| Date | 24 – 29 July 2021 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan |
| Participants | 36 from 18 countries |
The Netherlands’ Marieke Keijser and Ilse Paulis had moved to the top of the favourites list by setting a world best time at the recent World Rowing Cup III, and Paulis being the defending Olympic champion (though with a different partner). Great Britain’s Emily Craig and Imogen Grant were also ranked as strong contenders, having gained victory at World Rowing Cup II earlier in 2021, and finishing second to Italy’s Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini at this year’s European championship. Italy’s victory at that event also put them in the mix for a potential Olympic medal.
The final featured the favourites, with France, the United States, and Romania filling out the field. The Netherlands and France set out fastest, with the latter’s Laura Tarantola and Claire Bove seeming intent on crashing the favourites’ party. Italy and Great Britain soon took up the challenge and joined the other two teams in a four-boat pack at the front. By the halfway point, less than a second separated the four and with only 500m to go it was still anyone’s race. At the end, in a classic photo finish, Italy took the victory by 0.14 seconds over the surprising French. It was a disappointing finish for the Dutch pair, who were well positioned to repeat their Olympic championship before a stroke of bad luck led them to “catch a crab” and grind their boat to a near-halt in the final metres, dropping them to bronze position which they narrowly held onto by the slimmest of margins: 0.01 seconds over the British.
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 10:20 |
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| Format | Top 2 in each heat advanced to semi-finals; all others to repêchage. |
| Time | 10:20 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 2 | Laura Tarantola / Claire Bové |  FRA | 7:03.47 | 1:42.34 (2) | 3:28.23 (2) | 5:17.81 (2) | 1:45.89 (2) | 1:49.58 (3) | 1:45.66 (1) | SA B | |
| 2 | 1 | Valentina Rodini / Federica Cesarini |  ITA | 7:04.66 | 1:41.99 (1) | 3:28.00 (1) | 5:17.48 (1) | 1:46.01 (3) | 1:49.48 (2) | 1:47.18 (3) | SA B | |
| 3 | 6 | Molly Reckford / Michelle Sechser |  USA | 7:05.30 | 1:43.28 (4) | 3:29.04 (3) | 5:18.49 (3) | 1:45.76 (1) | 1:49.45 (1) | 1:46.81 (2) | R | |
| 4 | 3 | Patricia Merz / Frédérique Rol |  SUI | 7:08.66 | 1:42.94 (3) | 3:29.97 (4) | 5:20.85 (4) | 1:47.03 (4) | 1:50.88 (4) | 1:47.81 (4) | R | |
| 5 | 4 | Aoife Casey / Margaret Cremen |  IRL | 7:17.67 | 1:44.65 (5) | 3:32.91 (5) | 5:25.08 (5) | 1:48.26 (5) | 1:52.17 (5) | 1:52.59 (5) | R | |
| 6 | 5 | Mutiara Putri / Melani Putri |  INA | 7:52.57 | 1:50.16 (6) | 3:49.01 (6) | 5:53.07 (6) | 1:58.85 (6) | 2:04.06 (6) | 1:59.50 (6) | R |
| Time | 10:30 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 4 | Marieke Keijser / Ilse Paulis |  NED | 7:07.73 | 1:43.88 (1) | 3:29.30 (1) | 5:19.55 (1) | 1:45.42 (1) | 1:50.25 (2) | 1:48.18 (1) | ||
