Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
  1988
1996  

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain. [1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 19 boats were divided into four heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (4 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 15 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured four heats, with 3 or 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (8 boats total) advanced to the main semifinals. The slowest boat overall in the repechage finished in 19th place. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 18th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th. [2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:41.65Q
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:43.10R
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:47.43R
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:48.18R
5Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 7:08.35R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:38.49Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 6:39.95R
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:42.84R
4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 6:59.38R
5Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:25.20R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:36.53Q
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:37.11R
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:44.82R
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:52.43R
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:53.82R

Heat 4

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:41.37Q
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:42.91R
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:09.37R
4
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:44.81R

Repechage

Repechage 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:46.43Q
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:47.61Q
3Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 6:54.76QC
4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 7:01.82QC

Repechage 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:46.71Q
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:47.46Q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:48.67QC

Repechage 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 6:43.83Q
2
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:52.89Q
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:53.44QC
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7:28.57

Repechage 4

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:42.97Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:45.31Q
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:51.57QC
4Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:26.14QC

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:31.13QA
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:33.72QA
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:34.48QA
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:38.28QB
5
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:45.42QB
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:47.03QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 6:33.88QA
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:34.72QA
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:35.99QA
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:37.29QB
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:39.85QB
6Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:47.87QB

Finals

Final C

RankRowersNationTime
13Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:44.06
14Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 6:44.52
15Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:48.24
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:51.20
17Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 7:03.01
18Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7:17.93

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:36.16
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:37.22
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:37.32
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:37.57
11Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:39.64
12
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:46.68

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:27.72
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:32.68
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:33.43
4Flag of France.svg  France 6:36.34
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:38.20
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:39.23

Final classification

The following rowers took part: [1]

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
Flag of France.svg  France
Jaak Van Driessche
Luc Goiris
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Peter Sharis
John Pescatore
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Snorre Lorgen
Sverke Lorgen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sjors van Iwaarden
Kai Compagner
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Henry Hering
Harold Backer
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Zlatko Bužina
Marko Perinović
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Christoph Küffer
Thomas Studhalter
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Karl Sinzinger Jr.
Hermann Bauer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Nick McDonald-Crowley
Matthew McArdle
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Vladimir Banjanac
Lazo Pivač
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes
Yury Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Henrik Schneider
Imre Magyar
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Ričardas Bukys
Zigmas Gudauskas
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Mitsuru Kimura
Kazuaki Mimoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Vasile Tomoiagă
Dragoş Neagu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

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