2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four

The women's coxless four competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

Women's coxless four at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	10–15 September
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Winning time	6:25.57
Medalists
Madeleine Wanamaker Erin Boxberger Molly Bruggeman Erin Reelick    United States   Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman    Australia   Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia    Russia
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 10 September 2018	10:34	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	11:13	Repechage
Thursday 13 September 2018	12:12	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 15 September 2018	10:10	Final B
	12:31	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman	Australia	6:28.17	SA/B
2	Olga Michałkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska	Poland	6:33.14	SA/B
3	Sophie Oksche Frauke Hacker Isabelle Hübener Alexandra Höffgen	Germany	6:36.01	SA/B
4	Jessie Loutit Karen Lefsrud Larissa Werbicki Kendra Wells	Canada	6:38.84	R
5	Mădălina Hegheș Iuliana Buhuș Mădălina-Gabriela Cașu Roxana Parascanu	Romania	6:46.67	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Madeleine Wanamaker Erin Boxberger Molly Bruggeman Erin Reelick	United States	6:30.22	SA/B
2	Guo Linlin Zhang Min Yi Liqin Wang Fei	China	6:31.40	SA/B
3	Ruby Tew Phoebe Spoors Georgia Perry Elizabeth Jeurissen	New Zealand	6:34.99	SA/B
4	Sara Parfett Caragh McMurtry Emily Ashford Josephine Wratten	Great Britain	6:38.90	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anne Larsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Hedvig Rasmussen Ida Jacobsen	Denmark	6:24.81	SA/B
2	Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia	Russia	6:27.34	SA/B
3	Veronica Calabrese Aisha Rocek Ilaria Broggini Giorgia Pelacchi	Italy	6:29.40	SA/B
4	Lies Rustenburg Lisanne Brandsma Elsbeth Beeres Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	6:31.71	R

Repechage

The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lies Rustenburg Lisanne Brandsma Elsbeth Beeres Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	6:29.30	SA/B
2	Mădălina Hegheș Iuliana Buhuș Mădălina-Gabriela Cașu Roxana Parascanu	Romania	6:30.56	SA/B
3	Sara Parfett Caragh McMurtry Emily Ashford Josephine Wratten	Great Britain	6:30.87	SA/B
4	Jessie Loutit Karen Lefsrud Larissa Werbicki Kendra Wells	Canada	6:31.83

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Madeleine Wanamaker Erin Boxberger Molly Bruggeman Erin Reelick	United States	6:41.10	FA
2	Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman	Australia	6:42.28	FA
3	Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia	Russia	6:44.16	FA
4	Lies Rustenburg Lisanne Brandsma Elsbeth Beeres Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	6:45.20	FB
5	Sara Parfett Caragh McMurtry Emily Ashford Josephine Wratten	Great Britain	6:49.65	FB
6	Ruby Tew Phoebe Spoors Georgia Perry Elizabeth Jeurissen	New Zealand	6:57.51	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anne Larsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Hedvig Rasmussen Ida Jacobsen	Denmark	6:49.65	FA
2	Olga Michałkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska	Poland	6:52.55	FA
3	Guo Linlin Zhang Min Yi Liqin Wang Fei	China	6:56.39	FA
4	Veronica Calabrese Aisha Rocek Ilaria Broggini Giorgia Pelacchi	Italy	6:59.79	FB
5	Sophie Oksche Frauke Hacker Isabelle Hübener Alexandra Höffgen	Germany	7:04.60	FB
6	Mădălina Hegheș Iuliana Buhuș Mădălina-Gabriela Cașu Roxana Parascanu	Romania	7:05.00	FB

Finals

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

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Sara Parfett Caragh McMurtry Emily Ashford Josephine Wratten	Great Britain	6:36.43
2	Lies Rustenburg Lisanne Brandsma Elsbeth Beeres Laila Youssifou	Netherlands	6:37.96
3	Ruby Tew Phoebe Spoors Georgia Perry Elizabeth Jeurissen	New Zealand	6:38.46
4	Veronica Calabrese Aisha Rocek Ilaria Broggini Giorgia Pelacchi	Italy	6:39.26
5	Mădălina Hegheș Iuliana Buhuș Mădălina-Gabriela Cașu Roxana Parascanu	Romania	6:44.38
6	Sophie Oksche Frauke Hacker Isabelle Hübener Alexandra Höffgen	Germany	6:47.17

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Madeleine Wanamaker Erin Boxberger Molly Bruggeman Erin Reelick	United States	6:25.57
	Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman	Australia	6:27.09
	Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia	Russia	6:27.36
4	Anne Larsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Hedvig Rasmussen Ida Jacobsen	Denmark	6:28.78
5	Olga Michałkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Chabel Maria Wierzbowska	Poland	6:32.05
6	Guo Linlin Zhang Min Yi Liqin Wang Fei	China	6:39.84