final gives rankings from 7th to 12th.
Schedule
The competition is being held over six days."Olympic Schedule - Rowing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round Saturday, 27 July 2024 12:00 Heats Sunday, 28 July 2024 10:10 Repechage Tuesday, 30 July 2024 10:50 Semifinals A/BThursday, 1 August 2024 10:30 Final B 11:18 Final A
Results Heats The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Brooke FrancisLucy Spoors 6:51.68 25 Mathilda Hodgkins-ByrneRebecca Wilde 6:52.31 34 Sophia VitasKristi Wagner 6:56.47 41 Lisa ScheenaardMartine Veldhuis 6:58.65 5 3 Clara GuerraStefania Gobbi 7:15.51
Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Elodie RaveraEmma Lunatti 6:48.89 22 Amanda BatemanHarriet Hudson 6:49.21 31 Zoe HydeAlison Bergin 6:52.61 44 Donata KaralienėDovilė Rimkutė 6:59.62
Heat 3 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Ancuța BodnarSimona Radiș 6:48.49 24 Anna ŠantrůčkováLenka Lukšová 6:55.16 31 Shen ShuangmeiLu Shiyu 6:58.85 42 Thea HelsethInger Kavlie 7:00.78
Repechage The first three doubles in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth was eliminated.
Repechage heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Lisa ScheenaardMartine Veldhuis 7:08.42 23 Thea HelsethInger Kavlie 7:10.39 34 Clara GuerraStefania Gobbi 7:10.41 41 Donata KaralienėDovilė Rimkutė 7:15.00
Semifinals
The first three of each heat qualify to the Final A, other to Final B
Semifinal A/B 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Brooke FrancisLucy Spoors 6:49.4921 Lisa ScheenaardMartine Veldhuis 6:50.2034 Elodie RaveraEmma Lunatti 6:51.3042 Anna ŠantrůčkováLenka Lukšová 6:54.76 55 Zoe HydeAlison Bergin 6:55.0866 Clara GuerraStefania Gobbi 6:58.08
Semifinal A/B 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Ancuța BodnarSimona Radiș 6:51.4125 Mathilda Hodgkins-ByrneRebecca Wilde 6:51.8231 Thea HelsethInger Kavlie 6:52.4743 Amanda BatemanHarriet Hudson 6:52.6952 Sophia VitasKristi Wagner 7:04.1266 Shen ShuangmeiLu Shiyu 7:09.75
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time 7 4 Amanda BatemanHarriet Hudson 6:47.66 8 3 Anna ŠantrůčkováLenka Lukšová 6:49.92 9 5 Sophia VitasKristi Wagner 6:50.74 10 2 Zoe HydeAlison Bergin 6:55.62 11 1 Clara GuerraStefania Gobbi 6:56.87 12 6 Shen ShuangmeiLu Shiyu 7:00.71
Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time 3 Brooke FrancisLucy Spoors 6:50.45 4 Ancuța BodnarSimona Radiș 6:50.69 2 Mathilda Hodgkins-ByrneRebecca Wilde 6:53.22 4 5 Lisa ScheenaardMartine Veldhuis 6:54.24 5 6 Elodie RaveraEmma Lunatti 6:57.35 6 1 Thea HelsethInger Kavlie 6:58.41
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