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Coxless Pairs, Women

Date17 – 23 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales
Participants20 from 10 countries

Canadian Emma Robinson had won the coxless pairs event at the last three editions of the World Championships, most recently with Theresa Luke, and together they were favored to take the title at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Also in contention was Australia who, represented in part by Kate Slatter, had been the 1995 World and 1996 Olympic champion. In 1999 she had been World bronze medalist with Rachael Taylor, with whom she partnered in Sydney. The fastest time in the opening heat, however, went to Doina Ignat and Georgeta Damian of Romania, while the other one was taken by South Africa’s Helen Fleming and Colleen Orsmond, despite the presence of both Australia and Canada. Ignat was a 1996 Olympic champion in the coxed eights, while Damian was a 1997 World runner-up in the coxless pairs. In the final, the Romanians won a comfortable distance ahead of the Australians, who had to battle the American duo of Missy Schwen and Karen Kraft to capture silver, which they did by a mere 0.04 seconds. This left the Americans with bronze, as the Canadians struggled and did not arrive at the finish until almost three seconds after the United States. Ignat and Damian, meanwhile, were double Olympic champions at the Games, as they also took home gold from the coxed eights.

PosPairNOC
1Georgeta Damian / Doina IgnatROUGold
2Rachael Taylor / Kate SlatterAUSSilver
3Missy Ryan / Karen KraftUSABronze
4Emma Robinson / Theresa LukeCAN
5Helen Fleming / Colleen OrsmondRSA
6Lenka Wech / Claudia BarthGER
7Albina Ligachova / Vera PochitayevaRUS
8Nina Proskura / Yevheniya AndrieievaUKR
9Dot Blackie / Cath BishopGBR
10Marloes Bolman / Femke DekkerNED

Round One

Date17 September 2000
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Georgeta Damian / Doina IgnatROU7:16.221:46.55 (1)3:35.36 (1)5:25.25 (1)1:48.81 (1)1:49.89 (1)1:50.97 (3)Q
22Missy Ryan / Karen KraftUSA7:18.741:47.33 (3)3:37.35 (2)5:28.97 (2)1:50.02 (2)1:51.62 (2)1:49.77 (1)
33Lenka Wech / Claudia BarthGER7:20.231:46.93 (2)3:38.26 (3)5:29.94 (3)1:51.33 (3)1:51.68 (3)1:50.29 (2)
45Nina Proskura / Yevheniya AndrieievaUKR7:30.821:47.80 (4)3:41.22 (4)5:35.62 (4)1:53.42 (4)1:54.40 (4)1:55.20 (4)
51Marloes Bolman / Femke DekkerNED7:47.991:51.35 (5)3:49.24 (5)5:49.72 (5)1:57.89 (5)2:00.48 (5)1:58.27 (5)

Heat #2

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Helen Fleming / Colleen OrsmondRSA7:17.831:46.47 (2)3:37.37 (1)5:29.93 (1)1:50.90 (1)1:52.56 (4)1:47.90 (1)Q
23Rachael Taylor / Kate SlatterAUS7:20.691:46.96 (3)3:38.81 (4)5:30.70 (3)1:51.85 (3)1:51.89 (1)1:49.99 (3)
34Emma Robinson / Theresa LukeCAN7:20.841:47.28 (4)3:38.69 (3)5:30.96 (4)1:51.41 (2)1:52.27 (2)1:49.88 (2)
42Albina Ligachova / Vera PochitayevaRUS7:22.691:45.77 (1)3:37.69 (2)5:30.20 (2)1:51.92 (4)1:52.51 (3)1:52.49 (4)
55Dot Blackie / Cath BishopGBR7:40.731:48.80 (5)3:44.31 (5)5:42.46 (5)1:55.51 (5)1:58.15 (5)1:58.27 (5)

Round One Repêchage

Date19 September 2000
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Missy Ryan / Karen KraftUSA7:21.001:46.00 (1)3:37.12 (1)5:28.81 (1)1:51.12 (1)1:51.69 (1)1:52.19 (1)Q
23Emma Robinson / Theresa LukeCAN7:24.691:46.23 (2)3:37.62 (2)5:30.63 (2)1:51.39 (2)1:53.01 (2)1:54.06 (2)Q
34Nina Proskura / Yevheniya AndrieievaUKR7:31.111:47.63 (4)3:40.45 (3)5:36.00 (3)1:52.82 (3)1:55.55 (3)1:55.11 (3)
41Dot Blackie / Cath BishopGBR7:36.531:47.44 (3)3:42.53 (4)5:40.29 (4)1:55.09 (4)1:57.76 (4)1:56.24 (4)

Heat #2

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Rachael Taylor / Kate SlatterAUS7:19.791:44.37 (1)3:35.64 (1)5:28.74 (1)1:51.27 (1)1:53.10 (3)1:51.05 (3)Q
23Lenka Wech / Claudia BarthGER7:20.121:46.89 (2)3:38.80 (2)5:30.36 (2)1:51.91 (2)1:51.56 (2)1:49.76 (2)Q
34Albina Ligachova / Vera PochitayevaRUS7:20.511:47.99 (3)3:40.16 (3)5:31.47 (3)1:52.17 (3)1:51.31 (1)1:49.04 (1)
41Marloes Bolman / Femke DekkerNED7:40.001:51.86 (4)3:48.99 (4)5:46.37 (4)1:57.13 (4)1:57.38 (4)1:53.63 (4)

Final Round

Date22 – 23 September 2000

Final A

Time23 September 2000 — 9:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Georgeta Damian / Doina IgnatROU7:11.001:46.22 (3)3:35.16 (3)5:24.16 (2)1:48.94 (2)1:49.00 (1)1:46.84 (1)
22Rachael Taylor / Kate SlatterAUS7:12.561:45.78 (2)3:34.52 (2)5:24.68 (3)1:48.74 (1)1:50.16 (4)1:47.88 (2)
35Missy Ryan / Karen KraftUSA7:13.001:45.00 (1)3:34.00 (1)5:23.70 (1)1:49.00 (3)1:49.70 (2)1:49.30 (6)
41Emma Robinson / Theresa LukeCAN7:15.481:46.99 (5)3:37.06 (5)5:27.00 (4)1:50.07 (5)1:49.94 (3)1:48.48 (4)
54Helen Fleming / Colleen OrsmondRSA7:16.841:46.59 (4)3:36.45 (4)5:27.70 (5)1:49.86 (4)1:51.25 (5)1:49.14 (5)
66Lenka Wech / Claudia BarthGER7:20.081:48.49 (6)3:40.02 (6)5:31.69 (6)1:51.53 (6)1:51.67 (6)1:48.39 (3)

Final B

Time22 September 2000 — 10:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Albina Ligachova / Vera PochitayevaRUS7:17.871:45.12 (1)3:36.09 (1)5:27.25 (1)1:50.97 (1)1:51.16 (1)1:50.62 (4)
23Nina Proskura / Yevheniya AndrieievaUKR7:20.821:45.80 (2)3:38.03 (2)5:30.29 (2)1:52.23 (2)1:52.26 (3)1:50.53 (3)
31Dot Blackie / Cath BishopGBR7:26.951:46.96 (3)3:41.87 (3)5:36.79 (3)1:54.91 (3)1:54.92 (4)1:50.16 (2)
44Marloes Bolman / Femke DekkerNED7:27.221:50.45 (4)3:45.79 (4)5:37.80 (4)1:55.34 (4)1:52.01 (2)1:49.42 (1)