Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMeilahti
Date20 July – 23 July
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
   Argentina
   Soviet Union
   Uruguay

The men's double sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.

Heats

First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete in the repechage for remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA) 7:00.1 SF
2 Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER) 7:04.3 SF
3 Robert George
Joseph van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL) 7:13.2
4 Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN) 7:27.3

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Georgiy Zhylin
Igor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:02.5 SF
2 Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU) 7:06.9 SF
3 Pierre Stebler
Emile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI) 7:09.3
4 Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN) 7:19.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA) 7:01.3 SF
2 Bernard Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA) 7:01.9 SF
3 John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:07.4
4 Robert Williams
John D. Riley
 Canada (CAN) 7:19.3

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG) 7:04.4 SF
2 Antonin Malinkovic
Jiri Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:11.6 SF
3 John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS) 7:16.7
4 Torvald Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE) 8:31.3

First Repechage

The winner in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Robert George
Joseph van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL) 7:03.2 SF
2 Pierre Stebler
Emile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI) 7:05.8
3 Torvald Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE) 7:11.4
4 Robert Williams
John D. Riley
 Canada (CAN) 7:15.5

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS) 7:03.0 SF
2 John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:04.4
3 Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN) 7:09.3
4 Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN) 7:12.0

Semi-finals

The winners in each heat qualified for the final, while the others must compete in the second repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Semi-final 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Antonin Malinkovic
Jiri Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:23.5 F
2 Bernard Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA) 7:24.3
3 Georgiy Zhylin
Igor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:26.5
4 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA) 7:29.5

Semi-final 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG) 7:23.1 F
2 Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER) 7:36.3
3 Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA) 7:36.7
4 Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU) 8:04.0

Second Repechage

The winners in each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU) 7:01.7 F
2 Bernard Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA) 7:03.6
3 John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS) 7:13.1

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA) 7:06.3 F
2 Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER) 7:08.2
3 Robert George
Joseph van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL) 7:25.8

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Georgiy Zhylin
Igor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:07.5 F
2 Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA) 7:16.0

Final

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG) 7:23.1
2nd Georgiy Zhylin
Igor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:07.5
3rd Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU) 7:01.7
4 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA) 7:06.3
5 Antonin Malinkovic
Jiri Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:23.5

References

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