Women's lightweight double sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Nathan Benderson Park
Location	Sarasota, United States
Dates	24–30 September
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	6:55.88
Medalists
Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă    Romania   Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle    New Zealand   Emily Schmieg Michelle Sechser    United States

2017 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
Coxed pair	men
Eight	men	women
Lightweight events
Lwt single sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Lwt quadruple sculls	men	women
Lwt coxless pair	men
Lwt coxless four	men
Para-rowing events
PR1 single sculls	men	women
PR2 double sculls	mixed
PR3 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxed four	mixed

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2][3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:05.97	SA/B
2	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:07.28	SA/B
3	Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:10.82	R
4	Allegra Francalacci Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:13.01	R
5	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:13.69	R
6	Fabiola Nunez Melissa Marquez	Mexico	7:53.41	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Claire Bove Laura Tarantola	France	7:08.47	SA/B
2	Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	7:12.93	SA/B
3	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:17.36	R
4	Pauline Delacroix Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:18.27	R
5	Thomais Emmanouilidou Maria Pergouli	Greece	7:23.06	R
–	Glory Semidara Favour Bewei	Nigeria	EXC	–

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Weronika Deresz Joanna Dorociak	Poland	7:05.43	SA/B
2	Emily Schmieg Michelle Sechser	United States	7:05.59	SA/B
3	Anastasiia Ianina Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:08.64	R
4	Alice Erkos Annie Svensson	Sweden	7:19.31	R
5	Yulisa Lopez Guerra Jenniffer Zuniga	Guatemala	7:40.12	R
6	Camila Valle Pamela Noya	Peru	7:47.60	R

Repechages

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

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:00.83	SA/B
2	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:06.32	SA/B
3	Thomais Emmanouilidou Maria Pergouli	Greece	7:06.75	SA/B
4	Alice Erkos Annie Svensson	Sweden	7:08.18	FC
5	Fabiola Nunez Melissa Marquez	Mexico	7:38.32	FC
6	Camila Valle Pamela Noya	Peru	7:41.94	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:00.00	SA/B
2	Allegra Francalacci Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:01.65	SA/B
3	Anastasiia Ianina Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:03.61	SA/B
4	Pauline Delacroix Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:08.42	FC
5	Yulisa Lopez Guerra Jenniffer Zuniga	Guatemala	7:35.71	FC

Semifinals

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	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:00.83	FA
2	Weronika Deresz Joanna Dorociak	Poland	7:03.08	FA
3	Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:04.92	FA
4	Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	7:09.03	FB
5	Allegra Francalacci Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:11.08	FB
6	Thomais Emmanouilidou Maria Pergouli	Greece	7:16.21	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emily Schmieg Michelle Sechser	United States	7:00.72	FA
2	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:02.05	FA
3	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:02.52	FA
4	Claire Bove Laura Tarantola	France	7:04.29	FB
5	Anastasiia Ianina Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:12.05	FB
6	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:23.24	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Alice Erkos Annie Svensson	Sweden	7:06.53
2	Pauline Delacroix Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:06.66
3	Yulisa Lopez Guerra Jenniffer Zuniga	Guatemala	7:28.61
4	Camila Valle Pamela Noya	Peru	7:31.21
5	Fabiola Nunez Melissa Marquez	Mexico	7:36.76

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Claire Bove Laura Tarantola	France	6:57.63
2	Allegra Francalacci Valentina Rodini	Italy	6:57.93
3	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:04.06
4	Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	7:05.56
5	Thomais Emmanouilidou Maria Pergouli	Greece	7:05.98
6	Anastasiia Ianina Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:10.80

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:55.88
	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	6:56.09
	Emily Schmieg Michelle Sechser	United States	6:56.38
4	Weronika Deresz Joanna Dorociak	Poland	7:01.07
5	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:03.27
6	Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:05.53

References