| Men's double sculls at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 12–14 August 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 1936 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 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place are at Grünau on the Langer See. [1]
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| 12 August 1936 | Heats |
| 13 August 1936 | Semifinal |
| 14 August 1936 | Final |
First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the semifinal.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Giriat Robert Jacquet |  France | 6:46.5 | Q |
| 2 | Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski |  Poland | 6:50.0 | |
| 3 | Károly Bazini Egon Bazini |  Hungary | 6:51.9 | |
| 4 | Bill Dixon Herb Turner |  Australia | 6:55.6 | |
| 5 | John Houser Bill Dugan |  United States | 6:55.6 | |
| 6 | Vladimír Vaina Josef Straka |  Czechoslovakia | 7:07.2 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willi Kaidel Joachim Pirsch |  Germany | 6:41.0 | Q |
| 2 | Jack Beresford Dick Southwood |  Great Britain | 6:44.9 | |
| 3 | Kurt Haas Eugen Studach |  Switzerland | 6:56.9 | |
| 4 | Vid Fašaić Drago Matulaj |  Yugoslavia | 7:17.7 | |
| 5 | Fritz Moser Hermann Kubik |  Austria | 7:21.1 | |
| 6 | Adamor Gonçalves Paschoal Rapuano |  Brazil | 7:26.3 |
First two qualify to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Dixon Herb Turner | Australia | 7:58.8 | Q |
| 2 | Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski | Poland | 8:02.8 | Q |
| 3 | Károly Bazini Egon Bazini | Hungary | 8:05.2 | |
| 4 | Kurt Haas Eugen Studach | Switzerland | 8:06.2 | |
| 5 | Adamor Gonçalves Paschoal Rapuano | Brazil | 8:30.2 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Beresford Dick Southwood | Great Britain | 7:48.0 | Q |
| 2 | John Houser Bill Dugan | United States | 8:02.8 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimír Vaina Josef Straka | Czechoslovakia | 8:07.2 | |
| 4 | Vid Fašaić Drago Matulaj | Yugoslavia | 8:22.8 | |
| 5 | Fritz Moser Hermann Kubik | Austria | 8:29.1 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jack Beresford Dick Southwood | Great Britain | 7:20.8 | |
 | Willi Kaidel Joachim Pirsch | Germany | 7:26.2 | |
 | Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski | Poland | 7:36.2 | |
| 4 | André Giriat Robert Jacquet | France | 7:42.3 | |
| 5 | John Houser Bill Dugan | United States | 7:44.8 | |
| 6 | Bill Dixon Herb Turner | Australia | 7:45.1 |
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