| 2 | 1 | Jill Moffatt / Jennifer Casson |  CAN | 7:11.30 | 1:46.06 (3) | 3:32.00 (2) | 5:21.96 (2) | 1:45.94 (2) | 1:49.96 (1) | 1:49.34 (2) | SA B | |
| 3 | 6 | Chiaki Tomita / Ayami Oishi |  JPN | 7:22.47 | 1:45.39 (2) | 3:33.54 (3) | 5:29.03 (3) | 1:48.15 (3) | 1:55.49 (3) | 1:53.44 (3) | R | |
| 4 | 5 | Lương Thị Thảo / Đinh Thị Hảo |  VIE | 7:36.21 | 1:46.57 (4) | 3:39.72 (4) | 5:38.97 (4) | 1:53.15 (4) | 1:59.25 (4) | 1:57.24 (4) | R | |
| 5 | 3 | Nour Elhouda Ettaieb / Khadija Krimi |  TUN | 7:39.61 | 1:47.64 (5) | 3:40.93 (5) | 5:40.57 (5) | 1:53.29 (5) | 1:59.64 (5) | 1:59.04 (5) | R | |
| 6 | 2 | Yulisa López / Jennieffer Zúñiga |  GUA | 7:53.35 | 1:52.45 (6) | 3:48.47 (6) | 5:52.78 (6) | 1:56.02 (6) | 2:04.31 (6) | 2:00.57 (6) | R |
| Time | 10:40 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 1 | Ionela Cozmiuc / Gianina Beleagă |  ROU | 7:01.74 | 1:44.14 (4) | 3:29.00 (3) | 5:16.51 (3) | 1:44.86 (2) | 1:47.51 (1) | 1:45.23 (1) | SA B | |
| 2 | 5 | Emily Craig / Imogen Grant |  GBR | 7:03.29 | 1:41.84 (1) | 3:27.60 (2) | 5:15.36 (1) | 1:45.76 (3) | 1:47.76 (2) | 1:47.93 (2) | SA B | |
| 3 | 4 | Anastasiya Lebedeva / Mariya Botalova |  ROC | 7:07.67 | 1:42.14 (2) | 3:26.55 (1) | 5:15.43 (2) | 1:44.41 (1) | 1:48.88 (3) | 1:52.24 (4) | R | |
| 4 | 3 | Ina Nikulina / Alena Furman |  BLR | 7:10.15 | 1:44.04 (3) | 3:30.14 (4) | 5:20.44 (4) | 1:46.10 (4) | 1:50.30 (4) | 1:49.71 (3) | R | |
| 5 | 2 | Valentina Cavallar / Louisa Altenhuber |  AUT | 7:26.22 | 1:45.83 (5) | 3:35.76 (5) | 5:31.15 (5) | 1:49.93 (5) | 1:55.39 (5) | 1:55.07 (5) | R | |
| 6 | 6 | Milka Kraljev / Evelyn Silvestro |  ARG | 7:29.27 | 1:46.29 (6) | 3:37.47 (6) | 5:33.75 (6) | 1:51.18 (6) | 1:56.28 (6) | 1:55.52 (6) | R |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 10:20 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat to semi-finals. |
| Time | 10:20 |
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| 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 | Molly Reckford / Michelle Sechser | USA | 7:21.25 | 1:47.18 (1) | 3:38.48 (1) | 5:30.59 (1) | 1:51.30 (1) | 1:52.11 (1) | 1:50.66 (2) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Ina Nikulina / Alena Furman | BLR | 7:26.99 | 1:50.24 (3) | 3:42.85 (3) | 5:36.88 (2) | 1:52.61 (2) | 1:54.03 (2) | 1:50.11 (1) | SA B | |
| 3 | 3 | Chiaki Tomita / Ayami Oishi | JPN | 7:34.45 | 1:47.70 (2) | 3:41.31 (2) | 5:38.32 (3) | 1:53.61 (3) | 1:57.01 (3) | 1:56.13 (4) | SA B | |
| 4 | 1 | Milka Kraljev / Evelyn Silvestro | ARG | 7:39.53 | 1:50.78 (4) | 3:46.49 (4) | 5:44.45 (4) | 1:55.71 (4) | 1:57.96 (4) | 1:55.08 (3) | FC | |
| 5 | 5 | Nour Elhouda Ettaieb / Khadija Krimi | TUN | 7:54.95 | 1:53.32 (5) | 3:53.95 (5) | 5:55.64 (5) | 2:00.63 (5) | 2:01.69 (5) | 1:59.31 (5) | FC | |
| 6 | 6 | Mutiara Putri / Melani Putri | INA | 8:03.19 | 1:54.23 (6) | 3:56.50 (6) | 6:01.44 (6) | 2:02.27 (6) | 2:04.94 (6) | 2:01.75 (6) | FC |
| Time | 10:30 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 4 | Patricia Merz / Frédérique Rol | SUI | 7:22.02 | 1:48.30 (1) | 3:40.44 (1) | 5:33.83 (2) | 1:52.14 (3) | 1:53.39 (3) | 1:48.19 (1) | SA B | |
