Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date18–25 July 1976
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Calvin Coffey
Mike Staines
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter van Roye
Thomas Strauß
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  1972
1980  

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. [1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage after the heats.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:49.19Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:52.36Q
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:55.57Q
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:59.99R
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:46.75R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:56.50Q
2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 6:58.98Q
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:02.62Q
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:05.10R
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:07.21R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 6:56.06Q
2Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6:58.96Q
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7:01.52Q
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:04.83R
5Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 8:00.64R

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:55.37Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:56.12Q
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:56.91Q
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:06.18
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:11.13
6Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 7:22.32

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:33.02QA
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:33.14QA
3Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6:33.23QA
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:35.53QB
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:45.05QB
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:55.08QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:33.25QA
2Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 6:34.18QA
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:35.27QA
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:36.84QB
5Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 6:44.64QB
6Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:49.58QB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:26.27
8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:29.09
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:30.024
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:31.40
11Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7:35.53
12Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:36.12

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7:23.31
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 7:26.73
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7:30.03
4Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:34.17
5Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 7:37.42
6Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7:51.06

Final classification

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Calvin Coffey
Mike Staines
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter van Roye
Thomas Strauß
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
4 Zlatko Celent
Duško Mrduljaš
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
5 Valentin Stoev
Georgi Georgiev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
6 Miroslav Knapek
Vojtěch Caska
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
7 Gennadi Kinko
Tiit Helmja
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
8 Leo Ahonen
Kari Hanska
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
9 Brian Love
Mike Neary
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
10 Jan van der Horst
Willem Boeschoten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
11 Alfons Ślusarski
Zbigniew Ślusarski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
12 David Sturge
Henry Clay
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
13 Ian Luxford
Chris Shinners
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
14 Kim Rørbæk
Mogens Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
15 Guilherme Campos
Raúl Bagattini
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil

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