2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's double sculls

The women's double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.[1]

Women's double sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Nathan Benderson Park
Location	Sarasota, United States
Dates	25 September – 1 October
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Winning time	6:45.08
Medalists
Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe    New Zealand   Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek    United States   Olympia Aldersey Madeleine Edmunds    Australia

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 25 September 2017	11:46	Heats
Wednesday 27 September 2017	11:45	Repechage
Thursday 28 September 2017	13:46	Final C
Friday 29 September 2017	10:25	Semifinals A/B
Sunday 1 October 2017	09:05	Final B
	10:27	Final A

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:58.28	SA/B
2	Olympia Aldersey Madeleine Edmunds	Australia	7:02.10	SA/B
3	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	7:03.69	SA/B
4	Anna Malvina Svennung Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:07.06	R
5	Carlotta Nwajide Julia Leiding	Germany	7:17.70	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:54.08	SA/B
2	Kiri Tontodonati Stefania Gobbi	Italy	6:57.39	SA/B
3	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Anneta Kyridou	Greece	6:58.00	SA/B
4	Anne Larsen Mette Petersen	Denmark	6:59.10	R
5	Glory Semidara Favour Bewei	Nigeria	8:48.86	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	United States	6:52.08	SA/B
2	Wang Fei Lü Yang	China	6:54.10	SA/B
3	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:54.89	SA/B
4	Marloes Oldenburg Roos de Jong	Netherlands	6:56.20	R

Repechage

The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marloes Oldenburg Roos de Jong	Netherlands	7:03.53	SA/B
2	Anna Malvina Svennung Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:04.59	SA/B
3	Carlotta Nwajide Julia Leiding	Germany	7:05.02	SA/B
4	Anne Larsen Mette Petersen	Denmark	7:11.44	FC
5	Glory Semidara Favour Bewei	Nigeria	8:50.61	FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	United States	6:55.29	FA
2	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:57.86	FA
3	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:59.81	FA
4	Kiri Tontodonati Stefania Gobbi	Italy	7:02.83	FB
5	Carlotta Nwajide Julia Leiding	Germany	7:02.92	FB
6	Anna Malvina Svennung Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:09.79	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:54.38	FA
2	Olympia Aldersey Madeleine Edmunds	Australia	6:57.16	FA
3	Wang Fei Lü Yang	China	6:59.32	FA
4	Marloes Oldenburg Roos de Jong	Netherlands	7:04.73	FB
5	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	7:04.84	FB
6	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Anneta Kyridou	Greece	7:17.12	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Anne Larsen Mette Petersen	Denmark	7:10.93
2	Glory Semidara Favour Bewei	Nigeria	8:46.95

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Kristýna Fleissnerová Lenka Antošová	Czech Republic	7:05.30
2	Marloes Oldenburg Roos de Jong	Netherlands	7:05.94
3	Kiri Tontodonati Stefania Gobbi	Italy	7:07.52
4	Carlotta Nwajide Julia Leiding	Germany	7:13.10
5	Anna Malvina Svennung Lovisa Claesson	Sweden	7:16.20
6	Aikaterini Nikolaidou Anneta Kyridou	Greece	7:28.29

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	New Zealand	6:45.08
	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	United States	6:46.57
	Olympia Aldersey Madeleine Edmunds	Australia	6:49.76
4	Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	Lithuania	6:51.30
5	Wang Fei Lü Yang	China	6:52.86
6	Hélène Lefebvre Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	France	6:54.65

References

1. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
2. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
3. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
4. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
5. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 June 2018.