| Date | 23 – 28 July 2021 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan |
| Participants | 40 from 10 countries |
| Olympic Record | 6:11.83 WR / Tang Bin • Jin Ziwei • Xi Aihua • Zhang Yangyang  CHN / 10 August 2008 / Details |
The big question for this event was whether anyone could challenge the Chinese team, the 2019 World Champions and impressive winners at the recent World Rowing Cup II. Poland was seen as a possible threat, based on their runner-up status at the 2019 World event. The Netherlands also looked strong heading into the Olympic Regatta, with victories at the 2020 and 2021 European Championships to their name. The German and Italian teams had also shown strongly at the recent World Rowing Cup III.
In the preliminary heats, China, Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands moved through to the finals, as expected, with Australia and Italy joining them through the repêchage. At the end of the day, though, no one had an answer for China, who dominated the final, getting out quickly and gradually lengthening their lead on the rest of the field. It took a while for Poland to find their stride, being fourth at one point, but they finished strongly to take the silver, while Australia, perhaps a bit of an unknown factor heading in, took the bronze medal.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | CHN | Gold | |||||
| Chen Yunxia • Zhang Ling • Lü Yang • Cui Xiaotong | ||||||||
| 2 | Poland |  POL | Silver | |||||
| Agnieszka Zawojska • Marta Wieliczko • Maria Sajdak • Katarzyna Zillmann | ||||||||
| 3 | Australia |  AUS | Bronze | |||||
| Ria Thompson • Rowena Meredith • Harriet Hudson • Caitlin Cronin | ||||||||
| 4 | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Valentina Iseppi • Alessandra Montesano • Veronica Lisi • Stefania Gobbi | ||||||||
| 5 | Germany |  GER | ||||||
| Daniela Schultze • Franziska Kampmann • Carlotta Nwajide • Frieda Hämmerling | ||||||||
| 6 | Netherlands |  NED | ||||||
| Laila Youssifou • Inge Janssen • Olivia van Rooijen • Nicole Beukers | ||||||||
| 7 | Great Britain |  GBR | ||||||
| Hannah Scott • Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne • Charlotte Hodgkins Byrne • Lucy Glover | ||||||||
| 8 | New Zealand |  NZL | ||||||
| Georgia Nugent-O'Leary • Ruby Tew • Eve Macfarlane • Olivia Loe | ||||||||
| 9 | France |  FRA | ||||||
| Violaine Aernoudts • Margaux Bailleul • Marie Jacquet • Emma Lunatti | ||||||||
| 10 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Cicely Madden • Alie Rusher • Meghan O'Leary • Ellen Tomek | ||||||||
| Date | 23 July 2021 — 11:50 |
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| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final round; all others to the repêchage. |
| Time | 11:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | 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 | Germany | GER | 6:18.22 | 1:33.54 (1) | 3:09.56 (1) | 4:45.28 (2) | 1:36.02 (3) | 1:35.72 (2) | 1:32.94 (1) | FA | ||||
| Daniela Schultze • Franziska Kampmann • Carlotta Nwajide • Frieda Hämmerling | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Netherlands | NED | 6:19.36 | 1:33.79 (2) | 3:09.96 (2) | 4:45.22 (1) | 1:36.17 (4) | 1:35.26 (1) | 1:34.14 (2) | FA | ||||
| Laila Youssifou • Inge Janssen • Olivia van Rooijen • Nicole Beukers | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:20.80 | 1:34.19 (3) | 3:10.05 (3) | 4:46.26 (3) | 1:35.86 (2) | 1:36.21 (4) | 1:34.54 (3) | R | ||||
| Hannah Scott • Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne • Charlotte Hodgkins Byrne • Lucy Glover | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | New Zealand | NZL | 6:25.23 | 1:35.55 (4) | 3:11.22 (4) | 4:47.39 (4) | 1:35.67 (1) | 1:36.17 (3) | 1:37.84 (5) | R | ||||
| Georgia Nugent-O'Leary • Ruby Tew • Eve Macfarlane • Olivia Loe | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | United States | USA | 6:34.36 | 1:38.09 (5) | 3:17.12 (5) | 4:56.76 (5) | 1:39.03 (5) | 1:39.64 (5) | 1:37.60 (4) | R | ||||
| Cicely Madden • Alie Rusher • Meghan O'Leary • Ellen Tomek | |||||||||||||||
| Time | 12:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | 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 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 6:14.32 | 1:31.63 (1) | 3:05.08 (1) | 4:39.71 (1) | 1:33.45 (1) | 1:34.63 (2) | 1:34.61 (3) | FA | ||||
| Chen Yunxia • Zhang Ling • Lü Yang • Cui Xiaotong | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Poland | POL | 6:18.62 | 1:34.18 (2) | 3:10.31 (2) | 4:44.71 (2) | 1:36.13 (3) | 1:34.40 (1) | 1:33.91 (1) | FA | ||||
| Agnieszka Zawojska • Marta Wieliczko • Maria Sajdak • Katarzyna Zillmann | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Italy | ITA | 6:20.45 | 1:35.73 (3) | 3:11.16 (3) | 4:46.17 (3) | 1:35.43 (2) | 1:35.01 (3) | 1:34.28 (2) | R | ||||
