Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	24–29 July 2021
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	6:47.54
Medalists
Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini  Italy Laura Tarantola Claire Bové  France Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis  Netherlands

The women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.^[1] 36 rowers from 18 nations competed.^[2]

Schedule

The competition was held over six days.^[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 24 July 2021	10:20	Heats
Sunday, 25 July 2021	10:20	Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 2021	11:40	Semifinals A/B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021	9:00	Final B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021	10:10	Final A
Thursday, 29 July 2021	11:30	Final C*

^{* Event has been rescheduled.}

Results

Heats

The first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Laura Tarantola Claire Bové	France	7:03.47	Q
2	1	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:04.66	Q
3	6	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	7:05.30	R
4	3	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:08.66	R
5	4	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	7:17.67	R
6	5	Mutiara Rahma Putri Melani Putri	Indonesia	7:52.57	R

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	7:07.73	Q
2	1	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:11.30	Q
3	6	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:22.47	R
4	5	Lường Thị Thảo Đinh Thị Hảo	Vietnam	7:36.21	R
5	3	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:39.61	R
6	2	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:53.35	R

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:01.74	Q
2	5	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:03.29	Q
3	4	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	7:07.67	R
4	3	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:10.15	R
5	2	Valentina Cavallar Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:26.22	R
6	6	Milka Kraljev Evelyn Silvestro	Argentina	7:29.27	R

Repechage

The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while remaining crew to Final C.

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	7:21.25	Q
2	2	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:26.99	Q
3	3	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:34.45	Q
4	1	Milka Kraljev Evelyn Silvestro	Argentina	7:39.53	FC
5	5	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:54.95	FC
6	6	Mutiara Rahma Putri Melani Putri	Indonesia	8:03.19	FC

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:22.02	Q
2	3	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	7:22.72	Q
3	5	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	7:23.46	Q
4	1	Valentina Cavallar Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:42.31	FC
5	2	Lường Thị Thảo Đinh Thị Hảo	Vietnam	7:53.69	FC
6	6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	8:13.27	FC

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:41.99	FA
2	3	Laura Tarantola Claire Bové	France	6:42.92	FA
3	4	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:43.85	FA
4	2	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	6:48.92	FB
5	1	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	6:49.24	FB
6	6	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	6:54.78	FB

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	6:41.36 WB	FA
2	5	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	6:41.54	FA
3	3	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:42.08	FA
4	1	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	6:45.23	FB
5	6	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	6:56.52	FB
6	2	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:00.82	FB

Finals

Final C

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
13	3	Milka Kraljev Evelyn Silvestro	Argentina	7:05.82
14	4	Valentina Cavallar Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:15.25
15	2	Lường Thị Thảo Đinh Thị Hảo	Vietnam	7:19.05
16	5	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Tunisia	7:22.25
17	1	Mutiara Rahma Putri Melani Putri	Indonesia	7:25.06
18	6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:27.51

Final B

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
7	3	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	6:49.16
8	5	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Ireland	6:49.90
9	4	Anastasia Lebedeva Maria Botalova	ROC	6:51.65
10	2	Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Japan	6:54.94
11	6	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman	Belarus	6:57.84
12	1	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	6:59.72

Final A

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	6:47.54
	2	Laura Tarantola Claire Bové	France	6:47.68
	1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:48.03
4	3	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:48.04
5	5	Mary Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States	6:48.54
6	6	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:49.40

References

1. "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. "Rowing - Heat Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.