Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls
| Women's double sculls at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Eton Dorney | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July – 3 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6:55.82 | ||||||||||||
| 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 double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.[1]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 30 July 2012 | 10:20 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 31 July 2012 | 09:50 | Repechage |
| Friday 3 August 2012 | 10:30 | Final B |
| Friday, 3 August 2012 | 12:10 | Final |
Results
Heats
First two of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repeachge.
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Watkins Katherine Grainger |
 Great Britain
|
6:44.33 | Q |
| 2 | Fiona Paterson Anna Reymer |
 New Zealand
|
6:49.44 | Q |
| 3 | Wang Min Zhu Weiwei |
 China
|
6:50.64 | R |
| 4 | Inge Janssen Ellen Hogerwerf |
 Netherlands
|
7:00.10 | R |
| 5 | Lenka Antošová Jitka Antošová |
 Czech Republic
|
7:05.05 | R |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Crow Brooke Pratley |
 Australia
|
6:48.80 | Q |
| 2 | Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska |
 Poland
|
6:50.85 | Q |
| 3 | Margot Shumway Sarah Trowbridge |
 United States
|
6:55.25 | R |
| 4 | Tina Manker Stephanie Schiller |
 Germany
|
7:08.36 | R |
| 5 | Anna Kravchenko Olena Buryak |
 Ukraine
|
7:09.40 | R |
Repechage
First two qualify to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Min Zhu Weiwei |
China
|
7:09.65 | Q |
| 2 | Margot Shumway Sarah Trowbridge |
United States
|
7:10.37 | Q |
| 3 | Lenka Antošová Jitka Antošová |
Czech Republic
|
7:11.68 | |
| 4 | Tina Manker Stephanie Schiller |
Germany
|
7:18.37 | |
| 5 | Inge Janssen Ellen Hogerwerf |
Netherlands
|
7:19.80 | |
| 6 | Anna Kravchenko Olena Buryak |
Ukraine
|
7:23.02 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenka Antošová Jitka Antošová |
Czech Republic
|
7:24.93 | |
| 2 | Inge Janssen Ellen Hogerwerf |
Netherlands
|
7:29.57 | |
| 3 | Tina Manker Stephanie Schiller |
Germany
|
7:33.32 | |
| 4 | Anna Kravchenko Olena Buryak |
Ukraine
|
7:36.65 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anna Watkins Katherine Grainger |
Great Britain
|
6:55.82 | |
|
Kim Crow Brooke Pratley |
Australia
|
6:58.55 | |
|
Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska |
Poland
|
7:07.92 | |
| 4 | Wang Min Zhu Weiwei |
China
|
7:08.92 | |
| 5 | Fiona Paterson Anna Reymer |
New Zealand
|
7:09.82 | |
| 6 | Margot Shumway Sarah Trowbridge |
United States
|
7:10.54 |
