Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

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Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zac Purchase
Mark Hunter
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Dimitrios Mougios
Vasileios Polymeros
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Mads Rasmussen
and Rasmus Quist Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  2004
2012  

Men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 10 and 17 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [1] [2]

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This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted 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 four heats were held. The top two boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others were relegated to the repechage. In the repechage, two more heats were held. The top two boats in each of those heats also advanced to the A/B semifinals, while the remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

Four semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals and the C/D semifinals. For each semifinal race, 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 possible. 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 from 13th to 18th, and so on.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, August 10, 200815:20-16:00 Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 200816:20-16:40 Repechages
Friday, August 15, 200815:10-15:30 Semifinals C/D
Friday, August 15, 200815:50-16:10 Semifinals A/B
Saturday, August 16, 200814:00-14:10 Final D
Saturday, August 16, 200814:20-14:30 Final C
Saturday, August 16, 200814:40-14:50 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 200815:50-16:00 Final A

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->R

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:13.69 SA/B
2 Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:16.10 SA/B
3 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:21.99 R
4 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:24.21 R
5 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6:43.94 R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Marcello Miani, Elia Luini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:16.16 SA/B
2 Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:17.62 SA/B
3 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:19.15 R
4 Eider Batista, Yunior Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6:19.36 R
5 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh Flag of India.svg  India 6:37.13 R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:14.84 SA/B
2 John Sasi, Cameron Sylvester Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:17.58 SA/B
3 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:19.60 R
4 Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6:25.86 R
5 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:30.78 R

Heat 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Storm Uru, Peter Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:16.78 SA/B
2 Maxime Goisset, Frédéric Dufour Flag of France.svg  France 6:20.17 SA/B
3 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:24.35 R
4 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 6:34.51 R
5 Jang Kang-eun, Kim Hong-kyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 6:42.97 R

Repechages

Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->SC/D

Repechage 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:41.48 SA/B
2 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:42.42 SA/B
3 Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6:46.98 SC/D
4 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:51.99 SC/D
5 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 6:58.71 SC/D
6 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 7:05.73 SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:39.07 SA/B
2 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6:40.15 SA/B
3 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:43.03 SC/D
4 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:50.48 SC/D
5 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh Flag of India.svg  India 7:02.06 SC/D
6 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 7:12.17 SC/D

Semifinals C/D

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FC, 4..->FD

Semifinal C/D 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:28.84 FC
2 Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6:33.49 FC
3 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 6:33.79 FC
4 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 6:47.13 FD

Semifinal C/D 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:29.30 FC
2 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:39.91 FC
3 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh Flag of India.svg  India 6:40.34 FC
4 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6:43.80 FD

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal A/B 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:29.56 FA
2 Marcello Miani, Elia Luini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:31.16 FA
3 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6:33.60 FA
4 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:37.07 FB
5 Maxime Goisset, Frédéric Dufour Flag of France.svg  France 6:41.18 FB
6 Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:49.28 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:24.61 FA
2 Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:26.49 FA
3 Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:29.29 FA
4 Storm Uru, Peter Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:30.53 FB
5 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:32.32 FB
6 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:39.23 FB

Finals

Final D

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6:46.46
2 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 6:47.44

Final C

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:23.02
2 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:25.11
3 Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6:30.61
4 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 6:34.48
5 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:36.24
6 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh Flag of India.svg  India 6:44.48

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Storm Uru, Peter Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:27.14
2 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:28.47
3 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:28.66
4 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:30.11
5 Maxime Goisset, Frédéric Dufour Flag of France.svg  France 6:32.65
6 Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:40.80

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:10.99
Silver medal icon.svg Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:11.72
Bronze medal icon.svg Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:12.45
4 Marcello Miani, Elia Luini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:16.15
5 Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:16.69
6 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6:19.96

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