2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls
at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Men's double sculls ; at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–16 September
Competitors	46 from 23 nations
Winning time	6:05.16
Medalists
	← 2017 2019 →

The men's double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 9 September 2018	11:45	Heats
Thursday 13 September 2018	08:45	Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018	16:05	Semifinals C/D
Friday 14 September 2018	09:19	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 15 September 2018	16:13	Final D
Sunday 16 September 2018	09:54	Final C
	10:54	Final B
	12:33	Final A

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Storey Chris Harris	New Zealand	6:02.23	SA/B
2	Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne	Ireland	6:12.61	R
3	Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič	Slovenia	6:18.59	R
4	Emanuele Fiume Romano Battisti	Italy	6:25.70	R
5	Stefanos Ntouskos Christos Stergiakas	Greece	6:28.63	R
6	Mohamed Eissa Mohamed El Shahawi	Egypt	6:36.68	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicolas van Sprang	Netherlands	6:08.18	SA/B
2	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	France	6:08.43	R
3	Tõnu Endrekson Kaur Kuslap	Estonia	6:13.37	R
4	Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup	Poland	6:21.43	R
5	Vasily Stepanov Dmitry Khmylnin	Russia	6:29.65	R
6	Prem Nampratueng Jaruwat Saensuk	Thailand	6:43.38	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Angus Groom Jack Beaumont	Great Britain	6:10.07	SA/B
2	Jan Helvig	Norway	6:14.67	R
3	John Graves Benjamin Davison	United States	6:15.99	R
4	Boris Yotov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgaria	6:17.14	R
5	Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache	Romania	6:17.54	R
6	Artem Verestiuk Heorhii Verteletskyi	Ukraine	6:29.87	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Timo Piontek Lars Hartig	Germany	6:05.34	SA/B
2	Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli	Switzerland	6:05.84	R
3	Cristian Rosso Agustín Díaz	Argentina	6:25.71	R
4	Luka Radonić Luka Baričević	Croatia	6:28.06	R
5	Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin	Zimbabwe	6:34.47	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.^[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli	Switzerland	6:18.06	SA/B
2	Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup	Poland	6:19.29	SA/B
3	John Graves Benjamin Davison	United States	6:21.80	SC/D
4	Stefanos Ntouskos Christos Stergiakas	Greece	6:42.64	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tõnu Endrekson Kaur Kuslap	Estonia	6:21.19	SA/B
2	Jan Helvig	Norway	6:22.79	SA/B
3	Artem Verestiuk Heorhii Verteletskyi	Ukraine	6:24.63	SC/D
4	Emanuele Fiume Romano Battisti	Italy	6:25.36	SC/D
5	Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin	Zimbabwe	6:42.43	SC/D

Repechage 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	France	6:17.50	SA/B
2	Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache	Romania	6:21.09	SA/B
3	Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič	Slovenia	6:29.99	SC/D
4	Prem Nampratueng Jaruwat Saensuk	Thailand	6:47.31	SC/D
5	Luka Radonić Luka Baričević	Croatia	6:56.72	SC/D

Repechage 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne	Ireland	6:16.96	SA/B
2	Boris Yotov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgaria	6:20.15	SA/B
3	Cristian Rosso Agustín Díaz	Argentina	6:26.12	SC/D
4	Vasily Stepanov Dmitry Khmylnin	Russia	6:35.60	SC/D
5	Mohamed Eissa Mohamed El Shahawi	Egypt	6:41.22	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.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Graves Benjamin Davison	United States	6:26.84	FC
2	Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič	Slovenia	6:29.28	FC
3	Luka Radonić Luka Baričević	Croatia	6:34.57	FC
4	Vasily Stepanov Dmitry Khmylnin	Russia	6:45.16	FD
5	Emanuele Fiume Romano Battisti	Italy	7:00.99	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stefanos Ntouskos Christos Stergiakas	Greece	6:28.40	FC
2	Cristian Rosso Agustín Díaz	Argentina	6:31.05	FC
3	Artem Verestiuk Heorhii Verteletskyi	Ukraine	6:33.51	FC
4	Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin	Zimbabwe	6:37.56	FD
5	Prem Nampratueng Jaruwat Saensuk	Thailand	6:44.35	FD
6	Mohamed Eissa Mohamed El Shahawi	Egypt	6:50.99	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.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Angus Groom Jack Beaumont	Great Britain	6:06.59	FA
2	John Storey Chris Harris	New Zealand	6:08.00	FA
3	Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache	Romania	6:08.17	FA
4	Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup	Poland	6:08.95	FB
5	Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne	Ireland	6:10.95	FB
6	Tõnu Endrekson Kaur Kuslap	Estonia	6:22.06	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	France	6:07.73	FA
2	Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli	Switzerland	6:09.20	FA
3	Timo Piontek Lars Hartig	Germany	6:09.70	FA
4	Nicolas van Sprang	Netherlands	6:16.13	FB
5	Jan Helvig	Norway	6:20.36	FB
6	Boris Yotov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgaria	6:50.43	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[5]^[6]

