0 a practice in some sports in which players or teams who come very close but fail to get through to the next round of a competition are allowed to continue to the next round, often after winning an additional race or game; one additional race or game in such a system: --
The women's eight were eliminated, finishing fifth in a repechage from which four boats qualified for the final.
the repechage system
It will be interesting to see how the team do in repechage.
The remaining 15 teams were relegated to the repechage heats.
Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist (on this occasion this was just the losing quarter-finalists) competed in the repechage.
The riders that did not advance to the second round, raced in six repechage heats.
Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition.
The winner from each pool's repechage bracket competes against the loser in the championship semi-final who comes from one of that repechage bracket's two pools.
All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals.
This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.
