Women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 10 and 17 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
This rowing event is a double sculls 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 59 kilograms each and 57 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.
During the first round three heats were held. The top two boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, with the rest going to the repechage. The repechage heats gave rowers another chance at the top semifinals, as the best three boats in each of the two repechage heats also moved on to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats went from the repechage to the C final.
Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).
The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th. The C final gave the rest of the rankings, down to 17th place of the 17 boats competing.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSunday, August 10, 2008 14:50-15:20 HeatsTuesday, August 12, 2008 16:00-16:20 RepechagesFriday, August 15, 2008 15:30-15:50 Semifinals A/BSaturday, August 16, 2008 14:10-14:20 Final CSaturday, August 16, 2008 14:30-14:40 Final BSunday, August 17, 2008 15:30-15:40 Final A
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->R
Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Kirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen6:50.90SA/B2Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston6:53.23 SA/B3Renee Hykel, Jennifer Goldsack6:53.32 R4Gabriela Huerta, Lila Pérez-Rul7:11.71 R5Camila Carvalho, Luciana Granato7:25.90R6Nataliya Voronova, Alexandra Opachanova7:29.07 R
Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Berit Carow, Marie-Louise Dräger6:51.96SA/B2Melanie Kok, Tracy Cameron6:54.07SA/B3Hester Goodsell, Helen Casey6:55.23R4Sanna Stén, Minna Nieminen6:56.61R5Chrysi Biskitzi, Alexandra Tsiavou7:05.95 R6Alex White, Kirsten McCann7:20.51 R
Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Xu Dongxiang, Yu Hua6:57.58SA/B2Katrin Olsen, Juliane Rasmussen6:58.63SA/B3Misaki Kumakura, Akiko Iwamoto7:05.67R4Yaima Velázquez, Ismaray Marrero7:13.35 R5Ko Young-eun, Ji Yoo-jin7:39.70 R
Repechages Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC
Repechage 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Renee Hykel, Jennifer Goldsack7:22.22 SA/B2Sanna Stén, Minna Nieminen7:23.80SA/B3Misaki Kumakura, Akiko Iwamoto7:30.92SA/B4Alex White, Kirsten McCann7:48.04FC5Natalya Voronova, Alexandra Opachanova7:54.12FC6Ko Young-Eun, Ji Yoo-Jin8:03.51FC
Repechage 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Hester Goodsell, Helen Casey7:24.27SA/B2Chrysi Biskitzi, Alexandra Tsiavou7:24.55SA/B3Yaima Velazquez, Ismaray Marrero7:32.14SA/B4Gabriela Huerta, Lila Perez Rul7:41.97FC5Camila Carvalho, Luciana Granato7:47.53FC
Semifinals A/B Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB
Semifinal A/B 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Kirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen7:03.87 FA2Sanna Stén, Minna Nieminen7:03.91FA3Berit Carow, Marie-Louise Dräger7:04.95 FA4Katrin Olsen, Juliane Rasmussen7:06.31 FB5Hester Goodsell, Helen Casey7:17.67 FB6Yaima Velazquez, Ismaray Marrero7:30.15 FB
Semifinal A/B 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Melanie Kok, Tracy Cameron7:10.70 FA2Xu Dongxiang, Yu Hua7:11.59 FA3Chrysi Biskitzi, Alexandra Tsiavou7:11.99 FA4Renee Hykel, Jennifer Goldsack7:12.15 FB5Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston7:13.80 FB6Misaki Kumakura, Akiko Iwamoto7:16.13FB
Finals
Final C RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Gabriela Huerta, Lila Perez Rul7:17.21 2Alex White, Kirsten McCann7:20.49 3Camila Carvalho, Luciana Granato7:22.404Natalya Voronova, Alexandra Opachanova7:32.365Ko Young-Eun, Ji Yoo-Jin7:39.46
Final B RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Katrin Olsen, Juliane Rasmussen7:06.942Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston7:07.173Misaki Kumakura, Akiko Iwamoto7:08.49 4Renee Hykel, Jennifer Goldsack7:09.025Hester Goodsell, Helen Casey7:11.246Yaima Velazquez, Ismaray Marrero7:20.07
Final A RankRowersCountryTimeNotesKirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen6:54.74 Sanna Stén, Minna Nieminen6:56.03Melanie Kok, Tracy Cameron6:56.68 4Berit Carow, Marie-Louise Dräger6:56.725Xu Dongxiang, Yu Hua7:01.90 6Chrysi Biskitzi, Alexandra Tsiavou7:04.61
References
External links NYT Olympic Report