# 2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-seven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 10:56 | Heats |
| Monday 26 August 2019 | 12:17 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 28 August 2019 | 11:37 | Quarterfinals |
| Wednesday 28 August 2019 | 16:58 | Semifinals E/F |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 10:42 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 16:30 | Semifinals C/D |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 17:10 | Final F |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 17:25 | Final E |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:45 | Final D |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 10:03 | Final C |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 11:24 | Final B |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 13:54 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:30.61 | Q |
| 2 | Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey | France | 6:32.64 | Q |
| 3 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:34.78 | Q |
| 4 | Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı | Turkey | 6:42.03 | R |
| 5 | Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk | Russia | 6:49.76 | R |
| 6 | Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez | Philippines | 7:03.68 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:29.21 | Q |
| 2 | Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:31.55 | Q |
| 3 | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:31.58 | Q |
| 4 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:46.22 | R |
| 5 | Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun | Hong Kong | 6:49.77 | R |
| 6 | Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov | Uzbekistan | 6:52.65 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:28.02 | Q |
| 2 | Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi | Switzerland | 6:31.76 | Q |
| 3 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:34.01 | Q |
| 4 | Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:41.66 | R |
| 5 | Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh | India | 6:48.09 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:28.46 | Q |
| 2 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:29.80 | Q |
| 3 | Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 6:32.18 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak | Slovakia | 6:34.68 | R |
| 5 | Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski | North Macedonia | 7:41.77 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:24.25 | Q |
| 2 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:24.90 | Q |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:26.90 | Q |
| 4 | Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan | United States | 6:32.84 | R |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko | Kazakhstan | 7:00.59 | R |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville | New Zealand | 6:28.94 | Q |
| 2 | Hamish Parry Leon Chambers | Australia | 6:31.02 | Q |
| 3 | Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green | Great Britain | 6:36.31 | Q |
| 4 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:51.27 | R |
| 5 | Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal | Egypt | 6:55.12 | R |

### Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı | Turkey | 6:38.48 | Q |
| 2 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:40.69 | Q |
| 3 | Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh | India | 6:44.98 | SE/F |
| 4 | Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov | Uzbekistan | 6:45.99 | SE/F |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko | Kazakhstan | 7:00.35 | SE/F |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:33.19 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak | Slovakia | 6:44.05 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk | Russia | 6:46.18 | SE/F |
| 4 | Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal | Egypt | 6:58.79 | SE/F |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan | United States | 6:38.17 | Q |
| 2 | Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:41.03 | Q |
| 3 | Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun | Hong Kong | 6:51.85 | SE/F |
| 4 | Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez | Philippines | 6:58.41 | SE/F |
| 5 | Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski | North Macedonia | 7:33.49 | SE/F |

### Quarterfinals

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

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:19.35 | SA/B |
| 2 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:19.83 | SA/B |
| 3 | Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville | New Zealand | 6:20.43 | SA/B |
| 4 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:21.05 | SC/D |
| 5 | Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 6:33.69 | SC/D |
| 6 | Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:34.81 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:19.54 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:20.94 | SA/B |
| 3 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:21.79 | SA/B |
| 4 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:22.29 | SC/D |
| 5 | Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan | United States | 6:25.46 | SC/D |
| 6 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:39.49 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:20.84 | SA/B |
| 2 | Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:22.84 | SA/B |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:23.72 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green | Great Britain | 6:28.43 | SC/D |
| 5 | Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey | France | 6:29.48 | SC/D |
| 6 | Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı | Turkey | 6:36.37 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:25.11 | SA/B |
| 2 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:26.12 | SA/B |
| 3 | Hamish Parry Leon Chambers | Australia | 6:26.96 | SA/B |
| 4 | Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi | Switzerland | 6:27.49 | SC/D |
| 5 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:31.31 | SC/D |
| 6 | Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak | Slovakia | 6:31.36 | SC/D |

### Semifinals E/F

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk | Russia | 6:36.42 | FE |
| 2 | Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh | India | 6:41.34 | FE |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko | Kazakhstan | 6:43.75 | FE |
| 4 | Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez | Philippines | 6:46.70 | FF |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov | Uzbekistan | 6:38.97 | FE |
| 2 | Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun | Hong Kong | 6:40.92 | FE |
| 3 | Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal | Egypt | 6:51.28 | FE |
| 4 | Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski | North Macedonia | 7:44.26 | FF |

### Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:16.71 | FC |
| 2 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:17.56 | FC |
| 3 | Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey | France | 6:18.10 | FC |
| 4 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:19.57 | FD |
| 5 | Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı | Turkey | 6:24.04 | FD |
| 6 | Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:25.89 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan | United States | 6:17.40 | FC |
| 2 | Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 6:18.00 | FC |
| 3 | Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green | Great Britain | 6:18.73 | FC |
| 4 | Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi | Switzerland | 6:21.10 | FD |
| 5 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:21.89 | FD |
| 6 | Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak | Slovakia | 6:30.67 | 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.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:13.30 | FA |
| 2 | Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:13.68 | FA |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:14.15 | FA |
| 4 | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:14.87 | FB |
| 5 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:15.64 | FB |
| 6 | Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville | New Zealand | 6:18.78 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:13.46 | FA |
| 2 | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:13.59 | FA |
| 3 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:14.15 | FA |
| 4 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:17.06 | FB |
| 5 | Hamish Parry Leon Chambers | Australia | 6:18.00 | FB |
| 6 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:20.34 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final F

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Edgar Ilas Cris Nievarez | Philippines | 6:41.20 |
| 2 | Marjan Nikolovski Marjan Vlakjeski | North Macedonia | 7:18.08 |

#### Final E

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Aleksandr Bogdashin Alexandr Tufanyuk | Russia | 6:27.97 |
| 2 | Chan Chi-fung Wong Wai-chun | Hong Kong | 6:29.56 |
| 3 | Arvind Singh Bhagwan Singh | India | 6:32.38 |
| 4 | Evgeniy Agafonov Shakhzod Nurmatov | Uzbekistan | 6:34.51 |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Tatsei Daniil Savchenko | Kazakhstan | 6:35.49 |
| 6 | Mohamed Kota Ahmed Abdelaal | Egypt | 6:39.46 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi | Switzerland | 6:29.56 |
| 2 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:29.85 |
| 3 | Bayram Sönmez Enes Yenipazarlı | Turkey | 6:32.79 |
| 4 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:34.84 |
| 5 | Peter Zelinka Marek Reznak | Slovakia | 6:35.29 |
| 6 | Yuki Ikeda Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:37.64 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Julian Schöberl Matthias Taborsky | Austria | 6:21.13 |
| 2 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:22.43 |
| 3 | Andrew Campbell Nicholas Trojan | United States | 6:22.69 |
| 4 | Pierre Houin Hugo Beurey | France | 6:23.16 |
| 5 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:24.03 |
| 6 | Jamie Copus Zak Lee-Green | Great Britain | 6:26.61 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:30.74 |
| 2 | Hamish Parry Leon Chambers | Australia | 6:32.98 |
| 3 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:33.19 |
| 4 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:37.82 |
| 5 | Matthew Dunham Harrison Somerville | New Zealand | 6:38.89 |
| 6 | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:41.28 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:37.28 |
| | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:39.71 |
| | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:41.07 |
| 4 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:44.07 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Conde Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:48.75 |
| 6 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:49.86 |