Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The Women's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.[1][2]

Women's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Winners on the podium (from left): Scown and Haigh (NZL), Stanning and Glover (GBR), Tait and Hornsey (AUS)
VenueEton Dorney
Date28 July – 1 August
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time7:27.13
Medalists
Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
 Great Britain
Kate Hornsey
Sarah Tait
 Australia
Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown
 New Zealand

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 July 201209:30Heats
Monday, 30 July 201209:30Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 201210:10Final B
Wednesday, 1 August 201211:50Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
 Great Britain 6:57.29 Q
Olympic record
2 Sara Hendershot
Sarah Zelenka
 United States 6:59.29 Q
3 Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
 Romania 7:05.39 R
4 Kerstin Hartmann
Marlene Sinnig
 Germany 7:10.28 R
5 Maria Laura Abalo
Gabriela Best
 Argentina 7:12.17 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kate Hornsey
Sarah Tait
 Australia 7:01.60 Q
2 Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown
 New Zealand 7:06.93 Q
3 Zhang Yage
Gao Yulan
 China 7:13.38 R
4 Naydene Smith
Lee-Ann Persse
 South Africa 7:14.31 R
5 Claudia Wurzel
Sara Bertolasi
 Italy 7:21.44 R

Repechage

First two qualify to the final.

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
 Romania 7:08.42 Q
2 Kerstin Hartmann
Marlene Sinnig
 Germany 7:10.42 Q
3 Zhang Yage
Gao Yulan
 China 7:15.18
4 Claudia Wurzel
Sara Bertolasi
 Italy 7:18.14
5 Naydene Smith
Lee-Ann Persse
 South Africa 7:18.96
6 Maria Laura Abalo
Gabriela Best
 Argentina 7:20.94

Finals

Note: Strong headwinds

Final B

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Zhang Yage
Gao Yulan
 China 7:55.18
2 Naydene Smith
Lee-Ann Persse
 South Africa 7:56.40
3 Maria Laura Abalo
Gabriela Best
 Argentina 8:03.53
4 Claudia Wurzel
Sara Bertolasi
 Italy 8:06.14

Final A

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
 Great Britain 7:27.13
Kate Hornsey
Sarah Tait
 Australia 7:29.86
Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown
 New Zealand 7:30.19
4 Sara Hendershot
Sarah Zelenka
 United States 7:30.39
5 Georgeta Damian
Viorica Susanu
 Romania 7:37.67
6 Kerstin Hartmann
Marlene Sinnig
 Germany 7:42.06

References

  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 Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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