Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date20–27 July
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bernd Landvoigt
and Jörg Landvoigt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Yuriy Pimenov
and Nikolay Pimenov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Charles Wiggin
and Malcolm Carmichael
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain
  1976
1984  

The men's coxless pair rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July. [1]

Contents

Heats

The three fastest teams in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the semifinals. [2]

Heat One

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
1 Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)7:19.05
2 Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)7:30.90
3 Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)7:39.48
4 Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
Olympic flag.svg  Denmark  (DEN)7:43.04
5 Nikolaos Ioannidis
Georgios Kourkoumbas
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)7:58.37

Heat Two

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
1 Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union  (URS)7:25.09
2 Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)7:30.57
3 Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)7:34.83
4 José Pardas
Luis Miguel Oliver
Olympic flag.svg  Spain  (ESP)7:46.00
5 Robert Lang
John Bolt
Olympic flag.svg  Australia  (AUS)7:50.05

Heat Three

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
1 Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci
Olympic flag.svg  Italy  (ITA)7:28.77
2 Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe
Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)7:33.20
3 Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan
Olympic flag.svg  Ireland  (IRL)7:35.10
4 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)7:44.16
5 Edgar Nanne
Alberik de Suremain
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)8:06.53

Repechage

The three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. [3]

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
1 Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
Olympic flag.svg  Denmark  (DEN)7:08.21
2 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)7:09.51
3 Robert Lang
John Bolt
Olympic flag.svg  Australia  (AUS)7:13.24
4 José Pardas
Luis Miguel Oliver
Olympic flag.svg  Spain  (ESP)7:18.45
5 Nikolaos Ioannidis
Georgios Kourkoumbas
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)7:24.93
6 Edgar Nanne
Alberik de Suremain
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)7:34.09

Semifinals

The three fastest teams in each semifinal advanced to the final. [4]

Semifinal One

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
1 Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)6:40.54
2 Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)6:51.47
3 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)6:54.12
4 Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci
Olympic flag.svg  Italy  (ITA)7:00.79
5 Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan
Olympic flag.svg  Ireland  (IRL)7:02.11
6 Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)7:04.48

Semifinal Two

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
1 Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union  (URS)6:52.11
2 Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)6:52.70
3 Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)6:56.70
4 Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
Olympic flag.svg  Denmark  (DEN)6:56.90
5 Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe
Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)7:10.26
6 Robert Lang
John Bolt
Olympic flag.svg  Australia  (AUS)7:11.76

Finals

Finals A

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)6:48.01
Silver medal icon.svg Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union  (URS)6:50.50
Bronze medal icon.svg Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)6:51.47
4 Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)6:53.49
5 Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)7:01.54
6 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)7:02.52

This is still the only Olympic final where two sets of twins finished on the podium. [5]

Finals B

RankAthletes namesCountryTime
7 Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan
Olympic flag.svg  Ireland  (IRL)6:54.60
8 Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe
Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)6:55.22
9 Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)6:58.96
10 Robert Lang
John Bolt
Olympic flag.svg  Australia  (AUS)6:59.13
11 Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci
Olympic flag.svg  Italy  (ITA)7:00.71
Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
Olympic flag.svg  Denmark  (DEN)np

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References

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