# 2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls

The men's 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 | 13:29 | Heats |
| Monday 4 September 2023 | 13:15 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 13:46 | Quarterfinals |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 16:26 | Final E |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 16:55 | Semifinals C/D |
| Friday 8 September 2023 | 10:35 | Semifinals A/B |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 09:54 | Final D |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 10:32 | Final C |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 11:30 | Final B |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 13:30 | 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 | Florin Arteni Ciprian Tudosă | Romania | 6:08.15 | Q |
| 2 | Jonas Gelsen Marc Weber | Germany | 6:10.06 | Q |
| 3 | Aleix García Rodrigo Conde | Spain | 6:11.74 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandar Bedik Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 6:15.68 | Q |
| 5 | Newton Seawright Martin Zocalo | Uruguay | 6:29.03 | R |
| 6 | Oleksii Selivanov Pavlo Yurchenko | Ukraine | 6:29.52 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Melvin Twellaar Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:08.54 | Q |
| 2 | Chirill Visotchi-Sestacov Ivan Corsunov | Moldova | 6:15.50 | Q |
| 3 | Jonas Richter Hugo Nerud | Sweden | 6:18.65 | Q |
| 4 | Tristan Vandenbussche Aaron Andries | Belgium | 6:22.12 | Q |
| 5 | Harley Moore Cormac Kennedy-Leverett | Australia | 6:24.33 | R |
| 6 | Fahad Albanki Omar Alhasan | Bahrain | 8:40.59 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:11.88 | Q |
| 2 | Luca Rambaldi Matteo Sartori | Italy | 6:13.00 | Q |
| 3 | Žygimantas Gališanskis Povilas Stankunas | Lithuania | 6:16.48 | Q |
| 4 | Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos | Greece | 6:16.62 | Q |
| 5 | Reidy Cardona Carlos Ajete | Cuba | 6:19.32 | R |
| 6 | Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch | Czech Republic | 6:32.07 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sorin Koszyk Ben Davison | United States | 6:11.12 | Q |
| 2 | Daire Lynch Philip Doyle | Ireland | 6:12.77 | Q |
| 3 | Valentin Onfroy Hugo Boucheron | France | 6:14.27 | Q |
| 4 | Konrad Domanski Piotr Plominski | Poland | 6:16.78 | Q |
| 5 | Aidan Thompson John Collins | Great Britain | 6:19.31 | R |
| 6 | Vincenzo Guirfa Víctor Aspillaga | Peru | 6:49.89 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:15.01 | Q |
| 2 | Robbie Manson Benjamin Mason | New Zealand | 6:17.47 | Q |
| 3 | Oscar Stabe Helvig Kristoffer Brun | Norway | 6:19.00 | Q |
| 4 | Adriaan Jakobus Venter Jake Green | South Africa | 6:29.30 | Q |
| 5 | Emil Neykov Lazar Penev | Bulgaria | 6:36.80 | R |
| 6 | Seifeldeen Muhammad Mohamed Ali Ali | Egypt | 6:38.40 | R |

### Repechages

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final E.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Reidy Cardona Carlos Ajete | Cuba | 6:47.31 | Q |
| 2 | Emil Neykov Lazar Penev | Bulgaria | 6:48.17 | Q |
| 3 | Newton Seawright Martin Zocalo | Uruguay | 6:48.37 | FE |
| 4 | Vincenzo Guirfa Victor Aspillaga | Peru | 7:18.35 | FE |
| 5 | Fahad Albanki Omar Alhasan | Bahrain | 9:38.64 | FE |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch | Czech Republic | 6:50.81 | Q |
| 2 | Harley Moore Cormac Kennedy-Leverett | Australia | 6:51.55 | Q |
| 3 | Aidan Thompson John Collins | Great Britain | 6:56.09 | FE |
| 4 | Oleksii Selivanov Pavlo Yurchenko | Ukraine | 7:07.08 | FE |
| 5 | Seifeldeen Muhammad Mohamed Ali Ali | Egypt | 7:07.96 | FE |

### Quarterfinals

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

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Florin Arteni Ciprian Tudosă | Romania | 6:43.07 | SA/B |
| 2 | Robbie Manson Benjamin Mason | New Zealand | 6:47.49 | SA/B |
| 3 | Chirill Visotchi-Sestacov Ivan Corsunov | Moldova | 6:48.70 | SA/B |
| 4 | Konrad Domanski Piotr Plominski | Poland | 6:54.75 | SC/D |
| 5 | Žygimantas Gališanskis Povilas Stankunas | Lithuania | 6:57.84 | SC/D |
| 6 | Emil Neykov Lazar Penev | Bulgaria | 7:20.22 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Melvin Twellaar Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:38.79 | SA/B |
| 2 | Daire Lynch Philip Doyle | Ireland | 6:41.89 | SA/B |
| 3 | Jonas Gelsen Marc Weber | Germany | 6:46.11 | SA/B |
| 4 | Reidy Cardona Carlos Ajete | Cuba | 6:52.30 | SC/D |
| 5 | Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos | Greece | 6:59.74 | SC/D |
| 6 | Adriaan Jakobus Venter Jake Green | South Africa | 7:02.95 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:42.38 | SA/B |
| 2 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:45.18 | SA/B |
| 3 | Valentin Onfroy Hugo Boucheron | France | 6:46.76 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jonas Richter Hugo Nerud | Sweden | 6:48.91 | SC/D |
| 5 | Harley Moore Cormac Kennedy-Leverett | Australia | 6:54.34 | SC/D |
| 6 | Aleksandar Bedik Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 7:03.01 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleix García Rodrigo Conde | Spain | 6:41.11 | SA/B |
| 2 | Luca Rambaldi Matteo Sartori | Italy | 6:42.05 | SA/B |
| 3 | Oscar Stabe Helvig Kristoffer Brun | Norway | 6:42.23 | SA/B |
| 4 | Sorin Koszyk Ben Davison | United States | 6:48.08 | SC/D |
| 5 | Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch | Czech Republic | 6:49.95 | SC/D |
| 6 | Tristan Vandenbussche Aaron Andries | Belgium | 6:55.84 | SC/D |

