# 2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 24 September 2017 | 11:30 | Heats |
| Tuesday 26 September 2017 | 12:34 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 27 September 2017 | 10:59 | Semifinals C/D |
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 11:51 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 13:31 | Final D |
| Friday 29 September 2017 | 13:55 | Final C |
| Saturday 30 September 2017 | 09:10 | Final B |
| Saturday 30 September 2017 | 10:53 | Final A |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

## Results
### Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pierre Houin Jérémie Azou | France | 6:19.37 | SA/B |
| 2 | Emil Espensen Mathias Larsen | Denmark | 6:25.97 | R |
| 3 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 6:34.51 | R |
| 4 | Leif Catalan Flores Gerardo Campa Rocche | Guatemala | 6:53.21 | R |
| 5 | Anton Kuranov Nazar Lifshitc | Russia | 6:54.40 | R |
| 6 | Dennis Aweh Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi | Nigeria | 8:02.56 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:26.82 | SA/B |
| 2 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:30.47 | R |
| 3 | Lucas Schäfer Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:44.86 | R |
| 4 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 7:12.82 | R |
| 5 | Omar Amer Yahia Eldeib | Egypt | 7:16.39 | R |
| 6 | Alfred Okello Arnold Omony | Uganda | 7:54.04 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:26.06 | SA/B |
| 2 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:32.85 | R |
| 3 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:37.55 | R |
| 4 | Yuki Ikeda Kakeru Sato | Japan | 6:41.85 | R |
| 5 | Chris Rogers Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:43.27 | R |
| 6 | Takhir Rakhmatov Shakhzod Nasridinov | Uzbekistan | 7:01.47 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:29.13 | SA/B |
| 2 | Samuel Mottram Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:36.69 | R |
| 3 | Jesus Gonzalez Patricio Rojas | Spain | 6:39.97 | R |
| 4 | Taylor Hardy Patrick Keane | Canada | 6:42.11 | R |
| 5 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 6:50.35 | R |
| 6 | Gianfranco Colmenares Johann Hamann Zlatar | Peru | 7:09.55 | R |

### Repechages

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

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emil Espensen Mathias Larsen | Denmark | 6:22.56 | SA/B |
| 2 | Lucas Schäfer Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:29.60 | SA/B |
| 3 | Yuki Ikeda Kakeru Sato | Japan | 6:32.73 | SC/D |
| 4 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 6:47.55 | SC/D |
| 5 | Dennis Aweh Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi | Nigeria | 7:45.18 | SC/D |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:24.11 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:24.17 | SA/B |
| 3 | Taylor Hardy Patrick Keane | Canada | 6:30.21 | SC/D |
| 4 | Anton Kuranov Nazar Lifshitc | Russia | 6:42.45 | SC/D |
| 5 | Alfred Okello Arnold Omony | Uganda | 7:46.03 | SC/D |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:37.44 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jesus Gonzalez Patricio Rojas | Spain | 6:43.41 | SA/B |
| 3 | Takhir Rakhmatov Shakhzod Nasridinov | Uzbekistan | 6:50.51 | SC/D |
| 4 | Leif Catalan Flores Gerardo Campa Rocche | Guatemala | 6:57.07 | SC/D |
| 5 | Omar Amer Yahia Eldeib | Egypt | 7:06.53 | SC/D |

#### Repechage 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Samuel Mottram Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:24.70 | SA/B |
| 2 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 6:26.13 | SA/B |
| 3 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 6:26.16 | SC/D |
| 4 | Chris Rogers Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:37.41 | SC/D |
| 5 | Gianfranco Colmenares Johann Hamann Zlatar | Peru | 6:57.11 | SC/D |

### Semifinals C/D

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Rogers Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:42.42 | FC |
| 2 | Anton Kuranov Nazar Lifshitc | Russia | 6:45.41 | FC |
| 3 | Yuki Ikeda Kakeru Sato | Japan | 6:47.51 | FC |
| 4 | Takhir Rakhmatov Shakhzod Nasridinov | Uzbekistan | 7:02.54 | FD |
| 5 | Omar Amer Yahia Eldeib | Egypt | 7:13.31 | FD |
| 6 | Dennis Aweh Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi | Nigeria | 8:02.65 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Taylor Hardy Patrick Keane | Canada | 6:40.73 | FC |
| 2 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 6:46.05 | FC |
| 3 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 6:49.01 | FC |
| 4 | Gianfranco Colmenares Johann Hamann Zlatar | Peru | 6:58.91 | FD |
| 5 | Leif Catalan Flores Gerardo Campa Rocche | Guatemala | 7:07.47 | FD |
| 6 | Alfred Okello Arnold Omony | Uganda | 7:56.11 | 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 | Pierre Houin Jérémie Azou | France | 6:18.10 | FA |
| 2 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:20.85 | FA |
| 3 | Lucas Schäfer Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:22.31 | FA |
| 4 | Samuel Mottram Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:24.22 | FB |
| 5 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:26.83 | FB |
| 6 | Jesus Gonzalez Patricio Rojas | Spain | 6:38.84 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:20.59 | FA |
| 2 | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:21.27 | FA |
| 3 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:22.76 | FA |
| 4 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:25.69 | FB |
| 5 | Emil Espensen Mathias Larsen | Denmark | 6:26.10 | FB |
| 6 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 6:48.90 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final D

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Takhir Rakhmatov Shakhzod Nasridinov | Uzbekistan | 6:45.29 |
| 2 | Gianfranco Colmenares Johann Hamann Zlatar | Peru | 6:50.16 |
| 3 | Leif Catalan Flores Gerardo Campa Rocche | Guatemala | 6:55.36 |
| 4 | Omar Amer Yahia Eldeib | Egypt | 7:02.89 |
| 5 | Alfred Okello Arnold Omony | Uganda | 7:34.91 |
| 6 | Dennis Aweh Ayodeji Ikuseyidunmi | Nigeria | 7:49.19 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Taylor Hardy Patrick Keane | Canada | 6:27.48 |
| 2 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 6:28.98 |
| 3 | Yuki Ikeda Kakeru Sato | Japan | 6:31.01 |
| 4 | Chris Rogers Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:34.06 |
| 5 | Anton Kuranov Nazar Lifshitc | Russia | 6:39.02 |
| 6 | Mauricio Lopez Berocay Bruno Cetraro | Uruguay | 6:39.10 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:19.11 |
| 2 | Emil Espensen Mathias Larsen | Denmark | 6:20.75 |
| 3 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:23.03 |
| 4 | Samuel Mottram Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:23.12 |
| 5 | Jesus Gonzalez Patricio Rojas | Spain | 6:28.42 |
| 6 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 6:37.22 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Pierre Houin Jérémie Azou | France | 6:13.10 |
| | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:15.15 |
| | Sun Man Fan Junjie | China | 6:15.40 |
| 4 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:15.94 |
| 5 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:17.00 |
| 6 | Lucas Schäfer Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:19.52 |