2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls explained

Event:	Women's quadruple sculls
Championship:	2023 World Rowing Championships
Dates:	4 September – 9 September
Venue:	Lake Sava
Location:	Belgrade, Serbia
Competitors:	52
Nations:	13
Win Value:	6:29.70
Gold:	Lauren Henry Hannah Scott Lola Anderson Georgina Brayshaw
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Roos de Jong Tessa Dullemans Laila Youssifou Bente Paulis
Silver Nation:	NED
Bronze:	Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2022

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 4 September 2023	11:24	Heats
Tuesday 5 September 2023	12:29	Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023	11:35	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 9 September 2023	12:10	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:10	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final 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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong		6:30.75	SA/B
2	Fabienne Schweizer Lisa Lötscher Pascale Walker Celia Dupre		6:32.39	SA/B
3	Rowena Meredith Caitlin Cronin Harriet Hudson Kathryn Rowan		6:33.89	SA/B
4	Lauren O'Connor Molly Reckford Grace Joyce Emily Kallfelz		6:39.34	R
5	Markéta Nedělová Alžběta Zavadilová Eliška Podrazilová Simona Pašková		7:05.61	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Roos de Jong Tessa Dullemans Laila Youssifou Bente Paulis		6:42.00	SA/B
2	Sarah Wibberenz Frauke Hundeling Pia Greiten Tabea Schendekehl		6:43.51	SA/B
3	Shannon Kennedy Grace Vandenbroek Elisa Bolinger Carling Zeeman		6:45.68	SA/B
4	Valentina Iseppi Alessandra Montesano Laura Meriano Stefania Gobbi		6:51.79	R

Heat 3

Repechages

The three fastest boats advanced to the AB semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Valentina Iseppi Alessandra Montesano Laura Meriano Stefania Gobbi		6:25.91	SA/B
2	Lauren O'Connor Molly Reckford Grace Joyce Emily Kallfelz		6:27.10	SA/B
3	Audrey Feutrie Hélène Lefebvre Violaine Aernoudts Jeanne Roche		6:32.41	SA/B
4	Markéta Nedělová Alžběta Zavadilová Eliška Podrazilová Simona Pašková		6:40.38

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Roos de Jong Tessa Dullemans Laila Youssifou Bente Paulis		7:04.10	FA
2	Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong		7:05.19	FA
3	Emanuela-Ioana Ciotău Andrada-Maria Moroşanu Cristina Druga Patricia Cires		7:12.49	FA
4	Shannon Kennedy Grace Vandenbroek Elisa Bolinger Carling Zeeman		7:17.46	FB
5	Audrey Feutrie Hélène Lefebvre Violaine Aernoudts Jeanne Roche		7:24.69	FB
6	Valentina Iseppi Alessandra Montesano Laura Meriano Stefania Gobbi		7:27.46	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lauren Henry Hannah Scott Lola Anderson Georgina Brayshaw		7:01.33	FA
2	Fabienne Schweizer Lisa Lötscher Pascale Walker Celia Dupre		7:07.48	FA
3	Rowena Meredith Caitlin Cronin Harriet Hudson Kathryn Rowan		7:10.34	FA
4	Daryna Verkhogliad Nataliya Dovhodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Kateryna Dudchenko		7:13.65	FB
5	Sarah Wibberenz Frauke Hundeling Pia Greiten Tabea Schendekehl		7:14.14	FB
6	Lauren O'Connor Molly Reckford Grace Joyce Emily Kallfelz		7:33.03	FB

Finals

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

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Sarah Wibberenz Lisa Gutfleisch Frauke Hundeling Tabea Schendekehl		6:27.26	7
2	Daryna Verkhogliad Nataliya Dovhodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Kateryna Dudchenko		6:29.88	8
3	Valentina Iseppi Alessandra Montesano Laura Meriano Stefania Gobbi		6:31.44	9
4	Shannon Kennedy Grace Vandenbroek Elisa Bolinger Carling Zeeman		6:31.90	10
5	Lauren O'Connor Molly Reckford Grace Joyce Emily Kallfelz		6:33.41	11
6	Audrey Feutrie Hélène Lefebvre Violaine Aernoudts Jeanne Roche		6:36.74	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Lauren Henry Hannah Scott Lola Anderson Georgina Brayshaw		6:29.70
	Roos de Jong Tessa Dullemans Laila Youssifou Bente Paulis		6:30.37
	Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong		6:35.05
4	Fabienne Schweizer Lisa Lötscher Pascale Walker Celia Dupre		6:38.49
5	Rowena Meredith Caitlin Cronin Harriet Hudson Kathryn Rowan		6:40.06
6	Emanuela-Ioana Ciotău Andrada-Maria Moroşanu Cristina Druga Patricia Cires		6:42.69

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 quadruple sculls – Results summary Heats . 5 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905024801/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL4------------------------_C74BX9086.PDF . live .
3. Web site: 5 September 2023 . Women's quadruple sculls – Results summary Repechages . 6 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905224359/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL4------------------------_C74BX5600.PDF . live .
4. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Women's quadruple sculls – Results summary Semifinals A/B . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907102009/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL4------------------------_C74BX5159.PDF . live .
5. Web site: 9 September 2023 . Women's quadruple sculls – Results summary Finals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315220126/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWWSCULL4------------------------_C74BX4447.PDF . 15 March 2024 . 10 September 2023 . World Rowing.