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
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	38 from 19 nations
Winning time	6:50.71
Medalists
Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă    Romania   Emily Schmieg Mary Jones    United States   Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis    Netherlands
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Schedule

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

Heats

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

Final D

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

Final C

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

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

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

1. "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. "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.