Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair
| Women's coxless pair at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Winners on the podium (from left): Scown and Haigh (NZL), Stanning and Glover (GBR), Tait and Hornsey (AUS) | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Eton Dorney | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28 July – 1 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7:27.13 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Single sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women |
| Coxless four | men | |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
| Lwt coxless four | men | |
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]
Schedule
[edit]All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 28 July 2012 | 09:30 | Heats |
| Monday, 30 July 2012 | 09:30 | Repechage |
| Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | 10:10 | Final B |
| Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | 11:50 | Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]First two of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
 Great Britain
|
6:57.29 | Q, OB |
| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Note: Strong headwinds
Final B
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "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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