2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men'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]

Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25–31 August
Competitors	64 from 32 nations
Winning time	6:37.28
Medalists
Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan    Ireland   Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta    Italy   Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne    Germany
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	10:56	Heats
Monday 26 August 2019	12:17	Repechages
Wednesday 28 August 2019	11:37	Quarterfinals
	16:58	Semifinals E/F
Thursday 29 August 2019	10:42	Semifinals A/B
	16:30	Semifinals C/D
	17:10	Final F
	17:25	Final E
Saturday 31 August 2019	09:45	Final D
Sunday 1 September 2019	10:03	Final C
	11:24	Final B
	13:54	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The three 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	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:30.61	Q
2	Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey	France	6:32.64	Q
3	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:34.78	Q
4	Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı	Turkey	6:42.03	R
5	Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk	Russia	6:49.76	R
6	Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez	Philippines	7:03.68	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:29.21	Q
2	Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui	Spain	6:31.55	Q
3	Sun Man Fan Junjie	China	6:31.58	Q
4	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:46.22	R
5	Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun	Hong Kong	6:49.77	R
6	Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	6:52.65	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:28.02	Q
2	Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi	Switzerland	6:31.76	Q
3	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:34.01	Q
4	Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:41.66	R
5	Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh	India	6:48.09	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	6:28.46	Q
2	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	6:29.80	Q
3	Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky	Austria	6:32.18	Q
4	Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak	Slovakia	6:34.68	R
5	Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski	North Macedonia	7:41.77	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne	Germany	6:24.25	Q
2	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:24.90	Q
3	Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski	Poland	6:26.90	Q
4	Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan	United States	6:32.84	R
5	Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko	Kazakhstan	7:00.59	R

Heat 6

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville	New Zealand	6:28.94	Q
2	Hamish Parry Leon Chambers	Australia	6:31.02	Q
3	Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green	Great Britain	6:36.31	Q
4	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:51.27	R
5	Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal	Egypt	6:55.12	R

Repechages

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı	Turkey	6:38.48	Q
2	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:40.69	Q
3	Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh	India	6:44.98	SE/F
4	Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	6:45.99	SE/F
5	Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko	Kazakhstan	7:00.35	SE/F

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:33.19	Q
2	Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak	Slovakia	6:44.05	Q
3	Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk	Russia	6:46.18	SE/F
4	Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal	Egypt	6:58.79	SE/F

Repechage 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan	United States	6:38.17	Q
2	Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:41.03	Q
3	Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun	Hong Kong	6:51.85	SE/F
4	Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez	Philippines	6:58.41	SE/F
5	Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski	North Macedonia	7:33.49	SE/F

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	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:19.35	SA/B
2	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:19.83	SA/B
3	Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville	New Zealand	6:20.43	SA/B
4	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:21.05	SC/D
5	Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky	Austria	6:33.69	SC/D
6	Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:34.81	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne	Germany	6:19.54	SA/B
2	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:20.94	SA/B
3	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	6:21.79	SA/B
4	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:22.29	SC/D
5	Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan	United States	6:25.46	SC/D
6	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:39.49	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:20.84	SA/B
2	Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui	Spain	6:22.84	SA/B
3	Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski	Poland	6:23.72	SA/B
4	Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green	Great Britain	6:28.43	SC/D
5	Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey	France	6:29.48	SC/D
6	Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı	Turkey	6:36.37	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sun Man Fan Junjie	China	6:25.11	SA/B
2	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	6:26.12	SA/B
3	Hamish Parry Leon Chambers	Australia	6:26.96	SA/B
4	Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi	Switzerland	6:27.49	SC/D
5	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:31.31	SC/D
6	Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak	Slovakia	6:31.36	SC/D

Semifinals E/F

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk	Russia	6:36.42	FE
2	Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh	India	6:41.34	FE
3	Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko	Kazakhstan	6:43.75	FE
4	Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez	Philippines	6:46.70	FF

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	6:38.97	FE
2	Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun	Hong Kong	6:40.92	FE
3	Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal	Egypt	6:51.28	FE
4	Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski	North Macedonia	7:44.26	FF

Semifinals C/D

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:16.71	FC
2	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:17.56	FC
3	Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey	France	6:18.10	FC
4	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:19.57	FD
5	Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı	Turkey	6:24.04	FD
6	Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:25.89	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan	United States	6:17.40	FC
2	Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky	Austria	6:18.00	FC
3	Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green	Great Britain	6:18.73	FC
4	Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi	Switzerland	6:21.10	FD
5	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:21.89	FD
6	Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak	Slovakia	6:30.67	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	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:13.30	FA
2	Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui	Spain	6:13.68	FA
3	Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski	Poland	6:14.15	FA
4	Sun Man Fan Junjie	China	6:14.87	FB
5	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:15.64	FB
6	Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville	New Zealand	6:18.78	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:13.46	FA
2	Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne	Germany	6:13.59	FA
3	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:14.15	FA
4	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	6:17.06	FB
5	Hamish Parry Leon Chambers	Australia	6:18.00	FB
6	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	6:20.34	FB

Finals

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

Final F

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez	Philippines	6:41.20
2	Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski	North Macedonia	7:18.08

Final E

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk	Russia	6:27.97
2	Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun	Hong Kong	6:29.56
3	Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh	India	6:32.38
4	Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov	Uzbekistan	6:34.51
5	Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko	Kazakhstan	6:35.49
6	Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal	Egypt	6:39.46

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi	Switzerland	6:29.56
2	Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:29.85
3	Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı	Turkey	6:32.79
4	Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou	Greece	6:34.84
5	Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak	Slovakia	6:35.29
6	Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:37.64

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky	Austria	6:21.13
2	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:22.43
3	Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan	United States	6:22.69
4	Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey	France	6:23.16
5	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:24.03
6	Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green	Great Britain	6:26.61

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	6:30.74
2	Hamish Parry Leon Chambers	Australia	6:32.98
3	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	6:33.19
4	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:37.82
5	Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville	New Zealand	6:38.89
6	Sun Man Fan Junjie	China	6:41.28

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:37.28
	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:39.71
	Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne	Germany	6:41.07
4	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:44.07
5	Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui	Spain	6:48.75
6	Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski	Poland	6:49.86