2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four explained

Event:Women's coxless four
Championship:2023 World Rowing Championships
Dates:4 September – 9 September
Venue:Lake Sava
Location:Belgrade, Serbia
Competitors:56
Nations:14
Win Value:6:41.82
Gold:Marloes Oldenburg
Hermijntje Drenth
Tinka Offereins
Benthe Boonstra
Gold Nation:NED
Silver:Mădălina Bereș
Maria Tivodariu
Magdalena Rusu
Amalia Bereș
Silver Nation:ROU
Bronze:Heidi Long
Rowan McKellar
Helen Glover
Rebecca Shorten
Bronze Nation:GBR
Prev:2022

The women's coxless four competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Monday 4 September 2023 10:54 Heats
Tuesday 5 September 2023 12:08 Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023 10:55 Semifinals A/B
Saturday 9 September 2023 10:26 Final C
11:50 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon14:39 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Marloes Oldenburg
Hermijntje Drenth
Tinka Offereins
Benthe Boonstra
6:38.45SA/B
2Molly Bruggeman
Kelsey Reelick
Madeleine Wanamaker
Claire Collins
6:40.65SA/B
3Julie Poulsen
Marie Johannesen
Frida Sanggaard Nielsen
Astrid Steensberg
6:43.03SA/B
4Piper Battersby
Rebecca Zimmerman
Kristen Siermachesky
Kristina Walker
6:45.71R
5Iria Jarama
Izaskun Echaniz
María Fernanda Núñez
Olivia Del Castillo
7:10.65R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Heidi Long
Rowan McKellar
Helen Glover
Rebecca Shorten
6:39.50SA/B
2Giorgia Patten
Katrina Werry
Sarah Hawe
Lucy Stephan
6:43.52SA/B
3Natalie Long
Sanita Pušpure
Imogen Magner
Eimear Lambe
6:47.99SA/B
4Sophie Leupold
Lena Osterkamp
Melanie Göldner
Luisa Schade
6:52.06R
5Mildred Mercado Palacios
Davanih Plata Alvarado
Lilian Armenta Ayub
Maite Arrillaga Garay
6:57.69R

Heat 3

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[3]

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Piper Battersby
Rebecca Zimmerman
Kristen Siermachesky
Kristina Walker
6:36.83SA/B
2Sophie Leupold
Lena Osterkamp
Melanie Göldner
Luisa Schade
6:38.80SA/B
3Olga Michałkiewicz
Zuzanna Lesner
Weronika Kazmierczak
Joanna Dittmann
6:39.11SA/B
4Iria Jarama
Izaskun Echaniz
María Fernanda Núñez
Olivia Del Castillo
6:41.27FC
5Mildred Mercado Palacios
Davanih Plata Alvarado
Lilian Armenta Ayub
Maite Arrillaga Garay
6:48.99FC

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each Semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Marloes Oldenburg
Hermijntje Drenth
Tinka Offereins
Benthe Boonstra
6:52.72FA
2Mădălina Bereș
Maria Tivodariu
Magdalena Rusu
Amalia Bereș
6:53.98FA
3Giorgia Patten
Katrina Werry
Sarah Hawe
Lucy Stephan
7:05.02FA
4Davina Waddy
Ella Cossill
Jackie Gowler
Phoebe Spoors
7:09.93FB
5Olga Michałkiewicz
Zuzanna Lesner
Weronika Kazmierczak
Joanna Dittmann
7:20.10FB
6Sophie Leupold
Lena Osterkamp
Melanie Göldner
Luisa Schade
7:27.84FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Heidi Long
Rowan McKellar
Helen Glover
Rebecca Shorten
7:06.29FA
2Molly Bruggeman
Kelsey Reelick
Madeleine Wanamaker
Claire Collins
7:11.66FA
3Zhang Shuxian
Liu Xiaoxin
Wang Zifeng
Xu Xingye
7:13.62FA
4Julie Poulsen
Marie Johannesen
Frida Sanggaard Nielsen
Astrid Steensberg
7:16.74FB
5Natalie Long
Sanita Pušpure
Imogen Magner
Eimear Lambe
7:19.45FB
6Piper Battersby
Rebecca Zimmerman
Kristen Siermachesky
Kristina Walker
7:23.13FB

Finals

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

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Iria Jarama
Izaskun Echaniz
María Fernanda Núñez
Olivia Del Castillo
6:46.6713
2Mildred Mercado Palacios
Davanih Plata Alvarado
Lilian Armenta Ayub
Maite Arrillaga Garay
6:53.5014

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Davina Waddy
Ella Cossill
Jackie Gowler
Phoebe Spoors
6:40.627
2Julie Poulsen
Marie Johannesen
Frida Sanggaard Nielsen
Astrid Steensberg
6:42.168
3Natalie Long
Sanita Pušpure
Imogen Magner
Eimear Lambe
6:43.869
4Piper Battersby
Rebecca Zimmerman
Kristen Siermachesky
Kristina Walker
6:45.0110
5Sophie Leupold
Lena Osterkamp
Melanie Göldner
Luisa Schade
6:52.1411
6Olga Michałkiewicz
Zuzanna Lesner
Weronika Kazmierczak
Joanna Dittmann
6:52.6512

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Marloes Oldenburg
Hermijntje Drenth
Tinka Offereins
Benthe Boonstra
6:41.82
Mădălina Bereș
Maria Tivodariu
Magdalena Rusu
Amalia Bereș
6:43.29
Heidi Long
Rowan McKellar
Helen Glover
Rebecca Shorten
6:44.31
4Molly Bruggeman
Kelsey Reelick
Madeleine Wanamaker
Claire Collins
6:47.39
5Giorgia Patten
Katrina Werry
Sarah Hawe
Lucy Stephan
6:48.23
6Zhang Shuxian
Liu Xiaoxin
Wang Zifeng
Xu Xingye
6:49.81

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: 4 September 2023 . Women's four – Results summary Heats . 4 September 2023 . . 4 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230904140252/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX4281.PDF . live .
  3. Web site: 5 September 2023 . Women's four – Results summary Repechages . 6 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905223349/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX4133.PDF . live .
  4. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Women's four – Results summary Semifinals A/B . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907101419/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX4760.PDF . live .
  5. Web site: 9 September 2023 . Results Summary by Event Women's Coxless Four – Finals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315221206/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX6102.PDF . 15 March 2024 . 9 September 2023 . World Rowing.