Men’s Single Sculls
All of the top rowers moved through the heats comfortably. The fastest was Kjetil Borch (Norway) in the first heat. The only other to go under seven minutes was Stefanos Ntouskos (Greece) in the following heat. The four quarter-final winners were the favourites with Sverri Nielsen (Denmark) quickest over Borch, Damir Martin (Croatia) and Oliver Zeidler (Germany). Borch laid down another marker in the opening semi-final with a win over Martin. In the second semi-final, Ntouskos took the win with Zeidler missing out on the final. At 500m Nielsen led Borch by 0.05 with Martin the only rower within a second. By halfway Ntouskos led Borch and Nielsen by 0.44. That lead had only grown by 1500m, being 0.61 ahead of Nielsen and 0.79 ahead of Borch. In the final 500m, he opened up a larger gap, pulling away from Borch, whilst Martin pulled past Nielsen for bronze.
🥇Stefanos Ntouskos 🇬🇷
🥈Kjetil Borch 🇳🇴
🥉Damir Martin 🇭🇷
Men’s Double Sculls
The first heat saw an upset as Zhiyu/Liang (China) were beaten by Androdias/Boucheron (France). Arguably the second semi saw a bigger shock as Byrne/Doyle (Ireland) finished fourth, sending them to the repechage. Again in the semi-final, the Chinese pair were defeated by Twellaar/Broenink (Netherlands). Byrne/Lynch went out in the semi-final after coming through the repechage. The first semi-final winner was the French team. In the final France jumped out quickly to lead Netherlands and China, with Graeme Thomas/John Collins (Great Britain) within a second of the leaders. By halfway Britain had dropped further back into fourth with China heading Netherlands and France in third, but all three were within 0.3 seconds. It was all change over the next 500m and the Netherlands led France by 0.68 with China another 0.53 back. The French began to nose themselves back in front, setting an Olympic best time, beating the Netherlands by 0.2 seconds.
🥇Hugo Boucheron/Matthieu Androdias 🇫🇷
🥈Melvin Twellaar/Stef Broenink 🇳🇱
🥉Zhiyu Liu/Liang Zhang🇨🇳
Men’s Quadruple Sculls
The Netherlands won Heat 1 but the first two in Heat 2 were marginally quicker as Poland edged out Italy. After 500m, all six were almost in a line, separated by 1.40 with Great Britain leading Italy. They still led at halfway, barely edging the Netherlands. The Netherlands had stolen the lead by the 1500 mark and Britain had begun to go backwards. They managed to hang on for a surprise silver medal from lane one ahead of Australia.
🥇Netherlands 🇳🇱
🥈Great Britain 🇬🇧
🥉Australia 🇦🇺
Men’s Coxless Pair
Sinkovic/Sinkovic (Croatia), unsurprisingly, were the fastest in the heats. Behind them was Cozmiuc/Tudosa (Romania) who upset Mackovic/Vasic (Serbia). Romania were the fastest in the semi-final ahead of Sutton/Vystavel (Denmark) whilst Croatia took the other semi-final. In the final, the Sinkovic brothers opened a large lead by 1000m with Denmark and Romania neck and neck. 500m later, Romania had begun to open out their own gap. They began to slightly close on Croatia, whilst Denmark headed back into the pack. Romania never really had a chance though, the Sinkovic brothers medalling in their third Olympic event, with two golds. Langerfeld/McCabe (Canada) closed Denmark down but couldn’t get within half a second.
🥇Martin Sinkovic/Valent Sinkovic 🇭🇷
🥈Marius Cozmiuc/Ciprian Tudosa 🇷🇴
🥉Frederic Vystavel/Joachim Sutton 🇩🇰
Men’s Coxless Four
Great Britain and Australia won the heats here, with times within a second of each other. Behind them were Italy and the United States who also recorded roughly equal times. Australia took the lead after 500m with an edge of 0.85 to Romania and Great Britain almost another 0.5 seconds behind. By halfway Australia had opened 2.45 on the British team. Britain slowly began to close the gap whilst Italy also began to claw time back on Romania in the battle for bronze. Britain started swaying from side to side, coming out of their lane as they dramatically lost speed. Australia rowed an Olympic record, barely edging Romania by less than a second whilst Italy took advantage of the British collapse.
