Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Mixed double sculls

The mixed double sculls rowing competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 to 11 September at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[1] The event was competed by Category TA rowers, propelling boats by use of trunk & arms only. Each crew consisted of one man & one woman.

Mixed double sculls
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Rowing
VenueShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates9–11 September
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhou Yangjing
Shan Zilong
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John MacLean
Kathryn Ross
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josiane Lima
Elton Santana
 Brazil
2012

Winners of two heats qualified for the A Final. The remainder rowed in two repechage heats, with the first two in each qualifying for the A Final, the remainder rowing in the B Final.

The event was won by Zhou Yangjing and Shan Zilong, representing  China. [2]

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rowed 9 September at 16:20.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Zhou Yangjing
Shan Zilong
  China 4:14.67
2 John MacLean
Kathryn Ross
  Australia 4:18.66
3 Sergii Dereza
Iryna Kyrychenko
  Ukraine 4:27.50
4 Angela Madsen
William Brown
  United States 4:29.69
5 Harald Wimmer
Siglind Koehler
  Germany 4:44.67
6 Caitlin Renneson
Wilfredo More Wilson
  Canada 4:50.54

Heat 2 edit

Rowed 9 September at 16:40.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Josiane Lima
Elton Santana
  Brazil 4:18.45
2 Daniele Stefanoni
Stefania Toscano
  Italy 4:23.36
3 Karen Cromie
James Roberts
  Great Britain 4:25.73
4 Piotr Majka
Jolanta Pawlak
  Poland 4:29.14
5 Igor Kogan
Mari Kogan
  Israel 4:43.53
6 Miho Hamada
Megumi Matsumoto
  Japan 4:52.96

Repechage edit

Heat 1 edit

Rowed 10 September at 16:20.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 John MacLean
Kathryn Ross
  Australia 4:31.24
2 Karen Cromie
James Roberts
  Great Britain 4:41.74
3 Angela Madsen
William Brown
  United States 4:42.64
4 Igor Kogan
Mari Kogan
  Israel 5:03.38
5 Caitlin Renneson
Wilfredo More Wilson
  Canada 5:12.47

Heat 2 edit

Rowed 10 September at 16:40.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Daniele Stefanoni
Stefania Toscano
  Italy 4:35.24
2 Piotr Majka
Jolanta Pawlak
  Poland 4:37.90
3 Sergii Dereza
Iryna Kyrychenko
  Ukraine 4:38.90
4 Harald Wimmer
Siglind Koehler
  Germany 4:59.69
5 Miho Hamada
Megumi Matsumoto
  Japan 5:09.86

Final Round edit

Final B edit

Rowed 11 September at 15:40.

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Angela Madsen
William Brown
  United States 4:30.33
2 Sergii Dereza
Iryna Kyrychenko
  Ukraine 4:37.78
3 Harald Wimmer
Siglind Koehler
  Germany 4:49.05
4 Igor Kogan
Mari Kogan
  Israel 4:50.43
5 Caitlin Renneson
Wilfredo More Wilson
  Canada 4:54.08
6 Miho Hamada
Megumi Matsumoto
  Japan 5:01.30

Final A edit

Rowed 11 September at 17:00.

Rank Rower Country Time
  Zhou Yangjing
Shan Zilong
  China 4:20.69
  John MacLean
Kathryn Ross
  Australia 4:21.58
  Josiane Lima
Elton Santana
  Brazil 4:28.36
4 Daniele Stefanoni
Stefania Toscano
  Italy 4:32.30
5 Karen Cromie
James Roberts
  Great Britain 4:32.52
6 Piotr Majka
Jolanta Pawlak
  Poland 4:35.08

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedules and Results - Rowing". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Mixed double sculls". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2012.