Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date6–11 August 2016
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time6:50.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Silver medal icon.svg Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Bronze medal icon.svg Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2012
2020  

The men's double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. [1]

The medals for the competition were presented by Gerhard Heiberg, Norway, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Mike Tanner, Hong Kong, member of the executive committee of the International Rowing Federation.


Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Robbie Manson
Chris Harris
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:40.35SA/B
2 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Boris Yotov
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 6:40.52SA/B
3 Francesco Fossi
Romano Battisti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:42.33SA/B
4 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:43.93R
5 Eduardo Rubio
Adrián Oquendo
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6:52.20R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6:29.11SA/B
2 Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:30.58SA/B
3 Marcel Hacker
Stephan Krüger
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:31.85SA/B
4 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6:44.31R

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:30.09SA/B
2 Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
Flag of France.svg  France 6:33.03SA/B
3 David Watts
Chris Morgan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:36.39SA/B
4 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 7:07.29R

Repechage

The first three of the repechage qualify to the semifinals

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:19.60SA/B
2 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6:20.56SA/B
3 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6:20.62SA/B
4 Eduardo Rubio
Adrián Oquendo
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6:21.52

Semifinals

First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:12.27FA
2 Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:13.50FA
3 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:13.83FA
4 Robbie Manson
Chris Harris
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:17.01FB
5 David Watts
Chris Morgan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:19.36FB
6 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6:47.00FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6:14.61FA
2 Francesco Fossi
Romano Battisti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:15.24FA
3 Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
Flag of France.svg  France 6:16.15FA
4 Marcel Hacker
Stephan Krüger
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:18.32FB
5 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6:27.66FB
6 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Boris Yotov
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 6:37.49FB

Finals

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 David Watts
Chris Morgan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:58.11
2 Marcel Hacker
Stephan Krüger
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:58.86
3 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7:00.85
4 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 7:03.13
5 Robbie Manson
Chris Harris
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:06.80
6 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Boris Yotov
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 7:24.03

Final A

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 6:50.28
Silver medal icon.svg Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6:51.39
Bronze medal icon.svg Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:53.25
4 Francesco Fossi
Romano Battisti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:57.10
5 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:01.25
6 Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
Flag of France.svg  France 7:02.06

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.