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

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Women's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Regatta Centre
Date18–24 September
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Winning time7:02.64
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angela Alupei
Constanța Burcică
 Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Blasberg
Valerie Viehoff
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christine Collins
Sarah Garner
 United States
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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[edit]

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.[1]

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

Heats[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Repechage 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Semifinal 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angela Alupei
Constanța Burcică
 Romania 7:02.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Blasberg
Valerie Viehoff
 Germany 7:02.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Lightweight Double Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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