2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:Men's lightweight double sculls
Championship:2019 World Rowing Championships
Dates:25–31 August
Venue:Linz-Ottensheim
Location:Ottensheim, Austria
Competitors:64
Nations:32
Win Value:6:37.28
Gold:Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
Gold Nation:IRL
Silver:Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
Silver Nation:ITA
Bronze:Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
Bronze Nation:GER
Prev:2018
Next:2022

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.[1] A top-seven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.[2]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 25 August 2019 10:56 Heats
Monday 26 August 2019 12:17 Repechages
Wednesday 28 August 2019 11:37 Quarterfinals
16:58 Semifinals E/F
Thursday 29 August 2019 10:42 Semifinals A/B
16:30 Semifinals C/D
17:10 Final F
17:25 Final E
Saturday 31 August 2019 09:45 Final D
Sunday 1 September 2019 10:03 Final C
11:24 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon13:54 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[3]

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:30.61Q
2Pierre Houin
Hugo Beurey
6:32.64Q
3Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:34.78Q
4Bayram Sönmez
Enes Yenipazarlı
6:42.03R
5Aleksandr Bogdashin
Alexandr Tufanyuk
6:49.76R
6Edgar Ilas
Cris Nievarez
7:03.68R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:29.21Q
2Rodrigo Conde
Manel Balastegui
6:31.55Q
3Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:31.58Q
4Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
6:46.22R
5Chan Chi-fung
Wong Wai-chun
6:49.77R
6Evgeniy Agafonov
Shakhzod Nurmatov
6:52.65R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
6:28.02Q
2Andri Struzina
Fiorin Rüedi
6:31.76Q
3Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
6:34.01Q
4Yuki Ikeda
Mitsuo Nishimura
6:41.66R
5Arvind Singh
Bhagwan Singh
6:48.09R

Heat 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:28.46Q
2Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
6:29.80Q
3Julian Schöberl
Matthias Taborsky
6:32.18Q
4Peter Zelinka
Marek Reznak
6:34.68R
5Marjan Nikolovski
Marjan Vlakjeski
7:41.77R

Heat 5

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
6:24.25Q
2Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
6:24.90Q
3Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
6:26.90Q
4Andrew Campbell
Nicholas Trojan
6:32.84R
5Yevgeniy Tatsei
Daniil Savchenko
7:00.59R

Heat 6

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Matthew Dunham
Harrison Somerville
6:28.94Q
2Hamish Parry
Leon Chambers
6:31.02Q
3Jamie Copus
Zak Lee-Green
6:36.31Q
4Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou
6:51.27R
5Mohamed Kota
Ahmed Abdelaal
6:55.12R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.[4]

Repechage 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Bayram Sönmez
Enes Yenipazarlı
6:38.48Q
2Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou
6:40.69Q
3Arvind Singh
Bhagwan Singh
6:44.98SE/F
4Evgeniy Agafonov
Shakhzod Nurmatov
6:45.99SE/F
5Yevgeniy Tatsei
Daniil Savchenko
7:00.35SE/F

Repechage 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
6:33.19Q
2Peter Zelinka
Marek Reznak
6:44.05Q
3Aleksandr Bogdashin
Alexandr Tufanyuk
6:46.18SE/F
4Mohamed Kota
Ahmed Abdelaal
6:58.79SE/F

Repechage 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Andrew Campbell
Nicholas Trojan
6:38.17Q
2Yuki Ikeda
Mitsuo Nishimura
6:41.03Q
3Chan Chi-fung
Wong Wai-chun
6:51.85SE/F
4Edgar Ilas
Cris Nievarez
6:58.41SE/F
5Marjan Nikolovski
Marjan Vlakjeski
7:33.49SE/F

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[5]

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:19.35SA/B
2Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
6:19.83SA/B
3Matthew Dunham
Harrison Somerville
6:20.43SA/B
4Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
6:21.05SC/D
5Julian Schöberl
Matthias Taborsky
6:33.69SC/D
6Yuki Ikeda
Mitsuo Nishimura
6:34.81SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
6:19.54SA/B
2Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:20.94SA/B
3Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
6:21.79SA/B
4Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
6:22.29SC/D
5Andrew Campbell
Nicholas Trojan
6:25.46SC/D
6Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou
6:39.49SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
6:20.84SA/B
2Rodrigo Conde
Manel Balastegui
6:22.84SA/B
3Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
6:23.72SA/B
4Jamie Copus
Zak Lee-Green
6:28.43SC/D
5Pierre Houin
Hugo Beurey
6:29.48SC/D
6Bayram Sönmez
Enes Yenipazarlı
6:36.37SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:25.11SA/B
2Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:26.12SA/B
3Hamish Parry
Leon Chambers
6:26.96SA/B
4Andri Struzina
Fiorin Rüedi
6:27.49SC/D
5Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:31.31SC/D
6Peter Zelinka
Marek Reznak
6:31.36SC/D

