2019 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.^[1] A top-eleven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.^[2]

Women's double sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	26 August – 1 September
Competitors	42 from 21 nations
Winning time	6:47.17
Medalists
Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe    New Zealand   Nicoleta-Ancuţa Bodnar Simona Radiș    Romania   Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard    Netherlands
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Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 26 August 2019	10:56	Heats
Wednesday 28 August 2019	15:30	Repechages
Thursday 29 August 2019	15:50	Semifinals C/D
Friday 30 August 2019	12:00	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 31 August 2019	09:48	Final D
Sunday 1 September 2019	10:56	Final C
	11:54	Final B
	13:40	Final A

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

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:58.53	SA/B
2	Nicoleta-Ancuţa Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:59.85	R
3	Tatsiana Klimovich Krystsina Staraselets	Belarus	7:04.32	R
4	Leonie Menzel Pia Greiten	Germany	7:06.04	R
5	Martyna Radosz Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak	Poland	7:09.07	R
6	Aspasia Christodoulidis Anneta Kyridou	Greece	7:32.75	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Amanda Bateman Genevieve Horton	Australia	7:00.21	SA/B
2	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	7:01.55	R
3	Lu Shiyu Wang Yuwei	China	7:03.77	R
4	Ruth Siddorn Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:11.07	R
5	Vivien Preil Zoltana Gadanyi	Hungary	7:40.40	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	7:03.15	SA/B
2	Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová	Czech Republic	7:08.95	R
3	Milica Slijepčević Jovana Arsić	Serbia	7:14.03	R
4	Aimee Hernandez Yariulvis Cobas	Cuba	7:19.30	R
5	Pascale Walker Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:22.22	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cicely Madden Genevra Stone	United States	6:56.36	SA/B
2	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	6:58.63	R
3	Stefania Buttignon Stefania Gobbi	Italy	7:01.22	R
4	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	7:02.85	R
5	Daryna Verkhohliad Nataliya Dovhodko	Ukraine	7:20.58	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.^[4]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicoleta-Ancuţa Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:56.41	SA/B
2	Lu Shiyu Wang Yuwei	China	6:58.43	SA/B
3	Daryna Verkhohliad Nataliya Dovhodko	Ukraine	7:08.48	SC/D
4	Aspasia Christodoulidis Anneta Kyridou	Greece	7:11.44	SC/D
5	Aimee Hernandez Yariulvis Cobas	Cuba	7:15.28	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:56.41	SA/B
2	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:56.99	SA/B
3	Martyna Radosz Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak	Poland	6:58.21	SC/D
4	Milica Slijepčević Jovana Arsić	Serbia	7:22.11	SC/D

Repechage 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stefania Buttignon Stefania Gobbi	Italy	6:59.22	SA/B
2	Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová	Czech Republic	7:01.39	SA/B
3	Leonie Menzel Pia Greiten	Germany	7:02.02	SC/D
4	Vivien Preil Zoltana Gadanyi	Hungary	7:26.70	SC/D

Repechage 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	7:02.65	SA/B
2	Tatsiana Klimovich Krystsina Staraselets	Belarus	7:03.78	SA/B
3	Ruth Siddorn Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:08.80	SC/D
4	Pascale Walker Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:12.17	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.^[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Leonie Menzel Pia Greiten	Germany	6:52.91	FC
2	Daryna Verkhohliad Nataliya Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:55.55	FC
3	Milica Slijepčević Jovana Arsić	Serbia	6:59.55	FC
4	Pascale Walker Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:01.42	FD
5	Aimee Hernandez Yariulvis Cobas	Cuba	7:07.31	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martyna Radosz Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak	Poland	6:53.41	FC
2	Ruth Siddorn Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	6:59.27	FC
3	Aspasia Christodoulidis Anneta Kyridou	Greece	7:05.92	FC
4	Vivien Preil Zoltana Gadanyi	Hungary	7:06.81	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.^[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:54.49	FA
2	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	6:55.81	FA
3	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:55.86	FA
4	Lu Shiyu Wang Yuwei	China	6:59.26	FB
5	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	7:03.37	FB
6	Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová	Czech Republic	7:04.94	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicoleta-Ancuţa Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:56.60	FA
2	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:57.92	FA
3	Cicely Madden Genevra Stone	United States	6:58.53	FA
4	Amanda Bateman Genevieve Horton	Australia	6:59.14	FB
5	Tatsiana Klimovich Krystsina Staraselets	Belarus	7:00.78	FB
6	Stefania Buttignon Stefania Gobbi	Italy	7:03.89	FB

Finals

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

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Pascale Walker Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:09.01
2	Aimee Hernandez Yariulvis Cobas	Cuba	7:11.43
3	Vivien Preil Zoltana Gadanyi	Hungary	7:14.13

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Martyna Radosz Krystyna Lemańczyk-Dobrzelak	Poland	7:00.05
2	Ruth Siddorn Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:01.79
3	Leonie Menzel Pia Greiten	Germany	7:02.10
4	Daryna Verkhohliad Nataliya Dovhodko	Ukraine	7:06.89
5	Milica Slijepčević Jovana Arsić	Serbia	7:08.76
6	Aspasia Christodoulidis Anneta Kyridou	Greece	7:13.57

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Stefania Buttignon Stefania Gobbi	Italy	6:57.08
2	Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová	Czech Republic	6:57.12
3	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:57.83
4	Lu Shiyu Wang Yuwei	China	6:58.04
5	Amanda Bateman Genevieve Horton	Australia	6:58.11
6	Tatsiana Klimovich Krystsina Staraselets	Belarus	6:58.60

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:47.17
	Nicoleta-Ancuţa Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:48.55
	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:49.22
4	Gabrielle Smith Andrea Proske	Canada	6:49.85
5	Cicely Madden Genevra Stone	United States	6:49.86
6	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:52.09