Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

Women's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Tang Bin
Jin Ziwei
Xi Aihua
Zhang Yangyang		  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Annabel Vernon
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Katherine Grainger		  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Britta Oppelt
Manuela Lutze
Kathrin Boron
Stephanie Schiller		  Germany

Women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 10 and 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[1]

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 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.

During the first round two heats were held. The top boat in each heat advanced to the A final, while all others went to the repechage. A single repechage heat was held, with the top four boats moving on to the A final and the remaining two being sent to the B final.

The second and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings to the two remaining crews, giving them places of 7th and 8th.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Sunday, August 10, 2008'16:30-16:50Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 200816:50-17:00 Repechage
Saturday, August 16, 200815:00-15:10 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 200816:30-16:40 Final A

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 China (CHN)
Tang Bin
Xi Aihua
Jin Ziwei
Zhang Yangyang		  Great Britain (GBR)
Annabel Vernon
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Katherine Grainger		  Germany (GER)
Britta Oppelt
Manuela Lutze
Kathrin Boron
Stephanie Schiller

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1->FA, 2..->R

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Tang, Xi, Jin, Zhang  China 6:11.83 FA
2 Spiryukhova, Olefirenko, Lyal’chuk, Kolesnikova  Ukraine 6:17.84 R
3 de Jong, de Zwager, Hanson, Guloien  Canada 6:23.27 R
4 Kalinovskaya, Dorodnova, Merk, Levina  Russia 6:26.21 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Vernon, Flood, Houghton, Grainger  Great Britain 6:13.70 FA
2 Oppelt, Lutze, Boron, Schiller  Germany 6:15.26 R
3 Pernell, Meyer, Kaido, Shumway  United States 6:19.89 R
4 Ives, Hore, Uphill, Bradley  Australia 6:20.95 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-4->FA, 5..->FB

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Oppelt, Lutze, Boron, Schiller  Germany 6:36.17 FA
2 Pernell, Meyer, Kaido, Shumway  United States 6:39.53 FA
3 Ives, Hore, Uphill, Bradley  Australia 6:41.39 FA
4 Spiryukhova, Olefirenko, Lyal’chuk, Kolesnikova  Ukraine 6:41.45 FA
5 de Jong, de Zwager, Hanson, Guloien  Canada 6:46.60 FB
6 Kalinovskaya, Dorodnova, Merk, Levina  Russia 6:51.14 FB

Final B

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kalinovskaya, Dorodnova, Merk, Levina  Russia 6:28.10
2 de Jong, de Zwager, Hanson, Guloien  Canada 6:28.78

Final A

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
Tang, Xi, Jin, Zhang  China 6:16.06
Vernon, Flood, Houghton, Grainger  Great Britain 6:17.37
Oppelt, Lutze, Boron, Schiller  Germany 6:19.56
4 Spiryukhova, Olefirenko, Lialchuk, Kolesnikova  Ukraine 6:20.02
5 Pernell, Meyer, Kaido, Shumway  United States 6:25.86
6 Ives, Hore, Uphill, Bradley  Australia 6:30.05

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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