2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:Men's lightweight double sculls
Championship:2023 World Rowing Championships
Dates:3 September – 9 September
Venue:Lake Sava
Location:Belgrade, Serbia
Competitors:50
Nations:25
Win Value:6:32.09
Gold:Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
Gold Nation:IRL
Silver:Jan Schäuble
Raphaël Ahumada
Silver Nation:SUI
Bronze:Stefano Oppo
Gabriel Soares
Bronze Nation:ITA
Prev:2022

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 3 September 2023 12:19 Heats
Monday 4 September 2023 13:10 Repechages
Wednesday 6 September 2023 12:50Quarterfinals
Thursday 7 September 2023 10:35 Semifinals A/B
16:15 Semifinals C/D
Saturday 9 September 2023 09:51 Final D
10:19 Final C
11:40 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon14:23 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan		6:15.40QAD
2Matthew Dunham
Christopher Stockley		6:19.65QAD
3Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov		6:27.67QAD
4Elar Loot
Ander Koppel		6:30.98QAD
5Ibrahim Elserougy
Ahmed Abdelaal		6:39.25R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Stefano Oppo
Gabriel Soares		6:17.14QAD
2Zachary Heese
James McCullough		6:18.48QAD
3Enes Gök
Halil Kaan Köroğlu		6:20.50QAD
4Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou		6:21.47QAD
5Paul Ruttmann
Julian Schöberl		6:25.64R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Dennis Carracedo
Caetano Horta		6:16.98QAD
2Miguel Carballo
Alexis López		6:18.78QAD
3Afonso Costa
Dinis Costa		6:22.65QAD
4Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Felipe Klüver		6:22.85QAD
5Cal Gorvy
Daniel Dubitsky		7:06.40R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Paul Leerkamp
Jonathan Rommelmann		6:17.61QAD
2Hugo Beurey
Ferdinand Ludwig		6:20.54QAD
3Niels Van Zandweghe
Tibo Vyvey		6:21.00QAD
4Shakhzod Nurmatov
Sobirjon Safaroliev		6:21.65QAD
5Fan Junjie
Sun Man		6:26.02R

Heat 5

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jan Schäuble
Raphaël Ahumada		6:11.93QAD
2Lars Benske
Ask Jarl Tjoem		6:13.94QAD
3Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil		6:14.76QAD
4Sean Murphy
Oscar McGuinness		6:20.63QAD
5Jerzy Kowalski
Daniel Galeza		6:27.19R

Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boat are eliminated.[3]

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jerzy Kowalski
Daniel Galeza		6:47.93QAD
2Fan Junjie
Sun Man		6:50.33QAD
3Paul Ruttmann
Julian Schöberl		7:03.30QAD
4Ibrahim Elserougy
Ahmed Abdelaal		7:15.01QAD
5Cal Gorvy
Daniel Dubitsky		7:24.06

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in Quarterfinal advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan		6:46.53SA/B
2Stefano Oppo
Gabriel Soares		6:49.83SA/B
3Niels Van Zandweghe
Tibo Vyvey		6:52.82SA/B
4Sean Murphy
Oscar McGuinness		6:53.65SC/D
5Afonso Costa
Dinis Costa		6:56.88SC/D
6Ahmed Abdelaal
Ibrahim Elserougy		7:32.58SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Dennis Carracedo
Caetano Horta		6:48.68SA/B
2Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil		6:48.87SA/B
3Fan Junjie
Sun Man		6:49.17SA/B
4Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou		6:49.30SC/D
5Hugo Beurey
Ferdinand Ludwig		7:01.78SC/D
6Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov		7:05.38SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Lars Benske
Ask Jarl Tjoem		6:51.36SA/B
2Paul Leerkamp
Jonathan Rommelmann		6:53.23SA/B
3Matthew Dunham
Christopher Stockley		6:54.92SA/B
4Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Felipe Klüver		6:57.10SC/D
5Enes Gök
Halil Kaan Köroğlu		7:01.47SC/D
6Paul Ruttmann
Julian Schöberl		7:14.78SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jan Schäuble
Raphaël Ahumada		6:52.35SA/B
2Jerzy Kowalski
Daniel Galeza		6:58.92SA/B
3Miguel Carballo
Alexis López		7:00.76SA/B
4Zachary Heese
James McCullough		7:03.24SC/D
5Elar Loot
Ander Koppel		7:06.84SC/D
6Shakhzod Nurmatov
Sobirjon Safaroliev		7:17.99SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The fastest three boats in each Semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[5]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Sean Murphy
Oscar McGuinness		6:55.92FC
2Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Felipe Klüver		6:56.00FC
3Elar Loot
Ander Koppel		7:04.12FC
4Shakhzod Nurmatov
Sobirjon Safaroliev		7:09.34FD
5Ahmed Abdelaal
Ibrahim Elserougy		7:34.79FD
Hugo Beurey
Ferdinand Ludwig		DNS

