Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	18–24 September
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	7:02.64
Medalists
Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică  Romania Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff  Germany Christine Collins Sarah Garner  United States

The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of 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. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 18 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13–18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Meanwhile, unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B must proceed to final B, which determines places 7–12.

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 18 September 2000	08:30	Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000	08:30	Repechages
Friday, 22 September 2000	08:30	Semifinals
Saturday, 23 September 2000	11:10	Final B
Saturday, 23 September 2000	12:10	Final C
Sunday, 24 September 2000	08:30	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff	Germany	7:11.27	Q
2	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Bénédicte Luzuy	France	7:16.53	R
3	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	China	7:21.55	R
4	Akiko Iwamoto Ayako Yoshida	Japan	7:27.12	R
5	María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes	Mexico	7:36.51	R
6	Im Jin-myeong Mun Hae-yeong	South Korea	8:00.45	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Christine Collins Sarah Garner	United States	7:09.99	Q
2	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	Australia	7:11.11	R
3	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	Netherlands	7:18.04	R
4	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	Canada	7:20.60	R
5	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	Bulgaria	7:22.51	R
6	Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	Cuba	7:38.26	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	Romania	7:16.65	Q
2	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	Switzerland	7:21.43	R
3	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	Greece	7:23.89	R
4	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	Poland	7:28.99	R
5	María Garisoain Marisa Peguri	Argentina	7:30.74	R
6	Anna Alliquander Mónika Remsei	Hungary	7:31.05	R

Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	Netherlands	7:10.46	A/B
2	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Benedicte Luzuy	France	7:11.46	A/B
3	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	Poland	7:20.87	A/B
4	Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	Cuba	7:29.10	C
5	María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes	Mexico	7:33.58	C

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	Australia	7:14.08	A/B
2	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	Greece	7:17.38	A/B
3	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	Bulgaria	7:18.90	A/B
4	Anna Alliquander Mónika Remsei	Hungary	7:20.21	C
5	Akiko Iwamoto Ayako Yoshida	Japan	7:23.36	C

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	Switzerland	7:12.99	A/B
2	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	Canada	7:18.83	A/B
3	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	China	7:21.00	A/B
4	María Garisoain Marisa Peguri	Argentina	7:28.19	C
5	Im Jin-myeong Mun Hae-yeong	South Korea	7:55.74	C

Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	Romania	6:59.85	A
2	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff	Germany	7:02.46	A
3	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	Australia	7:06.58	A
4	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Benedicte Luzuy	France	7:09.32	B
5	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	Canada	7:14.58	B
6	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	Bulgaria	7:22.47	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Christine Collins Sarah Garner	United States	7:04.86	A
2	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	Netherlands	7:07.16	A
3	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	Switzerland	7:07.22	A
4	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	Poland	7:08.73	B
5	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	China	7:18.60	B
6	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	Greece	7:21.88	B

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Alliquander Mónika Remsei	Hungary	7:13.22
2	Akiko Iwamoto Ayako Yoshida	Japan	7:15.01
3	Marlenis Mesa Dailin Taset	Cuba	7:19.63
4	María Montoya Ana Sofía Soberanes	Mexico	7:25.00
5	Im Jin-myeong Mun Hae-yeong	South Korea	7:42.07
—	María Garisoain Marisa Peguri	Argentina		DNS

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Christelle Fernandez-Schulte Benedicte Luzuy	France	7:10.70
2	Elżbieta Kuncewicz Ilona Mokronowska	Poland	7:12.76
3	Tracy Duncan Fiona Milne	Canada	7:13.76
4	Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua	China	7:15.31
5	Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou	Greece	7:17.11
6	Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	Bulgaria	7:17.64

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Angela Alupei Constanța Burcică	Romania	7:02.64
	Claudia Blasberg Valerie Viehoff	Germany	7:02.95
	Christine Collins Sarah Garner	United States	7:06.37
4	Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch	Australia	7:12.04
5	Kim Plugge Pia Vogel	Switzerland	7:15.57
6	Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk	Netherlands	7:17.89

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results