Women's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	10–14 September
Competitors	28 from 7 nations
Winning time	6:28.32
Medalists
Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan    China   Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson    Denmark   Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske    Germany
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2018 World Rowing Championships
Openweight events
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxless four	men	women
Eight	men	women
Lightweight events
Lwt single sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Lwt quadruple sculls	men	women
Lwt coxless pair	men	women
Para-rowing events
PR1 single sculls	men	women
PR2 single sculls	men	women
PR2 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxless pair	men	women
PR3 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxed four	mixed
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The women's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.^[1]

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

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

Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[2]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Giulia Mignemi Paola Piazzolla Allegra Francalacci Arianna Noseda	Italy	6:27.84	F
2	Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	Denmark	6:29.80	R
3	Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Fini Sturm Anja Noske	Germany	6:31.21	R
4	Svitlana Martynova Yuliia Kovalenko Hanna Dymova Larysa Zhalinska	Ukraine	7:05.25	R

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	6:23.17	F
2	Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver	United States	6:26.61	R
3	Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	6:27.25	R

The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	Denmark	6:31.09	F
2	Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver	United States	6:33.40	F
3	Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	6:34.48	F
4	Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske	Germany	6:35.50	F
5	Svitlana Martynova Yuliia Kovalenko Hanna Dymova Larysa Zhalinska	Ukraine	7:02.40

The final determined the rankings.^[4]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan	China	6:28.32
	Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	Denmark	6:33.33
	Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske	Germany	6:34.25
4	Hillary Saeger Margaret Bertasi Christine Cavallo Michaela Copenhaver	United States	6:36.02
5	Gemma Hall Francesca Rawlins Elisha Lewis Madeleine Arlett	Great Britain	6:37.51
6	Giulia Mignemi Paola Piazzolla Allegra Francalacci Arianna Noseda	Italy	6:39.04