Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

Women's quadruple sculls at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	18 September – 24 September
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Winning time	6:19.58
Medalists
Meike Evers Kerstin Kowalski Manja Kowalski Manuela Lutze   Germany   Guin Batten Miriam Batten Katherine Grainger Gillian Lindsay   Great Britain   Oksana Dorodnova Irina Fedotova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk   Russia

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 9 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for "Final A". All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for "Final A". Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final B, which determines the last three places, from 7–9. The final ranking for this event was based on the order of finish. The top three teams earned Olympic medals for placing first, second, and third, while the remaining "Final A" teams placed fourth through sixth, according to their final finish.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 18 September 2000	10:10	Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000	09:50	Repechages
Saturday, 23 September 2000	11:40	Final B
Sunday, 24 September 2000	09:30	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to Final A, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk	Russia	6:31.77	Q
2	Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay	Great Britain	6:35.09	R
3	Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow	United States	6:42.12	R
4	Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia	China	6:49.84	R
5	Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu	Romania	6:52.01	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manja Kowalski, Manuela Lutze	Germany	6:25.98	Q
2	Svetlana Maziy, Dina Myftakhutdinova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina	Ukraine	6:28.17	R
3	Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen	Denmark	6:35.39	R
4	Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson	Australia	6:47.01	R

Repechage

First two qualify to Final A, the remainder to final B.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay	Great Britain	6:30.96	A
2	Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen	Denmark	6:35.76	A
3	Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia	China	6:52.47	B

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Svetlana Maziy, Dina Myftakhutdinova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina	Ukraine	6:29.41	A
2	Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow	United States	6:34.63	A
3	Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson	Australia	6:42.22	B
4	Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu	Romania	6:50.34	B

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Monique Heinke, Kerry Knowler, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson	Australia	6:37.22
2	Han Jing, Liu Lijuan, Liu Lin, Sun Guangxia	China	6:39.51
3	Aurica Bărăscu, Elena Popa, Crina Violeta Serediuc, Doina Spîrcu	Romania	6:46.78

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manja Kowalski, Manuela Lutze	Germany	6:19.58
	Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, Gillian Lindsay	Great Britain	6:21.64
	Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk	Russia	6:21.65
4	Svetlana Maziy, Dina Myftakhutdinova, Olena Ronzhyna, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina	Ukraine	6:25.71
5	Jennifer Dore, Hilary Gehman, Laurel Korholz, Kelly Salchow	United States	6:30.26
6	Bianca Carstensen, Katrin Gleie, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen	Denmark	6:31.30

References

1. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Quadruple Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results