| Valentina Iseppi • Alessandra Montesano • Veronica Lisi • Stefania Gobbi | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Australia | AUS | 6:26.21 | 1:36.13 (4) | 3:12.87 (4) | 4:50.56 (4) | 1:36.74 (4) | 1:37.69 (4) | 1:35.65 (4) | R | ||||
| Ria Thompson • Rowena Meredith • Harriet Hudson • Caitlin Cronin | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | France | FRA | 6:33.64 | 1:36.85 (5) | 3:16.21 (5) | 4:55.76 (5) | 1:39.36 (5) | 1:39.55 (5) | 1:37.88 (5) | R | ||||
| Violaine Aernoudts • Margaux Bailleul • Marie Jacquet • Emma Lunatti | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 10:50 |
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| Format | Top 4 to Final A. |
| Time | 10:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | 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 | Australia | AUS | 6:36.67 | 1:37.26 (1) | 3:17.04 (1) | 4:57.11 (2) | 1:39.78 (2) | 1:40.07 (2) | 1:39.56 (1) | FA | ||||
| Ria Thompson • Rowena Meredith • Harriet Hudson • Caitlin Cronin | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Italy | ITA | 6:37.44 | 1:38.34 (4) | 3:17.44 (3) | 4:56.37 (1) | 1:39.10 (1) | 1:38.93 (1) | 1:41.07 (4) | FA | ||||
| Valentina Iseppi • Alessandra Montesano • Veronica Lisi • Stefania Gobbi | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | New Zealand | NZL | 6:39.91 | 1:38.25 (3) | 3:18.53 (4) | 4:59.92 (4) | 1:40.28 (4) | 1:41.39 (3) | 1:39.99 (2) | FB | ||||
| Georgia Nugent-O'Leary • Ruby Tew • Eve Macfarlane • Olivia Loe | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:42.97 | 1:37.27 (2) | 3:17.32 (2) | 4:59.07 (3) | 1:40.05 (3) | 1:41.75 (4) | 1:43.90 (5) | FB | ||||
| Hannah Scott • Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne • Charlotte Hodgkins Byrne • Lucy Glover | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | France | FRA | 6:47.41 | 1:38.98 (5) | 3:22.88 (6) | 5:07.39 (6) | 1:43.90 (6) | 1:44.51 (5) | 1:40.02 (3) | FB | ||||
| Violaine Aernoudts • Margaux Bailleul • Marie Jacquet • Emma Lunatti | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | United States | USA | 6:50.74 | 1:39.14 (6) | 3:21.85 (5) | 5:06.44 (5) | 1:42.71 (5) | 1:44.59 (6) | 1:44.30 (6) | FB | ||||
| Cicely Madden • Alie Rusher • Meghan O'Leary • Ellen Tomek | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 9:00 |
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| Time | 10:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | 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 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 6:05.13 | 1:30.18 (1) | 3:01.96 (1) | 4:32.94 (1) | 1:31.78 (1) | 1:30.98 (1) | 1:32.19 (4) | WB | ||||
| Chen Yunxia • Zhang Ling • Lü Yang • Cui Xiaotong | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Poland | POL | 6:11.36 | 1:32.04 (4) | 3:06.65 (4) | 4:39.57 (3) | 1:34.61 (6) | 1:32.92 (2) | 1:31.79 (3) | |||||
| Agnieszka Zawojska • Marta Wieliczko • Maria Sajdak • Katarzyna Zillmann | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Australia | AUS | 6:12.08 | 1:33.08 (5) | 3:07.10 (5) | 4:40.57 (5) | 1:34.02 (4) | 1:33.47 (4) | 1:31.51 (2) | |||||
| Ria Thompson • Rowena Meredith • Harriet Hudson • Caitlin Cronin | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Italy | ITA | 6:13.33 | 1:34.34 (6) | 3:08.59 (6) | 4:42.12 (6) | 1:34.25 (5) | 1:33.53 (5) | 1:31.21 (1) | |||||
| Valentina Iseppi • Alessandra Montesano • Veronica Lisi • Stefania Gobbi | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Germany | GER | 6:13.41 | 1:30.89 (2) | 3:03.93 (2) | 4:37.01 (2) | 1:33.04 (2) | 1:33.08 (3) | 1:36.40 (6) | |||||
| Daniela Schultze • Franziska Kampmann • Carlotta Nwajide • Frieda Hämmerling | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Netherlands | NED | 6:15.75 | 1:31.79 (3) | 3:05.58 (3) | 4:40.54 (4) | 1:33.79 (3) | 1:34.96 (6) | 1:35.21 (5) | |||||
| Laila Youssifou • Inge Janssen • Olivia van Rooijen • Nicole Beukers | |||||||||||||||
| Time | 9:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | 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 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:25.14 | 1:35.05 (1) | 3:11.90 (1) | 4:49.33 (1) | 1:36.85 (1) | 1:37.43 (1) | 1:35.81 (2) | |||||
| Hannah Scott • Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne • Charlotte Hodgkins Byrne • Lucy Glover | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | New Zealand | NZL | 6:29.00 | 1:36.12 (2) | 3:14.41 (2) | 4:52.32 (2) | 1:38.29 (3) | 1:37.91 (2) | 1:36.68 (4) | |||||
| Georgia Nugent-O'Leary • Ruby Tew • Eve Macfarlane • Olivia Loe | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | France | FRA | 6:29.70 | 1:37.35 (4) | 3:17.31 (4) | 4:55.32 (4) | 1:39.96 (4) | 1:38.01 (3) | 1:34.38 (1) | |||||
| Violaine Aernoudts • Margaux Bailleul • Marie Jacquet • Emma Lunatti | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | United States | USA | 6:30.03 | 1:37.02 (3) | 3:14.72 (3) | 4:53.53 (3) | 1:37.70 (2) | 1:38.81 (4) | 1:36.50 (3) | |||||
| Cicely Madden • Alie Rusher • Meghan O'Leary • Ellen Tomek | |||||||||||||||