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou		6:53.81FC
2Enes Gök
Halil Kaan Köroğlu		6:55.92FC
3Afonso Costa
Dinis Costa		6:57.31FC
4Zachary Heese
James McCullough		6:58.03FD
5Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov		7:02.79FD
6Paul Ruttmann
Julian Schöberl		7:08.94FD

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan		6:41.83FA
2Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil		6:47.98FA
3Lars Benske
Ask Jarl Tjoem		6:48.85FA
4Miguel Carballo
Alexis López		6:53.89FB
5Niels Van Zandweghe
Tibo Vyvey		6:55.95FB
6Jerzy Kowalski
Daniel Galeza		7:00.79FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Jan Schäuble
Raphaël Ahumada		6:42.73FA
3Dennis Carracedo
Caetano Horta		6:48.50FA
2Stefano Oppo
Gabriel Soares		6:47.23FA
4Fan Junjie
Sun Man		6:53.56FB
5Matthew Dunham
Christopher Stockley		6:55.64FB
6Paul Leerkamp
Jonathan Rommelmann		9:54.74FB

Finals

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

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Zachary Heese
James McCullough		6:20.6619
2Paul Ruttmann
Julian Schöberl		6:26.2720
3Shakhzod Nurmatov
Sobirjon Safaroliev		6:32.0221
4Ahmed Abdelaal
Ibrahim Elserougy		6:47.1522
Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov		DNS

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Petros Gkaidatzis
Antonios Papakonstantinou		6:17.7913
2Enes Gök
Halil Kaan Köroğlu		6:19.7414
3Mauricio Lopez Berocay
Felipe Klüver		6:20.3815
4Sean Murphy
Oscar McGuinness		6:20.7916
5Afonso Costa
Dinis Costa		6:21.2117
6Elar Loot
Ander Koppel		6:33.0518

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Miguel Carballo
Alexis López		6:26.497
2Niels Van Zandweghe
Tibo Vyvey		6:28.498
3Matthew Dunham
Christopher Stockley		6:28.669
4Paul Leerkamp
Jonathan Rommelmann		6:31.0810
5Jerzy Kowalski
Daniel Galeza		6:32.5611
6Fan Junjie
Sun Man		6:32.8212

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan		6:32.09
Jan Schäuble
Raphaël Ahumada		6:34.38
Stefano Oppo
Gabriel Soares		6:34.77
4Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil		6:38.01
5Dennis Carracedo
Caetano Horta		6:40.65
6Lars Benske
Ask Jarl Tjoem		6:42.23

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 3 September 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101060456/https://worldrowing.com/event/2023-world-rowing-championships. live.
  2. Web site: 3 September 2023 . Men's lightweight double sculls – Results summary Heats . 3 September 2023 . . 3 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230903193907/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMSCULL2-L----------------------_C74BX5586.PDF . live .
  3. Web site: 4 September 2023 . Men's lightweight double sculls – Results summary Repechages . 5 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905072034/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMSCULL2-L----------------------_C74BX3901.PDF . live .
  4. Web site: 6 September 2023 . Men's lightweight double sculls – Results summary Quarterfinals . 6 September 2023 . . 6 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230906122924/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMSCULL2-L----------------------_C74BX4211.PDF . live .
  5. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Men's lightweight double sculls – Results summary Semifinals C/D . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907183603/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMSCULL2-L----------------------_C74BX3331.PDF . live .
  6. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Men's lightweight double sculls – Results summary Semifinals A/B . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907104851/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMSCULL2-L----------------------_C74BX7036.PDF . live .
  7. Web site: 9 September 2023 . Results Summary by Event Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Finals . 9 September 2023 . . 14 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231014090917/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMSCULL2-L----------------------_C74BX4409.PDF . live .

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