🥇Australia 🇦🇺
🥈Romania 🇷🇴
🥉Italy 🇮🇹
Men’s Coxed Eight
Germany and Netherlands won the heats with Germany back to getting the fastest time. After 500m, Germany led ahead of Great Britain, with the Netherlands only in fifth. At halfway, the front three were separated by 0.25 seconds with New Zealand leading Great Britain and Germany. An acceleration in the next 500m, gave New Zealand over a second advantage. Germany began to come back past the British crew and they stole silver by only 0.13.
🥇New Zealand 🇳🇿
🥈Germany 🇩🇪
🥉Great Britain 🇬🇧
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls
It was Rommelmann/Osborne (Germany) who had the fastest time overcoming the Italian pair of Oppo/Ruta (Italy). McCarthy/O’Donovan (Ireland) won the second heat with Brun/Strandli (Norway) taking the other. The Irish pair set a world record in the second semi, beating Italy by two seconds. In the first semi-final, it was Germany who beat Bruno Cetraro/Felipe Kluver (Uruguay) into second. Germany and Italy both tried to take it to Ireland, leading at 500m. At halfway, Ireland had closed on Germany whilst the Italians had begun to fade. By 1500m, Ireland had taken the edge and only extended their lead.
🥇Fintan McCarthy/Paul O’Donovan 🇮🇪
🥈Jonathan Rommelmann/Jason Osborne 🇩🇪
🥉Stefano Oppo/Pietro Rupa 🇮🇹
Women’s Single Sculls
Once again the opening heats all went to form with all the big names going through. Arguably the biggest upset was Victoria Thornley (Great Britain) beating Jeannine Gmelin (Switzerland). The fastest time from the opening round was Emma Twigg (New Zealand). In the quarter-finals that honour went to Hanna Prakatsen (Russia) with Sanita Puspure (Ireland), Magdalena Lobnig (Austria) and Twigg winning races. There was an upset in the first semi as Puspure missed out on the final as Prakatsen won ahead of Gmelin. Emma Twigg took a massive victory in the second semi, rowing the fastest time ahead of Thornley. In the final, it was Twigg who won at 500m ahead of Lobnig and Gmelin. At halfway she had extended the lead to over two seconds. With 500m to go, Twigg led by 2.73 over Prakatsen. In third was Lobnig ahead of Thornley and that was how the podium positions remained.
🥇Emma Twigg 🇳🇿
🥈Hanna Prakatsen 🇷🇺
🥉Magdalena Lobnig 🇦🇹
Women’s Double Sculls
It was Bodnar/Radis (Romania) who were the fastest in the heats, barely over De Jong/Scheenaard (Netherlands). Donoghue/Osborne (New Zealand) won the other heat. The Romanian pair were fastest in the semi-finals with the Netherlands winning the other semi. The Romanian pair opened up a lead by over a second after 500m. By the 1,000m mark, they had 3.58 over New Zealand, with 4.17 in total back to the Netherlands. The gap slightly improved at 1500m and the biggest battle looked to come for bronze between the Netherlands and Karaliene/Valciukaite (Lithuania). The three placings remained unchanged at the finish, with Romania winning by a margin of 3.79 seconds, setting an Olympic record.
🥇Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar/Simona Radis 🇷🇴
🥈Brooke Donoghue/Hannah Osborne 🇳🇿
🥉Roos de Jong/Lisa Scheenaard 🇳🇱
Women’s Quadruple Sculls
China were the big favourites here and were the quickest in the heats by four seconds. They were joined in the final by Poland, the Netherlands and the other heat winner in Germany. As expected China led the final at 500m ahead of Germany with Netherlands and Poland battling for fourth. The positions remained the same at halfway but the gaps had extended. Germany had a massive grab in the late 150m as China won with a massive world record ahead of Poland and Australia after Germany collapsed.
