The women's quadruple 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 quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four 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 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.
With 9 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 three places, from 7–9. 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 RoundMonday, 18 September 2000 10:10HeatsWednesday, 20 September 2000 09:50RepechagesSaturday, 23 September 2000 11:40Final BSunday, 24 September 2000 09:30Final
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk6:31.77Q 2Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay6:35.09R3Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow6:42.12R4Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia6:49.84R5Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu6:52.01R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manja Kowalski, Manuela Lutze6:25.98Q 2Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina6:28.17R3Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen6:35.39R4Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson6:47.01R
Repechage First two qualify to Final A, the remainder to final B.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay6:30.96A2Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen6:35.76A3Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia6:52.47B
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina6:29.41A2Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow6:34.63A3Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson6:42.22B4Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu6:50.34B
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson6:37.22 2Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia6:39.51 3Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu6:46.78
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesMeike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manja Kowalski, Manuela Lutze6:19.58 Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay6:21.64 Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk6:21.65 4Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina6:25.71 5Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow6:30.26 6Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen6:31.30
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results