The women's double sculls competition during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Competition format This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that each 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 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.
With 10 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for "Final A". All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for "Final A". Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final B, which determines the last four places, from 7–10. The final ranking for this event was based on the order of finish. The top three teams earned Olympic medals for placing first, second, and third, while the remaining "Final A" teams placed fourth through sixth, according to their final finish.
Schedule All times are Australian Time (UTC+10) Date Time RoundSunday, 17 September 2000 10:40HeatsTuesday, 19 September 2000 10:20RepechagesFriday, 22 September 2000 10:50Final BSaturday, 23 September 2000 09:50Final
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Kathrin BoronJana Thieme7:04.74Q 2Pieta van DishoeckEeke van Nes7:10.55R3Ruth DavidonCarol Skricki7:15.48R4Marina HatzakisBronwyn Roye7:18.40R5Frances HoughtonSarah Winckless7:24.07R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Veronica Cogeanu-CochelaElisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă7:08.70Q 2Kristina PoplavskajaBirutė Šakickienė7:13.04R3Gaëlle BunietCéline Garcia7:15.39R4Carolina LüthiBernadette Wicki7:16.94R5Liu LinSun Guangxia7:33.17R
Repechage First two qualify to Final A, the remainder to final B.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Pieta van DishoeckEeke van Nes7:08.98A2Marina HatzakisBronwyn Roye7:10.09A3Gaëlle BunietCéline Garcia7:10.98B4Liu LinSun Guangxia7:32.36B
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Kristina PoplavskajaBirutė Šakickienė7:08.18A2Ruth DavidonCarol Skricki7:08.99A3Frances HoughtonSarah Winckless7:14.03B4Carolina LüthiBernadette Wicki7:15.09B
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Carolina LüthiBernadette Wicki7:02.82 2Gaëlle BunietCéline Garcia7:04.73 3Frances HoughtonSarah Winckless7:07.62 4Liu LinSun Guangxia7:23.74
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesKathrin BoronJana Thieme6:55.44 Pieta van DishoeckEeke van Nes7:00.36 Kristina PoplavskajaBirutė Šakickienė7:01.71 4Ruth DavidonCarol Skricki7:02.61 5Veronica Cogeanu-CochelaElisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă7:05.05 6Marina HatzakisBronwyn Roye7:05.35
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results