2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

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

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]

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 Lehaci 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 Lehaci 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

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