Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–18 October
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jörg Lucke
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Larry Hough
Philip Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Christiansen
Ib Larsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  1964
1972  

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico. [1]

Contents

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

The first heat featured 4 of the 6 eventual finalists, including the gold and bronze medalists.

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:14.50Q
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:23.51Q
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 7:30.08R
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:36.91R
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:42.81R
6Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:45.49R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:31.29Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 7:34.42Q
3Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:45.51R
4Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 7:48.28R
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:51.94R
6Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 7:55.10R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:19.92Q
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:24.66Q
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:33.31R
4Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 7:35.61R
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:37.34R
6Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7:42.35R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 7:21.92Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:23.77Q
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:26.39Q
4Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 7:33.46
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:40.50
6Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 7:43.38

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:26.33Q
2Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:31.91Q
3Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:35.81Q
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7:37.95
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:50.88
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:15.51Q
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:15.53Q
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:16.09Q
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:17.09C
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:29.75C
6Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:40.10C

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:21.50Q
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:24.98Q
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 7:32.16Q
4Flag of France.svg  France 7:43.79C
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:45.73C
6Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:53.06C

Finals

Classification 7–12

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:19.49
8Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:22.89
9Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:26.00
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:32.50
11Flag of France.svg  France 7:37.64
12Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:40.88

Final

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 7:26.56
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 7:26.71
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:31.84
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:41.80
5Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:46.79
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands ST

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.