Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pairs
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date20–23 July 1952
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Charlie Logg
Tom Price
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Michel Knuysen
Bob Baetens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Kurt Schmid
Hans Kalt
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
  1948
1956  

The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Mei Bay, Helsinki, Finland. [1]

Schedule

DateRound
20 July 1952Heats
21 July 1952Repechage
21 July 1952Semifinal
22 July 1952Semifinal repechage
23 July 1952Final

Results

Heats

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kurt Schmid
Hans Kalt
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7:46.0Q
2 David Callender
Christopher Davidge
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:47.0
3 Michel Knuysen
Bob Baetens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:48.9
4 Charlie Logg
Tom Price
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7:50.7

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Don Palmer
Vic Middleton
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:06.4Q
2 Bent Jensen
Palle Tillisch
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:13.3
3 Bruno Gamba
Antonio Saverio
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9:21.2
3 Jan Świątkowski
Stanisław Wieśniak
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DQ

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Ben Binnendijk
Carl Kuntze
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:00.4Q
2 Alberto Madero
Óscar Almirón
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 8:02.2
3 Klaus Hahn
Herbert Kesel
Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Saar 8:09.5
3 Mikhail Plaksin
Vasily Bagretsov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 8:12.3

Heat 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Bernt Torberntsson
Evert Gunnarsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:54.5Q
2 Jean-Pierre Souche
René Guissart
Flag of France.svg  France 7:57.9
3 Heinz Renneberg
Heinz Eichholz
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:03.3
4 Bengt Ahlström
Stig Winter
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:06.7

Repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Michel Knuysen
Bob Baetens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:22.8Q
2 Mikhail Plaksin
Vasily Bagretsov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 7:31.9
3 Bruno Gamba
Antonio Saverio
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:43.4
4 Bengt Ahlström
Stig Winter
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:47.9

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Charlie Logg
Tom Price
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7:28.4Q
2 Jan Świątkowski
Stanisław Wieśniak
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:39.7
3 Klaus Hahn
Herbert Kesel
Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Saar DNF

Semifinal

First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kurt Schmid
Hans Kalt
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7:37.7Q
2 Don Palmer
Vic Middleton
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:46.8
3 Jean-Pierre Souche
René Guissart
Flag of France.svg  France 7:54.7
4 Alberto Madero
Óscar Almirón
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 7:59.8

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 David Callender
Christopher Davidge
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:45.6Q
2 Ben Binnendijk
Carl Kuntze
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:53.2
3 Bernt Torberntsson
Evert Gunnarsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:07.5
4 Bent Jensen
Palle Tillisch
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:15.7

Semifinal repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Charlie Logg
Tom Price
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7:36.2Q
2 Bent Jensen
Palle Tillisch
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:47.1
3 Don Palmer
Vic Middleton
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:50.5

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Michel Knuysen
Bob Baetens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:35.0Q
2 Alberto Madero
Óscar Almirón
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 7:41.0
3 Ben Binnendijk
Carl Kuntze
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:44.7

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Jean-Pierre Souche
René Guissart
Flag of France.svg  France 7:57.1Q
2 Bernt Torberntsson
Evert Gunnarsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:58.6

Final

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Charlie Logg
Tom Price
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8:20.7
Silver medal icon.svg Michel Knuysen
Bob Baetens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:23.5
Bronze medal icon.svg Kurt Schmid
Hans Kalt
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8:32.7
4 David Callender
Christopher Davidge
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8:37.4
5 Jean-Pierre Souche
René Guissart
Flag of France.svg  France 8:48.8

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2018.