2023 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.^[1]

Women's double sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Sava
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	4 September – 10 September
Competitors	38 from 19 nations
Winning time	6:46.94
Medalists
Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș    Romania   Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė    Lithuania   Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas    United States
← 2022

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 4 September 2023	10:22	Heats
Wednesday 6 September 2023	11:12	Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023	17:05	Semifinals C/D
Friday 8 September 2023	10:55	Semifinals A/B
Sunday 10 September 2023	10:01	Final D
	10:39	Final C
	11:37	Final B
	13:54	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe Hyde Alison Bergin	Ireland	6:59.39	SA/B
2	Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė	Lithuania	7:02.26	SA/B
3	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	7:07.90	R
4	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	6:15.68	R
5	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:14.49	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States	6:58.91	SA/B
2	Stefania Buttignon Silvia Crosio	Italy	7:00.56	SA/B
3	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	7:02.48	R
4	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:03.56	R
5	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	7:08.33	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand	7:03.74	SA/B
2	Lu Shiyu Shen Shuangmei	China	7:06.07	SA/B
3	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	7:07.98	R
4	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:14.21	R
5	Michala Pospíšilová Kristýna Neuhortová	Czech Republic	7:19.04	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:55.41	SA/B
2	Margaux Bailleul Emma Lunatti	France	7:02.74	SA/B
3	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:14.60	R
4	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	7:21.49	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the semifinals A/B. The remaining boats were sent to the semifinals C/D.^[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	7:02.27	SA/B
2	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	7:03.74	SA/B
3	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:09.01	SC/D
4	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:09.41	SC/D
5	Michala Pospíšilová Kristýna Neuhortová	Czech Republic	7:15.64	SC/D
6	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	7:16.92	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	7:00.76	SA/B
2	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	7:01.25	SA/B
3	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:01.87	SC/D
4	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:09.00	SC/D
5	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:10.70	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The two fastest boats in semifinal 1 and three fastest boats in semifinal 2 advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:32.04	FC
2	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:37.02	FC
3	Michala Pospíšilová Kristýna Neuhortová	Czech Republic	7:47.60	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	7:20.77	FC
2	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:21.15	FC
3	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:26.48	FC
4	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	7:30.94	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	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States	7:01.76	FA
2	Zoe Hyde Alison Bergin	Ireland	7:02.22	FA
3	Margaux Bailleul Emma Lunatti	France	7:06.03	FA
4	Lu Shiyu Shen Shuangmei	China	7:08.14	FB
5	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	7:12.88	FB
6	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	7:16.62	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	7:04.97	FA
2	Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė	Lithuania	7:09.09	FA
3	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand	7:12.62	FA
4	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	7:16.17	FB
5	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	7:21.55	FB
6	Stefania Buttignon Silvia Crosio	Italy	7:22.93	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	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Michala Pospíšilová Markéta Nedělová	Czech Republic	7:11.27	18
	Sofia Dalidou Evangelia Fragkou	Greece	DNS

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Saskia Budgett Kyra Edwards	Great Britain	6:59.20	13
2	Leonie Menzel Maren Völz	Germany	7:00.70	14
3	Marilou Duvernay-Tardif Katie Clark	Canada	7:00.78	15
4	Salome Ulrich Sofia Meakin	Switzerland	7:04.24	16
5	Wiktoria Kalinowska Jessika Sobocinska	Poland	7:04.54	17

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Stefania Buttignon Silvia Crosio	Italy	6:53.71	7
2	Amanda Bateman Laura Gourley	Australia	6:53.76	8
3	Thea Helseth Jenny Marie Rorvik	Norway	6:53.78	9
4	Lu Shiyu Shen Shuangmei	China	6:55.11	10
5	Nika Johanna Vos Lisa Scheenaard	Netherlands	6:55.72	11
6	Paige Badenhorst Katherine Williams	South Africa	6:56.30	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș	Romania	6:46.94
	Donata Karalienė Dovile Rimkutė	Lithuania	6:50.34
	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States	6:50.45
4	Zoe Hyde Alison Bergin	Ireland	6:52.21
5	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand	6:54.99
6	Margaux Bailleul Emma Lunatti	France	7:06.45

References

1. "2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. "Women's double sculls – Results summary Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 4 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. "Women's double sculls – Results summary Repechages" (PDF). World Rowing. 6 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
4. "Women's double sculls – Results summary Semifinals C/D" (PDF). World Rowing. 7 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. "Men's double sculls – Results summary Semifinals A/B" (PDF). World Rowing. 8 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
6. "Results Summary by Event Women's Double Sculls – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 10 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2023.