Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.^[1] 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.^[2]

Women's coxless pair at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	24–29 July 2021
Competitors	26 from 13 nations
Winning time	6:50.19
Medalists
Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler  New Zealand Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia  ROC Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens  Canada
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Schedule

The competition was held over six days.^[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 24 July 2021	9:20	Heats
Sunday, 25 July 2021	9:50	Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 2021	12:20	Semifinals A/B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021	8:40	Final B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021	9:30	Final A

^{* Event has been rescheduled.}

Results

Heats

The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	Canada	7:18.34	Q
2	2	Adriana Ailincăi Iuliana Buhuș	Romania	7:20.36	Q
3	3	Kiri Tontodonati Aisha Rocek	Italy	7:22.79	Q
4	1	Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser	United States	7:26.95	R
5	5	Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou	Greece	7:33.94	R

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre	Australia	7:21.75	Q
2	1	Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia	ROC	7:23.39	Q
3	2	Helen Glover Polly Swann	Great Britain	7:23.98	Q
4	4	Huang Kaifeng Liu Jinchao	China	7:45.55	R

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	New Zealand	7:19.08	Q
2	3	Hedvig Rasmussen Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:22.86	Q
3	1	Aina Cid Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	7:23.14	Q
4	4	Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska	Ireland	7:24.71	R

Repechage

The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou	Greece	7:28.00	Q
2	1	Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser	United States	7:29.87	Q
3	2	Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska	Ireland	7:31.99	Q
4	3	Huang Kaifeng Liu Jinchao	China	7:45.17

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou	Greece	6:48.70 WB	FA
2	2	Helen Glover Polly Swann	Great Britain	6:49.39	FA
3	3	Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	Canada	6:49.46	FA
4	4	Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre	Australia	6:49.82	FB
5	1	Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska	Ireland	7:06.07	FB
6	5	Hedvig Rasmussen Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	7:08.44	FB

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	New Zealand	6:47.41 WB	FA,
2	5	Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia	ROC	6:50.24	FA
3	6	Aina Cid Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	6:50.63	FA
4	3	Adriana Ailincăi Iuliana Buhuș	Romania	6:58.55	FB
5	1	Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser	United States	7:02.52	FB
6	2	Kiri Tontodonati Aisha Rocek	Italy	7:04.52	FB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
7	3	Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre	Australia	6:56.46
8	6	Hedvig Rasmussen Fie Udby Erichsen	Denmark	6:59.48
9	4	Adriana Ailincăi Iuliana Buhuș	Romania	7:01.02
10	2	Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser	United States	7:02.16
11	5	Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska	Ireland	7:02.22
12	1	Kiri Tontodonati Aisha Rocek	Italy	7:04.46

Final A

Rank	Lane	Rower	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	New Zealand	6:50.19
	5	Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia	ROC	6:51.45
	1	Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	Canada	6:52.10
4	2	Helen Glover Polly Swann	Great Britain	6:54.96
5	3	Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou	Greece	6:57.11
6	6	Aina Cid Virginia Díaz Rivas	Spain	7:00.05