2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:Men's lightweight double sculls
Championship:2017 World Rowing Championships
Dates:24–30 September
Venue:Nathan Benderson Park
Location:Sarasota, United States
Competitors:48
Nations:24
Win Value:6:13.10
Gold:Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
Gold Nation:FRA
Silver:Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
Silver Nation:ITA
Bronze:Sun Man
Fan Junjie
Bronze Nation:CHN
Prev:2015
Next:2018

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 24 September 2017 11:30 Heats
Tuesday 26 September 2017 12:34 Repechages
Wednesday 27 September 2017 10:59 Semifinals C/D
Thursday 28 September 2017 11:51 Semifinals A/B
13:31 Final D
Friday 29 September 2017 13:55 Final C
Saturday 30 September 2017 09:10 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon10:53 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
6:19.37SA/B
2Emil Espensen
Mathias Larsen
6:25.97R
3Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
6:34.51R
4Leif Catalan Flores
Gerardo Campa Rocche
6:53.21R
5Anton Kuranov
Nazar Lifshitc
6:54.40R
6Dennis Aweh
Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi
8:02.56R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:26.82SA/B
2Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:30.47R
3Lucas Schäfer
Jason Osborne
6:44.86R
4Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
7:12.82R
5Omar Amer
Yahia Eldeib
7:16.39R
6Alfred Okello
Arnold Omony
7:54.04R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
6:26.06SA/B
2Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:32.85R
3Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:37.55R
4Yuki Ikeda
Kakeru Sato
6:41.85R
5Chris Rogers
Peter Schmidt
6:43.27R
6Takhir Rakhmatov
Shakhzod Nasridinov
7:01.47R

Heat 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:29.13SA/B
2Samuel Mottram
Jamie Copus
6:36.69R
3Jesus Gonzalez
Patricio Rojas
6:39.97R
4Taylor Hardy
Patrick Keane
6:42.11R
5Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Bruno Cetraro
6:50.35R
6Gianfranco Colmenares
Johann Hamann Zlatar
7:09.55R

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

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Emil Espensen
Mathias Larsen
6:22.56SA/B
2Lucas Schäfer
Jason Osborne
6:29.60SA/B
3Yuki Ikeda
Kakeru Sato
6:32.73SC/D
4Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Bruno Cetraro
6:47.55SC/D
5Dennis Aweh
Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi
7:45.18SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:24.11SA/B
2Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:24.17SA/B
3Taylor Hardy
Patrick Keane
6:30.21SC/D
4Anton Kuranov
Nazar Lifshitc
6:42.45SC/D
5Alfred Okello
Arnold Omony
7:46.03SC/D

Repechage 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:37.44SA/B
2Jesus Gonzalez
Patricio Rojas
6:43.41SA/B
3Takhir Rakhmatov
Shakhzod Nasridinov
6:50.51SC/D
4Leif Catalan Flores
Gerardo Campa Rocche
6:57.07SC/D
5Omar Amer
Yahia Eldeib
7:06.53SC/D

Repechage 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Samuel Mottram
Jamie Copus
6:24.70SA/B
2Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
6:26.13SA/B
3Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
6:26.16SC/D
4Chris Rogers
Peter Schmidt
6:37.41SC/D
5Gianfranco Colmenares
Johann Hamann Zlatar
6:57.11SC/D

Semifinals C/D

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

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Chris Rogers
Peter Schmidt
6:42.42FC
2Anton Kuranov
Nazar Lifshitc
6:45.41FC
3Yuki Ikeda
Kakeru Sato
6:47.51FC
4Takhir Rakhmatov
Shakhzod Nasridinov
7:02.54FD
5Omar Amer
Yahia Eldeib
7:13.31FD
6Dennis Aweh
Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi
8:02.65FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Taylor Hardy
Patrick Keane
6:40.73FC
2Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
6:46.05FC
3Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Bruno Cetraro
6:49.01FC
4Gianfranco Colmenares
Johann Hamann Zlatar
6:58.91FD
5Leif Catalan Flores
Gerardo Campa Rocche
7:07.47FD
6Alfred Okello
Arnold Omony
7:56.11FD

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

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
6:18.10FA
2Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
6:20.85FA
3Lucas Schäfer
Jason Osborne
6:22.31FA
4Samuel Mottram
Jamie Copus
6:24.22FB
5Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:26.83FB
6Jesus Gonzalez
Patricio Rojas
6:38.84FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:20.59FA
2Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:21.27FA
3Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:22.76FA
4Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:25.69FB
5Emil Espensen
Mathias Larsen
6:26.10FB
6Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
6:48.90FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]

Final D

RankRowersCountryTime
1Takhir Rakhmatov
Shakhzod Nasridinov
6:45.29
2Gianfranco Colmenares
Johann Hamann Zlatar
6:50.16
3Leif Catalan Flores
Gerardo Campa Rocche
6:55.36
4Omar Amer
Yahia Eldeib
7:02.89
5Alfred Okello
Arnold Omony
7:34.91
6Dennis Aweh
Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi
7:49.19

Final C

RankRowersCountryTime
1Taylor Hardy
Patrick Keane
6:27.48
2Alejandro Colomino
Carlo Lauro
6:28.98
3Yuki Ikeda
Kakeru Sato
6:31.01
4Chris Rogers
Peter Schmidt
6:34.06
5Anton Kuranov
Nazar Lifshitc
6:39.02
6Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Bruno Cetraro
6:39.10

Final B

RankRowersCountryTime
1Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:19.11
2Emil Espensen
Mathias Larsen
6:20.75
3Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:23.03
4Samuel Mottram
Jamie Copus
6:23.12
5Jesus Gonzalez
Patricio Rojas
6:28.42
6Vaughn Botes
Nicholas Oberholzer
6:37.22

Final A

RankRowersCountryTime
Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
6:13.10
Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:15.15
Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:15.40
4Jerzy Kowalski
Miłosz Jankowski
6:15.94
5Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:17.00
6Lucas Schäfer
Jason Osborne
6:19.52

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 5 June 2018.
  2. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Heat. World Rowing. 5 June 2018.
  3. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Repechage. World Rowing. 5 June 2018.
  4. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Semifinal. World Rowing. 5 June 2018.
  5. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final. World Rowing. 5 June 2018.