2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

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

Women's lightweight double sculls
at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
VenueLake Sava
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Dates4 September – 9 September
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time7:19.23
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Romania
← 2022

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Monday 4 September 202310:02Heats
Tuesday 5 September 202311:54Repechages
Thursday 7 September 202310:15Semifinals A/B
16:05Semifinals C/D
Saturday 9 September 202309:44Final D
10:12Final C
11:30Final B
14:07Final A

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

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Mariana-Laura Dumitru
Ionela Cozmiuc
 Romania7:07.16SA/B
2Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
 Ireland7:07.54SA/B
3Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
 Switzerland7:18.73R
4Natalia Miguel Gómez
Rocio Lao Sanchez
 Spain7:29.97R
5Selma Dhaouadi
Khadija Krimi
 Tunisia7:31.89R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
 Great Britain6:59.28SA/B
2Shannon Cox
Jackie Kiddle
 New Zealand7:05.21SA/B
3Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Tiefenthaler
 Austria7:17.02R
4Alessia Palacios
Valeria Palacios
 Peru7:29.52R
5Nourelhoda Arafa
Maryam Abdellatif
 Egypt7:36.46R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Michelle Sechser
Mary Jones
 United States7:08.58SA/B
2Zou Jiaqi
Qiu Xiuping
 China7:09.31SA/B
3Anneka Reardon
Lucy Coleman
 Australia7:20.61R
4Marion Reichardt
Johanna Reichardt
 Germany7:22.21R
5Mathilde Persson
Marie Morch-Pedersen
 Denmark7:24.60R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jill Moffatt
Jennifer Casson
 Canada7:01.81SA/B
2Martyna Radosz
Katarzyna Welna
 Poland7:04.67SA/B
3Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
 France7:05.74R
4Dimitra Kontou
Zoi Fitsiou
 Greece7:06.27R
5Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
 Italy7:12.32R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Dimitra Kontou
Zoi Fitsiou
 Greece6:58.89SA/B
2Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
 Switzerland7:00.83SA/B
3Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Tiefenthaler
 Austria7:03.77SC/D
4Mathilde Persson
Marie Morch-Pedersen
 Denmark7:08.12SC/D
5Marion Reichardt
Johanna Reichardt
 Germany7:11.19SC/D
6Selma Dhaouadi
Khadija Krimi
 Tunisia7:17.18SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
 France6:57.78SA/B
2Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
 Italy6:59.69SA/B
3Anneka Reardon
Lucy Coleman
 Australia7:01.68SC/D
4Natalia Miguel Gómez
Rocio Lao Sanchez
 Spain7:14.26SC/D
5Alessia Palacios
Valeria Palacios
 Peru7:16.68SC/D
6Nourelhoda Arafa
Maryam Abdellatif
 Egypt7:25.21SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Tiefenthaler
 Austria7:46.84FC
2Marion Reichardt
Johanna Reichardt
 Germany7:52.95FC
3Natalia Miguel Gómez
Rocio Lao Sanchez
 Spain8:05.60FC
4Nourelhoda Arafa
Maryam Abdellatif
 Egypt8:11.31FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Anneka Reardon
Lucy Coleman
 Australia7:40.09FC
2Mathilde Persson
Marie Morch-Pedersen
 Denmark7:43.60FC
3Selma Dhaouadi
Khadija Krimi
 Tunisia8:00.56FC
4Alessia Palacios
Valeria Palacios
 Peru8:12.50FD

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
 Great Britain7:23.83FA
2Mariana-Laura Dumitru
Ionela Cozmiuc
 Romania7:28.24FA
3Zou Jiaqi
Qiu Xiuping
 China7:31.35FA
4Martyna Radosz
Katarzyna Welna
 Poland7:32.82FB
5Dimitra Kontou
Zoi Fitsiou
 Greece7:41.04FB
6Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
 Italy7:41.33FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jill Moffatt
Jennifer Casson
 Canada7:23.12FA
2Shannon Cox
Jackie Kiddle
 New Zealand7:23.78FA
3Michelle Sechser
Mary Jones
 United States7:24.32FA
4Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
 Ireland7:24.67FB
5Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
 France7:32.73FB
6Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
 Switzerland7:36.96FB

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
1Alessia Palacios
Valeria Palacios
 Peru7:13.7719
2Nourelhoda Arafa
Maryam Abdellatif
 Egypt7:16.9020

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Anneka Reardon
Lucy Coleman
 Australia6:57.1613
2Louisa Altenhuber
Lara Tiefenthaler
 Austria7:00.4914
3Mathilde Persson
Marie Morch-Pedersen
 Denmark7:01.9615
4Marion Reichardt
Johanna Reichardt
 Germany7:04.8516
5Natalia Miguel Gómez
Rocio Lao Sanchez
 Spain7:06.8017
6Selma Dhaouadi
Khadija Krimi
 Tunisia7:11.2718

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Aoife Casey
Margaret Cremen
 Ireland7:03.397
2Martyna Radosz
Katarzyna Welna
 Poland7:04.448
3Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
 Italy7:10.219
4Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
 Switzerland7:11.1410
5Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
 France7:12.2211
6Dimitra Kontou
Zoi Fitsiou
 Greece7:13.1212

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
 Great Britain7:19.23
Michelle Sechser
Mary Jones
 United States7:22.89
Mariana-Laura Dumitru
Ionela Cozmiuc
 Romania7:23.70
4Jill Moffatt
Jennifer Casson
 Canada7:25.77
5Shannon Cox
Jackie Kiddle
 New Zealand7:27.81
6Zou Jiaqi
Qiu Xiuping
 China7:31.78

References