Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

Rowing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Lwt coxless four men

Women's coxless pair competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

This rowing event is a sweep rowing event, meaning that each boat rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The crew consists of two rowers, with no coxswain used. The competition consists 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.

During the first round two heats were held. The top boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final, while all of the other boats were sent to the repechage. Two repechage heats were held, with the top two boats in each of the repechage heats going on to the A final. The remaining finishers in the repechages competed in the B final.

The A final determined the medals, along with other rankings through 6th place. The B final determined the remaining (7th through 10th) places.

Contents

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Saturday, August 9, 2008 15:50-16:10 Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 17:20-17:40 Repechages
Friday, August 15, 2008 17:10-17:20 Final B
Saturday, August 16, 2008 16:10-16:20 Final A

Medalists

Gold  Georgeta Andrunache & Viorica Susanu
Romania (ROU)
Silver  Wu You & Gao Yulan
China (CHN)
Bronze  Yuliya Bichyk & Natallia Helakh
Belarus (BLR)

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh Belarus 7:24.47 FA
2 Juliette Haigh, Nicola Coles New Zealand 7:31.45 R
3 Wu You, Gao Yulan China 7:32.50 R
4 Kim Crow, Sara Cook Australia 7:44.04 R
5 Zoe Hoskins, Sabrina Kolker Canada Boat under weight R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Georgeta Andrunache, Viorica Susanu Romania 7:22.69 FA
2 Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien Germany 7:28.66 R
3 Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam Great Britain 7:29.88 R
4 Portia McGee, Anne Cummins United States 7:29.95 R
5 Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand France 7:42.92 R

Repechages

Repechage 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Juliette Haigh, Nicola Coles New Zealand 7:32.64 FA
2 Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam Great Britain 7:34.54 FA
3 Kim Crow, Sara Cook Australia 7:38.48 FB
4 Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand France 7:41.87 FB

Repechage 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Wu You, Gao Yulan China 7:23.71 FA
2 Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien Germany 7:27.02 FA
3 Portia McGee, Anne Cummins United States 7:32.26 FB
4 Zoe Hoskins, Sabrina Kolker Canada 7:40.22 FB

Final B

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Portia McGee, Anne Cummins United States 7:33.17
2 Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand France 7:36.25
3 Zoe Hoskins, Sabrina Kolker Canada 7:37.27
4 Kim Crow, Sara Cook Australia 7:40.93

Final A

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
Georgeta Andrunache, Viorica Susanu Romania 7:20.60
Wu You, Gao Yulan China 7:22.28
Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh Belarus 7:22.91
4 Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien Germany 7:25.73
5 Juliette Haigh, Nicola Coles New Zealand 7:28.80
6 Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam Great Britain 7:33.61

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