# 2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls

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

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 15:47 | Heats |
| Monday 26 August 2019 | 14:51 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 28 August 2019 | 12:29 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 15:30 | Semifinals E/F |
| Thursday 29 August 2019 | 16:00 | Semifinals C/D |
| Friday 30 August 2019 | 11:40 | Semifinals A/B |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:43 | Final D |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 10:15 | Final F |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 10:20 | Final E |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 10:51 | Final C |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 11:42 | Final B |
| Sunday 1 September 2019 | 13:56 | 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 | Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne | Ireland | 6:28.93 | Q |
| 2 | David Bartholot Caleb Antill | Australia | 6:32.21 | Q |
| 3 | Stanislau Shcharbachenia Dzianis Mihal | Belarus | 6:35.36 | Q |
| 4 | Erik Fred Justin Keen | United States | 6:35.45 | R |
| 5 | Ivan Futryk Mykola Kalashnyk | Ukraine | 6:53.69 | R |
| 6 | Erling Øyasæter Petter Tufte | Norway | 6:58.19 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup | Poland | 6:27.09 | Q |
| 2 | John Storey Chris Harris | New Zealand | 6:31.47 | Q |
| 3 | Rodrigo Murillo Cristian Rosso | Argentina | 6:37.88 | Q |
| 4 | Boris Guerra Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 6:41.01 | R |
| 5 | Jüri-Mikk Udam Sten-Erik Anderson | Estonia | 6:53.01 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dovydas Nemeravičius Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:29.05 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Ole Naske Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:35.55 | Q |
| 3 | Matthew Buie Trevor Jones | Canada | 6:38.51 | Q |
| 4 | Óscar Vásquez Francisco Lapostol | Chile | 6:41.76 | R |
| 5 | Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin | Zimbabwe | 6:52.29 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amos Keijser Nicolas van Sprang | Netherlands | 6:26.40 | Q |
| 2 | Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache | Romania | 6:31.89 | Q |
| 3 | Keita Yamao Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 6:39.70 | Q |
| 4 | Boris Yotov Rangel Katsarski | Bulgaria | 7:44.48 | R |
| 5 | Khamis Al-Shamsi Hamad Al-Matrooshi | United Arab Emirates | 7:50.50 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Collins Graeme Thomas | Great Britain | 6:28.53 | Q |
| 2 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:30.54 | Q |
| 3 | Fabio Infimo Simone Venier | Italy | 6:33.08 | Q |
| 4 | Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič | Slovenia | 6:33.43 | R |
| 5 | Anastas Shashkov Mikhail Taskin | Kazakhstan | 7:06.95 | R |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:31.11 | Q |
| 2 | Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli | Switzerland | 6:35.10 | Q |
| 3 | Mzwandile Sotsaka Bradley Betts | South Africa | 6:43.70 | Q |
| 4 | Nikita Eskin Aleksandr Matveev | Russia | 6:51.66 | R |
| 5 | Sawarn Singh Sukhmeet Singh | India | 6:54.35 | 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 | Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič | Slovenia | 6:45.81 | Q |
| 2 | Boris Guerra Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 6:46.60 | Q |
| 3 | Erling Øyasæter Petter Tufte | Norway | 6:50.07 | SE/F |
| 4 | Sawarn Singh Sukhmeet Singh | India | 6:54.14 | SE/F |
| 5 | Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin | Zimbabwe | 6:54.43 | SE/F |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Erik Fred Justin Keen | United States | 6:44.56 | Q |
| 2 | Juri-Mikk Udam Sten-Erik Anderson | Estonia | 6:46.40 | Q |
| 3 | Boris Yotov Rangel Katsarski | Bulgaria | 6:49.94 | SE/F |
| 4 | Anastas Shashkov Mikhail Taskin | Kazakhstan | 7:08.49 | SE/F |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Óscar Vásquez Francisco Lapostol | Chile | 6:46.08 | Q |
| 2 | Ivan Futryk Mykola Kalashnyk | Ukraine | 6:48.00 | Q |
| 3 | Nikita Eskin Aleksandr Matveev | Russia | 6:52.06 | SE/F |
| 4 | Khamis Al-Shamsi Hamad Al-Matrooshi | United Arab Emirates | 7:47.40 | 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 | Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup | Poland | 6:15.06 | SA/B |
| 2 | Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne | Ireland | 6:17.78 | SA/B |
| 3 | Tim Ole Naske Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:21.04 | SA/B |
| 4 | Ivan Futryk Mykola Kalashnyk | Ukraine | 6:23.36 | SC/D |
| 5 | Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič | Slovenia | 6:30.60 | SC/D |
| 6 | Mzwandile Sotsaka Bradley Betts | South Africa | 6:33.03 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amos Keijser Nicolas van Sprang | Netherlands | 6:16.66 | SA/B |
| 2 | Dovydas Nemeravičius Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:18.66 | SA/B |
| 3 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:24.64 | SA/B |
| 4 | Keita Yamao Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 6:28.96 | SC/D |
| 5 | Óscar Vásquez Francisco Lapostol | Chile | 6:33.67 | SC/D |
| 6 | Juri-Mikk Udam Sten-Erik Anderson | Estonia | 6:44.24 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Collins Graeme Thomas | Great Britain | 6:14.21 | SA/B |
| 2 | Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli | Switzerland | 6:14.42 | SA/B |
| 3 | David Bartholot Caleb Antill | Australia | 6:16.26 | SA/B |
| 4 | Matthew Buie Trevor Jones | Canada | 6:18.68 | SC/D |
| 5 | Rodrigo Murillo Cristian Rosso | Argentina | 6:23.66 | SC/D |
| 6 | Erik Fred Justin Keen | United States | 6:41.18 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:12.42 | SA/B |
| 2 | John Storey Chris Harris | New Zealand | 6:14.04 | SA/B |
| 3 | Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache | Romania | 6:15.76 | SA/B |
| 4 | Stanislau Shcharbachenia Dzianis Mihal | Belarus | 6:24.24 | SC/D |
| 5 | Boris Guerra Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 6:28.64 | SC/D |
| 6 | Fabio Infimo Simone Venier | Italy | 6:31.05 | SC/D |