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Vasily Stepanov Dmitry Khmylnin	Russia	6:25.31
2	Stephen Cox Peter Purcell-Gilpin	Zimbabwe	6:26.31
3	Emanuele Fiume Romano Battisti	Italy	6:28.86
4	Prem Nampratueng Jaruwat Saensuk	Thailand	6:30.31
5	Mohamed Eissa Mohamed El Shahawi	Egypt	6:37.37

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Cristian Rosso Agustín Díaz	Argentina	6:15.58
2	John Graves Benjamin Davison	United States	6:19.17
3	Artem Verestiuk Heorhii Verteletskyi	Ukraine	6:20.87
4	Christos Steryiakas	Greece	6:25.60
5	Luka Radonić Luka Baričević	Croatia	6:26.23
6	Nik Krebs Miha Aljančič	Slovenia	DNS

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Nicolas van Sprang	Netherlands	6:05.10
2	Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup	Poland	6:05.45
3	Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne	Ireland	6:08.81
4	Jan Helvig	Norway	6:13.20
5	Tõnu Endrekson Kaur Kuslap	Estonia	6:15.17
6	Boris Yotov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgaria	6:20.50

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	France	6:05.16
	Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli	Switzerland	6:06.49
	John Storey Chris Harris	New Zealand	6:06.71
4	Angus Groom Jack Beaumont	Great Britain	6:08.03
5	Timo Piontek Lars Hartig	Germany	6:16.77
6	Ioan Prundeanu Marian Enache	Romania	6:18.73

References

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World champions – Men's double sculls

1962: (René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau)

1966: (Melchior Bürgin, Martin Studach)

1970: (Jørgen Engelbrecht, Niels Henry Secher)

1974: (Christof Kreuziger, Uli Schmied)

1975: (Alf Hansen, Frank Hansen)

1977: (Chris Baillieu, Michael Hart)

1978: (Frank Hansen, Alf Hansen)

1979: (Alf Hansen, Frank Hansen)

1981: (Klaus Kröppelien, Joachim Dreifke)

1982: (Rolf Thorsen, Alf Hansen)

1983: (Thomas Lange, Uwe Heppner)

1985: (Thomas Lange, Uwe Heppner)

1986: (Alberto Belgeri, Igor Pescialli)

1987: (Daniel Yordanov, Vasil Radev)

1989: (Rolf Thorsen, Lars Bjønness)

1990: (Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst)

1991: (Nico Rienks, Henk-Jan Zwolle)

1993: (Samuel Barathay, Yves Lamarque)

1994: (Lars Bjønness, Rolf Thorsen)

1995: (Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen)

1997: (Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert)

1998: (Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert)

1999: (Iztok Čop, Luka Špik)

2001: (Ákos Haller, Tibor Pető)

2002: (Ákos Haller, Tibor Pető)

2003: (Sébastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy)

2005: (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop)

2006: (Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy)

2007: (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop)

2009: (Eric Knittel, Stephan Krüger)

2010: (Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan)

2011: (Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan)

2013: (Nils Jakob Hoff, Kjetil Borch)

2014: (Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković)

2015: (Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković)

2017: (John Storey, Chris Harris)

2018: (Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias)

2019: (Zhang Liang, Liu Zhiyu)

2022: (Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias)

2023: (Melvin Twellaar, Stef Broenink)

This boat class is an Olympic event; see Olympic champions – Men's double sculls

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2018 World Rowing Championships

Openweight events
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Double sculls	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
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