2019 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25–31 August
Competitors	54 from 27 nations
Winning time	7:15.32
Medalists
Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle    New Zealand   Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis    Netherlands   Emily Craig Imogen Grant    Great Britain
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The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. ^[1] A top-seven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. ^[2]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	11:31	Heats
Monday 26 August 2019	12:32	Repechages
Wednesday 28 August 2019	12:01	Quarterfinals
Thursday 29 August 2019	11:42	Semifinals A/B
	16:40	Semifinals C/D
	17:30	Final E
Friday 30 August 2019	09:40	Final D
Saturday 31 August 2019	10:08	Final C
	11:36	Final B
	14:09	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. ^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:07.06	Q
2	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:07.75	Q
3	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	7:09.89	Q
4	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:12.82	Q
5	Lee Kuan-yi Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	7:45.82	R
6	Mariya Chernets Alina Klimentyeva	Kazakhstan	7:49.52	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:03.07	Q
2	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:08.27	Q
3	Ayami Oishi Kanako Ueda	Japan	7:13.14	Q
4	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:24.19	Q
5	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:38.52	R
6	Sara Baraka Maryam Abdellatif	Egypt	8:01.62	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	7:06.72	Q
2	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:10.08	Q
3	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:15.47	Q
4	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:38.82	Q
5	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:49.72	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	7:07.04	Q
2	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	7:08.76	Q
3	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	7:13.83	Q
4	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:25.62	Q
5	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:42.74	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:11.34	Q
2	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:13.07	Q
3	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:27.68	Q
4	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:30.41	Q
5	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:42.46	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final. ^[4]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:33.51	Q
2	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:47.34	Q
3	Lee Kuan-yi Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	7:53.38	FE
4	Sara Baraka Maryam Abdellatif	Egypt	8:03.69	FE

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:39.96	Q
2	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:45.75	Q
3	Mariya Chernets Alina Klimentyeva	Kazakhstan	7:54.93	FE

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals. ^[5]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:59.09	SA/B
2	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:01.30	SA/B
3	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:03.84	SA/B
4	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:07.17	SC/D
5	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:07.33	SC/D
6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:44.48	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	6:52.48	SA/B
2	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	6:56.96	SA/B
3	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	6:57.80	SA/B
4	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:13.41	SC/D
5	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:20.55	SC/D
6	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:29.40	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:57.64	SA/B
2	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:00.77	SA/B
3	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:02.33	SA/B
4	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	7:05.82	SC/D
5	Kanako Ueda Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:09.49	SC/D
6	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:28.45	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	7:00.80	SA/B
2	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	7:03.72	SA/B
3	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:05.05	SA/B
4	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:16.78	SC/D
5	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:17.78	SC/D
6	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:34.13	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final. ^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	6:55.87	FC
2	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:01.50	FC
3	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:01.68	FC
4	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:13.46	FD
5	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:15.61	FD
6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:31.59	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	6:59.26	FC
2	Ayami Oishi Kanako Ueda	Japan	7:03.24	FC
3	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:04.83	FC
4	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:05.29	FD
5	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:18.07	FD
6	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:22.27	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. ^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:50.91	FA
2	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:52.37	FA
3	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:54.01	FA
4	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	6:55.69	FB
5	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	6:57.07	FB
6	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	6:57.97	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	6:48.49	FA
2	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	6:51.31	FA
3	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	6:52.17	FA
4	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	6:53.60	FB
5	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	6:56.24	FB
6	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	6:59.92	FB

Finals

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

Final E

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Mariya Chernets Alina Klimentyeva	Kazakhstan	7:24.37
2	Lee Kuan-yi Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	7:27.58
3	Sara Baraka Maryam Abdellatif	Egypt	7:37.83

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:19.95
2	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:24.13
3	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:27.43
4	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:32.11
5	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:35.53
6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:38.92

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	7:00.82
2	Ayami Oishi Kanako Ueda	Japan	7:04.34
3	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:05.73
4	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:09.84
5	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:10.52
6	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:20.18

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:11.18
2	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:13.65
3	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:13.84
4	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	7:13.96
5	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:16.90
6	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	7:17.92

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:15.32
	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	7:19.51
	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:21.38
4	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:21.73
5	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	7:23.20
6	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:31.53

References

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2. "Australia aims to qualify 14 boats for Tokyo 2020". Rowing Australia. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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