2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls
# 2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Monday 10 September 2018 | 11:05 | Heats |
| Wednesday 12 September 2018 | 12:13 | Repechages |
| Friday 14 September 2018 | 09:35 | Semifinals A/B |
| Sunday 16 September 2018 | 10:02 | Final C |
| Sunday 16 September 2018 | 11:02 | Final B |
| Sunday 16 September 2018 | 13:00 | Final A |

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

## Results

### Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Anna Thornton | Great Britain | 6:53.28 | SA/B |
| 2 | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek | United States | 6:55.11 | SA/B |
| 3 | Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | France | 6:57.76 | R |
| 4 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 7:00.91 | R |
| 5 | Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak | Poland | 7:02.07 | R |
| 6 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | Greece | 7:08.08 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske | Canada | 6:54.02 | SA/B |
| 2 | Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard | Netherlands | 6:55.57 | SA/B |
| 3 | Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan | China | 6:57.45 | R |
| 4 | Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg | Germany | 7:04.50 | R |
| 5 | Pascale Walker Valerie Rosset | Switzerland | 7:07.22 | R |
| 6 | Monika Dukarska Aileen Crowley | Ireland | 7:08.79 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe | New Zealand | 6:52.14 | SA/B |
| 2 | Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė | Lithuania | 6:57.79 | SA/B |
| 3 | Antonia Abraham Melita Abraham | Chile | 6:57.79 | R |
| 4 | Valentina Iseppi Kiri Tontodonati | Italy | 7:04.31 | R |
| 5 | Nataliya Dovhodko Yana Dementyeva | Ukraine | 7:04.31 | R |
| 6 | Larisa Elena Rosu Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar | Romania | 7:04.31 | R |

### Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.

**Repechage 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan | China | 6:58.82 | SA/B |
| 2 | Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | France | 7:00.75 | SA/B |
| 3 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | Greece | 7:00.88 | SA/B |
| 4 | Valentina Iseppi Kiri Tontodonati | Italy | 7:02.65 | FC |
| 5 | Pascale Walker Valerie Rosset | Switzerland | 7:07.32 | FC |
| 6 | Larisa Elena Rosu Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar | Romania | 7:09.14 | FC |

**Repechage 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 7:00.07 | SA/B |
| 2 | Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg | Germany | 7:00.30 | SA/B |
| 3 | Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak | Poland | 7:00.48 | SA/B |
| 4 | Antonia Abraham Melita Abraham | Chile | 7:01.19 | FC |
| 5 | Monika Dukarska Aileen Crowley | Ireland | 7:03.48 | FC |
| 6 | Nataliya Dovhodko Yana Dementyeva | Ukraine | 7:05.18 | FC |

### Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske | Canada | 6:50.80 | FA |
| 2 | Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė | Lithuania | 6:51.01 | FA |
| 3 | Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Anna Thornton | Great Britain | 6:53.05 | FA |
| 4 | Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak | Poland | 6:53.21 | FB |
| 5 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 6:54.04 | FB |
| 6 | Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | France | 6:54.85 | FB |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek | United States | 6:51.28 | FA |
| 2 | Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe | New Zealand | 6:51.60 | FA |
| 3 | Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard | Netherlands | 6:53.10 | FA |
| 4 | Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan | China | 6:53.68 | FB |
| 5 | Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg | Germany | 6:57.20 | FB |
| 6 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | Greece | 7:09.02 | FB |

### Finals

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

**Final C**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monika Dukarska Aileen Crowley | Ireland | 6:54.55 |
| 2 | Antonia Abraham Melita Abraham | Chile | 6:57.29 |
| 3 | Valentina Iseppi Kiri Tontodonati | Italy | 6:58.17 |
| 4 | Pascale Walker Valerie Rosset | Switzerland | 7:01.04 |
| 5 | Nataliya Dovhodko Yana Dementyeva | Ukraine | 7:06.34 |
| 6 | Larisa Elena Rosu Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar | Romania | 7:09.23 |

**Final B**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová | Czech Republic | 6:49.84 |
| 2 | Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak Martyna Mikołajczak | Poland | 6:51.97 |
| 3 | Chen Yunxia Jiang Yan | China | 6:55.21 |
| 4 | Carina Bär Michaela Staelberg | Germany | 6:56.14 |
| 5 | Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | Greece | 6:57.10 |
| 6 | Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino | France | 7:00.19 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė | Lithuania | 6:44.15 |
| | Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe | New Zealand | 6:46.28 |
| | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek | United States | 6:47.75 |
| 4 | Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne Anna Thornton | Great Britain | 6:51.59 |
| 5 | Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard | Netherlands | 6:52.69 |
| 6 | Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske | Canada | 6:56.01 |