| 2 | 3 | Anastasiya Lebedeva / Mariya Botalova | ROC | 7:22.72 | 1:49.92 (3) | 3:41.20 (3) | 5:33.40 (1) | 1:51.28 (1) | 1:52.20 (1) | 1:49.32 (2) | SA B | |
| 3 | 5 | Aoife Casey / Margaret Cremen | IRL | 7:23.46 | 1:48.96 (2) | 3:40.57 (2) | 5:33.94 (3) | 1:51.61 (2) | 1:53.37 (2) | 1:49.52 (3) | SA B | |
| 4 | 1 | Valentina Cavallar / Louisa Altenhuber | AUT | 7:42.31 | 1:53.91 (5) | 3:50.35 (4) | 5:47.31 (4) | 1:56.44 (4) | 1:56.96 (4) | 1:55.00 (4) | FC | |
| 5 | 2 | Lương Thị Thảo / Đinh Thị Hảo | VIE | 7:53.69 | 1:51.23 (4) | 3:51.83 (5) | 5:56.35 (5) | 2:00.60 (5) | 2:04.52 (5) | 1:57.34 (5) | FC | |
| 6 | 6 | Yulisa López / Jennieffer Zúñiga | GUA | 8:13.27 | 1:56.62 (6) | 4:01.99 (6) | 6:09.54 (6) | 2:05.37 (6) | 2:07.55 (6) | 2:03.73 (6) | FC |
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 11:40 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat to A Final. |
| Time | 11:40 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 5 | Emily Craig / Imogen Grant | GBR | 6:41.99 | 1:40.23 (1) | 3:21.87 (2) | 5:02.03 (1) | 1:41.64 (2) | 1:40.16 (1) | 1:39.96 (2) | FA OB | |
| 2 | 3 | Laura Tarantola / Claire Bové | FRA | 6:42.92 | 1:41.03 (3) | 3:22.71 (3) | 5:03.37 (3) | 1:41.68 (3) | 1:40.66 (2) | 1:39.55 (1) | FA | |
| 3 | 4 | Marieke Keijser / Ilse Paulis | NED | 6:43.85 | 1:40.49 (2) | 3:21.68 (1) | 5:02.38 (2) | 1:41.19 (1) | 1:40.70 (3) | 1:41.47 (3) | FA | |
| 4 | 2 | Patricia Merz / Frédérique Rol | SUI | 6:48.92 | 1:42.23 (5) | 3:25.09 (5) | 5:07.17 (5) | 1:42.86 (5) | 1:42.08 (4) | 1:41.75 (4) | FB | |
| 5 | 1 | Aoife Casey / Margaret Cremen | IRL | 6:49.24 | 1:41.72 (4) | 3:23.63 (4) | 5:06.29 (4) | 1:41.91 (4) | 1:42.66 (5) | 1:42.95 (5) | FB | |
| 6 | 6 | Ina Nikulina / Alena Furman | BLR | 6:54.78 | 1:43.00 (6) | 3:27.06 (6) | 5:10.87 (6) | 1:44.06 (6) | 1:43.81 (6) | 1:43.91 (6) | FB |
| Time | 11:50 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 4 | Valentina Rodini / Federica Cesarini | ITA | 6:41.36 | 1:41.49 (4) | 3:22.87 (4) | 5:02.36 (2) | 1:41.38 (3) | 1:39.49 (1) | 1:39.00 (1) | FA WB | |
| 2 | 5 | Molly Reckford / Michelle Sechser | USA | 6:41.54 | 1:40.77 (1) | 3:21.53 (1) | 5:01.68 (1) | 1:40.76 (1) | 1:40.15 (3) | 1:39.86 (3) | FA | |
| 3 | 3 | Ionela Cozmiuc / Gianina Beleagă | ROU | 6:42.08 | 1:41.04 (2) | 3:22.52 (3) | 5:02.56 (3) | 1:41.48 (4) | 1:40.04 (2) | 1:39.52 (2) | FA | |
| 4 | 1 | Anastasiya Lebedeva / Mariya Botalova | ROC | 6:45.23 | 1:41.05 (3) | 3:21.95 (2) | 5:03.50 (4) | 1:40.90 (2) | 1:41.55 (4) | 1:41.73 (4) | FB | |
| 5 | 6 | Chiaki Tomita / Ayami Oishi | JPN | 6:56.52 | 1:42.34 (5) | 3:25.96 (5) | 5:10.25 (5) | 1:43.62 (5) | 1:44.29 (6) | 1:46.27 (5) | FB | |
| 6 | 2 | Jill Moffatt / Jennifer Casson | CAN | 7:00.82 | 1:43.35 (6) | 3:27.82 (6) | 5:12.04 (6) | 1:44.47 (6) | 1:44.22 (5) | 1:48.78 (6) | FB |
| Date | 29 July 2021 — 9:00 |
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| Time | 10:10 |
