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   Emily Schmieg Mary Jones   United States   Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis   Netherlands

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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