Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Women's lightweight double sculls; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	8–12 August 2016
Competitors	40 from 20 nations
Winning time	7:04.73
Medalists
	← 2012 2020 →

The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 8–12 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.^[1]

The medals for the competition were presented by Poul-Erik Høyer, Denmark, a member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Tricia Smith, Canada, Vice President of the International Rowing Federation.

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong	China	7:00.13	SA/B
2	Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:01.84	SA/B
3	Devery Karz Kathleen Bertko	United States	7:07.37	R
4	Laura Milani Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:09.12	R
5	Charlotte Taylor Katherine Copeland	Great Britain	7:10.25	R

Heat 2[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ilse Paulis Maaike Head	Netherlands	6:57.28	SA/B
2	Sophie MacKenzie Julia Edward	New Zealand	7:02.01	SA/B
3	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:07.29	R
4	Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:15.75	R
5	Tạ Thanh Huyền Hồ Thị Lý	Vietnam	7:29.91	R

Heat 3[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	7:07.37	SA/B
2	Claire Lambe Sinéad Lynch	Ireland	7:10.91	SA/B
3	Vanessa Cozzi Fernanda Ferreira	Brazil	7:20.79	R
4	Yislena Hernández Licet Hernández	Cuba	7:26.43	R
5	Khadija Krimi Nour El-Houda Ettaieb	Tunisia	7:43.33	R

Heat 4[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee	Canada	7:03.51	SA/B
2	Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikołajczak	Poland	7:05.02	SA/B
3	Fini Sturm Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	7:11.08	R
4	Josefa Vila Melita Abraham	Chile	7:20.63	R
5	Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	7:29.87	R

Repechage[edit]

First two of each heat qualify to the semifinals A/B, remainder goes to the semifinals C/D.

Repechage 1[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Devery Karz Kathleen Bertko	United States	7:58.90	SA/B
2	Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita	Japan	8:00.50	SA/B
3	Charlotte Taylor Katherine Copeland	Great Britain	8:05.70	SC/D
4	Josefa Vila Melita Abraham	Chile	8:11.97	SC/D
5	Vanessa Cozzi Fernanda Ferreira	Brazil	8:15.53	SC/D
6	Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	8:20.96	SC/D

Repechage 2[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	8:00.47	SA/B
2	Fini Sturm Marie-Louise Dräger	Germany	8:02.28	SA/B
3	Laura Milani Valentina Rodini	Italy	8:03.03	SC/D
4	Tạ Thanh Huyền Hồ Thị Lý	Vietnam	8:19.79	SC/D
5	Yislena Hernández Licet Hernández	Cuba	8:22.05	SC/D
6	Khadija Krimi Nour El-Houda Ettaieb	Tunisia	8:33.49	SC/D

Semifinals C/D[edit]

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

Semifinal C/D 1[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Charlotte Taylor Katherine Copeland	Great Britain	7:59.11	FC
2	Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man	Hong Kong	8:14.17	FC
3	Tạ Thanh Huyền Hồ Thị Lý	Vietnam	8:18.47	FC
4	Yislena Hernández Licet Hernández	Cuba	8:27.44	FD

Semifinal C/D 2[edit]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Milani Valentina Rodini	Italy	8:11.21	FC
2	Vanessa Cozzi Fernanda Ferreira	Brazil	8:14.06	FC
3	Josefa Vila Melita Abraham	Chile	8:20.26	FC
4	Khadija Krimi Nour El-Houda Ettaieb	Tunisia	8:29.45	FD

Semifinals A/B[edit]

Semifinals A/B 1[edit]

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	7:19.09	FA
2	Sophie MacKenzie Julia Edward	New Zealand	7:19.27	FA
3	Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong	China	7:20.94	FA
4	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:21.38	FB
5	Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikołajczak	Poland	7:22.06	FB
6	Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita	Japan	7:46.41	FB

Semifinals A/B 2[edit]