title: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls
text: # Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls
  
  The Women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sunday, 29 July 2012 | 10:40 | Heats |
  | Tuesday, 31 July 2012 | 10:10 | Repechages |
  | Thursday, 2 August 2012 | 10:30 | Semifinals |
  | Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 10:00 | Final C |
  | Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 10:40 | Final B |
  | Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 11:50 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First two of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sophie Hosking Katherine Copeland | Great Britain | 6:56.96 | Q |
  | 2 | Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen | Denmark | 6:59.94 | Q |
  | 3 | Louise Ayling Julia Edward | New Zealand | 7:02.78 | R |
  | 4 | Yaima Velázquez Yoslaine Domínguez | Cuba | 7:12.99 | R |
  | 5 | María Clara Rohner Milka Kraljev | Argentina | 7:33.37 | R |
  | 6 | Sara Mohamed Baraka Fatma Rashed | Egypt | 7:45.23 | R |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou | Greece | 7:03.66 | Q |
  | 2 | Bronwen Watson Hannah Every-Hall | Australia | 7:05.30 | Q |
  | 3 | Kristin Hedstrom Julie Nichols | United States | 7:08.46 | R |
  | 4 | Rianne Sigmond Maaike Head | Netherlands | 7:10.49 | R |
  | 5 | Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee | Canada | 7:10.89 | R |
  | 6 | Luana de Assis Fabiana Beltrame | Brazil | 7:34.37 | R |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Xu Dongxiang Huang Wenyi | China | 7:15.57 | Q |
  | 2 | Lena Müller Anja Noske | Germany | 7:19.24 | Q |
  | 3 | Atsumi Fukumoto Akiko Iwamoto | Japan | 7:30.29 | R |
  | 4 | Kim Myeong-sin Kim Sol-ji | South Korea | 7:31.98 | R |
  | 5 | Pham Thi Hai Pham Thi Thao | Vietnam | 7:40.06 | R |
  
  ### Repechage
  
  First three qualify to the semifinal.
  
  **Repechage 1**
  
  | Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rianne Sigmond Maaike Head | Netherlands | 7:19.26 | Q |
  | 2 | Louise Ayling Julia Edward | New Zealand | 7:19.26 | Q |
  | 3 | Atsumi Fukumoto Akiko Iwamoto | Japan | 7:23.79 | Q |
  | 4 | Luana de Assis Fabiana Beltrame | Brazil | 7:27.46 | |
  | 5 | Pham Thi Hai Pham Thi Thao | Vietnam | 7:37.64 | |
  | 6 | Sara Mohamed Baraka Fatma Rashed | Egypt | 7:54.01 | |
  
  **Repechage 2**
  
  | Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kristin Hedstrom Julie Nichols | United States | 7:13.82 | Q |
  | 2 | Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee | Canada | 7:15.37 | Q |
  | 3 | Yaima Velázquez Yoslaine Dominguez | Cuba | 7:19.33 | Q |
  | 4 | Kim Myung-shin Kim Sol-ji | South Korea | 7:27.95 | |
  | 5 | Maria Rohner Milka Kraljev | Argentina | 7:40.72 | |
  
  ### Semifinals A/B
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking | Great Britain | 7:05.90 | Q |
  | 2 | Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou | Greece | 7:09.01 | Q |
  | 3 | Lena Müller Anja Noske | Germany | 7:10.16 | Q |
  | 4 | Kristin Hedstrom Julie Nichols | United States | 7:12.61 | |
  | 5 | Louise Ayling Julia Edward | New Zealand | 7:15.06 | |
  | 6 | Yaima Velasquez Yoslaine Dominguez | Cuba | 7:21.86 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Xu Dongxiang Wenyi Huang | China | 7:10.39 | Q |
  | 2 | Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen | Denmark | 7:10.93 | Q |
  | 3 | Bronwen Watson Hannah Every-Hall | Australia | 7:12.35 | Q |
  | 4 | Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee | Canada | 7:14.83 | |
  | 5 | Rianne Sigmond Maaike Head | Netherlands | 7:19.31 | |
  | 6 | Atsumi Fukumoto Akiko Iwamoto | Japan | 7:34.23 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final C**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Luana de Assis Fabiana Beltrame | Brazil | 7:41.43 |
  | 2 | Kim Myung-shin Kim Sol-ji | South Korea | 7:44.03 |
  | 3 | Maria Rohner Milka Kraljev | Argentina | 7:44.62 |
  | 4 | Pham Thi Hai Pham Thi Thao | Vietnam | 7:51.82 |
  | 5 | Sara Mohamed Baraka Fatma Rashed | Egypt | 8:14.17 |
  
  **Final B**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee | Canada | 7:17.24 |
  | 2 | Rianne Sigmond Maaike Head | Netherlands | 7:20.36 |
  | 3 | Louise Ayling Julia Edward | New Zealand | 7:22.78 |
  | 4 | Yaima Velasquez Yoslaine Dominguez | Cuba | 7:23.25 |
  | 5 | Kristin Hedstrom Julie Nichols | United States | 7:23.31 |
  | 6 | Atsumi Fukumoto Akiko Iwamoto | Japan | 7:32.12 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking | Great Britain | 7:09.30 |
  | | Xu Dongxiang Huang Wenyi | China | 7:11.93 |
  | | Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou | Greece | 7:12.09 |
  | 4 | Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen | Denmark | 7:15.53 |
  | 5 | Bronwen Watson Hannah Every-Hall | Australia | 7:20.68 |
  | 6 | Lena Müller Anja Noske | Germany | 7:22.18 |
  