Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

Women's coxless pair at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	17 September – 23 September
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Winning time	7:11.00
Medalists
Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat  Romania Kate Slatter Rachael Taylor  Australia Karen Kraft Melissa Ryan  United States

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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

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

Competition format

This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists 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. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 10 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 four places, from 7–10. 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.

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 17 September 2000	09:50	Heats
Tuesday, 19 September 2000	09:50	Repechages
Friday, 22 September 2000	10:30	Final B
Saturday, 23 September 2000	09:10	Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat	Romania	7:16.22	Q
2	Karen Kraft Melissa Ryan	United States	7:18.74	R
3	Claudia Barth Lenka Wech	Germany	7:20.23	R
4	Yevheniya Andrieieva Nina Proskura	Ukraine	7:30.82	R
5	Marloes Bolman Femke Dekker	Netherlands	7:47.99	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond	South Africa	7:17.83	Q
2	Kate Slatter Rachael Taylor	Australia	7:20.69	R
3	Theresa Luke Emma Robinson	Canada	7:20.84	R
4	Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitaeva	Russia	7:22.69	R
5	Dot Blackie Cath Bishop	Great Britain	7:40.73	R

Repechage

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karen Kraft Melissa Ryan	United States	7:21.00	A
2	Theresa Luke Emma Robinson	Canada	7:24.69	A
3	Yevheniya Andrieieva Nina Proskura	Ukraine	7:31.11	B
4	Dot Blackie Cath Bishop	Great Britain	7:36.53	B

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kate Slatter Rachael Taylor	Australia	7:19.79	A
2	Claudia Barth Lenka Wech	Germany	7:20.12	A
3	Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitaeva	Russia	7:20.51	B
4	Marloes Bolman Femke Dekker	Netherlands	7:40.00	B

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitaeva	Russia	7:17.87
2	Yevheniya Andrieieva Nina Proskura	Ukraine	7:20.82
3	Dot Blackie Cath Bishop	Great Britain	7:26.95
4	Marloes Bolman Femke Dekker	Netherlands	7:27.22

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat	Romania	7:11.00
	Kate Slatter Rachael Taylor	Australia	7:12.56
	Karen Kraft Melissa Ryan	United States	7:13.00
4	Theresa Luke Emma Robinson	Canada	7:15.48
5	Helen Fleming Colleen Orsmond	South Africa	7:16.84
6	Claudia Barth Lenka Wech	Germany	7:20.08

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results