The women's coxless pair event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 28 July to 2 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.
Background
This will be the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1976.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1976.
Competition format
This rowing event is a coxless pair event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "coxless" portion means that there is no coxswain. Each rower has one oar. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.
During the first round three heats were held. The first three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with the others relegated to the repechage.
The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for the semifinals. Placing in the repechage determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats being eliminated.
Two semifinals were held, each with 6 boats. The top three boats from each heat advanced to Final A and competed for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.
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, while the B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.
Schedule
The competition is held over eight days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session."Olympic Schedule – Rowing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round Sunday, 28 July 2024 10:30 Heats Monday, 29 July 2024 10:30 Repechage Wednesday, 31 July 2024 10:54 Semifinals Friday, 2 August 2024 10:54 Finals
Results Heats The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Ymkje CleveringVeronique Meester 7:17.81 24 Kamilė KralikaitėIeva Adomavičiūtė 7:22.53 35 Azja CzajkowskiJessica Thoennes 7:25.52 41 Hedvig RasmussenFie Udby Erichsen 7:30.91 52 Kate HainesAlana Sherman 7:43.56
Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Ioana VrînceanuRoxana Anghel 7:24.27 24 Aifric KeoghFiona Murtagh 7:28.22 31 Radka NovotníkováPavlína Flamíková 7:28.23 43 Rebecca EdwardsChloe Brew 7:29.70
Heat 3 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes11 Jessica MorrisonAnnabelle McIntyre 7:16.58 23 Evangelia AnastasiadouChristina Bourmpou 7:20.49 34 Melita AbrahamAntonia Abraham 7:23.01 42 Esther Briz ZamoranoAina Cid Centelles 7:24.09
Repechage The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.
Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Hedvig RasmussenFie Udby Erichsen 7:34.57 23 Esther Briz ZamoranoAina Cid Centelles 7:36.98 34 Rebecca EdwardsChloe Brew 7:37.11 41 Kate HainesAlana Sherman 7:46.18
Semifinals The first three of each heat qualify to the Final A, other to Final B
Semifinal A/B 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Ymkje CleveringVeronique Meester 7:10.1623 Ioana VrînceanuRoxana Anghel 7:14.53 35 Evangelia AnastasiadouChristina Bourmpou 7:18.2846 Hedvig RasmussenFie Udby Erichsen 7:19.11 51 Rebecca EdwardsChloe Brew 7:28.7662 Radka NovotníkováPavlína Flamíková 7:33.68
Semifinal A/B 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Jessica MorrisonAnnabelle McIntyre 7:14.1426 Azja CzajkowskiJessica Thoennes 7:15.5933 Kamilė KralikaitėIeva Adomavičiūtė 7:19.2742 Melita AbrahamAntonia Abraham 7:26.82 51 Esther Briz ZamoranoAina Cid Centelles 7:30.3665 Aifric KeoghFiona Murtagh 7:32.97
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes75 Esther Briz ZamoranoAina Cid Centelles 7:07.08 81 Aifric KeoghFiona Murtagh 7:08.88 94 Melita AbrahamAntonia Abraham 7:10.45 106 Radka NovotníkováPavlína Flamíková 7:10.46 113 Hedvig RasmussenFie Udby Erichsen 7:12.01 122 Rebecca EdwardsChloe Brew 7:16.02
Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes3 Ymkje CleveringVeronique Meester 6:58.67 5 Ioana VrînceanuRoxana Anghel 7:02.97 4 Jessica MorrisonAnnabelle McIntyre 7:03.54 42 Azja CzajkowskiJessica Thoennes 7:05.31 51 Kamilė KralikaitėIeva Adomavičiūtė 7:05.34 66 Evangelia AnastasiadouChristina Bourmpou 7:13.30
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