# 2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 3 September 2023 | 12:19 | Heats |
| Monday 4 September 2023 | 13:10 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 12:50 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 10:35 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 16:15 | Semifinals C/D |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 09:51 | Final D |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 10:19 | Final C |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 11:40 | Final B |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 14:23 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:15.40 | QAD |
| 2 | Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley | New Zealand | 6:19.65 | QAD |
| 3 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:27.67 | QAD |
| 4 | Elar Loot Ander Koppel | Estonia | 6:30.98 | QAD |
| 5 | Ibrahim Elserougy Ahmed Abdelaal | Egypt | 6:39.25 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares | Italy | 6:17.14 | QAD |
| 2 | Zachary Heese James McCullough | United States | 6:18.48 | QAD |
| 3 | Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu | Turkey | 6:20.50 | QAD |
| 4 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:21.47 | QAD |
| 5 | Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl | Austria | 6:25.64 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta | Spain | 6:16.98 | QAD |
| 2 | Miguel Carballo Alexis López | Mexico | 6:18.78 | QAD |
| 3 | Afonso Costa Dinis Costa | Portugal | 6:22.65 | QAD |
| 4 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:22.85 | QAD |
| 5 | Cal Gorvy Daniel Dubitsky | Israel | 7:06.40 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann | Germany | 6:17.61 | QAD |
| 2 | Hugo Beurey Ferdinand Ludwig | France | 6:20.54 | QAD |
| 3 | Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey | Belgium | 6:21.00 | QAD |
| 4 | Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev | Uzbekistan | 6:21.65 | QAD |
| 5 | Fan Junjie Sun Man | China | 6:26.02 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada | Switzerland | 6:11.93 | QAD |
| 2 | Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem | Norway | 6:13.94 | QAD |
| 3 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil | Czech Republic | 6:14.76 | QAD |
| 4 | Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness | Australia | 6:20.63 | QAD |
| 5 | Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza | Poland | 6:27.19 | R |

### Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boat are eliminated.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza | Poland | 6:47.93 | QAD |
| 2 | Fan Junjie Sun Man | China | 6:50.33 | QAD |
| 3 | Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl | Austria | 7:03.30 | QAD |
| 4 | Ibrahim Elserougy Ahmed Abdelaal | Egypt | 7:15.01 | QAD |
| 5 | Cal Gorvy Daniel Dubitsky | Israel | 7:24.06 | |

### Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in Quarterfinal advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:46.53 | SA/B |
| 2 | Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares | Italy | 6:49.83 | SA/B |
| 3 | Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey | Belgium | 6:52.82 | SA/B |
| 4 | Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness | Australia | 6:53.65 | SC/D |
| 5 | Afonso Costa Dinis Costa | Portugal | 6:56.88 | SC/D |
| 6 | Ahmed Abdelaal Ibrahim Elserougy | Egypt | 7:32.58 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta | Spain | 6:48.68 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil | Czech Republic | 6:48.87 | SA/B |
| 3 | Fan Junjie Sun Man | China | 6:49.17 | SA/B |
| 4 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:49.30 | SC/D |
| 5 | Hugo Beurey Ferdinand Ludwig | France | 7:01.78 | SC/D |
| 6 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 7:05.38 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem | Norway | 6:51.36 | SA/B |
| 2 | Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann | Germany | 6:53.23 | SA/B |
| 3 | Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley | New Zealand | 6:54.92 | SA/B |
| 4 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:57.10 | SC/D |
| 5 | Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu | Turkey | 7:01.47 | SC/D |
| 6 | Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl | Austria | 7:14.78 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada | Switzerland | 6:52.35 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza | Poland | 6:58.92 | SA/B |
| 3 | Miguel Carballo Alexis López | Mexico | 7:00.76 | SA/B |
| 4 | Zachary Heese James McCullough | United States | 7:03.24 | SC/D |
| 5 | Elar Loot Ander Koppel | Estonia | 7:06.84 | SC/D |
| 6 | Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev | Uzbekistan | 7:17.99 | SC/D |

### Semifinals C/D

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness | Australia | 6:55.92 | FC |
| 2 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:56.00 | FC |
| 3 | Elar Loot Ander Koppel | Estonia | 7:04.12 | FC |
| 4 | Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev | Uzbekistan | 7:09.34 | FD |
| 5 | Ahmed Abdelaal Ibrahim Elserougy | Egypt | 7:34.79 | FD |
| | Hugo Beurey Ferdinand Ludwig | France | DNS | DNS |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:53.81 | FC |
| 2 | Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu | Turkey | 6:55.92 | FC |
| 3 | Afonso Costa Dinis Costa | Portugal | 6:57.31 | FC |
| 4 | Zachary Heese James McCullough | United States | 6:58.03 | FD |
| 5 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 7:02.79 | FD |
| 6 | Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl | Austria | 7:08.94 | FD |

### Semifinals A/B

The fastest three boats in each Semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:41.83 | FA |
| 2 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil | Czech Republic | 6:47.98 | FA |
| 3 | Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem | Norway | 6:48.85 | FA |
| 4 | Miguel Carballo Alexis López | Mexico | 6:53.89 | FB |
| 5 | Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey | Belgium | 6:55.95 | FB |
| 6 | Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza | Poland | 7:00.79 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada | Switzerland | 6:42.73 | FA |
| 3 | Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta | Spain | 6:48.50 | FA |
| 2 | Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares | Italy | 6:47.23 | FA |
| 4 | Fan Junjie Sun Man | China | 6:53.56 | FB |
| 5 | Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley | New Zealand | 6:55.64 | FB |
| 6 | Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann | Germany | 9:54.74 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final D

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Zachary Heese James McCullough | United States | 6:20.66 | 19 |
| 2 | Paul Ruttmann Julian Schöberl | Austria | 6:26.27 | 20 |
| 3 | Shakhzod Nurmatov Sobirjon Safaroliev | Uzbekistan | 6:32.02 | 21 |
| 4 | Ahmed Abdelaal Ibrahim Elserougy | Egypt | 6:47.15 | 22 |
| | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | DNS | |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Petros Gkaidatzis Antonios Papakonstantinou | Greece | 6:17.79 | 13 |
| 2 | Enes Gök Halil Kaan Köroğlu | Turkey | 6:19.74 | 14 |
| 3 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:20.38 | 15 |
| 4 | Sean Murphy Oscar McGuinness | Australia | 6:20.79 | 16 |
| 5 | Afonso Costa Dinis Costa | Portugal | 6:21.21 | 17 |
| 6 | Elar Loot Ander Koppel | Estonia | 6:33.05 | 18 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Miguel Carballo Alexis López | Mexico | 6:26.49 | 7 |
| 2 | Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey | Belgium | 6:28.49 | 8 |
| 3 | Matthew Dunham Christopher Stockley | New Zealand | 6:28.66 | 9 |
| 4 | Paul Leerkamp Jonathan Rommelmann | Germany | 6:31.08 | 10 |
| 5 | Jerzy Kowalski Daniel Galeza | Poland | 6:32.56 | 11 |
| 6 | Fan Junjie Sun Man | China | 6:32.82 | 12 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:32.09 |
| | Jan Schäuble Raphaël Ahumada | Switzerland | 6:34.38 |
| | Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares | Italy | 6:34.77 |
| 4 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil | Czech Republic | 6:38.01 |
| 5 | Dennis Carracedo Caetano Horta | Spain | 6:40.65 |
| 6 | Lars Benske Ask Jarl Tjoem | Norway | 6:42.23 |