| Event: | Women's lightweight double sculls |
| Championship: | 2023 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 4 September – 9 September |
| Venue: | Lake Sava |
| Location: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 7:19.23 |
| Gold: | Emily Craig Imogen Grant |
| Gold Nation: | GBR |
| Silver: | Michelle Sechser Mary Jones |
| Silver Nation: | USA |
| Bronze: | Mariana-Laura Dumitru Ionela Cozmiuc |
| Bronze Nation: | ROU |
| Prev: | 2022 |
The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 4 September 2023 | 10:02 | Heats | ||
| Tuesday 5 September 2023 | 11:54 | Repechages | ||
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 10:15 | Semifinals A/B | ||
| 16:05 | Semifinals C/D | |||
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 09:44 | Final D | ||
| 10:12 | Final C | |||
| 11:30 | Final B | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 14:07 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana-Laura Dumitru Ionela Cozmiuc | 7:07.16 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen | 7:07.54 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol | 7:18.73 | R | ||
| 4 | Natalia Miguel Gómez Rocio Lao Sanchez | 7:29.97 | R | ||
| 5 | Selma Dhaouadi Khadija Krimi | 7:31.89 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily Craig Imogen Grant | 6:59.28 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle | 7:05.21 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Louisa Altenhuber Laura Tiefenthaler | 7:17.02 | R | ||
| 4 | Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios | 7:29.52 | R | ||
| 5 | Nourelhoda Arafa Maryam Abdellatif | 7:36.46 | R |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Sechser Mary Jones | 7:08.58 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping | 7:09.31 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Anneka Reardon Lucy Coleman | 7:20.61 | R | ||
| 4 | Marion Reichardt Johanna Reichardt | 7:22.21 | R | ||
| 5 | Mathilde Persson Marie Morch-Pedersen | 7:24.60 | R |
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou | 6:58.89 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol | 7:00.83 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Louisa Altenhuber Laura Tiefenthaler | 7:03.77 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Mathilde Persson Marie Morch-Pedersen | 7:08.12 | SC/D | ||
| 5 | Marion Reichardt Johanna Reichardt | 7:11.19 | SC/D | ||
| 6 | Selma Dhaouadi Khadija Krimi | 7:17.18 | SC/D |
The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.[4]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisa Altenhuber Laura Tiefenthaler | 7:46.84 | FC | ||
| 2 | Marion Reichardt Johanna Reichardt | 7:52.95 | FC | ||
| 3 | Natalia Miguel Gómez Rocio Lao Sanchez | 8:05.60 | FC | ||
| 4 | Nourelhoda Arafa Maryam Abdellatif | 8:11.31 | FD |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anneka Reardon Lucy Coleman | 7:40.09 | FC | ||
| 2 | Mathilde Persson Marie Morch-Pedersen | 7:43.60 | FC | ||
| 3 | Selma Dhaouadi Khadija Krimi | 8:00.56 | FC | ||
| 4 | Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios | 8:12.50 | FD |
The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily Craig Imogen Grant | 7:23.83 | FA | ||
| 2 | Mariana-Laura Dumitru Ionela Cozmiuc | 7:28.24 | FA | ||
| 3 | Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping | 7:31.35 | FA | ||
| 4 | Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Welna | 7:32.82 | FB | ||
| 5 | Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou | 7:41.04 | FB | ||
| 6 | Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini | 7:41.33 | FB |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson | 7:23.12 | FA | ||
| 2 | Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle | 7:23.78 | FA | ||
| 3 | Michelle Sechser Mary Jones | 7:24.32 | FA | ||
| 4 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen | 7:24.67 | FB | ||
| 5 | Laura Tarantola Claire Bové | 7:32.73 | FB | ||
| 6 | Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol | 7:36.96 | FB |
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[6]
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessia Palacios Valeria Palacios | 7:13.77 | 19 | ||
| 2 | Nourelhoda Arafa Maryam Abdellatif | 7:16.90 | 20 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anneka Reardon Lucy Coleman | 6:57.16 | 13 | ||
| 2 | Louisa Altenhuber Lara Tiefenthaler | 7:00.49 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Mathilde Persson Marie Morch-Pedersen | 7:01.96 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Marion Reichardt Johanna Reichardt | 7:04.85 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Natalia Miguel Gómez Rocio Lao Sanchez | 7:06.80 | 17 | ||
| 6 | Selma Dhaouadi Khadija Krimi | 7:11.27 | 18 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen | 7:03.39 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Martyna Radosz Katarzyna Welna | 7:04.44 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini | 7:10.21 | 9 | ||
| 4 | Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol | 7:11.14 | 10 | ||
| 5 | Laura Tarantola Claire Bové | 7:12.22 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Dimitra Kontou Zoi Fitsiou | 7:13.12 | 12 |
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Craig Imogen Grant | 7:19.23 | |||
| Michelle Sechser Mary Jones | 7:22.89 | |||
| Mariana-Laura Dumitru Ionela Cozmiuc | 7:23.70 | |||
| 4 | Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson | 7:25.77 | ||
| 5 | Shannon Cox Jackie Kiddle | 7:27.81 | ||
| 6 | Zou Jiaqi Qiu Xiuping | 7:31.78 |