# 2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless four

The women's coxless four competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday 25 September 2017 | 10:53 | Heats |
| Wednesday 27 September 2017 | 11:25 | Repechages |
| Saturday 30 September 2017 | 09:25 | Final B |
| Saturday 30 September 2017 | 11:38 | Final A |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

## Results
### Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman | Australia | 6:33.95 | FA |
| 2 | Molly Bruggeman Kristine O'Brien Erin Reelick Kendall Chase | United States | 6:35.59 | R |
| 3 | Olga Michalkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Ciaciuch Maria Wierzbowska | Poland | 6:39.38 | R |
| 4 | Monica Lanz Aletta Jorritsma José van Veen Lies Rustenburg | Netherlands | 6:39.53 | R |
| 5 | Caragh McMurtry Rebecca Girling Rowan McKellar Samantha Courty | Great Britain | 6:40.60 | R |
| 6 | Giorgia Pelacchi Aisha Rocek Carmela Pappalardo Ludovica Serafini | Italy | 6:50.27 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elena Oriabinskaia Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Alevtina Savkina | Russia | 6:35.79 | FA |
| 2 | Yue Wenxue Guo Linlin Zhang Min Ju Rui | China | 6:39.72 | R |
| 3 | Lisa Roman Susanne Grainger Christine Roper Nicole Hare | Canada | 6:42.75 | R |
| 4 | Cristina-Georgiana Popescu Alina Ligia Pop Beatrice-Madalina Parfenie Roxana Parascanu | Romania | 6:47.32 | R |
| 5 | Alice Mayne Adele Brosse Pauline Bugnard Flavie Bahuaud | France | 6:47.73 | R |
| 6 | Charlotte Spence Elizabeth Ross Kirstyn Goodger Jackie Gowler | New Zealand | 6:49.69 | R |

### Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Molly Bruggeman Kristine O'Brien Erin Reelick Kendall Chase | United States | 6:40.22 | FA |
| 2 | Monica Lanz Aletta Jorritsma José van Veen Lies Rustenburg | Netherlands | 6:41.31 | FA |
| 3 | Lisa Roman Susanne Grainger Christine Roper Nicole Hare | Canada | 6:46.61 | FB |
| 4 | Giorgia Pelacchi Aisha Rocek Carmela Pappalardo Ludovica Serafini | Italy | 6:53.05 | FB |
| 5 | Alice Mayne Adele Brosse Pauline Bugnard Flavie Bahuaud | France | 6:54.80 | FB |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yue Wenxue Guo Linlin Zhang Min Ju Rui | China | 6:41.43 | FA |
| 2 | Olga Michalkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Ciaciuch Maria Wierzbowska | Poland | 6:41.46 | FA |
| 3 | Caragh McMurtry Rebecca Girling Rowan McKellar Samantha Courty | Great Britain | 6:47.38 | FB |
| 4 | Charlotte Spence Elizabeth Ross Kirstyn Goodger Jackie Gowler | New Zealand | 6:52.66 | FB |
| 5 | Cristina-Georgiana Popescu Alina Ligia Pop Beatrice-Madalina Parfenie Roxana Parascanu | Romania | 6:54.84 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Caragh McMurtry Rebecca Girling Rowan McKellar Samantha Courty | Great Britain | 6:36.18 |
| 2 | Giorgia Pelacchi Aisha Rocek Carmela Pappalardo Ludovica Serafini | Italy | 6:39.94 |
| 3 | Lisa Roman Susanne Grainger Christine Roper Nicole Hare | Canada | 6:40.20 |
| 4 | Charlotte Spence Elizabeth Ross Kirstyn Goodger Jackie Gowler | New Zealand | 6:40.31 |
| 5 | Cristina-Georgiana Popescu Alina Ligia Pop Beatrice-Madalina Parfenie Roxana Parascanu | Romania | 6:42.20 |
| 6 | Alice Mayne Adele Brosse Pauline Bugnard Flavie Bahuaud | France | 6:42.44 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman | Australia | 6:33.58 |
| | Olga Michalkiewicz Joanna Dittmann Monika Ciaciuch Maria Wierzbowska | Poland | 6:34.25 |
| | Elena Oriabinskaia Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Alevtina Savkina | Russia | 6:34.67 |
| 4 | Molly Bruggeman Kristine O'Brien Erin Reelick Kendall Chase | United States | 6:35.46 |
| 5 | Monica Lanz Aletta Jorritsma José van Veen Lies Rustenburg | Netherlands | 6:36.44 |
| 6 | Yue Wenxue Guo Linlin Zhang Min Ju Rui | China | 6:44.76 |