2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

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

Women's double sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	10–16 September
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	6:44.15
Medalists
Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė    Lithuania   Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe    New Zealand   Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek    United States
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 10 September 2018	11:05	Heats
Wednesday 12 September 2018	12:13	Repechages
Friday 14 September 2018	09:35	Semifinals A/B
Sunday 16 September 2018	10:02	Final C
	11:02	Final B
	13:00	Final A

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	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Anna Thornton	Great Britain	6:53.28	SA/B
2	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	United States	6:55.11	SA/B
3	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:57.76	R
4	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	7:00.91	R
5	Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak	Poland	7:02.07	R
6	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki	Greece	7:08.08	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	6:54.02	SA/B
2	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:55.57	SA/B
3	Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan	China	6:57.45	R
4	Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg	Germany	7:04.50	R
5	Pascale Walker Valerie Rosset	Switzerland	7:07.22	R
6	Monika Dukarska Aileen Crowley	Ireland	7:08.79	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:52.14	SA/B
2	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:57.79	SA/B
3	Antonia Abraham Melita Abraham	Chile	6:57.79	R
4	Valentina Iseppi Kiri Tontodonati	Italy	7:04.31	R
5	Nataliya Dovhodko Yana Dementyeva	Ukraine	7:04.31	R
6	Larisa Elena Rosu Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar	Romania	7:04.31	R

Repechages

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan	China	6:58.82	SA/B
2	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	7:00.75	SA/B
3	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki	Greece	7:00.88	SA/B
4	Valentina Iseppi Kiri Tontodonati	Italy	7:02.65	FC
5	Pascale Walker Valerie Rosset	Switzerland	7:07.32	FC
6	Larisa Elena Rosu Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar	Romania	7:09.14	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	7:00.07	SA/B
2	Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg	Germany	7:00.30	SA/B
3	Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak	Poland	7:00.48	SA/B
4	Antonia Abraham Melita Abraham	Chile	7:01.19	FC
5	Monika Dukarska Aileen Crowley	Ireland	7:03.48	FC
6	Nataliya Dovhodko Yana Dementyeva	Ukraine	7:05.18	FC

Semifinals

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	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	6:50.80	FA
2	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:51.01	FA
3	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Anna Thornton	Great Britain	6:53.05	FA
4	Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak	Poland	6:53.21	FB
5	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	6:54.04	FB
6	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:54.85	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	United States	6:51.28	FA
2	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:51.60	FA
3	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:53.10	FA
4	Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan	China	6:53.68	FB
5	Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg	Germany	6:57.20	FB
6	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki	Greece	7:09.02	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Monika Dukarska Aileen Crowley	Ireland	6:54.55
2	Antonia Abraham Melita Abraham	Chile	6:57.29
3	Valentina Iseppi Kiri Tontodonati	Italy	6:58.17
4	Pascale Walker Valerie Rosset	Switzerland	7:01.04
5	Nataliya Dovhodko Yana Dementyeva	Ukraine	7:06.34
6	Larisa Elena Rosu Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar	Romania	7:09.23

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	6:49.84
2	Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak	Poland	6:51.97
3	Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan	China	6:55.21
4	Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg	Germany	6:56.14
5	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki	Greece	6:57.10
6	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	7:00.19

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:44.15
	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:46.28
	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	United States	6:47.75
4	Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Anna Thornton	Great Britain	6:51.59
5	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:52.69
6	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	6:56.01

References

1. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
2. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
3. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
4. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
5. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 7 June 2019.