title: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair
text: # Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair
  
  The Women's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Saturday, 28 July 2012 | 09:30 | Heats |
  | Monday, 30 July 2012 | 09:30 | Repechage |
  | Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | 10:10 | Final B |
  | Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | 11:50 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First two of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Helen Glover Heather Stanning | Great Britain | 6:57.29 | Q, OB |
  | 2 | Sara Hendershot Sarah Zelenka | United States | 6:59.29 | Q |
  | 3 | Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu | Romania | 7:05.39 | R |
  | 4 | Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig | Germany | 7:10.28 | R |
  | 5 | Maria Laura Abalo Gabriela Best | Argentina | 7:12.17 | R |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait | Australia | 7:01.60 | Q |
  | 2 | Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown | New Zealand | 7:06.93 | Q |
  | 3 | Zhang Yage Gao Yulan | China | 7:13.38 | R |
  | 4 | Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse | South Africa | 7:14.31 | R |
  | 5 | Claudia Wurzel Sara Bertolasi | Italy | 7:21.44 | R |
  
  ### Repechage
  
  First two qualify to the final.
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu | Romania | 7:08.42 | Q |
  | 2 | Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig | Germany | 7:10.42 | Q |
  | 3 | Zhang Yage Gao Yulan | China | 7:15.18 | |
  | 4 | Claudia Wurzel Sara Bertolasi | Italy | 7:18.14 | |
  | 5 | Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse | South Africa | 7:18.96 | |
  | 6 | Maria Laura Abalo Gabriela Best | Argentina | 7:20.94 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  Note: Strong headwinds
  
  **Final B**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Zhang Yage Gao Yulan | China | 7:55.18 |
  | 2 | Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse | South Africa | 7:56.40 |
  | 3 | Maria Laura Abalo Gabriela Best | Argentina | 8:03.53 |
  | 4 | Claudia Wurzel Sara Bertolasi | Italy | 8:06.14 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Helen Glover Heather Stanning | Great Britain | 7:27.13 |
  | | Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait | Australia | 7:29.86 |
  | | Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown | New Zealand | 7:30.19 |
  | 4 | Sara Hendershot Sarah Zelenka | United States | 7:30.39 |
  | 5 | Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu | Romania | 7:37.67 |
  | 6 | Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig | Germany | 7:42.06 |
  