Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

The women's quadruple sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 40 rowers from 10 nations competed.

Background

This was the 12th appearance of the event, which has been held every year since women's rowing was introduced in 1976. The reigning medalists in the event were Germany, Netherlands, and Poland. All three qualified boats for the event.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat in the event since 1912. There were 10 qualifying places in the women's quadruple sculls:

8 from the 2019 World Championship 2 from the final qualification regatta

Competition format

This rowing event was a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four 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. The competition consists of two rounds. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.

During the first round two heats were held. The first two boats in each heat advanced to final A, while all others were relegated to the repechages.

The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for Final A. The top two boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats sent to Final B.

There are two finals. Final A determined the medalists and the places through 6th. Final B determined places seven through ten.

Schedule

The competition was held over five days.

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round Friday, 23 July 2021 11:50 Heats Sunday, 25 July 2021 10:50 Repechage Wednesday, 28 July 2021 9:00 Final B Wednesday, 28 July 2021 10:50 Final A

Results Heats The first two of each heat qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the repechage. Heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Daniela SchultzeFranziska KampmannCarlotta NwajideFrieda Hämmerling 6:18.22 24 Laila YoussifouInge JanssenOlivia van RooijenNicole Beukers 6:19.36 31 Hannah ScottMathilda Hodgkins-ByrneCharlotte Hodgkins-ByrneLucy Glover 6:20.80 43 Georgia Nugent-O'LearyRuby TewEve MacfarlaneOlivia Loe 6:25.23 55 Cicely MaddenAlison RusherMeghan O'LearyEllen Tomek 6:34.36

Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Yunxia ChenLing ZhangYang LüXiaotong Cui 6:14.32 21 Agnieszka KobusMarta WieliczkoMaria SajdakKatarzyna Zillmann 6:18.62 34 Valentina IseppiAlessandra MontesanoVeronica LisiStefania Gobbi 6:20.45 45Ria ThompsonRowena MeredithHarriet HudsonCaitlin Cronin6:26.21 53 Violaine AernoudtsMargaux BailleulMarie JacquetEmma Lunatti 6:33.64

Repechage The first two qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the B final and were out of medal contention.

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12Ria ThompsonRowena MeredithHarriet HudsonCaitlin Cronin 6:36.67 FA23 Valentina IseppiAlessandra MontesanoVeronica LisiStefania Gobbi 6:37.44 FA35 Georgia Nugent-O'LearyRuby TewEve MacfarlaneOlivia Loe 6:39.91 FB44 Hannah ScottMathilda Hodgkins-ByrneCharlotte Hodgkins-ByrneLucy Glover 6:42.97 FB56 Violaine AernoudtsMargaux BailleulMarie JacquetEmma Lunatti 6:47.41 FB61 Cicely MaddenAlison RusherMeghan O'LearyEllen Tomek 6:50.74 FB Finals Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes72 Hannah ScottMathilda Hodgkins-ByrneCharlotte Hodgkins-ByrneLucy Glover 6:25.1483 Georgia Nugent-O'LearyRuby TewEve MacfarlaneOlivia Loe 6:29.0094 Violaine AernoudtsMargaux BailleulMarie JacquetEmma Lunatti 6:29.70101 Cicely MaddenAlison RusherMeghan O'LearyEllen Tomek 6:30.03

Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes3 Chen YunxiaZhang LingLü YangCui Xiaotong 6:05.13, 5 Agnieszka KobusMarta WieliczkoMaria SajdakKatarzyna Zillmann 6:11.366Ria ThompsonRowena MeredithHarriet HudsonCaitlin Cronin 6:12.0841 Valentina IseppiAlessandra MontesanoVeronica LisiStefania Gobbi 6:13.3354 Daniela SchultzeFranziska KampmannCarlotta NwajideFrieda Hämmerling 6:13.4162 Laila YoussifouInge JanssenOlivia van RooijenNicole Beukers 6:15.75

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