Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSloten
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Rowing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men
Coxless pair men
Double sculls men
Coxed pair men
Coxless four men
Coxed four men
Eight men

The men's double sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event.

Results

Source: Official results;[1] De Wael[2]

Round 1

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt Germany 8:02.2 Q2
2 A. Houpelyne, Achille Menge Belgium 8:05.6 R1
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine United States 7:46.8 Q2
2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder Switzerland 8:02.0 R1
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest Canada 7:48.2 Q2
2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse Netherlands 7:54.8 R1
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl Austria 7:55.8 Q2
2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye Great Britain 8:00.8 R1
Heat 5
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 P. A. Robineau, Maurice Caplain France 8:03.6 Q2
2 Antonio Tuzi, Mario Melchiori Italy 8:10.4 R1

Repechage 1

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse Netherlands 7:59.8 Q2
2 Antonio Tuzi, Mario Melchiori Italy 8:10.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye Great Britain 8:00.8 Q2
2 A. Houpelyne, Achille Menge Belgium 7:56.6 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder Switzerland 7:52.8 Q2

Round 2

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder Switzerland 6:55.8 Q3
2 P. A. Robineau, Maurice Caplain France 7:01.4 R2
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine United States 6:48.4 Q3
2 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl Austria 6:55.6 R2
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt Germany 6:54.4 Q3
2 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest Canada 6:58.6 R2
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse Netherlands 6:55.8 Q3
2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye Great Britain 6:59.2 elim.

Repechage 2

Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest Canada 7:21.8 Q3
2 P. A. Robineau, Maurice Caplain France 7:30.8 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl Austria 7:32.6 Q3

Round 3

The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine United States 6:43.8 Q
2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder Switzerland 6:53.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest Canada 6:42.2 Q
2 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt Germany 6:48.2 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl Austria 6:46.4 Q
2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse Netherlands 6:52.8 elim.

Semifinals

Canada had a bye and advanced to the gold medal final along with the winner of the only semifinal (the United States), with the loser (Austria) taking bronze.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest Canada 6:58.0 Q
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine United States 6:45.2 Q
2 (3rd) Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl Austria 6:48.8

Finals

Gold medal final
Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine United States 6:41.4
2nd Joseph Wright, Jack Guest Canada 6:51.0

References

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