| Men's double sculls at the Games of the X Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Long Beach Marine Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 9–13, 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7:14.4 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
The men's double sculls competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place are at the Long Beach Marine Stadium. [1]
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, August 9, 1932 | Heats |
| Thursday, August 11, 1932 | Repechage |
| Saturday, August 13, 1932 | Final |
First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noël de Mille Charles Pratt |  Canada | 7:25.0 | Q |
| 2 | Mario Moretti Orfeo Paroli |  Italy | 7:33.0 | R |
| 3 | Adamor Gonçalves Henrique Tomassini |  Brazil | 7:38.8 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Gilmore Ken Myers |  United States | 6:16.31 | Q |
| 2 | Gerhard Boetzelen Herbert Buhtz |  Germany | 7:21.4 | R |
First two qualify to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Boetzelen Herbert Buhtz | Germany | 7:28.4 | Q |
| 2 | Mario Moretti Orfeo Paroli | Italy | 7:33.2 | Q |
| 3 | Adamor Gonçalves Henrique Tomassini | Brazil | 7:57.8 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | William Gilmore Ken Myers | United States | 7:17.4 | |
 | Gerhard Boetzelen Herbert Buhtz | Germany | 7:22.8 | |
 | Noël de Mille Charles Pratt | Canada | 7:27.6 | |
| 4 | Mario Moretti Orfeo Paroli | Italy | 7:49.2 |
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