2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight quadruple sculls

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

Women's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	10–14 September
Competitors	28 from 7 nations
Winning time	6:28.32
Medalists
Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan    China   Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson    Denmark   Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske    Germany
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 10 September 2018	10:02	Heats
Wednesday 12 September 2018	11:49	Repechage
Friday 14 September 2018	12:44	Final

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

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Giulia Mignemi Paola Piazzolla Allegra Francalacci Arianna Noseda	Italy	6:27.84	F
2	Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	Denmark	6:29.80	R
3	Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Fini Sturm Anja Noske	Germany	6:31.21	R
4	Svitlana Martynova Yuliia Kovalenko Hanna Dymova Larysa Zhalinska	Ukraine	7:05.25	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	6:23.17	F
2	Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver	United States	6:26.61	R
3	Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	6:27.25	R

Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	Denmark	6:31.09	F
2	Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver	United States	6:33.40	F
3	Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	6:34.48	F
4	Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske	Germany	6:35.50	F
5	Svitlana Martynova Yuliia Kovalenko Hanna Dymova Larysa Zhalinska	Ukraine	7:02.40

Final

The final determined the rankings.^[4]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	6:28.32
	Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	Denmark	6:33.33
	Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske	Germany	6:34.25
4	Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver	United States	6:36.02
5	Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	6:37.51
6	Giulia Mignemi Paola Piazzolla Allegra Francalacci Arianna Noseda	Italy	6:39.04