### 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 | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Konrad Domanski Piotr Plominski | Poland | 6:42.89 | FC |
| 2 | Aleksandar Bedik Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 6:43.23 | FC |
| 3 | Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch | Czech Republic | 6:43.45 | FC |
| 4 | Reidy Cardona Carlos Ajete | Cuba | 6:43.78 | FD |
| 5 | Harley Moore Cormac Kennedy-Leverett | Australia | 7:01.45 | FD |
| 6 | Emil Neykov Lazar Penev | Bulgaria | 7:05.02 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sorin Koszyk Ben Davison | United States | 6:37.14 | FC |
| 2 | Jonas Richter Hugo Nerud | Sweden | 6:41.60 | FC |
| 3 | Žygimantas Gališanskis Povilas Stankunas | Lithuania | 6:44.28 | FC |
| 4 | Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos | Greece | 6:51.32 | FD |
| 5 | Tristan Vandenbussche Aaron Andries | Belgium | 6:52.13 | FD |
| 6 | Adriaan Jakobus Venter Jake Green | South Africa | 6:58.13 | 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 | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Melvin Twellaar Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:19.31 | FA |
| 2 | Luca Rambaldi Matteo Sartori | Italy | 6:23.94 | FA |
| 3 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:27.42 | FA |
| 4 | Florin Arteni Ciprian Tudosă | Romania | 6:31.36 | FB |
| 5 | Valentin Onfroy Hugo Boucheron | France | 6:34.65 | FB |
| 6 | Chirill Visotchi-Sestacov Ivan Corsunov | Moldova | 6:38.60 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:23.02 | FA |
| 2 | Daire Lynch Philip Doyle | Ireland | 6:24.28 | FA |
| 3 | Aleix García Rodrigo Conde | Spain | 6:26.53 | FA |
| 4 | Robbie Manson Benjamin Mason | New Zealand | 6:29.71 | FB |
| 5 | Jonas Gelsen Marc Weber | Germany | 6:30.01 | FB |
| 6 | Oscar Stabe Helvig Kristoffer Brun | Norway | 6:32.59 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final E

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Aidan Thompson John Collins | Great Britain | 6:53.09 | 25 |
| 2 | Seifeldeen Muhammad Mohamed Ali Ali | Egypt | 6:57.94 | 26 |
| 3 | Oleksii Selivanov Pavlo Yurchenko | Ukraine | 6:59.05 | 27 |
| 4 | Newton Seawright Martin Zocalo | Uruguay | 7:03.74 | 28 |
| 5 | Vincenzo Guirfa Víctor Aspillaga | Peru | 7:22.64 | 29 |
| 6 | Fahad Albanki Omar Alhasan | Bahrain | 9:41.75 | 30 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos | Greece | 6:16.75 | 19 |
| 2 | Reidy Cardona Carlos Ajete | Cuba | 6:18.76 | 20 |
| 3 | Harley Moore Cormac Kennedy-Leverett | Australia | 6:21.89 | 21 |
| 4 | Tristan Vandenbussche Aaron Andries | Belgium | 6:24.07 | 22 |
| 5 | Adriaan Jakobus Venter Jake Green | South Africa | 6:26.99 | 23 |
| | Emil Neykov Lazar Penev | Bulgaria | DNS | 24 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Sorin Koszyk Ben Davison | United States | 6:12.55 | 13 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Bedik Aleksandar Filipović | Serbia | 6:20.37 | 14 |
| 3 | Žygimantas Gališanskis Povilas Stankunas | Lithuania | 6:22.08 | 15 |
| 4 | Jakub Podrazil Jan Cincibuch | Czech Republic | 6:25.54 | 16 |
| 5 | Konrad Domanski Piotr Plominski | Poland | 6:26.41 | 17 |
| | Jonas Richter Hugo Nerud | Sweden | DNS | 18 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Florin Arteni Ciprian Tudosă | Romania | 6:14.77 | 7 |
| 2 | Jonas Gelsen Marc Weber | Germany | 6:15.48 | 8 |
| 3 | Oscar Stabe Helvig Kristoffer Brun | Norway | 6:16.41 | 9 |
| 4 | Valentin Onfroy Hugo Boucheron | France | 6:17.32 | 10 |
| 5 | Robbie Manson Benjamin Mason | New Zealand | 6:18.79 | 11 |
| 6 | Chirill Visotchi-Sestacov Ivan Corsunov | Moldova | 6:20.35 | 12 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Melvin Twellaar Stef Broenink | Netherlands | 6:09.19 |
| | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:12.44 |
| | Daire Lynch Philip Doyle | Ireland | 6:13.41 |
| 4 | Luca Rambaldi Matteo Sartori | Italy | 6:15.70 |
| 5 | Aleix García Rodrigo Conde | Spain | 6:17.51 |
| 6 | Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | China | 6:27.64 |