Despite a ninth-place finish in the medal race, Australia's Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson won the second 470 (Two Person Dinghy) gold of the Olympics with 43 points overall, matching the gold won by the Australian Men's 470 pair just one hour earlier.
Rechichi and Parkinson went into the final race with an 18-point lead over Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout of the Netherlands, who finished sixth in the medal race and won silver with 53 points overall. Fernanda Oliviera and Isabel Swan of Brazil won the medal race and the bronze medal with 60 net points.
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