2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

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

Women's lightweight double sculls
at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
VenuePlovdiv Regatta Venue
LocationPlovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates9–15 September
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Winning time6:50.71
Medalists
gold medal    Romania
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Netherlands
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Schedule edit

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday 9 September 2018 15:00 Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018 10:57 Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018 11:36 Semifinals A/B
15:01 Semifinals C/D
Saturday 15 September 2018 09:54 Final B
12:01 Final A
15:01 Final C
15:49 Final D

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

Results edit

Heats edit

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kirsten McCann
Nicole van Wyk
  South Africa 6:54.31 SA/B
2 Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
  Italy 6:54.91 SA/B
3 Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
  Switzerland 6:55.39 R
4 Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
  Great Britain 6:58.59 R
5 Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
  Japan 6:59.24 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
  United States 6:58.59 SA/B
2 Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
  Poland 7:07.52 SA/B
3 Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
  Austria 7:09.38 R
4 Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
  Algeria 7:21.52 R
5 Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
  Thailand 7:27.07 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
  New Zealand 6:50.04 SA/B
2 Amy James
Sarah Pound
  Australia 6:51.11 SA/B
3 Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
  Canada 6:51.45 R
4 Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
  Ireland 7:02.25 R
5 Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
  Egypt 8:10.82 R

Heat 4 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
  Netherlands 6:59.43 SA/B
2 Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
  Romania 7:02.83 SA/B
3 Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
  Germany 7:10.41 R
4 Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
  Spain 7:23.43 R

Repechages edit

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
  Switzerland 6:57.90 SA/B
2 Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
  Japan 7:00.67 SA/B
3 Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
  Ireland 7:03.88 SC/D
4 Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
  Austria 7:06.78 SC/D
5 Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
  Spain 7:16.14 SC/D
6 Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
  Egypt 7:50.07 SC/D

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
  Great Britain 6:57.14 SA/B
2 Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
  Canada 7:00.60 SA/B
3 Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
  Germany 7:12.65 SC/D
4 Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
  Thailand 7:16.95 SC/D
5 Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
  Algeria 7:23.96 SC/D

Semifinals C/D edit

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
  Ireland 7:20.51 FC
2 Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
  Spain 7:24.08 FC
3 Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
  Thailand 7:31.21 FD

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
  Austria 7:15.65 FC
2 Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
  Germany 7:25.53 FC
3 Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
  Algeria 7:28.06 FC
4 Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
  Egypt 7:56.02 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.[4]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
  Romania 6:59.23 FA
2 Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
  United States 6:59.95 FA
3 Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
  Switzerland 7:01.11 FA
4 Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
  Canada 7:01.50 FB
5 Kirsten McCann
Nicole van Wyk
  South Africa 7:02.48 FB
6 Amy James
Sarah Pound
  Australia 7:09.18 FB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
  Netherlands 7:05.62 FA
2 Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
  New Zealand 7:06.75 FA
3 Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
  Great Britain 7:07.09 FA
4 Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
  Poland 7:12.72 FB
5 Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
  Italy 7:12.90 FB
6 Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
  Japan 7:14.41 FB

Finals edit

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]

Final D edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
  Thailand 7:19.19
2 Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
  Egypt 7:52.69

Final C edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
  Ireland 7:05.77
2 Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
  Austria 7:08.29
3 Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
  Germany 7:09.12
4 Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
  Spain 7:13.31
5 Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
  Algeria 7:20.59

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
  Italy 7:04.91
2 Kirsten McCann
Nicole van Wyk
  South Africa 7:06.40
3 Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
  Canada 7:07.07
4 Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
  Japan 7:07.96
5 Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
  Poland 7:08.77
6 Amy James
Sarah Pound
  Australia 7:09.28

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
  Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
  Romania 6:50.71
  Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
  United States 6:52.30
  Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
  Netherlands 6:52.56
4 Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
  Switzerland 6:54.80
5 Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
  Great Britain 6:55.81
6 Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
  New Zealand 6:57.79

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 9 June 2019.