European Rowing Championships 2018 - lightweight double sculls (women)

Aerial view of the Strathclyde Loch racing course

As part of the European Rowing Championships 2018 , the competition in the women's lightweight double sculls was held on the Strathclyde Loch regatta course between August 2nd and 5th, 2018 . A total of eleven teams took part and the competition consisted of two preliminary runs, two hope runs and an A and B final.

For the Swiss Rowing Federation went Patricia Merz and Frédérique Rol to the start and won the bronze medal. The German team consisting of Leonie Pless and Katrin Thoma took first place in the B final and the Austrian team consisting of Louisa Altenhuber and Laura Arndorfer took third place in the B final. The European championship title was secured by the Dutch duo Marieke Keijser and Ilse Paulis, ahead of Weronika Deresz and Joanna Dorociak and the Swiss team.

Teams

nation	Rowers
Germany	Leonie Pless Katrin Thoma
Greece	Anastasia Vontzou Thomais Emmanouilidou
Great Britain	Eleanor Piggott Francesca Rawlins
Ireland	Aoife Casey Denise Walsh
Italy	Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini
Netherlands	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis
Norway	Maia Lund Siri Eva Kristiansen
Austria	Louisa Altenhuber Laura Arndorfer
Poland	Weronika Deresz Joanna Dorociak
Romania	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina-Elena Beleagă
Switzerland	Patricia Merz Frédérique Rol

competition

Prelims

The two preliminary runs were held on August 2, 2018. The winners of the preliminary runs qualified directly for the finals, while the others have the opportunity to qualify for the finals via the repechage.

Forward 1

space	nation	Time in min				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Poland	1: 43.15	3: 31.21	5: 20.54	7: 08.54	final
2	Switzerland	1: 44.37	3: 32.78	5: 22.04	7: 09.56	Reunion
3	Italy	1: 43.88	3: 32.48	5: 21.41	7: 10.11
4th	Ireland	1: 47.76	3: 37.43	5: 29.71	7: 22.02
5	Austria	1: 45.46	3: 36.23	5: 30.83	7: 27.25
6th	Norway	1: 48.03	3: 42.79	5: 39.60	7: 37.45

Forward 2

space	nation	Time (min)				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Netherlands	1: 42.12	3: 28.31	5: 14.90	6: 59.04	final
2	Romania	1: 43.13	3: 29.03	5: 16.14	7: 00.05	Reunion
3	Great Britain	1: 43.03	3: 31.05	5: 20.18	7: 10.68
4th	Germany	1: 44.61	- 1		7: 20.73
5	Greece	1: 45.90	3: 37.48	5: 31.09	7: 23.53

Hope runs

Of the two hopes that were held on August 3, 2018, the two best-placed teams each qualified for the A final. Meanwhile, the other teams must start in the B final.

Hope run 1

space	nation	Time in min				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Switzerland	1: 43.42	3: 30.01	5: 17.42	7: 03.89	final
2	Great Britain	1: 43.30	3: 30.19	5: 18.65	7: 06.04
3	Ireland	1: 45.69	3: 34.72	5: 25.12	7: 11.31	B final
4th	Norway	1: 47.85	3: 39.41	5: 30.93	7: 20.69
5	Greece	1: 46.37	3: 36.88	5: 29.70	7: 20.82

Hope run 2

space	nation	Time (min)				qualification
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Romania	1: 43.32	3: 30.63	5: 18.09	7: 07.52	final
2	Italy	1: 43.88	3: 31.33	5: 20.28	7: 11.39
3	Germany	1: 43.69	3: 33.73	5: 25.17	7: 15.02	B final
4th	Austria	1: 45.47	3: 34.61	5: 26.11	7: 16.92

Finals

On August 5, 2018, both the A and B finals were held.

A final

space	nation	Time (min)
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Netherlands	1: 42.49	3: 26.89	5: 12.54	6: 57.35
2	Poland	1: 41.67	3: 26.81	5: 13.63	6: 58.39
3	Switzerland	1: 42.76	3: 27.63	5: 14.75	7: 00.36
4th	Romania	1: 43.05	3: 28.38	5: 14.65	7: 00.58
5	Italy	1: 42.85	3: 28.41	5: 16.54	7: 05.26
6th	Great Britain	1: 43.27	3: 28.51	5: 17.11	7: 08.34

B final

space	nation	Time (min)
		0500 m	1000 m	1500 m	2000 m
1	Germany	1: 43.94	3: 31.19	5: 21.01	7: 11.14
2	Ireland	1: 45.91	3: 33.33	5: 22.43	7: 11.77
3	Austria	1: 45.42	3: 32.99	5: 23.21	7: 15.63
4th	Greece	1: 46.87	3: 35.53	5: 26.95	7: 21.14
5	Norway	1: 46.42	3: 36.20	5: 27.62	7: 23.96

Remarks

¹ The official results list does not indicate the times of the German boat after 1000 and 1500 meters.

Web links

• Results page at worldrowing.com
• List of results at europeanchampionships.com
• further result lists ( preliminary run 1 , preliminary run 2 , hope run 1 , hope run 2 , A-final , B-final )