| Date | 24 – 28 July 2021 — 9:40 |
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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 | 6:30.85 / Kirsten Barnes • Brenda Taylor • Jessica Monroe • Kay Worthington  CAN / 1 August 1992 / Details |
This event returned to the Olympics for the first time since the 1992 Games. Australia had been World Champions in 2019, but had not been involved in serious international competitions since then due to COVID-19 restricting those sorts of events, and only Lucy Stephan was a returnee from that 2019 team. Despite all that, they were considered a team to watch. The Netherlands already had to be rated as strong favourites, having been the silver medallists at the 2019 World Championships, and more recently, European Champions in 2020 and 2021. Ireland was also considered a medal threat, having come third at the 2020 European Championships, and capturing second at the recent World Rowing Cup III.
The favourites all made it through to the finals, with Great Britain, China, and Poland rounding out the field. The Netherlands and Australia started out fastest and were neck and neck through the first 500m. Australia then began to separate themselves from the rest of the field, with the Dutch in closest pursuit. The Netherlands challenged one more time, but Australia held them off for the gold. Ireland took the bronze, edging out Great Britain and China.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
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| 1 | Australia |  AUS | Gold | |||||
| Lucy Stephan • Rosemary Popa • Jess Morrison • Annabelle McIntyre | ||||||||
| 2 | Netherlands |  NED | Silver | |||||
| Ellen Hogerwerf • Karolien Florijn • Ymkje Clevering • Veronique Meester | ||||||||
| 3 | Ireland |  IRL | Bronze | |||||
| Aifric Keogh • Eimear Lambe • Fiona Murtagh • Emily Hegarty | ||||||||
| 4 | Great Britain |  GBR | ||||||
| Rowan McKellar • Hattie Taylor • Karen Bennett • Rebecca Shorten | ||||||||
| 5 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Lin Xinyu • Wang Fei • Qin Miaomiao • Lu Shiyu | ||||||||
| 6 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Maria Wierzbowska • Olga Michałkiewicz • Monika Chabel • Joanna Dittmann | ||||||||
| 7 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Maddie Wanamaker • Claire Collins • Kenny Chase • Grace Luczak | ||||||||
| 8 | Denmark |  DEN | ||||||
| Trine Dahl Pedersen • Christina Johansen • Frida Sanggaard Nielsen • Ida Jacobsen | ||||||||
| 9 | Romania |  ROU | ||||||
| Mădălina Hegheș • Elena Logofătu • Cristina Popescu • Roxana Anghel | ||||||||
| 10 | Canada | CAN | ||||||
| Jennifer Martins • Kristina Walker • Nicole Hare • Stephanie Grauer | ||||||||
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 11:20 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals; all others to the repêchage. |
| Time | 11:20 |
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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 | 4 | Netherlands | NED | 6:33.47 | 1:36.39 (1) | 3:14.43 (1) | 4:53.21 (1) | 1:38.04 (2) | 1:38.78 (1) | 1:40.26 (1) | FA OB | ||||
| Ellen Hogerwerf • Karolien Florijn • Ymkje Clevering • Veronique Meester | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 6:38.54 | 1:37.73 (3) | 3:15.76 (2) | 4:56.38 (2) | 1:38.03 (1) | 1:40.62 (2) | 1:42.16 (4) | FA | ||||
| Lin Xinyu • Wang Fei • Qin Miaomiao • Lu Shiyu | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Canada | CAN | 6:40.07 | 1:38.25 (5) | 3:17.65 (4) | 4:59.18 (4) | 1:39.40 (4) | 1:41.53 (3) | 1:40.89 (2) | R | ||||
| Jennifer Martins • Kristina Walker • Nicole Hare • Stephanie Grauer | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:41.02 | 1:37.31 (2) | 3:16.52 (3) | 4:59.06 (3) | 1:39.21 (3) | 1:42.54 (4) | 1:41.96 (3) | R | ||||
| Rowan McKellar • Hattie Taylor • Karen Bennett • Rebecca Shorten | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Poland | POL | 6:48.33 | 1:37.97 (4) | 3:19.24 (5) | 5:03.75 (5) | 1:41.27 (5) | 1:44.51 (5) | 1:44.58 (5) | R | ||||
| Maria Wierzbowska • Olga Michałkiewicz • Monika Chabel • Joanna Dittmann | |||||||||||||||
| Time | 11:30 |
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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 | 1 | Australia | AUS | 6:28.76 | 1:36.54 (1) | 3:13.10 (1) | 4:51.16 (1) | 1:36.56 (1) | 1:38.06 (2) | 1:37.60 (2) | FA OB | ||||
| Lucy Stephan • Rosemary Popa • Jess Morrison • Annabelle McIntyre | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Ireland | IRL | 6:28.99 | 1:37.01 (2) | 3:13.97 (2) | 4:51.80 (2) | 1:36.96 (2) | 1:37.83 (1) | 1:37.19 (1) | FA | ||||
| Aifric Keogh • Eimear Lambe • Fiona Murtagh • Emily Hegarty | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Romania | ROU | 6:40.02 | 1:37.77 (3) | 3:16.07 (3) | 4:56.25 (3) | 1:38.30 (3) | 1:40.18 (3) | 1:43.77 (3) | R | ||||
