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Double Sculls, Women

Date	14 – 21 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kopelatodramio Skhoinia, Schinias National Park
Participants	20 from 10 countries

Twin sisters Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell had won the women’s double sculls at the last two World Championships and been runners-up in 2001, making them the favorites in the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the opening round they defeated Sarah Winckless and Elise Laverick of Great Britain by over four seconds and posted a faster time than the other heat winners, Peggy Waleska and Britta Oppelt of Germany, the latter of whom was one half of the reigning World Championship runners-up. The Germans offered the Australians a challenge in the final, but the latter still captured gold by a margin of nearly a second. The Germans thus took silver and it was almost another five seconds before another pair, the Britons, crossed the finish line to capture bronze. Winckless and Laverick, meanwhile, were over six seconds ahead of Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann and Miglena Markova of Belgium.

Pos	Pair	NOC
1	Georgina Evers-Swindell / Caroline Evers-Swindell	NZL	Gold
2	Peggy Waleska / Britta Oppelt	GER	Silver
3	Sarah Winckless / Elise Laverick	GBR	Bronze
4	Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann / Miglena Markova	BUL
5	Camelia Mihalcea / Simona Strimbeschi	ROU
6	Nataliya Huba / Svitlana Maziy	UKR
7	Caroline Delas / Gaëlle Buniet	FRA
8	Elisabetta Sancassani / Gabriella Bascelli	ITA
9	Donna Martin / Jane Robinson	AUS
10	Olga Samulenkova / Yuliya Kalinovskaya	RUS

Round One

Date	14 August 2004
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Georgina Evers-Swindell / Caroline Evers-Swindell	NZL	7:25.57	1:44.27 (1)	3:35.93 (1)	5:30.06 (1)	1:51.66 (1)	1:54.13 (2)	1:55.51 (2)	Q
2	4	Sarah Winckless / Elise Laverick	GBR	7:29.75	1:47.70 (2)	3:41.19 (2)	5:35.23 (2)	1:53.49 (2)	1:54.04 (1)	1:54.52 (1)
3	5	Nataliya Huba / Svitlana Maziy	UKR	7:39.02	1:48.94 (3)	3:43.50 (3)	5:40.94 (3)	1:54.56 (3)	1:57.44 (3)	1:58.08 (4)
4	1	Caroline Delas / Gaëlle Buniet	FRA	7:41.23	1:49.16 (4)	3:45.43 (4)	5:44.32 (4)	1:56.27 (4)	1:58.89 (4)	1:56.91 (3)
5	2	Olga Samulenkova / Yuliya Kalinovskaya	RUS	7:54.75	1:51.33 (5)	3:50.52 (5)	5:52.14 (5)	1:59.19 (5)	2:01.62 (5)	2:02.61 (5)

Heat #2

Time	11:10

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	Peggy Waleska / Britta Oppelt	GER	7:28.89	1:49.63 (2)	3:42.14 (2)	5:36.67 (2)	1:52.51 (2)	1:54.53 (1)	1:52.22 (1)	Q
2	3	Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann / Miglena Markova	BUL	7:35.46	1:44.62 (1)	3:36.65 (1)	5:34.91 (1)	1:52.03 (1)	1:58.26 (4)	2:00.55 (5)
3	2	Camelia Mihalcea / Simona Strimbeschi	ROU	7:39.32	1:50.96 (3)	3:46.02 (3)	5:43.41 (3)	1:55.06 (4)	1:57.39 (3)	1:55.91 (2)
4	5	Donna Martin / Jane Robinson	AUS	7:41.20	1:51.73 (4)	3:46.71 (4)	5:43.93 (4)	1:54.98 (3)	1:57.22 (2)	1:57.27 (4)
5	1	Elisabetta Sancassani / Gabriella Bascelli	ITA	7:46.66	1:53.86 (5)	3:51.10 (5)	5:50.62 (5)	1:57.24 (5)	1:59.52 (5)	1:56.04 (3)

Round One Repêchage

Date	18 August 2004
Format	Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time	10:40