🥇China 🇨🇳
🥈Poland 🇵🇱
🥉Australia 🇦🇺
Women’s Coxless Pair
Filmer/Janssens (Canada) were the fastest in the heats, sending a sign to Gowler/Prendergast (New Zealand). The other heat saw Morrison/McIntyre (Australia) take victory over Glover/Swann (Great Britain) consigning Glover to her first defeat in over ten years. Kyridou/Bourbou (Greece) won the first semi from lane six ahead of the British pair. It was a world best from the New Zealand pair in their semi and the Australians did not make the final. By halfway in the final, the Canadians who had gone out hard were in the lead ahead of New Zealand and Great Britain. At halfway, New Zealand had closed the gap on Canada whilst Stepanova/Oriabinskaia (Russia) had also put pressure on Great Britain. With 500m to go, New Zealand had passed Canada whilst Russia had extended past Britain. As the Canadians fell backwards, Russia came fast moving into second. Britain could not get back on terms with Canada.
🥇Grace Prendergast/Kerri Gowler 🇳🇿
🥈Vasilisa Stepanova/Elena Oriabinskaia 🇷🇺
🥉Caileigh Filmer/Hilary Janssens 🇨🇦
Women’s Coxless Four
Australia has long been dominant here and was the fastest team in the heats, although they only edged out Ireland. The Netherlands won their heat but would be looking to improve for the final. It was Australia who edged out the Netherlands at the 500m with Great Britain in third. Australia would lead by over a second at halfway, whilst Britain still held onto third ahead of China. The gap in the front two remained pretty similar but the battle heading into the final 500m was Britain, Ireland and China, separated by 0.27. The Dutch and the Irish were the two pairs who stepped up over the last 500m. Australia had enough to push again, taking victory by 0.34 and setting an Olympic best. Great Britain did not have that response, instead, Ireland took bronze.
🥇Australia 🇦🇺
🥈Netherlands 🇳🇱
🥉Ireland 🇮🇪
Women’s Coxed Eight
New Zealand picked up in the heats with the form from the last time we saw them and towed the best time. Canada was only tenths of a second behind them but was sent to the repechage whilst the United States won their heat. In the final, Canada led Australia and New Zealand after 500m. They had opened a bigger gap at halfway of 1.63 seconds. With 500m to go, the lead had come in slightly ahead of New Zealand and China. The gap began to close, with New Zealand bearing down on Canada. The gap stopped closing down inside the final 150m though, with Canada having enough to hold on despite the gap closing to less than a second.
🥇Canada 🇨🇦
🥈New Zealand 🇳🇿
🥉China 🇨🇳
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls
Cozmiuc/Beleaga (Romania) were the fastest, upsetting Craig/Grant (Great Britain) in the final heat. Tarantola/Bove (France) upset the Italian pair whilst Keijser/Paulis (Netherlands) won their heat. Craig/Grant took the semi-final ahead of France and Netherlands but in the second semi-final, Rodini/Cesarani (Italy) rowed a world record ahead of Reckford/Sechser (United States). You could pretty much throw a blanket over them at 500m, with 1.19 separating all six led by Britain. At halfway, the Netherlands led and the separation had only increased to 1.49 seconds. Soon though, Romania was beginning to lose track of the field. The Netherlands had opened up the edge, leading by 1.35 with 500m to go. Behind them, France, Italy and Great Britain were battling with the United States half a boat length back. Over the last 100m, the Dutch fell apart, with Italy flying through the finish line ahead of France. The Netherlands beat Great Britain into bronze by 0.01 seconds with the four separated by 0.5 seconds.
🥇Valentina Rodini/Federica Cesarini 🇮🇹
🥈Laura Tarantola/Claire Bove 🇫🇷
🥉Marieke Keijser/Ilse Paulis 🇳🇱
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