The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the 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 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. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.
The competition consisted 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 18 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13–18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Meanwhile, unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B must proceed to final B, which determines places 7–12.
Schedule All times are Australian Time (UTC+10) Date Time RoundMonday, 18 September 2000 08:30HeatsWednesday, 20 September 2000 08:30RepechagesFriday, 22 September 2000 08:30SemifinalsSaturday, 23 September 2000 11:10Final BSaturday, 23 September 2000 12:10Final CSunday, 24 September 2000 08:30Final
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Claudia BlasbergValerie Viehoff7:11.27Q 2Christelle Fernandez-SchulteBénédicte Luzuy7:16.53R3Ou ShaoyanYu Hua7:21.55R4Akiko IwamotoAyako Yoshida7:27.12R5María MontoyaAna Sofía Soberanes7:36.51R6Im Jin-myeongMun Hae-yeong8:00.45R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Christine CollinsSarah Garner7:09.99Q 2Virginia LeeSally Newmarch7:11.11R3Marit van EupenKirsten van der Kolk7:18.04R4Tracy DuncanFiona Milne7:20.60R5Viktoriya DimitrovaMargarita Petrova7:22.51R6Marlenis MesaDailin Taset7:38.26R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Angela AlupeiConstanța Burcică7:16.65Q 2Kim PluggePia Vogel7:21.43 R3Chrysi BiskitziAngeliki Gremou7:23.89R4Elżbieta KuncewiczIlona Mokronowska7:28.99R5María GarisoainMarisa Peguri7:30.74R6Anna AlliquanderMónika Remsei7:31.05R
Repechage First three qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marit van EupenKirsten van der Kolk7:10.46A/B 2Christelle Fernandez-SchulteBenedicte Luzuy7:11.46A/B3Elżbieta KuncewiczIlona Mokronowska7:20.87A/B4Marlenis MesaDailin Taset7:29.10C5María MontoyaAna Sofía Soberanes7:33.58C
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Virginia LeeSally Newmarch7:14.08A/B 2Chrysi BiskitziAngeliki Gremou7:17.38A/B3Viktoriya DimitrovaMargarita Petrova7:18.90A/B4Anna AlliquanderMónika Remsei7:20.21C5Akiko IwamotoAyako Yoshida7:23.36C
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Kim PluggePia Vogel7:12.99A/B 2Tracy DuncanFiona Milne7:18.83A/B3Ou ShaoyanYu Hua7:21.00A/B4María GarisoainMarisa Peguri7:28.19C5Im Jin-myeongMun Hae-yeong7:55.74C
Semifinals First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Angela AlupeiConstanța Burcică6:59.85A 2Claudia BlasbergValerie Viehoff7:02.46A3Virginia LeeSally Newmarch7:06.58A4Christelle Fernandez-SchulteBenedicte Luzuy7:09.32B5Tracy DuncanFiona Milne7:14.58B6Viktoriya DimitrovaMargarita Petrova7:22.47B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Christine CollinsSarah Garner7:04.86A 2Marit van EupenKirsten van der Kolk7:07.16A3Kim PluggePia Vogel7:07.22A4Elżbieta KuncewiczIlona Mokronowska7:08.73B5Ou ShaoyanYu Hua7:18.60B6Chrysi BiskitziAngeliki Gremou7:21.88B
Final C RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Anna AlliquanderMónika Remsei7:13.22 2Akiko IwamotoAyako Yoshida7:15.01 3Marlenis MesaDailin Taset7:19.63 4María MontoyaAna Sofía Soberanes7:25.00 5Im Jin-myeongMun Hae-yeong7:42.07 —María GarisoainMarisa PeguriDNS
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Christelle Fernandez-SchulteBenedicte Luzuy7:10.70 2Elżbieta KuncewiczIlona Mokronowska7:12.76 3Tracy DuncanFiona Milne7:13.76 4Ou ShaoyanYu Hua7:15.31 5Chrysi BiskitziAngeliki Gremou7:17.11 6Viktoriya DimitrovaMargarita Petrova7:17.64
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesAngela AlupeiConstanța Burcică7:02.64 Claudia BlasbergValerie Viehoff7:02.95 Christine CollinsSarah Garner7:06.37 4Virginia LeeSally Newmarch7:12.04 5Kim PluggePia Vogel7:15.57 6Marit van EupenKirsten van der Kolk7:17.89
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results