| Event: | Women's coxless pair |
| Championship: | 2018 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 9–15 September |
| Venue: | Plovdiv Regatta Venue |
| Location: | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Win Value: | 6:50.67 |
| Gold: | Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens |
| Gold Nation: | CAN |
| Silver: | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler |
| Silver Nation: | NZL |
| Bronze: | Anna Boada Aina Cid |
| Bronze Nation: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's coxless pair competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 9 September 2018 | 10:34 | Heats | |
| Tuesday 11 September 2018 | 10:49 | Repechage | |
| Thursday 13 September 2018 | 11:18 | Semifinals A/B | |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 09:38 | Final B | |
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 11:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
| 14:45 | Final C |
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.[2]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | 6:56.06 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Aifric Keogh Emily Hegarty | 7:11.51 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan | 7:13.02 | SA/B | ||
| 4 | Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch | 7:16.10 | R | ||
| 5 | Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva | 7:17.16 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowan McKellar Harriet Taylor | 7:07.92 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Lin Xinyu Ju Rui | 7:09.73 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi | 7:11.85 | SA/B | ||
| 4 | Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen | 7:23.18 | R | ||
| 5 | Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina | 7:23.20 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | 7:09.23 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Anna Boada Aina Cid | 7:15.71 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Dóra Polivka Eszter Krémer | 7:27.64 | SA/B | ||
| 4 | Flavie Bahuaud Marie Le Nepvou | 7:34.99 | R | ||
| 5 | Anna Wierzbowska Monika Sobieszek | 7:55.26 | R |
The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[3]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina | 7:14.15 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch | 7:14.88 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva | 7:17.23 | SA/B | ||
| 4 | Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen | 7:17.54 | FC | ||
| 5 | Anna Wierzbowska Monika Sobieszek | 7:27.78 | FC | ||
| 6 | Flavie Bahuaud Marie Le Nepvou | 7:37.08 | FC |
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | 6:58.57 | FA | ||
| 2 | Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | 7:00.32 | FA | ||
| 3 | Lin Xinyu Ju Rui | 7:14.48 | FA | ||
| 4 | Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch | 7:17.40 | FB | ||
| 5 | Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva | 7:24.72 | FB | ||
| 6 | Dóra Polivka Eszter Krémer | 7:32.07 | FB |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aifric Keogh Emily Hegarty | 7:14.67 | FA | ||
| 2 | Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi | 7:14.99 | FA | ||
| 3 | Anna Boada Aina Cid | 7:15.30 | FA | ||
| 4 | Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan | 7:16.61 | FB | ||
| 5 | Rowan McKellar Harriet Taylor | 7:17.95 | FB | ||
| 6 | Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina | 7:29.11 | FB |
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Wierzbowska Monika Sobieszek | 7:20.04 | ||
| 2 | Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen | 7:22.35 | ||
| 3 | Flavie Bahuaud Marie Le Nepvou | 7:30.83 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowan McKellar Harriet Taylor | 7:17.46 | ||
| 2 | Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch | 7:18.94 | ||
| 3 | Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan | 7:19.70 | ||
| 4 | Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva | 7:24.76 | ||
| 5 | Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina | 7:27.48 | ||
| 6 | Dóra Polivka Eszter Krémer | 7:36.96 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | 6:50.67 | |||
| Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | 6:52.96 | |||
| Anna Boada Aina Cid | 7:04.60 | |||
| 4 | Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi | 7:06.91 | ||
| 5 | Lin Xinyu Ju Rui | 7:11.31 | ||
| 6 | Aifric Keogh Emily Hegarty | 7:15.70 |