2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Sava
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	3 September – 9 September
Competitors	50 from 25 nations
Winning time	6:32.09
Medalists
Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan    Ireland   Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada     Switzerland   Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares    Italy

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]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 3 September 2023	12:19	Heats
Monday 4 September 2023	13:10	Repechages
Wednesday 6 September 2023	12:50	Quarterfinals
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
	14:23	Final 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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:15.40	QAD
2	Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley	New Zealand	6:19.65	QAD
3	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:27.67	QAD
4	Elar Loot Ander Koppel	Estonia	6:30.98	QAD
5	Ibrahim Elserougy Ahmed Abdelaal	Egypt	6:39.25	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares	Italy	6:17.14	QAD
2	Zachary Heese James McCullough	United States	6:18.48	QAD
3	Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	6:20.50	QAD
4	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:21.47	QAD
5	Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl	Austria	6:25.64	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta	Spain	6:16.98	QAD
2	Miguel Carballo Alexis López	Mexico	6:18.78	QAD
3	Afonso Costa Dinis Costa	Portugal	6:22.65	QAD
4	Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	6:22.85	QAD
5	Cal Gorvy Daniel Dubitsky	Israel	7:06.40	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann	Germany	6:17.61	QAD
2	Hugo Beurey Ferdinand Ludwig	France	6:20.54	QAD
3	Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey	Belgium	6:21.00	QAD
4	Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev	Uzbekistan	6:21.65	QAD
5	Fan Junjie Sun Man	China	6:26.02	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada	Switzerland	6:11.93	QAD
2	Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem	Norway	6:13.94	QAD
3	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil	Czech Republic	6:14.76	QAD
4	Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness	Australia	6:20.63	QAD
5	Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza	Poland	6:27.19	R

Repechage

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza	Poland	6:47.93	QAD
2	Fan Junjie Sun Man	China	6:50.33	QAD
3	Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl	Austria	7:03.30	QAD
4	Ibrahim Elserougy Ahmed Abdelaal	Egypt	7:15.01	QAD
5	Cal Gorvy Daniel Dubitsky	Israel	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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:46.53	SA/B
2	Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares	Italy	6:49.83	SA/B
3	Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey	Belgium	6:52.82	SA/B
4	Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness	Australia	6:53.65	SC/D
5	Afonso Costa Dinis Costa	Portugal	6:56.88	SC/D
6	Ahmed Abdelaal Ibrahim Elserougy	Egypt	7:32.58	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta	Spain	6:48.68	SA/B
2	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil	Czech Republic	6:48.87	SA/B
3	Fan Junjie Sun Man	China	6:49.17	SA/B
4	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:49.30	SC/D
5	Hugo Beurey Ferdinand Ludwig	France	7:01.78	SC/D
6	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	7:05.38	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem	Norway	6:51.36	SA/B
2	Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann	Germany	6:53.23	SA/B
3	Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley	New Zealand	6:54.92	SA/B
4	Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	6:57.10	SC/D
5	Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	7:01.47	SC/D
6	Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl	Austria	7:14.78	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada	Switzerland	6:52.35	SA/B
2	Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza	Poland	6:58.92	SA/B
3	Miguel Carballo Alexis López	Mexico	7:00.76	SA/B
4	Zachary Heese James McCullough	United States	7:03.24	SC/D
5	Elar Loot Ander Koppel	Estonia	7:06.84	SC/D
6	Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev	Uzbekistan	7:17.99	SC/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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness	Australia	6:55.92	FC
2	Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	6:56.00	FC
3	Elar Loot Ander Koppel	Estonia	7:04.12	FC
4	Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev	Uzbekistan	7:09.34	FD
5	Ahmed Abdelaal Ibrahim Elserougy	Egypt	7:34.79	FD
	Hugo Beurey Ferdinand Ludwig	France	DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:53.81	FC
2	Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	6:55.92	FC
3	Afonso Costa Dinis Costa	Portugal	6:57.31	FC
4	Zachary Heese James McCullough	United States	6:58.03	FD
5	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	7:02.79	FD
6	Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl	Austria	7:08.94	FD

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:41.83	FA
2	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil	Czech Republic	6:47.98	FA
3	Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem	Norway	6:48.85	FA
4	Miguel Carballo Alexis López	Mexico	6:53.89	FB
5	Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey	Belgium	6:55.95	FB
6	Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza	Poland	7:00.79	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada	Switzerland	6:42.73	FA
3	Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta	Spain	6:48.50	FA
2	Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares	Italy	6:47.23	FA
4	Fan Junjie Sun Man	China	6:53.56	FB
5	Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley	New Zealand	6:55.64	FB
6	Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann	Germany	9:54.74	FB

Finals

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

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Zachary Heese James McCullough	United States	6:20.66	19
2	Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl	Austria	6:26.27	20
3	Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev	Uzbekistan	6:32.02	21
4	Ahmed Abdelaal Ibrahim Elserougy	Egypt	6:47.15	22
	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	DNS

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:17.79	13
2	Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu	Turkey	6:19.74	14
3	Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver	Uruguay	6:20.38	15
4	Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness	Australia	6:20.79	16
5	Afonso Costa Dinis Costa	Portugal	6:21.21	17
6	Elar Loot Ander Koppel	Estonia	6:33.05	18

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Miguel Carballo Alexis López	Mexico	6:26.49	7
2	Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey	Belgium	6:28.49	8
3	Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley	New Zealand	6:28.66	9
4	Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann	Germany	6:31.08	10
5	Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza	Poland	6:32.56	11
6	Fan Junjie Sun Man	China	6:32.82	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:32.09
	Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada	Switzerland	6:34.38
	Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares	Italy	6:34.77
4	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil	Czech Republic	6:38.01
5	Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta	Spain	6:40.65
6	Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem	Norway	6:42.23

References

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5. "Men's lightweight double sculls – Results summary Semifinals C/D" (PDF). World Rowing. 7 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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