Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Drew Ginn
Duncan Free 		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Dave Calder
Scott Frandsen 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Nathan Twaddle
George Bridgewater 		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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Men's coxless pair competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [1]

This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others were sent to the repechage. In the repechage, each boat had another chance to advance to the A/B semifinals, with the top three boats doing so. The remaining repechage finishers were sent to the C final.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A final.

The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th. The C final determined the places lower than 12th.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, August 9, 200816:10-16:40 Heats
Monday, August 11, 200816:50-17:00 Repechage
Wednesday, August 13, 200816:10-16:30 Semifinals A/B
Wednesday, August 13, 200817:20-17:30 Final C
Friday, August 15, 200817:20-17:30 Final B
Saturday, August 16, 200816:30-16:40 Final A

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot Flag of France.svg  France 6:46.57 SA/B
2 Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:51.01 SA/B
3 Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:54.88 SA/B
4 Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7:01.90 R
5 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:13.64 R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Drew Ginn, Duncan Free Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:41.15 SA/B
2 Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:45.26 SA/B
3 Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:48.60 SA/B
4 Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:59.48 R
5 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:17.43 R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:41.65 SA/B
2 Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 6:46.71 SA/B
3 Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:52.50 SA/B
4 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7:16.35 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:36.87 SA/B
2 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:38.30 SA/B
3 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:38.33 SA/B
4 Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:41.43 FC
5 Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:44.19 FC

Semifinals A/B

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB

Semifinal A/B 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:34.02 FA
2 Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:36.05 FA
3 Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:37.18 FA
4 Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:37.88 FB
5 Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot Flag of France.svg  France 6:44.29 FB
6 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7:14.50 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Drew Ginn, Duncan Free Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:34.29 FA
2 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:36.65 FA
3 Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:37.26 FA
4 Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 6:38.96 FB
5 Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:47.30 FB
6 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:48.65 FB

Finals

Final C

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:46.83
2 Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:53.68

Final B

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 6:49.12
2 Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:52.57
3 Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot Flag of France.svg  France 6:54.40
4 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:55.37
5 Dario Dentale , [lower-alpha 1] Raffaello Leonardo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:04.91
6 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7:11.19

Final A

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Drew Ginn, Duncan Free Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:37.44
Silver medal icon.svg Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:39.55
Bronze medal icon.svg Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:44.19
4 Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:47.40
5 Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:47.83
6 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:05.58

Notes

  1. ↑ Giuseppe De Vita withdrew due to illness and was replaced by Dario Dentale. [2]

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  2. ↑ "Beijing 2008 - Rowing - Official Results Book" (PDF). la84.org. 17 August 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023. ITA M2- rower Giuseppe de Vita has withdrawn as a result of illness. He is replaced by Dario Dentale."
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