# 2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 9 September 2018 | 15:32 | Heats |
| Monday 10 September 2018 | 12:33 | Repechage |
| Wednesday 12 September 2018 | 15:02 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday 13 September 2018 | 11:54 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 13 September 2018 | 15:17 | Semifinals C/D |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 10:02 | Final B |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 12:16 | Final A |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 15:09 | Final C |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 15:57 | Final D |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 16:37 | Final E |
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:14.95 | Q |
| 2 | Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen | China | 6:16.78 | Q |
| 3 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:17.03 | Q |
| 4 | Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham | New Zealand | 6:18.01 | Q |
| 5 | César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza | Chile | 6:20.02 | R |
| 6 | Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin | France | 6:21.52 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:21.33 | Q |
| 2 | Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:23.27 | Q |
| 3 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:24.23 | Q |
| 4 | Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:31.01 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksandr Bogdashin Nikita Bolozin | Russia | 6:40.84 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:24.68 | Q |
| 2 | Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka | Slovakia | 6:26.49 | Q |
| 3 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 6:26.96 | Q |
| 4 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:28.18 | Q |
| 5 | Hugh McAdam Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:37.28 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:19.48 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:20.13 | Q |
| 3 | Julian Müller Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 6:21.23 | Q |
| 4 | Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber | Austria | 6:23.14 | Q |
| 5 | Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero | Spain | 6:26.03 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:15.79 | Q |
| 2 | Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 6:19.23 | Q |
| 3 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:21.55 | Q |
| 4 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 6:30.24 | Q |
| 5 | Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis | Greece | 6:39.53 | R |

### Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero | Spain | 6:20.61 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin | France | 6:21.32 | Q |
| 3 | Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis | Greece | 6:22.57 | Q |
| 4 | César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza | Chile | 6:23.04 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksandr Bogdashin Nikita Bolozin | Russia | 6:30.68 | FE |
| 6 | Hugh McAdam Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:31.40 | FE |

### 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 | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber | Austria | 6:49.04 | SA/B |
| 2 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:49.96 | SA/B |
| 3 | Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:52.27 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 6:56.96 | SC/D |
| 5 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 7:25.99 | SC/D |
| 6 | Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis | Greece | 7:31.47 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero | Spain | 6:54.76 | SA/B |
| 2 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:56.58 | SA/B |
| 3 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 7:02.88 | SA/B |
| 4 | Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen | China | 7:06.36 | SC/D |
| 5 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 7:08.56 | SC/D |
| 6 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 7:31.35 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:44.44 | SA/B |
| 2 | Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham | New Zealand | 6:45.04 | SA/B |
| 3 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:48.70 | SA/B |
| 4 | Julian Müller Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 6:54.88 | SC/D |
| 5 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:59.36 | SC/D |
| 6 | César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza | Chile | 7:11.47 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:49.45 | SA/B |
| 2 | Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:50.54 | SA/B |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:51.68 | SA/B |
| 4 | Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka | Slovakia | 6:53.16 | SC/D |
| 5 | Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin | France | 7:06.12 | SC/D |
| 6 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 7:16.31 | 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 | Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 6:24.82 | FC |
| 2 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:27.07 | FC |
| 3 | Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin | France | 6:27.19 | FC |
| 4 | Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen | China | 6:28.89 | FD |
| 5 | Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis | Greece | 6:33.19 | FD |
| 6 | César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza | Chile | 6:35.74 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:28.55 | FC |
| 2 | Julian Müller Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 6:29.68 | FC |
| 3 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:29.97 | FC |
| 4 | Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka | Slovakia | 6:30.89 | FD |
| 5 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 6:37.40 | FD |
| 6 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:50.14 | 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 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:23.70 | FA |
| 2 | Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham | New Zealand | 6:26.53 | FA |
| 3 | Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero | Spain | 6:27.12 | FA |
| 4 | Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:28.98 | FB |
| 5 | Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber | Austria | 6:34.99 | FB |
| 6 | Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:41.93 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:21.94 | FA |
| 2 | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:22.83 | FA |
| 3 | Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:23.78 | FA |
| 4 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:25.30 | FB |
| 5 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:31.37 | FB |
| 6 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:31.53 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final E

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Hugh McAdam Peter Schmidt | United States | 6:28.65 |
| 2 | Nikita Bolozin Aleksandr Bogdashin | Russia | 6:30.06 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Marek Reznak Peter Zelinka | Slovakia | 6:17.88 |
| 2 | César Abaroa Eber Sanbueza | Chile | 6:17.92 |
| 3 | Alejandro Colomino Carlo Lauro | Argentina | 6:18.74 |
| 4 | Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen | China | 6:19.28 |
| 5 | Vaughn Botes Nicholas Oberholzer | South Africa | 6:21.57 |
| 6 | Petros Gkaidatzis Ninos Nikolaidis | Greece | 6:32.25 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Thomas Baroukh Pierre Houin | France | 6:08.84 |
| 2 | Jonathan Rommelmann Konstantin Steinhübel | Germany | 6:10.10 |
| 3 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:10.70 |
| 4 | Emil Espensen Alexander Modest | Denmark | 6:12.34 |
| 5 | Julian Müller Andri Struzina | Switzerland | 6:14.25 |
| 6 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:14.56 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:20.93 |
| 2 | Jerzy Kowalski Miłosz Jankowski | Poland | 6:23.10 |
| 3 | Zak Lee-Green Jamie Copus | Great Britain | 6:24.96 |
| 4 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:25.72 |
| 5 | Julian Schöberl Paul Sieber | Austria | 6:26.85 |
| 6 | Kakeru Sato Mitsuo Nishimura | Japan | 6:31.77 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:06.81 |
| | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:08.31 |
| | Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe | Belgium | 6:11.25 |
| 4 | Benjamin van Dalen Matthew Dunham | New Zealand | 6:15.36 |
| 5 | Are Strandli Jens Holm | Norway | 6:17.18 |
| 6 | Patricio Rojas Rodrigo Comero | Spain | 6:19.26 |