2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls explained

Event:Women's double sculls
Championship:2023 World Rowing Championships
Dates:4 September – 10 September
Venue:Lake Sava
Location:Belgrade, Serbia
Competitors:38
Nations:19
Win Value:6:46.94
Gold:Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
Gold Nation:ROU
Silver:Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
Silver Nation:LTU
Bronze:Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
Bronze Nation:USA
Prev:2022

The women's 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
Monday 4 September 2023 10:22 Heats
Wednesday 6 September 2023 11:12 Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023 17:05 Semifinals C/D
Friday 8 September 2023 10:55 Semifinals A/B
Sunday 10 September 2023 10:01 Final D
10:39 Final C
11:37 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon13:54 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Zoe Hyde
Alison Bergin
6:59.39SA/B
2Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
7:02.26SA/B
3Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
7:07.90R
4Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
6:15.68R
5Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
7:14.49R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
6:58.91SA/B
2Stefania Buttignon
Silvia Crosio
7:00.56SA/B
3Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
7:02.48R
4Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
7:03.56R
5Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
7:08.33R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Brooke Francis
Lucy Spoors
7:03.74SA/B
2Lu Shiyu
Shen Shuangmei
7:06.07SA/B
3Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
7:07.98R
4Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
7:14.21R
5Michala Pospíšilová
Kristýna Neuhortová
7:19.04R

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
6:55.41SA/B
2Margaux Bailleul
Emma Lunatti
7:02.74SA/B
3Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
7:14.60R
4Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
7:21.49R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the semifinals C/D.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
7:02.27SA/B
2Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
7:03.74SA/B
3Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
7:09.01SC/D
4Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
7:09.41SC/D
5Michala Pospíšilová
Kristýna Neuhortová
7:15.64SC/D
6Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
7:16.92SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
7:00.76SA/B
2Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
7:01.25SA/B
3Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
7:01.87SC/D
4Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
7:09.00SC/D
5Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
7:10.70SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The two fastest boats in semifinal 1 and three fastest boats in semifinal 2 advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
7:32.04FC
2Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
7:37.02FC
3Michala Pospíšilová
Kristýna Neuhortová
7:47.60FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
7:20.77FC
2Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
7:21.15FC
3Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
7:26.48FC
4Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
7:30.94FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
7:01.76FA
2Zoe Hyde
Alison Bergin
7:02.22FA
3Margaux Bailleul
Emma Lunatti
7:06.03FA
4Lu Shiyu
Shen Shuangmei
7:08.14FB
5Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
7:12.88FB
6Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
7:16.62FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
7:04.97FA
2Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
7:09.09FA
3Brooke Francis
Lucy Spoors
7:12.62FA
4Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
7:16.17FB
5Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
7:21.55FB
6Stefania Buttignon
Silvia Crosio
7:22.93FB

Finals

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

Final D

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Michala Pospíšilová
Markéta Nedělová
7:11.2718
Sofia Dalidou
Evangelia Fragkou
DNS

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Saskia Budgett
Kyra Edwards
6:59.2013
2Leonie Menzel
Maren Völz
7:00.7014
3Marilou Duvernay-Tardif
Katie Clark
7:00.7815
4Salome Ulrich
Sofia Meakin
7:04.2416
5Wiktoria Kalinowska
Jessika Sobocinska
7:04.5417

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Stefania Buttignon
Silvia Crosio
6:53.717
2Amanda Bateman
Laura Gourley
6:53.768
3Thea Helseth
Jenny Marie Rorvik
6:53.789
4Lu Shiyu
Shen Shuangmei
6:55.1110
5Nika Johanna Vos
Lisa Scheenaard
6:55.7211
6Paige Badenhorst
Katherine Williams
6:56.3012

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
6:46.94
Donata Karalienė
Dovile Rimkutė
6:50.34
Kristina Wagner
Sophia Vitas
6:50.45
4Zoe Hyde
Alison Bergin
6:52.21
5Brooke Francis
Lucy Spoors
6:54.99
6Margaux Bailleul
Emma Lunatti
7:06.45

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 double sculls – Results summary Heats . 4 September 2023 . . 4 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230904104207/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL2------------------------_C74BX5888.PDF . live .
  3. Web site: 6 September 2023 . Women's double sculls – Results summary Repechages . 6 September 2023 . . 6 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230906113640/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL2------------------------_C74BX6413.PDF . live .
  4. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Women's double sculls – Results summary Semifinals C/D . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907154713/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL2------------------------_C74BX1645.PDF . live .
  5. Web site: 8 September 2023 . Men's double sculls – Results summary Semifinals A/B . 8 September 2023 . . 8 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230908105432/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL2------------------------_C74BX1005.PDF . live .
  6. Web site: 10 September 2023 . Results Summary by Event Women's Double Sculls – Finals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315214623/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL2------------------------_C74BX6748.PDF . 15 March 2024 . 10 September 2023 . World Rowing.