2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's quadruple sculls

Women's quadruple sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	60 from 15 nations
Winning time	6:08.96
Medalists
Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann   Poland   Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling   Germany   Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers   Netherlands

The women's quadruple 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	16:51	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	11:37	Repechage
Thursday 13 September 2018	12:48	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 15 September 2018	10:26	Final B
	13:01	Final A
	15:25	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	Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	Germany	6:17.90	SA/B
2	Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Melissa Wilson Jessica Leyden Zoe Lee	Great Britain	6:20.04	SA/B
3	Elizabeth Sonshine Emily Huelskamp Maureen McAuliffe Kara Soucek	United States	6:22.15	SA/B
4	Alena Schejbalová Helena Hlasová Miroslava Knapková Lucie Žabová	Czech Republic	6:25.03	R
5	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:33.42	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Ling Wang Yuwei Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	China	6:16.30	SA/B
2	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	Poland	6:20.50	SA/B
3	Tatsiana Klimovich Tatsiana Kukhta Ekaterina Karsten Krystina Staraselets	Belarus	6:26.05	SA/B
4	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:31.70	R
5	Marianne Madsen Hanna Inntjore Thea Helseth Inger Kavlie	Norway	6:33.80	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	Netherlands	6:17.72	SA/B
2	Genevieve Horton Caitlin Cronin Rowena Meredith Olympia Aldersey	Australia	6:19.69	SA/B
3	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:20.37	SA/B
4	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:27.24	R
5	Marie Jacquet Camille Juillet Noémie Kober Anne-Sophie Marzin	France	6:28.36	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	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:18.92	SA/B
2	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:20.49	SA/B
3	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:21.10	SA/B
4	Marie Jacquet Camille Juillet Noémie Kober Anne-Sophie Marzin	France	6:22.52	FC
5	Alena Schejbalová Helena Hlasová Miroslava Knapková Lucie Žabová	Czech Republic	6:23.27	FC
6	Marianne Madsen Hanna Inntjore Thea Helseth Inger Kavlie	Norway	6:30.97	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	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	Poland	6:26.01	FA
2	Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	Germany	6:28.84	FA
3	Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	Netherlands	6:30.65	FA
4	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:34.28	FB
5	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:43.97	FB
6	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:45.33	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Ling Wang Yuwei Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	China	6:26.49	FA
2	Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Melissa Wilson Jessica Leyden Zoe Lee	Great Britain	6:29.03	FA
3	Elizabeth Sonshine Emily Huelskamp Maureen McAuliffe Kara Soucek	United States	6:30.26	FA
4	Genevieve Horton Caitlin Cronin Rowena Meredith Olympia Aldersey	Australia	6:31.44	FB
5	Tatsiana Klimovich Tatsiana Kukhta Ekaterina Karsten Krystina Staraselets	Belarus	6:34.62	FB
6	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:35.43	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	Marie Jacquet Camille Juillet Noémie Kober Anne-Sophie Marzin	France	6:21.62
2	Alena Schejbalová Helena Hlasová Miroslava Knapková Lucie Žabová	Czech Republic	6:25.91
3	Marianne Madsen Hanna Inntjore Thea Helseth Inger Kavlie	Norway	DNS

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Genevieve Horton Caitlin Cronin Rowena Meredith Olympia Aldersey	Australia	6:19.55
2	Tatsiana Klimovich Tatsiana Kukhta Ekaterina Karsten Krystina Staraselets	Belarus	6:22.33
3	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:22.49
4	Elena Logofatu Georgiana Vasile Nicoleta Pascanu Simona Geanina Radis	Romania	6:28.35
5	Vasilisa Stepanova Olga Khalaleeva Iuliia Volgina Elena Zakhvatova	Russia	6:33.90
6	Ludovica Serafini Carmela Pappalardo Stefania Gobbi Chiara Ondoli	Italy	6:36.23

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	Poland	6:08.96
	Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	Germany	6:11.42
	Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	Netherlands	6:11.79
4	Zhang Ling Wang Yuwei Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	China	6:11.85
5	Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Melissa Wilson Jessica Leyden Zoe Lee	Great Britain	6:16.45
6	Elizabeth Sonshine Emily Huelskamp Maureen McAuliffe Kara Soucek	United States	6:18.15