Rowing 2020/Women's double sculls

Women's double sculls
General information
Sport	Rowing 2020
Date	23-28 July 2021
Competitors	13 pairs
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Previous medalists
Gold	Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska Natalia Madaj
Silver	Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley
Bronze	Milda Valciukaite Donata Vistartaite
Conditions
Length	2000 metres
Medalists
	Ancuta Bodnar Simona Radis
	Brooke Donoghue Hannah Osborne
	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard

The women's double sculls of Rowing 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 23-28 July 2021 in the Sea Forest Waterway. With 13 pairs competing, the event was won by Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis from Romania, with Brooke Donoghue and Hannah Osborne from New Zealand taking the silver medal and Roos de Jong and Lisa Scheenaard from Netherlands taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to eight boats. In each round, the top few with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest team in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Thirteen pairs qualified for the event with New Zealand as the reigning world champion, and Romania as the reigning European champion. The Netherlands took bronze at the most recent world championships, ahead of Canada and the United States, which finished within a second from the Dutch boat. Lithuania won silver at the European championships, and would be another pair to keep in mind. Other potential outsiders and medal contenders included Italy, Germany, and France.

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	New Zealand	6:53.62	Q
2	United States	6:55.65	Q
3	France	6:57.83	Q
4	China	7:03.78
5	Czech Republic	7:05.56

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Romania	6:49.79	Q
2	Canada	6:57.69	Q
3	Italy	6:59.58	Q
4	ROC	7:03.96

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Netherlands	6:49.90	Q
2	Lithuania	6:50.38	Q
3	Australia	6:53.30	Q
4	Germany	6:59.61

Repechage

Repechage Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	ROC	7:13.77	Q
2	Germany	7:14.92	Q
3	Czech Republic	7:16.96	Q
4	China	7:21.93

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Romania	7:04.31	Q
2	New Zealand	7:09.05	Q
3	Lithuania	7:11.29	Q
4	Italy	7:19.25
5	Czech Republic	7:24.22
6	ROC	7:24.37

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Netherlands	7:08.09	Q
2	Canada	7:09.44	Q
3	United States	7:11.14	Q
4	France	7:12.68
5	Australia	7:15.25
6	Germany	7:20.44

Finals

A Final Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Romania	6:41.03
2	New Zealand	6:44.82
3	Netherlands	6:45.73
4	Lithuania	6:47.44
5	United States	6:52.98
6	Canada	6:53.19

B Final Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Australia	6:57.71
2	France	6:58.52
3	Italy	6:58.88
4	Czech Republic	6:59.19
5	Germany	7:01.21
6	ROC	7:01.83

Results

Result	Nation
	Romania
	New Zealand
	Netherlands
4	Lithuania
5	United States
6	Canada
7	Australia
8	France
9	Italy
10	Czech Republic
11	Germany
12	ROC
13	China