| Event: | Women's lightweight quadruple sculls |
| Championship: | 2018 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 10–14 September |
| Venue: | Plovdiv Regatta Venue |
| Location: | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 6:28.32 |
| Gold: | Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan |
| Gold Nation: | CHN |
| Silver: | Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson |
| Silver Nation: | DEN |
| Bronze: | Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske |
| Bronze Nation: | GER |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's lightweight quadruple sculls 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 10 September 2018 | 10:02 | Heats | |||
| Wednesday 12 September 2018 | 11:49 | Repechage | |||
| Friday 14 September 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 12:44 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.[2]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giulia Mignemi Paola Piazzolla Allegra Francalacci Arianna Noseda | 6:27.84 | F | ||
| 2 | Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson | 6:29.80 | R | ||
| 3 | Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Fini Sturm Anja Noske | 6:31.21 | R | ||
| 4 | Svitlana Martynova Yuliia Kovalenko Hanna Dymova Larysa Zhalinska | 7:05.25 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan | 6:23.17 | F | ||
| 2 | Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver | 6:26.61 | R | ||
| 3 | Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett | 6:27.25 | R |
The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.[3]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson | 6:31.09 | F | ||
| 2 | Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver | 6:33.40 | F | ||
| 3 | Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett | 6:34.48 | F | ||
| 4 | Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske | 6:35.50 | F | ||
| 5 | Svitlana Martynova Yuliia Kovalenko Hanna Dymova Larysa Zhalinska | 7:02.40 |
The final determined the rankings.[4]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan | 6:28.32 | |||
| Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson | 6:33.33 | |||
| Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske | 6:34.25 | |||
| 4 | Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver | 6:36.02 | ||
| 5 | Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett | 6:37.51 | ||
| 6 | Giulia Mignemi Paola Piazzolla Allegra Francalacci Arianna Noseda | 6:39.04 |