Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

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

Women's coxless pair at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Winners on the podium (from left): Scown and Haigh (NZL), Stanning and Glover (GBR), Tait and Hornsey (AUS)
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	28 July – 1 August
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Winning time	7:27.13
Medalists
Helen Glover Heather Stanning  Great Britain Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait  Australia Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown  New Zealand

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012	09:30	Heats
Monday, 30 July 2012	09:30	Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	10:10	Final B
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	11:50	Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	Great Britain	6:57.29	Q Olympic record
2	Sara Hendershot Sarah Zelenka	United States	6:59.29	Q
3	Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Romania	7:05.39	R
4	Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig	Germany	7:10.28	R
5	Maria Laura Abalo Gabriela Best	Argentina	7:12.17	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait	Australia	7:01.60	Q
2	Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown	New Zealand	7:06.93	Q
3	Zhang Yage Gao Yulan	China	7:13.38	R
4	Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse	South Africa	7:14.31	R
5	Claudia Wurzel Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:21.44	R

Repechage

First two qualify to the final.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Romania	7:08.42	Q
2	Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig	Germany	7:10.42	Q
3	Zhang Yage Gao Yulan	China	7:15.18
4	Claudia Wurzel Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:18.14
5	Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse	South Africa	7:18.96
6	Maria Laura Abalo Gabriela Best	Argentina	7:20.94

Finals

Note: Strong headwinds

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Yage Gao Yulan	China	7:55.18
2	Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse	South Africa	7:56.40
3	Maria Laura Abalo Gabriela Best	Argentina	8:03.53
4	Claudia Wurzel Sara Bertolasi	Italy	8:06.14

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	Great Britain	7:27.13
	Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait	Australia	7:29.86
	Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown	New Zealand	7:30.19
4	Sara Hendershot Sarah Zelenka	United States	7:30.39
5	Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Romania	7:37.67
6	Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig	Germany	7:42.06

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 Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.