Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Rowing at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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Coxless four men
Quadruple sculls men women
Eight men women
Lwt coxless four men

These are the results of the men's double sculls competition in rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In a sculling boat, each rower has two oars, one on each side of the boat. The Rowing events were held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Adrien Hardy
and Sébastien Vieilledent (FRA)
 Iztok Čop
and Luka Špik (SLO)
 Rossano Galtarossa
and Alessio Sartori (ITA)

Heats

Fourteen boats raced in three heats on August 14. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, and the remaining boats moved to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Sébastien Vieilledent
Adrien Hardy
 France (FRA) 6:45.76 SF
2 Milan Dolecek Jr.
Ondřej Synek
 Czech Republic (CZE) 6:50.67 SF
3 Brendan Long
Peter Hardcastle
 Australia (AUS) 6:52.34 SF
4 Rene Bertram
Christian Schreiber
 Germany (GER) 6:58.22 R
5 Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria
Yoennis Hernandez Arruez
 Cuba (CUB) 7:02.95 R

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Rossano Galtarossa
Alessio Sartori
 Italy (ITA) 6:40.82 SF
2 Matthew Wells
Matthew Langridge
 Great Britain (GBR) 6:48.13 SF
3 Aquil Abdullah
Henry Nuzum
 United States (USA) 6:52.34 SF
4 Michał Jeliński
Adam Wojciechowski
 Poland (POL) 7:00.38 R
5 Akos Haller
Gabor Bencsik
 Hungary (HUN) 7:05.20 R

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Luka Špik
Iztok Čop
 Slovenia (SLO) 6:45.26 SF
2 Nils-Torolv Simonsen
Morten Adamsen
 Norway (NOR) 6:49.90 SF
3 Leonid Gulov
Tõnu Endrekson
 Estonia (EST) 6:58.80 SF
4 Kęstutis Keblys
Einaras Šiaudvytis
 Lithuania (LTU) 7:07.13 R

Repechage

The five boats that did not qualify for the semifinals directly from the heats raced in a single repechage race on August 17. The top three boats qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Akos Haller
Gabor Bencsik
 Hungary (HUN) 6:15.60 SF
2 Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria
Yoennis Hernandez Arruez
 Cuba (CUB) 6:16.38 SF
3 Rene Bertram
Christian Schreiber
 Germany (GER) 6:16.94 SF
4 Michał Jeliński
Adam Wojciechowski
 Poland (POL) 6:17.51
5 Kęstutis Keblys
Einaras Šiaudvytis
 Lithuania (LTU) 6:24.56

Semifinals

Twelve boats raced in two semifinals on August 18.

Semifinal A

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Rossano Galtarossa
Alessio Sartori
 Italy (ITA) 6:11.49 FA
2 Sébastien Vieilledent
Adrien Hardy
 France (FRA) 6:12.40 FA
3 Aquil Abdullah
Henry Nuzum
 United States (USA) 6:14.69 FA
4 Nils-Torolv Simonsen
Morten Adamsen
 Norway (NOR) 6:14.69 FA
5 Rene Bertram
Christian Schreiber
 Germany (GER) 6:20.70 FB
6 Brendan Long
Peter Hardcastle
 Australia (AUS) 6:22.69 FB

Semifinal B

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Luka Špik
Iztok Čop
 Slovenia (SLO) 6:11.96 FA
2 Leonid Gulov
Tõnu Endrekson
 Estonia (EST) 6:12.80 FA
3 Milan Dolecek Jr.
Ondřej Synek
 Czech Republic (CZE) 6:13.65 FA
4 Matthew Wells
Matthew Langridge
 Great Britain (GBR) 6:13.71 FB
5 Akos Haller
Gabor Bencsik
 Hungary (HUN) 6:23.81 FB
6 Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria
Yoennis Hernandez Arruez
 Cuba (CUB) 6:24.54 FB

Finals

Final B was raced on August 19 and determined placings 8-12 in the event. Final A was raced on August 21 and determined the medal winners.

Final A

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st Sébastien Vieilledent
Adrien Hardy
 France (FRA) 6:29.00
2nd Luka Špik
Iztok Čop
 Slovenia (SLO) 6:31.72
3rd Rossano Galtarossa
Alessio Sartori
 Italy (ITA) 6:32.93
4 Leonid Gulov
Tõnu Endrekson
 Estonia (EST) 6:35.30
5 Milan Dolecek Jr.
Ondřej Synek
 Czech Republic (CZE) 6:35.81
6 Aquil Abdullah
Henry Nuzum
 United States (USA) 6:36.86
7 Nils-Torolv Simonsen
Morten Adamsen
 Norway (NOR) 6:37.25

Final B

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Matthew Wells
Matthew Langridge
 Great Britain (GBR) 6:14.40
2 Rene Bertram
Christian Schreiber
 Germany (GER) 6:14.97
3 Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria
Yoennis Hernandez Arruez
 Cuba (CUB) 6:15.37
4 Akos Haller
Gabor Bencsik
 Hungary (HUN) 6:15.39
5 Brendan Long
Peter Hardcastle
 Australia (AUS) 6:22.57

References

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