Semifinals E/F

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Aleksandr Bogdashin
Alexandr Tufanyuk
6:36.42FE
2Arvind Singh
Bhagwan Singh
6:41.34FE
3Yevgeniy Tatsei
Daniil Savchenko
6:43.75FE
4Edgar Ilas
Cris Nievarez
6:46.70FF

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Evgeniy Agafonov
Shakhzod Nurmatov
6:38.97FE
2Chan Chi-fung
Wong Wai-chun
6:40.92FE
3Mohamed Kota
Ahmed Abdelaal
6:51.28FE
4Marjan Nikolovski
Marjan Vlakjeski
7:44.26FF

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
6:16.71FC
2Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
6:17.56FC
3Pierre Houin
Hugo Beurey
6:18.10FC
4Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:19.57FD
5Bayram Sönmez
Enes Yenipazarlı
6:24.04FD
6Yuki Ikeda
Mitsuo Nishimura
6:25.89FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Andrew Campbell
Nicholas Trojan
6:17.40FC
2Julian Schöberl
Matthias Taborsky
6:18.00FC
3Jamie Copus
Zak Lee-Green
6:18.73FC
4Andri Struzina
Fiorin Rüedi
6:21.10FD
5Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou
6:21.89FD
6Peter Zelinka
Marek Reznak
6:30.67FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:13.30FA
2Rodrigo Conde
Manel Balastegui
6:13.68FA
3Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
6:14.15FA
4Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:14.87FB
5Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:15.64FB
6Matthew Dunham
Harrison Somerville
6:18.78FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
6:13.46FA
2Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
6:13.59FA
3Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
6:14.15FA
4Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:17.06FB
5Hamish Parry
Leon Chambers
6:18.00FB
6Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
6:20.34FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[7]

Final F

RankRowersCountryTime
1Edgar Ilas
Cris Nievarez
6:41.20
2Marjan Nikolovski
Marjan Vlakjeski
7:18.08

Final E

RankRowersCountryTime
1Aleksandr Bogdashin
Alexandr Tufanyuk
6:27.97
2Chan Chi-fung
Wong Wai-chun
6:29.56
3Arvind Singh
Bhagwan Singh
6:32.38
4Evgeniy Agafonov
Shakhzod Nurmatov
6:34.51
5Yevgeniy Tatsei
Daniil Savchenko
6:35.49
6Mohamed Kota
Ahmed Abdelaal
6:39.46

Final D

RankRowersCountryTime
1Andri Struzina
Fiorin Rüedi
6:29.56
2Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
6:29.85
3Bayram Sönmez
Enes Yenipazarlı
6:32.79
4Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou
6:34.84
5Peter Zelinka
Marek Reznak
6:35.29
6Yuki Ikeda
Mitsuo Nishimura
6:37.64

Final C

RankRowersCountryTime
1Julian Schöberl
Matthias Taborsky
6:21.13
2Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
6:22.43
3Andrew Campbell
Nicholas Trojan
6:22.69
4Pierre Houin
Hugo Beurey
6:23.16
5Emil Espensen
Alexander Modest
6:24.03
6Jamie Copus
Zak Lee-Green
6:26.61

Final B

RankRowersCountryTime
1Tim Brys
Niels Van Zandweghe
6:30.74
2Hamish Parry
Leon Chambers
6:32.98
3Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
6:33.19
4Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
6:37.82
5Matthew Dunham
Harrison Somerville
6:38.89
6Sun Man
Fan Junjie
6:41.28

Final A

RankRowersCountryTime
Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
6:37.28
Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
6:39.71
Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
6:41.07
4Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
6:44.07
5Rodrigo Conde
Manel Balastegui
6:48.75
6Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
6:49.86

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 30 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Australia aims to qualify 14 boats for Tokyo 2020. Rowing Australia. 5 September 2019. 25 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220325214015/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/08/21/australia-aims-to-qualify-14-boats-for-tokyo-2020/. dead.
  3. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Heat. World Rowing. 30 August 2019.
  4. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Repechage. World Rowing. 30 August 2019.
  5. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Quarterfinal. World Rowing. 30 August 2019.
  6. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Semifinal . World Rowing. 30 August 2019.
  7. Web site: 2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final. World Rowing. 30 August 2019.