The women'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 15:00 Heats Tuesday 11 September 2018 10:57 RepechagesThursday 13 September 2018 11:36 Semifinals A/B 15:01 Semifinals C/DSaturday 15 September 2018 09:54 Final B 12:01 Final A 15:01 Final C 15:49 Final D All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results Heats The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Kirsten McCannNicole van Wyk 6:54.31 SA/B 2Valentina RodiniFederica Cesarini 6:54.91 SA/B 3Patricia MerzFrédérique Rol 6:55.39 R 4Eleanor PiggottEmily Craig 6:58.59 R 5Natsumi YamaryoAyami Oishi 6:59.24 R

Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Emily SchmiegMary Jones 6:58.59 SA/B 2Weronika DereszJoanna Dorociak 7:07.52 SA/B 3Louisa AltenhuberLaura Arndorfer 7:09.38 R 4Nawel ChialiZoubida Lachoub 7:21.52 R 5Matinee RaruenPhuttharaksa Neegree 7:27.07 R

Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Zoe McBrideJackie Kiddle 6:50.04 SA/B 2Amy JamesSarah Pound 6:51.11 SA/B 3Katherine HaberJennifer Casson 6:51.45 R 4Aoife CaseyDenise Walsh 7:02.25 R 5Emma BenanyAsmaa Alzohairy 8:10.82 R

Heat 4 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Marieke KeijserIlse Paulis 6:59.43 SA/B 2Ionela-Livia CozmiucGianina Beleagă 7:02.83 SA/B 3Katrin ThomaLeonie Pless 7:10.41 R 4Rocio Lao SanchezNatalia de Miguel 7:23.43 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 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Patricia MerzFrédérique Rol 6:57.90 SA/B 2Natsumi YamaryoAyami Oishi 7:00.67 SA/B 3Aoife CaseyDenise Walsh 7:03.88 SC/D 4Louisa AltenhuberLaura Arndorfer 7:06.78 SC/D 5Rocio Lao SanchezNatalia de Miguel 7:16.14 SC/D 6Emma BenanyAsmaa Alzohairy 7:50.07 SC/D

Repechage 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Eleanor PiggottEmily Craig 6:57.14 SA/B 2Katherine HaberJennifer Casson 7:00.60 SA/B 3Katrin ThomaLeonie Pless 7:12.65 SC/D 4Matinee RaruenPhuttharaksa Neegree 7:16.95 SC/D 5Nawel ChialiZoubida Lachoub 7:23.96 SC/D

Semifinals C/D All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.

Semifinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Aoife CaseyDenise Walsh 7:20.51 FC 2Rocio Lao SanchezNatalia de Miguel 7:24.08 FC 3Matinee RaruenPhuttharaksa Neegree 7:31.21 FD

Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Louisa AltenhuberLaura Arndorfer 7:15.65 FC 2Katrin ThomaLeonie Pless 7:25.53 FC 3Nawel ChialiZoubida Lachoub 7:28.06 FC 4Emma BenanyAsmaa Alzohairy 7:56.02 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 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Ionela-Livia CozmiucGianina Beleagă 6:59.23 FA 2Emily SchmiegMary Jones 6:59.95 FA 3Patricia MerzFrédérique Rol 7:01.11 FA 4Katherine HaberJennifer Casson 7:01.50 FB 5Kirsten McCannNicole van Wyk 7:02.48 FB 6Amy JamesSarah Pound 7:09.18 FB

Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Marieke KeijserIlse Paulis 7:05.62 FA 2Zoe McBrideJackie Kiddle 7:06.75 FA 3Eleanor PiggottEmily Craig 7:07.09 FA 4Weronika DereszJoanna Dorociak 7:12.72 FB 5Valentina RodiniFederica Cesarini 7:12.90 FB 6Natsumi YamaryoAyami Oishi 7:14.41 FB

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

Final D RankRowersCountryTime 1Matinee RaruenPhuttharaksa Neegree 7:19.19 2Emma BenanyAsmaa Alzohairy 7:52.69

Final C RankRowersCountryTime 1Aoife CaseyDenise Walsh 7:05.77 2Louisa AltenhuberLaura Arndorfer 7:08.29 3Katrin ThomaLeonie Pless 7:09.12 4Rocio Lao SanchezNatalia de Miguel 7:13.31 5Nawel ChialiZoubida Lachoub 7:20.59

Final B RankRowersCountryTime 1Valentina RodiniFederica Cesarini 7:04.91 2Kirsten McCannNicole van Wyk 7:06.40 3Katherine HaberJennifer Casson 7:07.07 4Natsumi YamaryoAyami Oishi 7:07.96 5Weronika DereszJoanna Dorociak 7:08.77 6Amy JamesSarah Pound 7:09.28

Final A RankRowersCountryTime Ionela-Livia CozmiucGianina Beleagă 6:50.71 Emily SchmiegMary Jones 6:52.30 Marieke KeijserIlse Paulis 6:52.56 4Patricia MerzFrédérique Rol 6:54.80 5Eleanor PiggottEmily Craig 6:55.81 6Zoe McBrideJackie Kiddle 6:57.79

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