Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Regatta Centre
Date18–24 September
Competitors36 from 9 nations
Winning time6:19.58
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Meike Evers
Kerstin Kowalski
Manja Kowalski
Manuela Lutze
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guin Batten
Miriam Batten
Katherine Grainger
Gillian Lindsay
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oksana Dorodnova
Irina Fedotova
Yuliya Levina
Larisa Merk
 Russia
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Competition format edit

This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking.

With 9 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for "Final A". All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for "Final A". Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final B, which determines the last three places, from 7–9. The final ranking for this event was based on the order of finish. The top three teams earned Olympic medals for placing first, second, and third, while the remaining "Final A" teams placed fourth through sixth, according to their final finish.[1]

Schedule edit

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 September 2000 10:10 Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000 09:50 Repechages
Saturday, 23 September 2000 11:40 Final B
Sunday, 24 September 2000 09:30 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

The winner of each heat advanced to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk   Russia 6:31.77 Q
2 Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay   Great Britain 6:35.09 R
3 Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow   United States 6:42.12 R
4 Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia   China 6:49.84 R
5 Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu   Romania 6:52.01 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manja Kowalski, Manuela Lutze   Germany 6:25.98 Q
2 Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina   Ukraine 6:28.17 R
3 Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen   Denmark 6:35.39 R
4 Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson   Australia 6:47.01 R

Repechage edit

First two qualify to Final A, the remainder to final B.

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay   Great Britain 6:30.96 A
2 Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen   Denmark 6:35.76 A
3 Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia   China 6:52.47 B

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina   Ukraine 6:29.41 A
2 Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow   United States 6:34.63 A
3 Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson   Australia 6:42.22 B
4 Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu   Romania 6:50.34 B

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson   Australia 6:37.22
2 Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia   China 6:39.51
3 Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu   Romania 6:46.78

Final A edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manja Kowalski, Manuela Lutze   Germany 6:19.58
  Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay   Great Britain 6:21.64
  Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk   Russia 6:21.65
4 Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina   Ukraine 6:25.71
5 Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow   United States 6:30.26
6 Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen   Denmark 6:31.30

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

External links edit