Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
 Drew Ginn
Duncan Free		  Australia
 Dave Calder
Scott Frandsen		  Canada
 Nathan Twaddle
George Bridgewater		  New Zealand
Rowing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men   women
Coxless pair men women
Double sculls men women
Lwt double sculls men women
Coxless four men
Quadruple sculls men women
Eight men women
Lwt coxless four men

Men's coxless pair competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists 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 three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others were sent to the repechage. In the repechage, each boat had another chance to advance to the A/B semifinals, with the top three boats doing so. The remaining repechage finishers were sent to the C final.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, 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. 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 final determined the places lower than 12th.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Saturday, August 9, 2008 16:10-16:40 Heats
Monday, August 11, 2008 16:50-17:00 Repechage
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 16:10-16:30 Semifinals A/B
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 17:20-17:30 Final C
Friday, August 15, 2008 17:20-17:30 Final B
Saturday, August 16, 2008 16:30-16:40 Final A

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot France 6:46.57 SA/B
2 Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo Italy 6:51.01 SA/B
3 Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen Canada 6:54.88 SA/B
4 Piotr Hojka, Jaroslaw Godek Poland 7:01.90 R
5 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss United States 7:13.64 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Drew Ginn, Duncan Free Australia 6:41.15 SA/B
2 Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente South Africa 6:45.26 SA/B
3 Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta Germany 6:48.60 SA/B
4 Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury Great Britain 6:59.48 R
5 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Denmark 7:17.43 R

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater New Zealand 6:41.65 SA/B
2 Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić Serbia 6:46.71 SA/B
3 Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa Czech Republic 6:52.50 SA/B
4 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Croatia 7:16.35 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss United States 6:36.87 SA/B
2 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Croatia 6:38.30 SA/B
3 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Denmark 6:38.33 SA/B
4 Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury Great Britain 6:41.43 FC
5 Piotr Hojka, Jaroslaw Godek Poland 6:44.19 FC

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen Canada 6:34.02 FA
2 Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater New Zealand 6:36.05 FA
3 Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente South Africa 6:37.18 FA
4 Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa Czech Republic 6:37.88 FB
5 Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot France 6:44.29 FB
6 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Croatia 7:14.50 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Drew Ginn, Duncan Free Australia 6:34.29 FA
2 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss United States 6:36.65 FA
3 Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta Germany 6:37.26 FA
4 Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić Serbia 6:38.96 FB
5 Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo Italy 6:47.30 FB
6 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Denmark 6:48.65 FB

Finals

Final C

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury Great Britain 6:46.83
2 Piotr Hojka, Jaroslaw Godek Poland 6:53.68

Final B

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić Serbia 6:49.12
2 Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa Czech Republic 6:52.57
3 Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot France 6:54.40
4 Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen Denmark 6:55.37
5 Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo Italy 7:04.91
6 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin Croatia 7:11.19

Final A

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
Drew Ginn, Duncan Free Australia 6:37.44
Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen Canada 6:39.55
Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater New Zealand 6:44.19
4 Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta Germany 6:47.40
5 Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente South Africa 6:47.83
6 Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss United States 7:05.58

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, June 21, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.