2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]

Women's double sculls
at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
VenueLake Sava
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Dates4 September – 10 September
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Winning time6:46.94
Medalists
gold medal    Romania
silver medal    Lithuania
bronze medal    United States
← 2022

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Monday 4 September 202310:22Heats
Wednesday 6 September 202311:12Repechages
Thursday 7 September 202317:05Semifinals C/D
Friday 8 September 202310:55Semifinals A/B
Sunday 10 September 202310:01Final D
10:39Final C
11:37Final B
13:54Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Zoe Hyde
Alison Bergin
 Ireland6:59.39SA/B
2Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
 Lithuania7:02.26SA/B
3Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
 Norway7:07.90R
4Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
 Great Britain6:15.68R
5Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
 Switzerland7:14.49R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
 United States6:58.91SA/B
2Stefania Buttignon
Silvia Crosio
 Italy7:00.56SA/B
3Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
 Australia7:02.48R
4Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
 Canada7:03.56R
5Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
 South Africa7:08.33R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Brooke Francis
Lucy Spoors
 New Zealand7:03.74SA/B
2Lu Shiyu
Shen Shuangmei
 China7:06.07SA/B
3Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands7:07.98R
4Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
 Poland7:14.21R
5Michala Pospíšilová
Kristýna Neuhortová
 Czech Republic7:19.04R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
 Romania6:55.41SA/B
2Margaux Bailleul
Emma Lunatti
 France7:02.74SA/B
3Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
 Germany7:14.60R
4Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
 Greece7:21.49R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the semifinals C/D.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
 Australia7:02.27SA/B
2Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
 Norway7:03.74SA/B
3Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
 Poland7:09.01SC/D
4Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
 Switzerland7:09.41SC/D
5Michala Pospíšilová
Kristýna Neuhortová
 Czech Republic7:15.64SC/D
6Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
 Greece7:16.92SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands7:00.76SA/B
2Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
 South Africa7:01.25SA/B
3Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
 Germany7:01.87SC/D
4Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
 Canada7:09.00SC/D
5Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
 Great Britain7:10.70SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The two fastest boats in semifinal 1 and three fastest boats in semifinal 2 advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
 Canada7:32.04FC
2Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
 Poland7:37.02FC
3Michala Pospíšilová
Kristýna Neuhortová
 Czech Republic7:47.60FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
 Great Britain7:20.77FC
2Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
 Germany7:21.15FC
3Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
 Switzerland7:26.48FC
4Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
 Greece7:30.94FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
 United States7:01.76FA
2Zoe Hyde
Alison Bergin
 Ireland7:02.22FA
3Margaux Bailleul
Emma Lunatti
 France7:06.03FA
4Lu Shiyu
Shen Shuangmei
 China7:08.14FB
5Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
 Australia7:12.88FB
6Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
 South Africa7:16.62FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
 Romania7:04.97FA
2Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
 Lithuania7:09.09FA
3Brooke Francis
Lucy Spoors
 New Zealand7:12.62FA
4Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands7:16.17FB
5Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
 Norway7:21.55FB
6Stefania Buttignon
Silvia Crosio
 Italy7:22.93FB

Finals

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

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Michala Pospíšilová
Markéta Nedělová
 Czech Republic7:11.2718
Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
 GreeceDNS

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
 Great Britain6:59.2013
2Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
 Germany7:00.7014
3Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
 Canada7:00.7815
4Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
 Switzerland7:04.2416
5Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
 Poland7:04.5417

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Stefania Buttignon
Silvia Crosio
 Italy6:53.717
2Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
 Australia6:53.768
3Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
 Norway6:53.789
4Lu Shiyu
Shen Shuangmei
 China6:55.1110
5Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
 Netherlands6:55.7211
6Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
 South Africa6:56.3012

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
 Romania6:46.94
Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
 Lithuania6:50.34
Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
 United States6:50.45
4Zoe Hyde
Alison Bergin
 Ireland6:52.21
5Brooke Francis
Lucy Spoors
 New Zealand6:54.99
6Margaux Bailleul
Emma Lunatti
 France7:06.45

References