Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Lake Lanier
DateJuly 21 – July 27, 1996
Competitors39 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Davide Tizzano
Agostino Abbagnale
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Kjetil Undset
Steffen Størseth
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Frédéric Kowal
Samuel Barathay
Flag of France.svg  France
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Men's double sculls was an event in Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The event was held at Lake Lanier between July 21 and July 27, 1996. [1]

France, Norway, and Germany had won 11 of the last 12 World Championship medals and were represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics by Frédéric Kowal and Samuel Barathay, Kjetil Undset and Steffen Størseth, and Sebastian Mayer and Roland Opfer respectively. France, represented in part by Barathay, was the 1993 World Champion and 1994 bronze medalist. Norway was the 1994 World Champion and 1993 runner-up and, with its Olympic duo, the 1995 bronze medalist, while Undset was also an Olympic silver medalist from the 1992 quadruple sculls. Germany had been runner-up at the last two editions of the World Championships and a bronze medalist in 1993. The lone exception to the dominance of these three nations was Denmark, who won the 1995 World Championships with Lars Christensen and Martin Haldbo Hansen. Australia, meanwhile, sent one of its defending Olympic champions, Peter Antonie, to Atlanta with a new partner, Jason Day. Antoine was also one half of the winning crew at the 1995 Double Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta. Hungary's Zsolt Dani and Gábor Mitring were the 1994 winners of that tournament.

In the opening round, Norway posted the fastest time by nearly five seconds, while the other heats were won by Denmark and the Italian duo of Davide Tizzano and Agostino Abbagnale, both of whom were Olympic champions in the quadruple sculls from 1988. The Hungarians, meanwhile, were eliminated in the repêchage. In the semi-finals it was France who eliminated the Australians with the fastest time in the round, nearly three seconds ahead of its closest competition, while Italy won the other heat. The race in the final was closer, but Italy, Norway, and France were all ahead of the pack and crossed the finish line in that order. Denmark, the reigning World Champions, came in fourth nearly five seconds later. [1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Davide Tizzano
Agostino Abbagnale
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Kjetil Undset
Steffen Størseth
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Frédéric Kowal
Samuel Barathay

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kjetil Undset, Steffen Størseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:43.35SA/B
2 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:48.13R
3 Peter Antonie, Jason Day Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:50.15R
4 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6:55.87R
5 Lee In-su, Lee Ho Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 7:11.56R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:48.75SA/B
2 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:51.41R
3 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:54.80R
4 Erik Tul, Luka Špik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 7:02.48R
5 Melquiades Verduras, José Antonio Merín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7:13.99R

Heat 3

James Cracknell was one of the nominated British scullers but he was suffering from tonsillitis; Guy Pooley as backup rower replaced him. [2] [3]

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Davide Tizzano, Agostino Abbagnale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:48.22SA/B
2 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:52.80R
3 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:55.40R
4 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:56.55R
5 Guy Pooley, Robert Thatcher Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:00.74R

Heat 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Frédéric Kowal, Samuel Barathay Flag of France.svg  France 6:44.01SA/B
2 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:48.03R
3 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:49.92R
4 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:57.63R

Repechage

Repechage 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:43.52 SA/B
2 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:48.45 SA/B
3 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:53.21 RR

Repechage 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:43.52 SA/B
2 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:48.02 SA/B
3 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:50.02 RR
4 Lee In-su, Lee Ho Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 7:09.71 RR

Repechage 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:51.19 SA/B
2 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6:53.54 SA/B
3 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:56.93 RR
4 Melquiades Verduras, José Antonio Merín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:59.57 RR

Repechage 4

The British replacement rower Pooley also replaced Cracknell in the repechage. [2] [3]

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:51.93 SA/B
2 Peter Antonie, Jason Day Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:51.98 SA/B
3 Guy Pooley, Robert Thatcher Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7:00.81 RR
4 Erik Tul, Luka Špik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 7:06.06 RR

Rerace

Rerace 1

The British rower Cracknell had by now recovered from his tonsillitis and took over from the replacement rower Pooley. [2] [3]

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:47.77 C
2 James Cracknell, Robert Thatcher Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:51.22 C
3 Melquiades Verduras, José Antonio Merín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:55.00E

Rerace 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:48.53 C
2 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:52.73 C
3 Erik Tul, Luka Špik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:56.43 C
4 Lee In-su, Lee Ho Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 7:05.08E

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Davide Tizzano, Agostino Abbagnale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:37.39 F/A
2 Kjetil Undset, Steffen Størseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:40.15 F/A
3 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:42.57 F/A
4 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:46.35 F/B
5 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:48.13 F/B
6 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6:55.73 F/B

Semi-final 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Frédéric Kowal, Samuel Barathay Flag of France.svg  France 6:32.86 F/A
2 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:35.76 F/A
3 Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:37.10 F/A
4 Peter Antonie, Jason Day Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:39.49 F/B
5 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:40.68 F/B
6 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7:03.53 F/B

Finals

Final C

RankRowersCountryTime
1 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:40.62
2 Erik Tul, Luka Špik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:43.55
3 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:47.12
4 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:50.90
5 James Cracknell, Robert Thatcher Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:51.41

Final B

RankRowersCountryTime
1 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:18.37
2 Peter Antonie, Jason Day Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:19.25
3 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:20.82
4 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:21.89
5 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6:26.51
6 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:26.84

Final A

RankRowersCountryTime
1 Davide Tizzano, Agostino Abbagnale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:16.68
2 Kjetil Undset, Steffen Størseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:18.42
3 Frédéric Kowal, Samuel Barathay Flag of France.svg  France 6:19.85
4 Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:24.77
5 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:25.17
6 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:29.32

[4]

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