Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Regattastrecke Oberschleissheim Zielbereich.jpg
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September 1972
Competitors38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time6:53.16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1968
1976  

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim. [1]

Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7:22.94
2 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:28.03
3 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:30.62
4 László Balogh
György Sarlós
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:49.70
5 José Luis Rion
Miguel Ruiz
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:59.53

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7:20.51
2 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:24.16
3 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:26.80
4 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:33.16
5 Hans Fortmüller
Ulli Wolf
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:38.53

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Vladimir Polyakov
Nikolai Vasilyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:28.97
2 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:34.89
3 Kim Mackney
Chris Stevens
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:39.03
4 Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 7:42.02
5 Ri Jong-hui
Li Jong-un
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8:04.91

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7:20.35
2 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7:25.92
3 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:40.47
4 Andrew van Ruyven
Richard Symsyk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:46.90

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7:34.16
2 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:37.34
3 Kim Mackney
Chris Stevens
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:45.03
4 José Luis Rion
Miguel Ruiz
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:15.97

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:38.51
2 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:50.21
3 László Balogh
György Sarlós
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:59.40

Repechage 3

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:34.77
2 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:40.78
3 Andrew van Ruyven
Richard Symsyk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:45.71
4 Ri Jong-hui
Li Jong-un
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7:56.42

Repechage 4

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:30.45
2 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:40.84
3 Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 7:42.63
4 Hans Fortmüller
Ulli Wolf
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:44.45

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1
RankRowerCountryTime
1 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:42.41
2 Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7:44.91
3 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:47.77
4 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:50.26
5 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:57.27
6 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8:06.06
Semifinal 2
RankRowerCountryTime
1 Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7:40.58
2 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:41.86
3 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7:45.11
4 Vladimir Polyakov
Nikolai Vasilyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:46.18
5 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:56.59
6 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8:01.58

Finals

Final B

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7:31.02
2 Vladimir Polyakov
Nikolai Vasilyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:34.37
3 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:38.64
4 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:40.55
5 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:43.20
6 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:51.01

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:53.16
Silver medal icon.svg Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:57.06
Bronze medal icon.svg Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:58.70
4 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:58.77
5 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:02.24
6 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:42.90

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  1. "Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.