Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

Women's coxless pair at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	6–11 August 2016
Competitors	30 from 15 nations
Winning time	7:18.29
Medalists
Helen Glover Heather Stanning   Great Britain   Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown   New Zealand   Hedvig Rasmussen Anne Andersen   Denmark

Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Events
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

The women's coxless pair competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.^[1]

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	Great Britain	7:05.05	SA/B
2	Hedvig Rasmussen Anne Andersen	Denmark	7:05.28	SA/B
3	Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand	Germany	7:17.98	SA/B
4	Jennifer Martins Nicole Hare	Canada	7:22.99	R
5	Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers	Netherlands	7.23.10	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown	New Zealand	7:09.23	SA/B
2	Lee-Ann Persse Kate Christowitz	South Africa	7:11.29	SA/B
3	Zhang Min Miao Tian	China	7:15.66	SA/B
4	Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:26.28	R
5	Alena Furman Ina Nikulina	Belarus	7.35.23	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felice Mueller Grace Luczak	United States	7:05.14	SA/B
2	Anna Boada Aina Cid	Spain	7:12.00	SA/B
3	Anna Wierzbowska Maria Wierzbowska	Poland	7:12.82	SA/B
4	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:13.06	R
5	Madalina Bereș Laura Oprea	Romania	7.18.16	R

Repechage

First three of heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to Final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Madalina Bereș Laura Oprea	Romania	7:55.25	SA/B
2	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:58.89	SA/B
3	Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:59.44	SA/B
4	Jennifer Martins Nicole Hare	Canada	8:01.09	FC
5	Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers	Netherlands	8:03.07	FC
6	Alena Furman Ina Nikulina	Belarus	8:07.16	FC

Semifinal

First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	Great Britain	7:18.69	FA
2	Felice Mueller Grace Luczak	United States	7:20.93	FA
3	Lee-Ann Persse Kate Christowitz	South Africa	7:24.03	FA
4	Madalina Bereș Laura Oprea	Romania	7:29.20	FB
5	Anna Wierzbowska Maria Wierzbowska	Poland	7:39.12	FB
6	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:45.44	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hedvig Rasmussen Anne Andersen	Denmark	7:27.56	FA
2	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown	New Zealand	7:29.67	FA
3	Anna Boada Aina Cid	Spain	7:30.79	FA
4	Zhang Min Miao Tian	China	7:30.90	FB
5	Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand	Germany	7:39.79	FB
6	Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:44.81	FB

Finals

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers	Netherlands	8:23.61
2	Jennifer Martins Nicole Hare	Canada	8:26.03
3	Alena Furman Ina Nikulina	Belarus	8:32.54

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Min Miao Tian	China	7:17.12
2	Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand	Germany	7:18.57
3	Madalina Bereș Laura Oprea	Romania	7:19.63
4	Anna Wierzbowska Maria Wierzbowska	Poland	7:21.53
5	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:24.51
6	Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:26.55

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	Great Britain	7:18.29
02 !	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown	New Zealand	7:19.53
03 !	Hedvig Rasmussen Anne Andersen	Denmark	7:20.71
4	Felice Mueller Grace Luczak	United States	7:24.77
5	Lee-Ann Persse Kate Christowitz	South Africa	7:28.50
6	Anna Boada Aina Cid	Spain	7:35.22

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