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Sarah Winckless / Elise Laverick	GBR	6:55.44	1:40.16 (2)	3:26.10 (2)	5:11.48 (2)	1:45.94 (3)	1:45.38 (2)	1:43.96 (1)	Q
2	3	Camelia Mihalcea / Simona Strimbeschi	ROU	6:58.00	1:41.00 (3)	3:25.06 (1)	5:09.70 (1)	1:44.06 (2)	1:44.64 (1)	1:48.30 (2)	Q
3	1	Donna Martin / Jane Robinson	AUS	7:04.69	1:47.85 (4)	3:26.58 (3)	5:14.72 (3)	1:38.73 (1)	1:48.14 (3)	1:49.97 (3)
4	4	Olga Samulenkova / Yuliya Kalinovskaya	RUS	7:12.02	1:40.00 (1)	3:29.39 (4)	5:21.40 (4)	1:49.39 (4)	1:52.01 (4)	1:50.62 (4)

Heat #2

Time	10:50

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann / Miglena Markova	BUL	6:52.78	1:40.07 (1)	3:23.82 (1)	5:09.55 (1)	1:43.75 (2)	1:45.73 (1)	1:43.23 (1)	Q
2	3	Nataliya Huba / Svitlana Maziy	UKR	6:57.37	1:40.77 (2)	3:24.14 (2)	5:10.73 (2)	1:43.37 (1)	1:46.59 (3)	1:46.64 (3)	Q
3	4	Elisabetta Sancassani / Gabriella Bascelli	ITA	7:01.63	1:43.65 (4)	3:29.57 (4)	5:15.56 (3)	1:45.92 (3)	1:45.99 (2)	1:46.07 (2)
4	1	Caroline Delas / Gaëlle Buniet	FRA	7:03.50	1:41.60 (3)	3:27.60 (3)	5:16.13 (4)	1:46.00 (4)	1:48.53 (4)	1:47.37 (4)

Final Round

Date	19 – 21 August 2004

Final A

Time	21 August 2004 — 9:50

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Georgina Evers-Swindell / Caroline Evers-Swindell	NZL	7:01.79	1:40.89 (1)	3:27.06 (1)	5:13.78 (1)	1:46.17 (1)	1:46.72 (1)	1:48.01 (3)
2	4	Peggy Waleska / Britta Oppelt	GER	7:02.78	1:42.58 (2)	3:29.37 (2)	5:17.83 (2)	1:46.79 (2)	1:48.46 (3)	1:44.95 (1)
3	5	Sarah Winckless / Elise Laverick	GBR	7:07.58	1:43.09 (4)	3:32.15 (4)	5:20.07 (3)	1:49.06 (4)	1:47.92 (2)	1:47.51 (2)
4	2	Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann / Miglena Markova	BUL	7:13.97	1:42.85 (3)	3:31.58 (3)	5:22.75 (4)	1:48.73 (3)	1:51.17 (4)	1:51.22 (5)
5	1	Camelia Mihalcea / Simona Strimbeschi	ROU	7:17.58	1:45.58 (6)	3:36.10 (6)	5:28.22 (6)	1:50.52 (6)	1:52.12 (5)	1:49.36 (4)
6	6	Nataliya Huba / Svitlana Maziy	UKR	7:21.78	1:44.14 (5)	3:34.36 (5)	5:27.94 (5)	1:50.22 (5)	1:53.58 (6)	1:53.84 (6)

Final B

Time	19 August 2004 — 10:50

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	1	Caroline Delas / Gaëlle Buniet	FRA	6:52.55	1:39.22 (2)	3:24.22 (1)	5:10.11 (1)	1:45.00 (2)	1:45.89 (3)	1:45.44 (1)	OB
2	3	Elisabetta Sancassani / Gabriella Bascelli	ITA	6:54.51	1:41.38 (4)	3:26.34 (4)	5:11.86 (3)	1:44.96 (1)	1:45.52 (2)	1:42.65 (2)
3	2	Donna Martin / Jane Robinson	AUS	6:55.17	1:40.98 (3)	3:26.10 (3)	5:10.86 (2)	1:45.12 (3)	1:44.76 (1)	1:44.31 (3)
4	4	Olga Samulenkova / Yuliya Kalinovskaya	RUS	7:02.25	1:38.86 (1)	3:25.86 (2)	5:14.70 (4)	1:47.00 (4)	1:48.84 (4)	1:47.55 (4)