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

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.

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.

## 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 | Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, 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 | Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 | Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, 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 |
