The women's double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.

Background

This was the 12th appearance of the event, which has been held every year since women's rowing was introduced in 1976.

The reigning Olympic medalists were Poland, Great Britain, and Lithuania. Lithuania was the only team to qualify.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was limited to a single boat in the event. There were 13 qualifying places in the women's single sculls:

11 from the 2019 World Championship 2 from the final qualification regatta

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for rowing.

Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two 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. The competition consists of multiple rounds. The competition continues to use the three-round format. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.

During the first round three heats were held. The first three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with the others relegated to the repechage.

The repechage offered rowers a second chance to qualify for the semifinals. Placing in the repechage determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in the repechage moved on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats eliminated.

Two semifinal heats were held, each with 6 boats. The top three boats from each heat advanced to Final A and competed for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.

The third and final round is the finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th, while the B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.

Schedule

The competition was held over six days.

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round Friday, 23 July 2021 11:00 Heats Saturday, 24 July 2021 9:00 Repechage Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:20 Semifinals A/B Wednesday, 28 July 2021 8:10 Final B Wednesday, 28 July 2021 9:18 Final A

Results Heats The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage. Heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Brooke DonoghueHannah Osborne 6:53.62 21 Kristina WagnerGenevra Stone 6:55.65 34 Helene LefebvreElodie Ravera-Scaramozzino 6:57.83 42 Shuangmei ShenXiaoxin Liu 7:03.78 55 Kristyna FleissnerovaLenka Antosova 7:05.56

Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Nicoleta-Ancuța BodnarSimona Radis 6:49.79 24 Gabrielle SmithJessica Sevick 6:57.69 31 Alessandra PatelliChiara Ondoli 6:59.58 42 Ekaterina PitirimovaEkaterina Kurochkina 7:03.96

Heat 3 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Roos de JongLisa Scheenaard 6:49.90 23 Donata KaralienėMilda Valciukaite 6:50.38 31 Amanda BatemanTara Rigney 6:53.30 42 Annekatrin ThieleLeonie Menzel 6:59.61

Repechage The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Ekaterina PitirimovaEkaterina Kurochkina 7:13.77 22 Annekatrin ThieleLeonie Menzel 7:14.92 33 Kristyna FleissnerovaLenka Antosova 7:16.96 41 Shuangmei ShenXiaoxin Liu 7:21.93 Semifinals

The first three of each heat qualify to the Final A, other to Final B

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Nicoleta-Ancuța BodnarSimona Radis 7:04.31 25 Brooke DonoghueHannah Osborne 7:09.05 32 Donata KaralienėMilda Valciukaite 7:11.29 44 Alessandra PatelliChiara Ondoli 7:19.25 56 Kristyna FleissnerovaLenka Antosova 7:24.22 61 Ekaterina PitirimovaEkaterina Kurochkina 7:24.37

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Roos de JongLisa Scheenaard 7:08.09 22 Gabrielle SmithJessica Sevick 7:09.44 34 Kristina WagnerGenevra Stone 7:11.14 41 Helene LefebvreElodie Ravera-Scaramozzino 7:12.68 55 Amanda BatemanTara Rigney 7:15.25 66 Annekatrin ThieleLeonie Menzel 7:20.44 Finals Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes72 Amanda BatemanTara Rigney 6:57.7183 Helene LefebvreElodie Ravera-Scaramozzino 6:58.5294 Alessandra PatelliChiara Ondoli 6:58.88105 Kristyna FleissnerovaLenka Antosova 6:59.19111 Annekatrin ThieleLeonie Menzel 7:01.21126 Ekaterina PitirimovaEkaterina Kurochkina 7:01.83

Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes4 Nicoleta-Ancuța BodnarSimona Radiș 6:41.035 Brooke DonoghueHannah Osborne 6:44.823 Roos de JongLisa Scheenaard 6:45.7341 Donata KaralienėMilda Valciukaite 6:47.4456 Kristina WagnerGenevra Stone 6:52.9862 Gabrielle SmithJessica Sevick 6:53.19

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