Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

Women's quadruple sculls at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Ukrainian team celebrating with their gold medals
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	28 July – 3 August
Competitors	32 from 8 nations
Winning time	6:35.93
Medalists
Kateryna Tarasenko Nataliya Dovhodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yana Dementyeva  Ukraine Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Julia Richter Britta Oppelt  Germany Natalie Dell Kara Kohler Megan Kalmoe Adrienne Martelli  United States

The Women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.^[1][2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012	09:50	Heats
Monday, 30 July 2012	09:40	Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	10:20	Final B
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	12:10	Final

Results

Heats

First team of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thiele, Bär, Richter, Oppelt	Germany	6:13.62	Q
2	Dell, Kohler, Kalmoe, Martelli	United States	6:15.76	R
3	Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj	Poland	6:21.44	R
4	Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang	China	6:24.32	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva	Ukraine	6:14.82	Q
2	Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay	Australia	6:17.52	R
3	Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane	New Zealand	6:20.22	R
4	Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford	Great Britain	6:20.71	R

Repechage

First four qualify to the final.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay	Australia	6:18.80	Q
2	Dell, Kohler, Kalmoe, Martelli	United States	6:19.49	Q
3	Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford	Great Britain	6:21.65	Q
4	Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang	China	6:21.98	Q
5	Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj	Poland	6:23.19
6	Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane	New Zealand	6:48.71	"caught a crab"[3]

Finals

Note: Strong headwinds

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane	New Zealand	6:56.46
2	Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj	Poland	6:57.20

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva	Ukraine	6:35.93
	Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Richter, Britta Oppelt	Germany	6:38.09
	Natalie Dell, Kara Kohler, Megan Kalmoe, Adrienne Martelli	United States	6:40.63
4	Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay	Australia	6:41.67
5	Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang	China	6:44.19
6	Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford	Great Britain	6:51.54

References

1. "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
2. "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
3. Olympics: Malfunction costs NZ rowers