2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

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   Mary Jones    United States   Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis    Netherlands
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2018 World Rowing Championships
Openweight events
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxless four	men	women
Eight	men	women
Lightweight events
Lwt single sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Lwt quadruple sculls	men	women
Lwt coxless pair	men	women
Para-rowing events
PR1 single sculls	men	women
PR2 single sculls	men	women
PR2 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxless pair	men	women
PR3 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxed four	mixed
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The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

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	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	Ayami Oishi	Japan	6:59.24	R

Heat 2[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mary Jones	United States	6:58.59	SA/B
2	Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:07.52	SA/B
3	Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:09.38	R
4	Nawel Chiali	Algeria	7:21.52	R
5	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		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		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	Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:00.67	SA/B
3	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:03.88	SC/D
4	Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:06.78	SC/D
5		Spain	7:16.14	SC/D
6		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	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	7:16.95	SC/D
5	Nawel Chiali	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		Spain	7:24.08	FC
3	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	7:31.21	FD

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:15.65	FC
2	Katrin Thoma Leonie Pless	Germany	7:25.53	FC
3	Nawel Chiali	Algeria	7:28.06	FC
4		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	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	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	Poland	7:12.72	FB
5	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:12.90	FB
6	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	Phuttharaksa Neegree	Thailand	7:19.19
2		Egypt	7:52.69

Final C[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:05.77
2	Louisa Altenhuber	Austria	7:08.29
3	Katrin Thoma Leonie Pless	Germany	7:09.12
4		Spain	7:13.31
5	Nawel Chiali	Algeria	7:20.59

Final B[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:04.91
2	Kirsten McCann	South Africa	7:06.40
3	Katherine Haber Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:07.07
4	Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:07.96
5	Weronika Deresz	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
	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[]