| Women's double sculls at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6–11 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7:40.10 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| 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 | |
Thewomen's double sculls competition at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at theLagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1]
The medals for the competition were presented byNenad Lalović,Serbia, member of theInternational Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Lenka Dientsbach-Wech,Germany, Member of the Executive Committee of theInternational Rowing Federation.
First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donata Vištartaitė Milda Valčiukaitė |  Lithuania | 7:04.82 | SF |
| 2 | Victoria Thornley Katherine Grainger |  Great Britain | 7:05.32 | SF |
| 3 | Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino |  France | 7:05.65 | SF |
| 4 | Marie-Cathérine Arnold Mareike Adams |  Germany | 7:13.49 | R |
| 5 | Lisbet Jakobsen Nina Hollensen |  Denmark | 7:18.92 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska Natalia Madaj |  Poland | 7:16.16 | SF |
| 2 | Lü Yang Zhu Weiwei |  China | 7:25.19 | SF |
| 3 | Yuliya Bichyk Tatsiana Kukhta |  Belarus | 7:27.22 | SF |
| 4 | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek |  United States | 7:46.92 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson |  New Zealand | 7:14.31 | SF |
| 2 | Sally Kehoe Genevieve Horton |  Australia | 7:17.34 | SF |
| 3 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki |  Greece | 7:20.64 | SF |
| 4 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová |  Czech Republic | 7:35.85 | R |
First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-Cathérine Arnold Mareike Adams | Germany | 7:00.54 | SF |
| 2 | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek | United States | 7:00.60 | SF |
| 3 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 7:03.68 | SF |
| 4 | Lisbet Jakobsen Nina Hollensen | Denmark | 7:04.35 |
First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | Greece | 6:51.99 | FA |
| 2 | Donata Vištartaitė Milda Valčiukaitė | Lithuania | 6:52.46 | FA |
| 3 | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek | United States | 6:52.92 | FA |
| 4 | Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson | New Zealand | 6:52.97 | FB |
| 5 | Marie-Cathérine Arnold Mareike Adams | Germany | 6:58.70 | FB |
| 6 | Lü Yang Zhu Weiwei | China | 7:05.31 | FB |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska Natalia Madaj | Poland | 6:50.63 | FA |
| 2 | Victoria Thornley Katherine Grainger | Great Britain | 6:52.47 | FA |
| 3 | Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | France | 6:54.34 | FA |
| 4 | Sally Kehoe Genevieve Horton | Australia | 6:55.37 | FB |
| 5 | Yuliya Bichyk Tatsiana Kukhta | Belarus | 6:57.64 | FB |
| 6 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 7:03.79 | FB |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-Cathérine Arnold Mareike Adams | Germany | 7:39.82 | |
| 2 | Yuliya Bichyk Tatsiana Kukhta | Belarus | 7:40.48 | |
| 3 | Sally Kehoe Genevieve Horton | Australia | 7:42.30 | |
| 4 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 7:43.77 | |
| 5 | Lü Yang Zhu Weiwei | China | 7:45.68 | |
| 6 | Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson | New Zealand | 7:50.74 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska Natalia Madaj | Poland | 7:40.10 | |
 | Victoria Thornley Katherine Grainger | Great Britain | 7:41.05 | |
 | Donata Vištartaitė Milda Valčiukaitė | Lithuania | 7:43.76 | |
| 4 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | Greece | 7:48.62 | |
| 5 | Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | France | 7:52.03 | |
| 6 | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek | United States | 8:06.18 |
