Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Eton Dorney
Date28 July – 3 August
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Winning time6:16.65
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Eric Murray
Hamish Bond
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg George Nash
Will Satch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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2016  

The Men's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. [1] [2]

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Competition format

The format of the competition was determined by how many boats are competing as at the entry deadline at the beginning of July.

With 13 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12. [3]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 28 July 201212:00Heats
Monday, 30 July 201210:10Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 201211:00Semifinals
Friday, 3 August 201210:20Final B
Friday, 3 August 201211:50Final

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify for the semifinals, remainder go to repeachge.

Heat 1

Bond and Murray at the London Olympics Bond and Murray at the London Olympics.jpg
Bond and Murray at the London Olympics
RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Eric Murray
Hamish Bond
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:08.50Q ( OB , WB )
2 Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Flag of France.svg  France 6:17.22Q
3 Wojciech Gutorski
Jarosław Godek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:19.98Q
4 Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6:23.87R
5 Domonkos Széll
Béla Simon
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:46.18R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 David Calder
Scott Frandsen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:23.80Q
2 James Marburg
Brodie Buckland
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:24.83Q
3 Nanne Sluis
Meindert Klem
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:25.59Q
4 Thomas Peszek
Silas Stafford
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:26.59R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 George Nash
Will Satch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:16.58Q
2 Niccolò Mornati
Lorenzo Carboncini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:18.33Q
3 Nikolaos Gkountoulas
Apostolos Gkountoulas
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:21.46Q
4 Anton Braun
Felix Drahotta
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:30.42R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Anton Braun
Felix Drahotta
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:22.76Q
2 Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6:26.61Q
3 Thomas Peszek
Silas Stafford
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:27.41Q
4 Domonkos Széll
Béla Simon
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:27.88

Semifinals

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Eric Murray
Hamish Bond
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:48.11Q
2 Niccolò Mornati
Lorenzo Carboncini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:55.82Q
3 David Calder
Scott Frandsen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:56.47Q
4 Thomas Peszek
Silas Stafford
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:58.58
5 Anton Braun
Felix Drahotta
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:02.16
6 Nanne Sluis
Meindert Klem
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:13.77

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 George Nash
Will Satch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:56.46Q
2 Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Flag of France.svg  France 6:58.67Q
3 James Marburg
Brodie Buckland
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:02.12Q
4 Wojciech Gutorski
Jarosław Godek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7:04.58
5 Nikolaos Gkountoulas
Apostolos Gkountoulas
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7:07.15
6 Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 7:07.78

Finals

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Anton Braun
Felix Drahotta
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:49.93
2 Thomas Peszek
Silas Stafford
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:53.30
3 Nikolaos Gkountoulas
Apostolos Gkountoulas
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:53.69
4 Wojciech Gutorski
Jarosław Godek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:56.00
5 Nanne Sluis
Meindert Klem
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:05.12
Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia DNS

Final A

The final at 1500 m Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless pair Final A (5).JPG
The final at 1500 m
RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Eric Murray
Hamish Bond
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:16.65
Silver medal icon.svg Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Flag of France.svg  France 6:21.11
Bronze medal icon.svg George Nash
Will Satch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:21.77
4 Niccolò Mornati
Lorenzo Carboncini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:26.17
5 James Marburg
Brodie Buckland
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:29.28
6 David Calder
Scott Frandsen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:30.49

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