Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors39 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Peter Antonie
Stephen Hawkins
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Arnold Jonke
Christoph Zerbst
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Nico Rienks
Henk-Jan Zwolle
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1988
1996  

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

Contents

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 remaining 7 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) were placed in the consolation semifinals.

The 12 main 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.

For the consolation semifinals, the 7 boats were placed into two heats of 3 and 4 boats each. The last-place boat in each consolation semifinal went to the "D" final to compete for 18th and 19th places; the remaining 5 boats advanced to the "C" final to contest 13th through 17th places. [2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:40.19Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:43.44R
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:05.49R
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:13.50R
5Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 7:14.87R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:31.90Q
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:32.67R
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:42.80R
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:44.79R
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:55.93R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:28.24Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:33.59R
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:36.77R
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:46.64R
5Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:54.55R

Heat 4

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:24.93Q
2Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 6:28.84R
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:33.51R
4Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:37.97R

Repechage

Repechage 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:42.31Q
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:42.47Q
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:42.96C

Repechage 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:43.28Q
2Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:45.51Q
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:53.42C
4Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 7:20.92C

Repechage 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:41.27Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:43.79Q
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:48.86C
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6:52.43C

Repechage 4

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 6:36.52Q
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:38.58Q
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6:44.27C
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:46.14C

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:18.52QA
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:19.15QA
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:19.98QA
4Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 6:20.99QB
5Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:34.24QB
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:37.80QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:20.22QA
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:21.42QA
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:22.36QA
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:23.61QB
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:26.69QB
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:31.46QB

Consolation semifinals

Semifinal 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:27.92QC
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6:30.77QC
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:30.93QC
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:32.01QD

Semifinal 4

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6:41.39QC
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:45.65QC
3Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 6:51.82QD

Finals

Final D

RankRowersNationTime
18Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:42.00
19Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 7:00.90

Final C

RankRowersNationTime
13Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6:30.93
14Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6:35.83
15Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:36.00
16Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6:36.57
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:41.37

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 6:22.84
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:24.27
9Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:26.67
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:27.23
11Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:29.94
12Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:36.73

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:17.32
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:18.42
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:22.82
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:23.34
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:24.32
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:26.96

Final classification

The following rowers took part: [1]

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Peter Antonie
Stephen Hawkins
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Arnold Jonke
Christoph Zerbst
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Nico Rienks
Henk-Jan Zwolle
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Priit Tasane
Roman Lutoškin
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Andrzej Marszałek
Andrzej Krzepiński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Miguel Álvarez
José Antonio Merín
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Don Dickison
Todd Hallett
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Peter Uhrig (heat)/Jens Köppen (semi final and final)
Christian Händle
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Gregory Springer
Jon Smith
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Zsolt Dani
Zsolt Lévai
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
René Gonin
Alexander Koch
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Oleksandr Slobodeniuk
Leonid Shaposhnykov
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Esko Hillebrandt
Reima Karppinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Max Holdo
Guillermo Pfaab
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Eduardo Arrillaga
Luis Miguel García
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Yordan Danchev
Ivaylo Banchev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Mattias Lindgren
Per Andersson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Daniel Alves
João Fernando Santos
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Lui Kam Chi
Chiang Wing Hung
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 323–24.