Women's double sculls competition at the

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in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the

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. This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of 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 directly to the A final, with all others going to the repechage. The two repechage heats filled out the rest of the finals, with the best two boats in each repechage heat advancing to the A final and the remaining two boats in each repechage going to the B final. 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 the rest of the rankings, through 10th place. In the A Final, Georgina and

Caroline Evers-Swindell Caroline Frances Meyer (née Evers-Swindell, born 10 October 1978), is a New Zealand former rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Georgina Evers-Swindell. In November 2005 she and her sister were named ''Rowi ...

of New Zealand defended their double sculls gold medal from the

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in a highly competitive race which saw them beat the

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crew by just 1/100 of a second (7:07.32 versus 7:07.33), and the third-placing British crew by just 0.23 seconds. This was the first time in Olympic history that the Women's Double Sculls title had been successfully defended

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+8)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Heat 2

Repechages

*''Qualification Rules: 1-2> FA, 3..-> FB''

Repechage 1

Repechage 2

Final B

Final A

References

External links

NYT Olympic Report
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