Women's coxless pair competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
This rowing event is a sweep rowing event, meaning that each boat rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The crew consists of two rowers, with no coxswain used. The competition consists 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.
During the first round two heats were held. The top boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final, while all of the other boats were sent to the repechage. Two repechage heats were held, with the top two boats in each of the repechage heats going on to the A final. The remaining finishers in the repechages competed in the B final.
The A final determined the medals, along with other rankings through 6th place. The B final determined the remaining (7th through 10th) places.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSaturday, August 9, 2008 15:50-16:10 HeatsTuesday, August 12, 2008 17:20-17:40 RepechagesFriday, August 15, 2008 17:10-17:20 Final BSaturday, August 16, 2008 16:10-16:20 Final A
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1->FA, 2..->R
Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh7:24.47FA2Juliette Haigh, Nicky Coles7:31.45R3Wu You, Gao Yulan7:32.50R4Kim Crow, Sarah Cook7:44.04R5Zoë Hoskins, Sabrina KolkerBoat under weightR
Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Georgeta Andrunache, Viorica Susanu7:22.69FA2Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien7:28.66R3Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam 7:29.88R4Portia McGee, Anne Cummins7:29.95R5Inène Pascal-Pretre, Stéphanie Dechand7:42.92R
Repechages Qualification Rules: 1-2->FA, 3..->FB
Repechage 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Juliette Haigh, Nicky Coles7:32.64FA2Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam 7:34.54FA3Kim Crow, Sarah Cook7:38.48FB4Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand7:41.87FB
Repechage 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Wu You, Gao Yulan7:23.71FA2Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien7:27.02FA3Portia McGee, Anne Cummins7:32.26FB4Zoe Hoskins, Sabrina Kolker7:40.22FB
Final B RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Portia McGee, Anne Cummins7:33.17 2Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand7:36.25 3Zoe Hoskins, Sabrina Kolker7:37.27 4Kim Crow, Sarah Cook7:40.93
Final A RankRowersCountryTimeNotesGeorgeta Andrunache, Viorica Susanu7:20.60 Wu You, Gao Yulan7:22.28 Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh7:22.914Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien7:25.73 5Juliette Haigh, Nicky Coles7:28.806Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam 7:33.61
References
External links NYT Olympic Report