2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls

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

Women's quadruple sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	60 from 15 nations
Winning time	6:08.96
Medalists
Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann    Poland   Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling    Germany   Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers    Netherlands
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 9 September 2018	16:51	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	11:37	Repechage
Thursday 13 September 2018	12:48	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 15 September 2018	10:26	Final B
	13:01	Final A
	15:25	Final C

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	Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	Germany	6:17.90	SA/B
2	Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Melissa Wilson Jessica Leyden Zoe Lee	Great Britain	6:20.04	SA/B
3	Elizabeth Sonshine Emily Huelskamp Maureen McAuliffe Kara Soucek	United States	6:22.15	SA/B
4	Alena Schejbalová Helena Hlasová Miroslava Knapková Lucie Žabová	Czech Republic	6:25.03	R
5	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:33.42	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Ling Wang Yuwei Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	China	6:16.30	SA/B
2	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	Poland	6:20.50	SA/B
3	Tatsiana Klimovich Tatsiana Kukhta Ekaterina Karsten Krystina Staraselets	Belarus	6:26.05	SA/B
4	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:31.70	R
5	Marianne Madsen Hanna Inntjore Thea Helseth Inger Kavlie	Norway	6:33.80	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	Netherlands	6:17.72	SA/B
2	Genevieve Horton Caitlin Cronin Rowena Meredith Olympia Aldersey	Australia	6:19.69	SA/B
3	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:20.37	SA/B
4	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:27.24	R
5	Marie Jacquet Camille Juillet Noémie Kober Anne-Sophie Marzin	France	6:28.36	R

Repechage

The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:18.92	SA/B
2	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:20.49	SA/B
3	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:21.10	SA/B
4	Marie Jacquet Camille Juillet Noémie Kober Anne-Sophie Marzin	France	6:22.52	FC
5	Alena Schejbalová Helena Hlasová Miroslava Knapková Lucie Žabová	Czech Republic	6:23.27	FC
6	Marianne Madsen Hanna Inntjore Thea Helseth Inger Kavlie	Norway	6:30.97	FC

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	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	Poland	6:26.01	FA
2	Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	Germany	6:28.84	FA
3	Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	Netherlands	6:30.65	FA
4	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:34.28	FB
5	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:43.97	FB
6	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:45.33	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Ling Wang Yuwei Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	China	6:26.49	FA
2	Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Melissa Wilson Jessica Leyden Zoe Lee	Great Britain	6:29.03	FA
3	Elizabeth Sonshine Emily Huelskamp Maureen McAuliffe Kara Soucek	United States	6:30.26	FA
4	Genevieve Horton Caitlin Cronin Rowena Meredith Olympia Aldersey	Australia	6:31.44	FB
5	Tatsiana Klimovich Tatsiana Kukhta Ekaterina Karsten Krystina Staraselets	Belarus	6:34.62	FB
6	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:35.43	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Marie Jacquet Camille Juillet Noémie Kober Anne-Sophie Marzin	France	6:21.62
2	Alena Schejbalová Helena Hlasová Miroslava Knapková Lucie Žabová	Czech Republic	6:25.91
3	Marianne Madsen Hanna Inntjore Thea Helseth Inger Kavlie	Norway	DNS

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Genevieve Horton Caitlin Cronin Rowena Meredith Olympia Aldersey	Australia	6:19.55
2	Tatsiana Klimovich Tatsiana Kukhta Ekaterina Karsten Krystina Staraselets	Belarus	6:22.33
3	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:22.49
4	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:28.35
5	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:33.90
6	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:36.23

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	Poland	6:08.96
	Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	Germany	6:11.42
	Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	Netherlands	6:11.79
4	Zhang Ling Wang Yuwei Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	China	6:11.85
5	Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Melissa Wilson Jessica Leyden Zoe Lee	Great Britain	6:16.45
6	Elizabeth Sonshine Emily Huelskamp Maureen McAuliffe Kara Soucek	United States	6:18.15