2019 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls
at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Women's lightweight double sculls ; at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25–31 August
Competitors	54 from 27 nations
Winning time	7:15.32
Medalists
	← 2018 2022 →

The women'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]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	11:31	Heats
Monday 26 August 2019	12:32	Repechages
Wednesday 28 August 2019	12:01	Quarterfinals
Thursday 29 August 2019	11:42	Semifinals A/B
	16:40	Semifinals C/D
	17:30	Final E
Friday 30 August 2019	09:40	Final D
Saturday 31 August 2019	10:08	Final C
	11:36	Final B
	14:09	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The four 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	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:07.06	Q
2	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:07.75	Q
3	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	7:09.89	Q
4	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:12.82	Q
5	Lee Kuan-yi Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	7:45.82	R
6	Mariya Chernets Alina Klimentyeva	Kazakhstan	7:49.52	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:03.07	Q
2	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:08.27	Q
3	Ayami Oishi Kanako Ueda	Japan	7:13.14	Q
4	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:24.19	Q
5	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:38.52	R
6	Sara Baraka Maryam Abdellatif	Egypt	8:01.62	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	7:06.72	Q
2	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:10.08	Q
3	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:15.47	Q
4	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:38.82	Q
5	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:49.72	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	7:07.04	Q
2	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	7:08.76	Q
3	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	7:13.83	Q
4	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:25.62	Q
5	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:42.74	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:11.34	Q
2	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:13.07	Q
3	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:27.68	Q
4	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:30.41	Q
5	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:42.46	R

Repechages

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:33.51	Q
2	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:47.34	Q
3	Lee Kuan-yi Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	7:53.38	FE
4	Sara Baraka Maryam Abdellatif	Egypt	8:03.69	FE

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:39.96	Q
2	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:45.75	Q
3	Mariya Chernets Alina Klimentyeva	Kazakhstan	7:54.93	FE

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	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:59.09	SA/B
2	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:01.30	SA/B
3	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:03.84	SA/B
4	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:07.17	SC/D
5	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:07.33	SC/D
6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:44.48	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	6:52.48	SA/B
2	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	6:56.96	SA/B
3	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	6:57.80	SA/B
4	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:13.41	SC/D
5	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:20.55	SC/D
6	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:29.40	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:57.64	SA/B
2	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:00.77	SA/B
3	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:02.33	SA/B
4	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	7:05.82	SC/D
5	Kanako Ueda Ayami Oishi	Japan	7:09.49	SC/D
6	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:28.45	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	7:00.80	SA/B
2	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	7:03.72	SA/B
3	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:05.05	SA/B
4	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:16.78	SC/D
5	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:17.78	SC/D
6	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:34.13	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.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	6:55.87	FC
2	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:01.50	FC
3	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:01.68	FC
4	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:13.46	FD
5	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:15.61	FD
6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:31.59	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	6:59.26	FC
2	Ayami Oishi Kanako Ueda	Japan	7:03.24	FC
3	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:04.83	FC
4	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:05.29	FD
5	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:18.07	FD
6	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:22.27	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	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	6:50.91	FA
2	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	6:52.37	FA
3	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:54.01	FA
4	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	6:55.69	FB
5	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	6:57.07	FB
6	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	6:57.97	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	6:48.49	FA
2	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	6:51.31	FA
3	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	6:52.17	FA
4	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	6:53.60	FB
5	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	6:56.24	FB
6	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	6:59.92	FB

Finals

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

Final E

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Mariya Chernets Alina Klimentyeva	Kazakhstan	7:24.37
2	Lee Kuan-yi Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	7:27.58
3	Sara Baraka Maryam Abdellatif	Egypt	7:37.83

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer	Austria	7:19.95
2	Evita Bole Olga Svirska	Latvia	7:24.13
3	Choi Yu-ri Song Ji-sun	South Korea	7:27.43
4	Phuttharaksa Neegree Matinee Raruen	Thailand	7:32.11
5	Joanie Delgaco Melcah Jen Caballero	Philippines	7:35.53
6	Yulisa López Jennieffer Zúñiga	Guatemala	7:38.92

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	China	7:00.82
2	Ayami Oishi Kanako Ueda	Japan	7:04.34
3	Katarzyna Welna Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:05.73
4	Katrin Thoma Sophia Krause	Germany	7:09.84
5	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh	Ireland	7:10.52
6	Rocio Lao Sanchez Natalia de Miguel	Spain	7:20.18

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini	Italy	7:11.18
2	Jill Moffatt Jennifer Casson	Canada	7:13.65
3	Sarah Pound Georgia Nesbitt	Australia	7:13.84
4	Christine Cavallo Michelle Sechser	United States	7:13.96
5	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:16.90
6	Kirsten McCann Ursula Grobler	South Africa	7:17.92

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:15.32
	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	Netherlands	7:19.51
	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain	7:21.38
4	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:21.73
5	Laura Tarantola Claire Bove	France	7:23.20
6	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Belarus	7:31.53

References

^ ^a ^b "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "Australia aims to qualify 14 boats for Tokyo 2020". Rowing Australia. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Quarterfinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[2019RWC-1] "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[2] "Australia aims to qualify 14 boats for Tokyo 2020". Rowing Australia. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[3] "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[4] "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[5] "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Quarterfinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[semi-6] "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[7] "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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v t e World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls
FISA championships	1984: (Elisabeth Fraas, Kirsten Jensen-Plum)
Official world championships	1985: (Lin Clark, Beryl Crockford) 1986: (Chris Ernst, Carey Sands-Marden) 1987: (Janice Mason, Heather Hattin) 1988: (Laurien Vermulst, Ellen Meliesie) 1989: (Carey Sands-Marden, Kristine Karlson) 1990: (Ulla Jensen, Regitze Siggaard) 1991: (Claudia Waldi, Christiane Weber) 1992: (Claudia Waldi, Christiane Weber) 1993: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe) 1994: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe) 1995: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe) 1997: (Angelika Brand, Michelle Darvill) 1998: (Christine Collins, Sarah Garner) 1999: (Constanța Burcică, Camelia Macoviciuc) 2001: (Janet Radünzel, Claudia Blasberg) 2002: (Sally Causby, Amber Halliday) 2003: (Marie-Louise Dräger, Claudia Blasberg) 2005: (Daniela Reimer, Marie-Louise Dräger) 2006: (Xu Dongxiang, Yan Shimin) 2007: (Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston) 2009: (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou) 2010: (Lindsay Jennerich, Tracy Cameron) 2011: (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou) 2013: (Laura Milani, Elisabetta Sancassani) 2014: (Sophie MacKenzie, Julia Edward) 2015: (Sophie MacKenzie, Julia Edward) 2017: (Ionela-Livia Lehaci, Gianina Beleagă) 2018: (Ionela Cozmiuc, Gianina Beleagă) 2019: (Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle) 2022: (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant) 2023: (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant)
Since 1996, this boat class has been an Olympic event; see Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls

2019 World Rowing Championships

Openweight events
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxless four	men	women
Eight	men	women
Lightweight events
Lwt single sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Lwt quadruple sculls	men	women
Lwt coxless pair	men	women
Para-rowing events
PR1 single sculls	men	women
PR2 single sculls	men	women
PR2 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxless pair	men	women
PR3 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxed four	mixed
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