The men's double sculls competition at the 2026 World Rowing Championships took place at Bosbaan, in Amsterdam.
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Monday 24 August 2026 18:40 Heats Tuesday 25 August 2026 16:03 Quarterfinals Wednesday 26 August 2026 15:38 Final C 15:45 Final D 15:51 Final E 17:59 SemifinalsFriday, 28 August 2026 15:09 Final B 18:35 Final A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Results Heats The two fastest boats in each heat and the fourteen fastest times advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final E.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Matt HaywoodJoshua Knight 6:58.10 QF 2Caetano HortaRodrigo Conde 7:03.55 QF 3Alexandr BulatIvan Corsunov 7:05.73 QF 4Pedro RodriguesTomas Neves 7:15.93 QF 5Erik BröteGustav Arvidsson 7:19.31 QF 6Amel YounisRyan Ghalayini 8:06.40 FE
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Andrei CorneaMarian Enache 6:56.55 QF 2Finlay HamillBenjamin Mason 7:09.63 QF 3Piotr PlomińskiMichał Rańda 7:15.44 QF 4Fredrik ReiteUlrik Pharo Lohne 7:26.04 Q 5Bakr Al-DulaimiMohammed Al-Khafaji 7:33.91 FE
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Melvin TwellaarSimon van Dorp 6:53.69 QF 2Jakub PodrazilDalibor Neděla 6:58.03 QF 3Yi XudiDeng Zhiwei 7:00.64 QF 4Oscar McGuinnessNicholas Blackman 7:03.17 QF 5Navdeep SinghKulwinder Singh 7:29.47 QF Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 7:04.35 QF 2Aaron AndriesTibo Vyvey 7:08.94 QF 3Willem DrescherJames Fetter 7:13.29 QF 4Alper Şevket ErenHalil Kaan Köroğlu 7:15.87 QF 5Olavo PelegrinoBreno Ornellas 7:27.51 QF Heat 5 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Valent SinkovićMartin Sinković 6:46.35 QF 2Valentin OnfroyYoann Lamiral 6:46.95 QF 3Oliver HoltzArno Gaus 6:50.38 QF 4Niels TorreMarco Selva 7:00.56 QF 5Christopher HeinKaarel Kiiver 7:19.33 QF Quarterfinals The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final C and Final D. Quarterfinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:53.64 SF 2Aaron AndriesTibo Vyvey 6:57.17 SF 3Valent SinkovićMartin Sinković 7:05.95 SF 4Willem DrescherJames Fetter 7:09.52 FD 5Navdeep SinghKulwinder Singh 7:13.33 FD 6Erik BröteGustav Arvidsson 7:14.71 FD Quarterfinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Melvin TwellaarSimon van Dorp 6:44.95 SF 2Finlay HamillBenjamin Mason 6:47.99 SF 3Pedro RodriguesTomas Neves 6:48.90 SF 4Alexandr BulatIvan Corsunov 6:53.82 FC 5Valentin OnfroyYoann Lamiral 6:54.90 FC 6Olavo PelegrinoBreno Ornellas 6:59.57 FD Quarterfinal 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Jakub PodrazilDalibor Neděla 6:44.74 SF 2Oliver HoltzArno Gaus 6:45.44 SF 3Andrei CorneaMarian Enache 6:48.40 SF 4Oscar McGuinnessNicholas Blackman 6:55.83 FC 5Alper Şevket ErenHalil Kaan Köroğlu 7:00.98 FD 6Fredrik ReiteUlrik Pharo Lohne 7:10.39 FD Quarterfinal 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Matt HaywoodJoshua Knight 6:46.16 SF 2Caetano HortaRodrigo Conde 6:48.57 SF 3Niels TorreMarco Selva 6:49.59 SF 4Yi XudiDeng Zhiwei 6:52.85 FC 5Christopher HeinKaarel Kiiver 6:55.97 FC 6Piotr PlomińskiMichał Rańda 6:59.20 FC Semifinals The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B. Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Matt HaywoodJoshua Knight 6:26.53 FA 2Aaron AndriesTibo Vyvey 6:28.03 FA 3Jakub PodrazilDalibor Neděla 6:29.23 FA 4Pedro RodriguesTomas Neves 6:30.51 FB 5Finlay HamillBenjamin Mason 6:30.85 FB 6 Niels TorreMarco Selva 6:37.84 FB Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Melvin TwellaarSimon van Dorp 6:24.80 FA 2Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:26.99 FA 3Caetano HortaRodrigo Conde 6:30.25 FA 4Valent SinkovićMartin Sinković 6:33.64 FB 5Oliver HoltzArno Gaus 6:36.28 FB 6Andrei CorneaMarian Enache 6:39.81 FB
Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. Final E RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Bakr Al-DulaimiMohammed Al-Khafaji 7:33.68 25 2Amel YounisRyan Ghalayini 7:40.49 26 Final D RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Willem DrescherJames Fetter 6:46.58 19 2Olavo PelegrinoBreno Ornellas 6:47.72 20 3Alper Şevket ErenHalil Kaan Köroğlu 6:49.76 21 4Fredrik ReiteUlrik Pharo Lohne 6:53.95 22 5Erik BröteGustav Arvidsson 6:55.24 23 6Navdeep SinghKulwinder Singh 6:56.30 24 Final C RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Piotr PlomińskiMichał Rańda 6:32.01 13 2Oscar McGuinnessNicholas Blackman 6:35.05 14 3Alexandr BulatIvan Corsunov 6:36.46 15 4Yi XudiDeng Zhiwei 6:39.77 16 5Valentin OnfroyYoann Lamiral 6:40.25 17 6Christopher HeinKaarel Kiiver 6:40.45 18 Final B RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Valent SinkovićMartin Sinković 6:08.67 7 2Pedro RodriguesTomas Neves 6:11.44 8 3Oliver HoltzArno Gaus 6:11.82 9 4Finlay HamillBenjamin Mason 6:13.22 10 5Niels TorreMarco Selva 6:17.37 11 6Andrei CorneaMarian Enache 6:21.94 12
Final A RankRowerCountryTime Melvin TwellaarSimon van Dorp 6:04.42 Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:07.58 Aaron AndriesTibo Vyvey 6:09.74 4Caetano HortaRodrigo Conde 6:10.84 5Matt HaywoodJoshua Knight 6:14.26 6Jakub PodrazilDalibor Neděla 6:23.74
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