| Mădălina Hegheș • Elena Logofătu • Cristina Popescu • Roxana Anghel | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | United States | USA | 6:43.80 | 1:39.06 (5) | 3:18.92 (4) | 4:59.85 (4) | 1:39.86 (4) | 1:40.93 (4) | 1:43.95 (4) | R | ||||
| Maddie Wanamaker • Claire Collins • Kenny Chase • Grace Luczak | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Denmark | DEN | 6:50.15 | 1:39.04 (4) | 3:20.93 (5) | 5:04.64 (5) | 1:41.89 (5) | 1:43.71 (5) | 1:45.51 (5) | R | ||||
| Trine Dahl Pedersen • Christina Johansen • Frida Sanggaard Nielsen • Ida Jacobsen | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 13:00 |
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| Format | Top 3 to semi-finals. |
| Time | 13:00 |
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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 | 6:46.20 | 1:37.78 (2) | 3:20.81 (1) | 5:05.04 (1) | 1:43.03 (1) | 1:44.23 (3) | 1:41.16 (2) | FA | ||||
| Rowan McKellar • Hattie Taylor • Karen Bennett • Rebecca Shorten | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Poland | POL | 6:46.57 | 1:37.69 (1) | 3:21.82 (2) | 5:05.91 (2) | 1:44.13 (3) | 1:44.09 (2) | 1:40.66 (1) | FA | ||||
| Maria Wierzbowska • Olga Michałkiewicz • Monika Chabel • Joanna Dittmann | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Romania | ROU | 6:47.38 | 1:40.04 (4) | 3:23.45 (3) | 5:06.22 (3) | 1:43.41 (2) | 1:42.77 (1) | 1:41.16 (2) | FB | ||||
| Mădălina Hegheș • Elena Logofătu • Cristina Popescu • Roxana Anghel | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Canada | CAN | 6:51.71 | 1:40.04 (4) | 3:25.36 (5) | 5:09.86 (5) | 1:45.32 (4) | 1:44.50 (4) | 1:41.85 (4) | FB | ||||
| Jennifer Martins • Kristina Walker • Nicole Hare • Stephanie Grauer | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | United States | USA | 6:53.26 | 1:39.64 (3) | 3:25.01 (4) | 5:09.84 (4) | 1:45.37 (5) | 1:44.83 (5) | 1:43.42 (5) | FB | ||||
| Maddie Wanamaker • Claire Collins • Kenny Chase • Grace Luczak | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Denmark | DEN | 7:01.17 | 1:41.54 (6) | 3:30.53 (6) | 5:16.10 (6) | 1:48.99 (6) | 1:45.57 (6) | 1:45.07 (6) | FB | ||||
| Trine Dahl Pedersen • Christina Johansen • Frida Sanggaard Nielsen • Ida Jacobsen | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 8:30 |
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| Time | 9:50 |
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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 | Australia | AUS | 6:15.37 | 1:33.62 (1) | 3:08.56 (1) | 4:43.21 (1) | 1:34.94 (1) | 1:34.65 (1) | 1:32.16 (3) | |||||
| Lucy Stephan • Rosemary Popa • Jess Morrison • Annabelle McIntyre | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Netherlands | NED | 6:15.71 | 1:33.74 (2) | 3:09.81 (2) | 4:44.58 (2) | 1:36.07 (2) | 1:34.77 (2) | 1:31.13 (1) | |||||
| Ellen Hogerwerf • Karolien Florijn • Ymkje Clevering • Veronique Meester | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Ireland | IRL | 6:20.46 | 1:35.43 (4) | 3:12.56 (5) | 4:48.36 (4) | 1:37.13 (5) | 1:35.80 (3) | 1:32.10 (2) | |||||
| Aifric Keogh • Eimear Lambe • Fiona Murtagh • Emily Hegarty | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:21.52 | 1:34.52 (3) | 3:11.36 (3) | 4:48.16 (3) | 1:36.84 (4) | 1:36.80 (5) | 1:33.36 (4) | |||||
| Rowan McKellar • Hattie Taylor • Karen Bennett • Rebecca Shorten | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 6:25.13 | 1:35.50 (5) | 3:11.67 (4) | 4:48.43 (5) | 1:36.17 (3) | 1:36.76 (4) | 1:36.70 (5) | |||||
| Lin Xinyu • Wang Fei • Qin Miaomiao • Lu Shiyu | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Poland | POL | 6:29.95 | 1:35.68 (6) | 3:14.48 (6) | 4:52.80 (6) | 1:38.80 (6) | 1:38.32 (6) | 1:37.15 (6) | |||||
| Maria Wierzbowska • Olga Michałkiewicz • Monika Chabel • Joanna Dittmann | |||||||||||||||
| Time | 8:30 |
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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 | 1 | United States | USA | 6:33.65 | 1:37.49 (2) | 3:16.31 (1) | 4:55.78 (1) | 1:38.82 (1) | 1:39.47 (1) | 1:37.87 (3) | |||||
| Maddie Wanamaker • Claire Collins • Kenny Chase • Grace Luczak | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Denmark | DEN | 6:34.72 | 1:37.77 (3) | 3:17.37 (3) | 4:57.50 (3) | 1:39.60 (4) | 1:40.13 (4) | 1:37.22 (1) | |||||
| Trine Dahl Pedersen • Christina Johansen • Frida Sanggaard Nielsen • Ida Jacobsen | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Romania | ROU | 6:35.12 | 1:37.38 (1) | 3:16.81 (2) | 4:56.89 (2) | 1:39.43 (3) | 1:40.08 (3) | 1:38.23 (4) | |||||
| Mădălina Hegheș • Elena Logofătu • Cristina Popescu • Roxana Anghel | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Canada | CAN | 6:35.13 | 1:38.56 (4) | 3:17.90 (4) | 4:57.85 (4) | 1:39.34 (2) | 1:39.95 (2) | 1:37.28 (2) | |||||
| Jennifer Martins • Kristina Walker • Nicole Hare • Stephanie Grauer | |||||||||||||||