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| 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 | Valentina Rodini / Federica Cesarini | ITA | 6:47.54 | 1:42.26 (3) | 3:25.33 (3) | 5:07.48 (3) | 1:43.07 (2) | 1:42.15 (4) | 1:40.06 (3) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Laura Tarantola / Claire Bové | FRA | 6:47.68 | 1:42.09 (2) | 3:25.26 (2) | 5:07.92 (4) | 1:43.17 (3) | 1:42.66 (5) | 1:39.76 (1) | ||
| 3 | 1 | Marieke Keijser / Ilse Paulis | NED | 6:48.03 | 1:42.52 (4) | 3:24.88 (1) | 5:06.09 (1) | 1:42.36 (1) | 1:41.21 (1) | 1:41.94 (6) | ||
| 4 | 3 | Emily Craig / Imogen Grant | GBR | 6:48.04 | 1:41.84 (1) | 3:25.46 (4) | 5:07.44 (2) | 1:43.62 (5) | 1:41.98 (2) | 1:40.60 (5) | ||
| 5 | 5 | Molly Reckford / Michelle Sechser | USA | 6:48.54 | 1:43.03 (6) | 3:26.27 (5) | 5:08.33 (5) | 1:43.24 (4) | 1:42.06 (3) | 1:40.21 (4) | ||
| 6 | 6 | Ionela Cozmiuc / Gianina Beleagă | ROU | 6:49.40 | 1:42.63 (5) | 3:26.29 (6) | 5:09.50 (6) | 1:43.66 (6) | 1:43.21 (6) | 1:39.90 (2) |
| Time | 9:00 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Patricia Merz / Frédérique Rol | SUI | 6:49.16 | 1:40.70 (1) | 3:23.83 (1) | 5:07.33 (1) | 1:43.13 (3) | 1:43.50 (2) | 1:41.83 (1) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Aoife Casey / Margaret Cremen | IRL | 6:49.90 | 1:41.42 (2) | 3:24.28 (2) | 5:07.61 (2) | 1:42.86 (1) | 1:43.33 (1) | 1:42.29 (2) | ||
| 3 | 4 | Anastasiya Lebedeva / Mariya Botalova | ROC | 6:51.65 | 1:41.92 (4) | 3:24.83 (3) | 5:08.62 (3) | 1:42.91 (2) | 1:43.79 (3) | 1:43.03 (3) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Chiaki Tomita / Ayami Oishi | JPN | 6:54.94 | 1:41.43 (3) | 3:26.11 (4) | 5:10.73 (4) | 1:44.68 (4) | 1:44.62 (4) | 1:44.21 (5) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Ina Nikulina / Alena Furman | BLR | 6:57.84 | 1:42.77 (6) | 3:29.06 (6) | 5:13.85 (5) | 1:46.29 (6) | 1:44.79 (5) | 1:43.99 (4) | ||
| 6 | 1 | Jill Moffatt / Jennifer Casson | CAN | 6:59.72 | 1:42.38 (5) | 3:27.92 (5) | 5:13.85 (5) | 1:45.54 (5) | 1:45.93 (6) | 1:45.87 (6) |
| Time | 11:20 |
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Milka Kraljev / Evelyn Silvestro | ARG | 7:05.82 | 1:43.75 (1) | 3:30.88 (1) | 5:18.74 (1) | 1:47.13 (1) | 1:47.86 (1) | 1:47.08 (1) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Valentina Cavallar / Louisa Altenhuber | AUT | 7:15.25 | 1:47.72 (4) | 3:36.34 (3) | 5:25.56 (2) | 1:48.62 (2) | 1:49.22 (2) | 1:49.69 (2) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lương Thị Thảo / Đinh Thị Hảo | VIE | 7:19.05 | 1:45.71 (2) | 3:35.62 (2) | 5:26.85 (3) | 1:49.91 (3) | 1:51.23 (4) | 1:52.20 (6) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Nour Elhouda Ettaieb / Khadija Krimi | TUN | 7:22.25 | 1:47.57 (3) | 3:38.26 (4) | 5:30.98 (4) | 1:50.69 (4) | 1:52.72 (5) | 1:51.27 (4) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Mutiara Putri / Melani Putri | INA | 7:25.06 | 1:50.52 (5) | 3:42.80 (5) | 5:33.59 (5) | 1:52.28 (5) | 1:50.79 (3) | 1:51.47 (5) | ||
| 6 | 6 | Yulisa López / Jennieffer Zúñiga | GUA | 7:27.51 | 1:51.11 (6) | 3:43.92 (6) | 5:36.90 (6) | 1:52.81 (6) | 1:52.98 (6) | 1:50.61 (3) |
