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

Last updated

Contents

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August 1992
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]

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 (1861-2010).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
4Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).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 (Pantone).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
2Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).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 (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:36.52Q
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:38.58Q
3Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).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 (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:20.99QB
5Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 6:34.24QB
6Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).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 (1861-2010).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 (1861-2010).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 (Pantone).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
11Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).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 (Pantone).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
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).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 (1861-2010).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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's single sculls event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held from 11 to 15 October at the Toda Rowing Course. There were 13 competitors from 13 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Vyacheslav Ivanov of the Soviet Union, his third consecutive victory in the event. Ivanov's three gold medals in the event remains tied for the best results for any individual single sculler ; only Ekaterina Karsten has more medals in (women's) single sculls, though she took only two golds along with a silver and a bronze. The second spot on the podium was also a repeat of 1960; Achim Hill of the United Team of Germany became the sixth man to win multiple single sculls medals by repeating as silver medalist. Bronze this time went to Gottfried Kottmann of Switzerland, that nation's first medal in the event since 1924.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's coxed four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was held from 11 to 15 October. There were 16 boats from 16 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by the United Team of Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's coxed four. The two medals placed the United Team of Germany in a tie for second-most all-time with Switzerland and Italy; Germany had the most with four. Italy earned its third straight medal in the event, all of different colours, with a silver in Tokyo. The bronze medal went to the Netherlands, the nation's first medal in the event since 1900.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's single sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was held from 27 July to 1 August at Lake of Banyoles. The event was an open-style, individual rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. There were 22 competitors from 22 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Thomas Lange of Germany, the fourth man to successfully repeat as Olympic champion. It was the first appearance of "Germany" since 1936, though German rowers representing the United Team of Germany, West Germany, and East Germany had won 10 medals in 8 Games from 1960 to 1988. Václav Chalupa of Czechoslovakia took silver, that nation's first medal in the men's single sculls. Poland's Kajetan Broniewski earned that nation's first medal in the event since 1960 with his bronze.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's single sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at Misari Regatta, South Korea. The event was held from 19 to 24 September. It was the 20th appearance of the event, which had been held at every Olympic Games since the introduction of rowing in 1900. NOCs were limited to one boat apiece; 22 sent a competitor in the men's single sculls. Thomas Lange of East Germany won the event, denying Pertti Karppinen a record fourth-straight win and starting a two-Games winning streak of his own. Peter-Michael Kolbe of West Germany took his third silver, joining Karppinen and Vyacheslav Ivanov as three-time medalists in the event. New Zealand earned its first medal in the event since 1920, with Eric Verdonk taking bronze.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's single sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Lanier, Atlanta, United States of America. The event was held from 21 to 27 July 1996. There were 21 competitors from 21 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Xeno Müller of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal of any color since 1960. Derek Porter's silver was Canada's best-ever result in the event, over bronze medals in 1912 and 1984. Two-time defending champion Thomas Lange of Germany settled with a bronze medal this time, becoming the fourth man to win three medals in the event.

The women's double sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's coxed four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at Misari Regatta, South Korea. It was held from 19 to 24 September. There were 14 boats from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by East Germany, returning to the top of the podium after the Soviet-led boycott in 1984 prevented the East Germans from defending their 1980 Olympic title. Silver went to Romania, its first medal in the men's coxed four. New Zealand took a second consecutive bronze medal in the event.

The women's double sculls competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. It was the first time the event was contested for women.

The women's single sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

The women's double sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair</span>

The men's coxed pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain. It was held from 28 July to 2 August. There were 16 boats from 16 nations, with each nation limited to one boat in the event. The event was won by brothers Greg and Jonny Searle and coxswain Garry Herbert of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the event. It was the third consecutive Games with brothers winning as the rowers; Italy's Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale had won in 1984 and 1988. They, along with longtime cox Giuseppe Di Capua, took silver this year, becoming the only crew to win three medals together in the event. Bronze went to Romanians Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, and cox Dumitru Răducanu. Popescu and Răducanu had been on the 1984 silver medal team, making them the 16th and 17th—and final—men to earn multiple medals in the event.

The men's coxless four competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four</span> Olympic rowing event

The men's coxed four competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain. It was held from 27 July to 1 August. There were 12 boats from 12 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Romania, the nation's first victory in the event; the Romanian team had taken silver in 1988. Germany, recently re-united, took silver in 1992; East Germany had won gold in 1988. Two men returned from the 1988 podium to medal again in 1992: Dimitrie Popescu of Romania and Hendrik Reiher of the former East German team. They were the eighth and ninth men to earn multiple medals in the event; due to the removal of the men's coxed four from the programme, they would be the last. Bronze went to Poland, the nation's fourth bronze medal in the coxed four.

The women's single sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

The women's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.

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.