# Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.

## Schedule

The competition was held over six days.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 24 July 2021 | 9:20 | Heats |
| Sunday, 25 July 2021 | 9:50 | Repechage |
| Wednesday, 28 July 2021 | 12:20 | Semifinals A/B* |
| Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 8:40 | Final B* |
| Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 9:30 | Final A |
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## Results
### Heats

The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | Canada | 7:18.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Adriana Ailincăi Iuliana Buhuș | Romania | 7:20.36 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kiri Tontodonati Aisha Rocek | Italy | 7:22.79 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser | United States | 7:26.95 | R |
| 5 | 5 | Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou | Greece | 7:33.94 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre | Australia | 7:21.75 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia | ROC | 7:23.39 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Helen Glover Polly Swann | Great Britain | 7:23.98 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Huang Kaifeng Liu Jinchao | China | 7:45.55 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | New Zealand | 7:19.08 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Hedvig Rasmussen Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 7:22.86 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Aina Cid Virginia Díaz Rivas | Spain | 7:23.14 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska | Ireland | 7:24.71 | R |

### Repechage

The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.
| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou | Greece | 7:28.00 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser | United States | 7:29.87 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska | Ireland | 7:31.99 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Huang Kaifeng Liu Jinchao | China | 7:45.17 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A/B 1

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou | Greece | 6:48.70 WB | FA |
| 2 | 2 | Helen Glover Polly Swann | Great Britain | 6:49.39 | FA |
| 3 | 3 | Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | Canada | 6:49.46 | FA |
| 4 | 4 | Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre | Australia | 6:49.82 | FB |
| 5 | 1 | Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska | Ireland | 7:06.07 | FB |
| 6 | 5 | Hedvig Rasmussen Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 7:08.44 | FB |

#### Semifinal A/B 2

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | New Zealand | 6:47.41 WB | FA, |
| 2 | 5 | Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia | ROC | 6:50.24 | FA |
| 3 | 6 | Aina Cid Virginia Díaz Rivas | Spain | 6:50.63 | FA |
| 4 | 3 | Adriana Ailincăi Iuliana Buhuș | Romania | 6:58.55 | FB |
| 5 | 1 | Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser | United States | 7:02.52 | FB |
| 6 | 2 | Kiri Tontodonati Aisha Rocek | Italy | 7:04.52 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time |
| 7 | 3 | Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre | Australia | 6:56.46 |
| 8 | 6 | Hedvig Rasmussen Fie Udby Erichsen | Denmark | 6:59.48 |
| 9 | 4 | Adriana Ailincăi Iuliana Buhuș | Romania | 7:01.02 |
| 10 | 2 | Megan Kalmoe Tracy Eisser | United States | 7:02.16 |
| 11 | 5 | Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska | Ireland | 7:02.22 |
| 12 | 1 | Kiri Tontodonati Aisha Rocek | Italy | 7:04.46 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time |
| | 4 | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | New Zealand | 6:50.19 |
| | 5 | Vasilisa Stepanova Elena Oriabinskaia | ROC | 6:51.45 |
| | 1 | Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | Canada | 6:52.10 |
| 4 | 2 | Helen Glover Polly Swann | Great Britain | 6:54.96 |
| 5 | 3 | Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou | Greece | 6:57.11 |
| 6 | 6 | Aina Cid Virginia Díaz Rivas | Spain | 7:00.05 |