Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls explained

The women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 28 July to 2 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. 32 rowers from 16 nations competed.^[1] This event is not planned to return at the 2028 Summer Olympics, where it will instead be replaced by coastal rowing, in the form of the beach sprint rowing events.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3]

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Emily Craig Imogen Grant		7:04.20
2	6	Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou		7:08.51
3	1	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen		7:12.89
4	3	Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler		7:24.14
5	2	Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi		7:31.19
6	4	Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro		7:36.43

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Gianina Beleagă Ionela Cozmiuc		7:03.83
2	5	Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser		7:12.65
3	2	Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios		7:32.68
4	3	Mahsa Javer Zeinab Norouzi		7:35.97
5	1	Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi		7:39.17

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle		7:02.25
2	3	Claire Bové Laura Tarantola		7:03.22
3	2	Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt		7:09.45
4	5	Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna		7:11.14
5	1	Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping		7:39.17

Repechages

The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to Final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen		7:11.38
2	3	Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt		7:16.81
3	1	Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro		7:29.76
4	2	Mahsa Javer Zeinab Norouzi		7:35.56
5	5	Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping		7:42.66

Repechage 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna		7:16.26
2	4	Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler		7:17.77
3	1	Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi		7:25.21
4	3	Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios		7:28.58
5	5	Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi		7:31.14

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Emily Craig Imogen Grant		6:59.79
2	4	Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle		7:02.86
3	2	Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser		7:05.03
4	5	Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna		7:06.69
5	1	Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt		7:13.36
6	6	Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro		7:33.41

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Gianina Beleagă Ionela Cozmiuc		6:56.65
2	2	Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou		6:57.90
3	5	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen		6:59.72
4	4	Claire Bové Laura Tarantola		7:03.22
5	1	Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler		7:19.70
6	6	Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi		7:26.39

Finals

Final C

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
13	1	Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping		7:07.55
14	2	Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios		7:12.27
15	4	Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi		7:14.00
16	3	Mahsa Javer Zeinab Norouzi		7:14.32

Final B

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
7	3	Claire Bové Laura Tarantola		7:03.24
8	2	Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt		7:04.82
9	4	Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Wełna		7:08.47
10	5	Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler		7:10.02
11	1	Khadija Krimi Selma Dhaouadi		7:21.65
12	6	Sonia Baluzzo Chiaruzzo Evelyn Silvestro		7:25.86

Final A

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
	3	Emily Craig Imogen Grant		6:47.06
	4	Gianina Beleagă Ionela Cozmiuc		6:48.78
	2	Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou		6:49.28
4	5	Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle		6:51.65
5	1	Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen		6:54.57
6	6	Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser		6:55.60

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing . . 6 May 2021.
2. Web site: Rowing makes Olympic history with the inclusion of ‘Beach Sprints’ at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. 13 October 2021. World Rowing. 3 August 2024.
3. Web site: Records . . 28 July 2024 .