2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's coxless pair

The women's coxless pair competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Women's coxless pair at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	30 from 15 nations
Winning time	6:50.67
Medalists
Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens   Canada   Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler   New Zealand   Anna Boada Aina Cid   Spain

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 9 September 2018	10:34	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	10:49	Repechage
Thursday 13 September 2018	11:18	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 15 September 2018	09:38	Final B
	11:30	Final A
	14:45	Final C

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

Results

Heats

The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	New Zealand	6:56.06	SA/B
2	Aifric Keogh Emily Hegarty	Ireland	7:11.51	SA/B
3	Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan	United States	7:13.02	SA/B
4	Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch	Australia	7:16.10	R
5	Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva	Ukraine	7:17.16	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rowan McKellar Harriet Taylor	Great Britain	7:07.92	SA/B
2	Lin Xinyu Ju Rui	China	7:09.73	SA/B
3	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:11.85	SA/B
4	Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen	Netherlands	7:23.18	R
5	Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina	Russia	7:23.20	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	Canada	7:09.23	SA/B
2	Anna Boada Aina Cid	Spain	7:15.71	SA/B
3	Dóra Polivka Eszter Krémer	Hungary	7:27.64	SA/B
4	Flavie Bahuaud Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:34.99	R
5	Anna Wierzbowska Monika Sobieszek	Poland	7:55.26	R

Repechage

The three fastest boats advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina	Russia	7:14.15	SA/B
2	Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch	Australia	7:14.88	SA/B
3	Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva	Ukraine	7:17.23	SA/B
4	Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen	Netherlands	7:17.54	FC
5	Anna Wierzbowska Monika Sobieszek	Poland	7:27.78	FC
6	Flavie Bahuaud Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:37.08	FC

Semifinals

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	Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	Canada	6:58.57	FA
2	Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	New Zealand	7:00.32	FA
3	Lin Xinyu Ju Rui	China	7:14.48	FA
4	Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch	Australia	7:17.40	FB
5	Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva	Ukraine	7:24.72	FB
6	Dóra Polivka Eszter Krémer	Hungary	7:32.07	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aifric Keogh Emily Hegarty	Ireland	7:14.67	FA
2	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:14.99	FA
3	Anna Boada Aina Cid	Spain	7:15.30	FA
4	Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan	United States	7:16.61	FB
5	Rowan McKellar Harriet Taylor	Great Britain	7:17.95	FB
6	Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina	Russia	7:29.11	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Anna Wierzbowska Monika Sobieszek	Poland	7:20.04
2	Hermijntje Drenth Willeke Vossen	Netherlands	7:22.35
3	Flavie Bahuaud Marie Le Nepvou	France	7:30.83

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Rowan McKellar Harriet Taylor	Great Britain	7:17.46
2	Addy Dunkley-Smith Hannah Vermeersch	Australia	7:18.94
3	Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan	United States	7:19.70
4	Oksana Holub Anna Kontseva	Ukraine	7:24.76
5	Anna Aksenova Valentina Plaksina	Russia	7:27.48
6	Dóra Polivka Eszter Krémer	Hungary	7:36.96

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	Canada	6:50.67
	Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	New Zealand	6:52.96
	Anna Boada Aina Cid	Spain	7:04.60
4	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi	Italy	7:06.91
5	Lin Xinyu Ju Rui	China	7:11.31
6	Aifric Keogh Emily Hegarty	Ireland	7:15.70