2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

Men's lightweight double sculls
at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Men's lightweight double sculls ; at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	52 from 26 nations
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The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[2]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:14.95	Q
2	Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen	China	6:16.78	Q
3	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:17.03	Q
4	Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham	New Zealand	6:18.01	Q
5	César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza	Chile	6:20.02	R
6	Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin	France	6:21.52	R

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	6:21.33	Q
2	Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus	Great Britain	6:23.27	Q
3	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:24.23	Q
4	Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:31.01	Q
5	Aleksandr Bogdashin Nikita Bolozin	Russia	6:40.84	R

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:24.68	Q
2	Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka	Slovakia	6:26.49	Q
3	Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer	South Africa	6:26.96	Q
4	Igor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:28.18	Q
5	Hugh McAdam Peter Schmidt	United States	6:37.28	R

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski	Poland	6:19.48	Q
2	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	6:20.13	Q
3	Julian Müller Andri Struzina	Switzerland	6:21.23	Q
4	Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber	Austria	6:23.14	Q
5	Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero	Spain	6:26.03	R

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:15.79	Q
2	Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	6:19.23	Q
3	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:21.55	Q
4	Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro	Argentina	6:30.24	Q
5	Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis	Greece	6:39.53	R

The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.^[3]

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero	Spain	6:20.61	Q
2	Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin	France	6:21.32	Q
3	Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis	Greece	6:22.57	Q
4	César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza	Chile	6:23.04	Q
5	Aleksandr Bogdashin Nikita Bolozin	Russia	6:30.68	FE
6	Hugh McAdam Peter Schmidt	United States	6:31.40	FE

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber	Austria	6:49.04	SA/B
2	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:49.96	SA/B
3	Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus	Great Britain	6:52.27	SA/B
4	Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	6:56.96	SC/D
5	Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer	South Africa	7:25.99	SC/D
6	Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis	Greece	7:31.47	SC/D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero	Spain	6:54.76	SA/B
2	Igor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:56.58	SA/B
3	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	7:02.88	SA/B
4	Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen	China	7:06.36	SC/D
5	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	7:08.56	SC/D
6	Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro	Argentina	7:31.35	SC/D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:44.44	SA/B
2	Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham	New Zealand	6:45.04	SA/B
3	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:48.70	SA/B
4	Julian Müller Andri Struzina	Switzerland	6:54.88	SC/D
5	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:59.36	SC/D
6	César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza	Chile	7:11.47	SC/D

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:49.45	SA/B
2	Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:50.54	SA/B
3	Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski	Poland	6:51.68	SA/B
4	Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka	Slovakia	6:53.16	SC/D
5	Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin	France	7:06.12	SC/D
6	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	7:16.31	SC/D

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

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel	Germany	6:24.82	FC
2	Emil Espensen Alexander Modest	Denmark	6:27.07	FC
3	Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin	France	6:27.19	FC
4	Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen	China	6:28.89	FD
5	Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis	Greece	6:33.19	FD
6	César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza	Chile	6:35.74	FD

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer	Canada	6:28.55	FC
2	Julian Müller Andri Struzina	Switzerland	6:29.68	FC
3	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:29.97	FC
4	Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka	Slovakia	6:30.89	FD
5	Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer	South Africa	6:37.40	FD
6	Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa	Portugal	6:50.14	FD

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[5]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:23.70	FA
2	Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham	New Zealand	6:26.53	FA
3	Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero	Spain	6:27.12	FA
4	Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus	Great Britain	6:28.98	FB
5	Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber	Austria	6:34.99	FB
6	Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura	Japan	6:41.93	FB

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	Italy	6:21.94	FA
2	Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	Belgium	6:22.83	FA
3	Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:23.78	FA
4	Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski	Poland	6:25.30	FB
5	Igor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov	Ukraine	6:31.37	FB
6	Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr.	Czech Republic	6:31.53	FB