| Men's double sculls at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 5–9 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 1948 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 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Henley Royal Regatta Course on the Henley-on-Thames. [1]
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| 5 August 1948 | Heats |
| 6 August 1948 | Repechage |
| 7 August 1948 | Semifinal |
| 9 August 1948 | Final |
First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert |  France | 6:47.8 | Q |
| 2 | Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell |  Great Britain | 6:56.9 | |
| 3 | Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran |  Italy | 6:59.2 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen |  Denmark | 6:50.1 | Q |
| 2 | Maurice Gueissaz Maurice Matthey |  Switzerland | 6:58.7 | |
| 3 | Gabriel Beaudry Fred Graves |  Canada | 7:09.3 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Piessens Willy Collet |  Belgium | 6:50.9 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Neumeier Henk van der Meer |  Netherlands | 6:56.1 | |
| 3 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones |  Uruguay | 7:14.0 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Angyal Arthur Gallagher |  United States | 7:01.3 | Q |
| 2 | Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting |  Argentina | 7:08.0 | |
| 3 | Sándor Ormándi József Simó |  Hungary | 7:12.1 |
First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell | Great Britain | ? | Q |
| 2 | Tom Neumeier Henk van der Meer | Netherlands | 7:00.2 | |
| 3 | Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting | Argentina | 7:07.1 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran | Italy | 6:53.9 | Q |
| 2 | Maurice Gueissaz Maurice Matthey | Switzerland | 7:00.2 | |
| 3 | Sándor Ormándi József Simó | Hungary | 7:09.3 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 7:02.1 | Q |
| 2 | Gabriel Beaudry Fred Graves | Canada | 7:08.7 |
First boat of each heat qualified to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell | Great Britain | 7:55.7 | Q |
| 2 | Joe Angyal Arthur Gallagher | United States | 8:07.3 | |
| 3 | Ben Piessens Willy Collet | Belgium | 8:17.2 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen | Denmark | 7:48.3 | Q |
| 2 | Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran | Italy | 7:58.2 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 8:02.2 | Q |
| 2 | Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert | France | 8:33.2 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell | Great Britain | 6:51.3 | |
 | Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen | Denmark | 6:55.3 | |
 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 7:12.4 | |
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