2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

Women's double sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Sava
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	4 September – 10 September
Competitors	38 from 19 nations
Winning time	6:46.94
Medalists
Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș    Romania   Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė    Lithuania   Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas    United States

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]

Date	Time	Round
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
	13:54	Final 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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe Hyde Alison Bergin	Ireland	6:59.39	SA/B
2	Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė	Lithuania	7:02.26	SA/B
3	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	7:07.90	R
4	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	6:15.68	R
5	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:14.49	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States	6:58.91	SA/B
2	Stefania Buttignon Silvia Crosio	Italy	7:00.56	SA/B
3	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	7:02.48	R
4	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:03.56	R
5	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	7:08.33	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand	7:03.74	SA/B
2	Lu Shiyu Shen Shuangmei	China	7:06.07	SA/B
3	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	7:07.98	R
4	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:14.21	R
5	Michala Pospíšilová Kristýna Neuhortová	Czech Republic	7:19.04	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:55.41	SA/B
2	Margaux Bailleul Emma Lunatti	France	7:02.74	SA/B
3	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:14.60	R
4	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	7:21.49	R

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	7:02.27	SA/B
2	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	7:03.74	SA/B
3	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:09.01	SC/D
4	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:09.41	SC/D
5	Michala Pospíšilová Kristýna Neuhortová	Czech Republic	7:15.64	SC/D
6	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	7:16.92	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	7:00.76	SA/B
2	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	7:01.25	SA/B
3	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:01.87	SC/D
4	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:09.00	SC/D
5	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:10.70	SC/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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:32.04	FC
2	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:37.02	FC
3	Michala Pospíšilová Kristýna Neuhortová	Czech Republic	7:47.60	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:20.77	FC
2	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:21.15	FC
3	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:26.48	FC
4	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	7:30.94	FD

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States	7:01.76	FA
2	Zoe Hyde Alison Bergin	Ireland	7:02.22	FA
3	Margaux Bailleul Emma Lunatti	France	7:06.03	FA
4	Lu Shiyu Shen Shuangmei	China	7:08.14	FB
5	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	7:12.88	FB
6	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	7:16.62	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	7:04.97	FA
2	Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė	Lithuania	7:09.09	FA
3	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand	7:12.62	FA
4	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	7:16.17	FB
5	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	7:21.55	FB
6	Stefania Buttignon Silvia Crosio	Italy	7:22.93	FB

Finals

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

Final D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Michala Pospíšilová Markéta Nedělová	Czech Republic	7:11.27	18
	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	DNS

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	6:59.20	13
2	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:00.70	14
3	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:00.78	15
4	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:04.24	16
5	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:04.54	17

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Stefania Buttignon Silvia Crosio	Italy	6:53.71	7
2	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	6:53.76	8
3	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	6:53.78	9
4	Lu Shiyu Shen Shuangmei	China	6:55.11	10
5	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:55.72	11
6	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	6:56.30	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:46.94
	Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė	Lithuania	6:50.34
	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States	6:50.45
4	Zoe Hyde Alison Bergin	Ireland	6:52.21
5	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand	6:54.99
6	Margaux Bailleul Emma Lunatti	France	7:06.45

References

1. "2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. "Women's double sculls – Results summary Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 4 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. "Women's double sculls – Results summary Repechages" (PDF). World Rowing. 6 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
4. "Women's 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.
5. "Men's double sculls – Results summary Semifinals A/B" (PDF). World Rowing. 8 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
6. "Results Summary by Event Women's Double Sculls – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 10 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2023.