2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.[1]

Men's lightweight double sculls
at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
VenuePlovdiv Regatta Venue
LocationPlovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates9–15 September
Competitors53 from 26 nations
Winning time6:06.81
Medalists
gold medal    Ireland
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Belgium
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Schedule edit

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday 9 September 2018 15:32 Heats
Monday 10 September 2018 12:33 Repechage
Wednesday 12 September 2018 15:02 Quarterfinals
Thursday 13 September 2018 11:54 Semifinals A/B
15:17 Semifinals C/D
Saturday 15 September 2018 10:02 Final B
12:16 Final A
15:09 Final C
15:57 Final D
16:37 Final E

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results edit

Heats edit

The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.[2]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:14.95 Q
2 Zhang Zhiyuan
Chen Sensen
  China 6:16.78 Q
3 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:17.03 Q
4 Benjamin van Dalen
Matthew Dunham
  New Zealand 6:18.01 Q
5 César Abaroa
Eber Sanbueza
  Chile 6:20.02 R
6 Thomas Baroukh
Pierre Houin
  France 6:21.52 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:21.33 Q
2 Zak Lee-Green
Jamie Copus
  Great Britain 6:23.27 Q
3 Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
  Denmark 6:24.23 Q
4 Kakeru Sato
Mitsuo Nishimura
  Japan 6:31.01 Q
5 Aleksandr Bogdashin
Nikita Bolozin
  Russia 6:40.84 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:24.68 Q
2 Marek Reznak
Peter Zelinka
  Slovakia 6:26.49 Q
3 Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
  South Africa 6:26.96 Q
4 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:28.18 Q
5 Hugh McAdam
Peter Schmidt
  United States 6:37.28 R

Heat 4 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:19.48 Q
2 Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
  Belgium 6:20.13 Q
3 Julian Müller
Andri Struzina
  Switzerland 6:21.23 Q
4 Julian Schöberl
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:23.14 Q
5 Patricio Rojas
Rodrigo Comero
  Spain 6:26.03 R

Heat 5 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:15.79 Q
2 Jonathan Rommelmann
Konstantin Steinhübel
  Germany 6:19.23 Q
3 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:21.55 Q
4 Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
  Argentina 6:30.24 Q
5 Petros Gkaidatzis
Ninos Nikolaidis
  Greece 6:39.53 R

Repechage edit

The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.[3]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Patricio Rojas
Rodrigo Comero
  Spain 6:20.61 Q
2 Thomas Baroukh
Pierre Houin
  France 6:21.32 Q
3 Petros Gkaidatzis
Ninos Nikolaidis
  Greece 6:22.57 Q
4 César Abaroa
Eber Sanbueza
  Chile 6:23.04 Q
5 Aleksandr Bogdashin
Nikita Bolozin
  Russia 6:30.68 FE
6 Hugh McAdam
Peter Schmidt
  United States 6:31.40 FE

Quarterfinals edit

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Julian Schöberl
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:49.04 SA/B
2 Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:49.96 SA/B
3 Zak Lee-Green
Jamie Copus
  Great Britain 6:52.27 SA/B
4 Jonathan Rommelmann
Konstantin Steinhübel
  Germany 6:56.96 SC/D
5 Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
  South Africa 7:25.99 SC/D
6 Petros Gkaidatzis
Ninos Nikolaidis
  Greece 7:31.47 SC/D

Quarterfinal 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Patricio Rojas
Rodrigo Comero
  Spain 6:54.76 SA/B
2 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:56.58 SA/B
3 Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
  Belgium 7:02.88 SA/B
4 Zhang Zhiyuan
Chen Sensen
  China 7:06.36 SC/D
5 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 7:08.56 SC/D
6 Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
  Argentina 7:31.35 SC/D

Quarterfinal 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:44.44 SA/B
2 Benjamin van Dalen
Matthew Dunham
  New Zealand 6:45.04 SA/B
3 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:48.70 SA/B
4 Julian Müller
Andri Struzina
  Switzerland 6:54.88 SC/D
5 Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
  Denmark 6:59.36 SC/D
6 César Abaroa
Eber Sanbueza
  Chile 7:11.47 SC/D

Quarterfinal 4 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:49.45 SA/B
2 Kakeru Sato
Mitsuo Nishimura
  Japan 6:50.54 SA/B
3 Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:51.68 SA/B
4 Marek Reznak
Peter Zelinka
  Slovakia 6:53.16 SC/D
5 Thomas Baroukh
Pierre Houin
  France 7:06.12 SC/D
6 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 7:16.31 SC/D

Semifinals C/D edit

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[5]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Jonathan Rommelmann
Konstantin Steinhübel
  Germany 6:24.82 FC
2 Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
  Denmark 6:27.07 FC
3 Thomas Baroukh
Pierre Houin
  France 6:27.19 FC
4 Zhang Zhiyuan
Chen Sensen
  China 6:28.89 FD
5 Petros Gkaidatzis
Ninos Nikolaidis
  Greece 6:33.19 FD
6 César Abaroa
Eber Sanbueza
  Chile 6:35.74 FD

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:28.55 FC
2 Julian Müller
Andri Struzina
  Switzerland 6:29.68 FC
3 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:29.97 FC
4 Marek Reznak
Peter Zelinka
  Slovakia 6:30.89 FD
5 Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
  South Africa 6:37.40 FD
6 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:50.14 FD

Semifinals A/B edit

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:23.70 FA
2 Benjamin van Dalen
Matthew Dunham
  New Zealand 6:26.53 FA
3 Patricio Rojas
Rodrigo Comero
  Spain 6:27.12 FA
4 Zak Lee-Green
Jamie Copus
  Great Britain 6:28.98 FB
5 Julian Schöberl
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:34.99 FB
6 Kakeru Sato
Mitsuo Nishimura
  Japan 6:41.93 FB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:21.94 FA
2 Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
  Belgium 6:22.83 FA
3 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:23.78 FA
4 Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:25.30 FB
5 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:31.37 FB
6 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:31.53 FB

Finals edit

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[6][7]

Final E edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Hugh McAdam
Peter Schmidt
  United States 6:28.65
2 Nikita Bolozin
Aleksandr Bogdashin
  Russia 6:30.06

Final D edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Marek Reznak
Peter Zelinka
  Slovakia 6:17.88
2 César Abaroa
Eber Sanbueza
  Chile 6:17.92
3 Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
  Argentina 6:18.74
4 Zhang Zhiyuan
Chen Sensen
  China 6:19.28
5 Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
  South Africa 6:21.57
6 Petros Gkaidatzis
Ninos Nikolaidis
  Greece 6:32.25

Final C edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Thomas Baroukh
Pierre Houin
  France 6:08.84
2 Jonathan Rommelmann
Konstantin Steinhübel
  Germany 6:10.10
3 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:10.70
4 Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
  Denmark 6:12.34
5 Julian Müller
Andri Struzina
  Switzerland 6:14.25
6 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:14.56

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:20.93
2 Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:23.10
3 Zak Lee-Green
Jamie Copus
  Great Britain 6:24.96
4 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:25.72
5 Julian Schöberl
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:26.85
6 Kakeru Sato
Mitsuo Nishimura
  Japan 6:31.77

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
  Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:06.81
  Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:08.31
  Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
  Belgium 6:11.25
4 Benjamin van Dalen
Matthew Dunham
  New Zealand 6:15.36
5 Are Strandli
Jens Holm
  Norway 6:17.18
6 Patricio Rojas
Rodrigo Comero
  Spain 6:19.26

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Quarterfinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final A" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 9 June 2019.