### Semifinals E/F

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the E final. The slowest boats were sent to the F final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nikita Eskin Aleksandr Matveev | Russia | 6:25.61 | FE |
| 2 | Erling Øyasæter Petter Tufte | Norway | 6:33.12 | FE |
| 3 | Anastas Shashkov Mikhail Taskin | Kazakhstan | 6:42.46 | FF |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Boris Yotov Rangel Katsarski | Bulgaria | 6:25.05 | FE |
| 2 | Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin | Zimbabwe | 6:25.54 | FE |
| 3 | Sawarn Singh Sukhmeet Singh | India | 6:26.99 | FE |
| 4 | Khamis Al-Shamsi Hamad Al-Matrooshi | United Arab Emirates | 7:20.04 | 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 | Rodrigo Murillo Cristian Rosso | Argentina | 6:14.05 | FC |
| 2 | Mzwandile Sotsaka Bradley Betts | South Africa | 6:17.04 | FC |
| 3 | Ivan Futryk Mykola Kalashnyk | Ukraine | 6:18.01 | FC |
| 4 | Erik Fred Justin Keen | United States | 6:18.29 | FD |
| 5 | Keita Yamao Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 6:26.48 | FD |
| 6 | Boris Guerra Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 6:32.64 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fabio Infimo Simone Venier | Italy | 6:13.24 | FC |
| 2 | Matthew Buie Trevor Jones | Canada | 6:13.25 | FC |
| 3 | Stanislau Shcharbachenia Dzianis Mihal | Belarus | 6:16.81 | FC |
| 4 | Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič | Slovenia | 6:19.23 | FD |
| 5 | Óscar Vásquez Francisco Lapostol | Chile | 6:24.70 | FD |
| 6 | Juri-Mikk Udam Sten-Erik Anderson | Estonia | 6:27.98 | 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 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:12.35 | FA |
| 2 | Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup | Poland | 6:13.86 | FA |
| 3 | Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli | Switzerland | 6:15.47 | FA |
| 4 | David Bartholot Caleb Antill | Australia | 6:17.20 | FB |
| 5 | Tim Ole Naske Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:17.87 | FB |
| 6 | Dovydas Nemeravičius Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:32.50 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne | Ireland | 6:13.88 | FA |
| 2 | Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache | Romania | 6:14.86 | FA |
| 3 | John Collins Graeme Thomas | Great Britain | 6:15.84 | FA |
| 4 | Amos Keijser Nicolas van Sprang | Netherlands | 6:20.27 | FB |
| 5 | John Storey Chris Harris | New Zealand | 6:23.02 | FB |
| 6 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:33.64 | 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 | Anastas Shashkov Mikhail Taskin | Kazakhstan | 6:53.68 |
| 2 | Khamis Al-Shamsi Hamad Al-Matrooshi | United Arab Emirates | 7:31.25 |

#### Final E

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Nikita Eskin Aleksandr Matveev | Russia | 6:28.33 |
| 2 | Erling Øyasæter Petter Tufte | Norway | 6:32.33 |
| 3 | Sawarn Singh Sukhmeet Singh | India | 6:32.35 |
| 4 | Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin | Zimbabwe | 6:34.04 |
| 5 | Boris Yotov Rangel Katsarski | Bulgaria | 6:46.27 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič | Slovenia | 6:23.87 |
| 2 | Erik Fred Justin Keen | United States | 6:24.98 |
| 3 | Keita Yamao Ryuta Arakawa | Japan | 6:27.52 |
| 4 | Francisco Lapostol Óscar Vásquez | Chile | 6:28.10 |
| 5 | Juri-Mikk Udam Sten-Erik Anderson | Estonia | 6:28.82 |
| 6 | Boris Guerra Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 7:02.15 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Rodrigo Murillo Cristian Rosso | Argentina | 6:21.41 |
| 2 | Matthew Buie Trevor Jones | Canada | 6:23.64 |
| 3 | Stanislau Shcharbachenia Dzianis Mihal | Belarus | 6:25.49 |
| 4 | Ivan Futryk Mykola Kalashnyk | Ukraine | 6:26.81 |
| 5 | Fabio Infimo Simone Venier | Italy | 6:29.53 |
| 6 | Mzwandile Sotsaka Bradley Betts | South Africa | 6:29.97 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Amos Keijser Nicolas van Sprang | Netherlands | 6:19.55 |
| 2 | John Storey Chris Harris | New Zealand | 6:19.57 |
| 3 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:21.50 |
| 4 | Tim Ole Naske Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:21.75 |
| 5 | Dovydas Nemeravičius Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:22.13 |
| 6 | David Bartholot Caleb Antill | Australia | 6:23.91 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:05.68 |
| | Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne | Ireland | 6:06.25 |
| | Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup | Poland | 6:07.87 |
| 4 | John Collins Graeme Thomas | Great Britain | 6:10.35 |
| 5 | Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli | Switzerland | 6:11.10 |
| 6 | Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache | Romania | 6:12.31 |