Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair


The Men's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

Competition format

The format of the competition was determined by how many boats are competing as at the entry deadline at the beginning of July.
With 13 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6. Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Saturday, 28 July 201212:00Heats
Monday, 30 July 201210:10Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 201211:00Semifinals
Friday, 3 August 201210:20Final B
Friday, 3 August 201211:50Final

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify for the semifinals, remainder go to repeachge.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Eric Murray
Hamish Bond		6:08.50Q
2Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette		6:17.22Q
3Wojciech Gutorski
Jarosław Godek		6:19.98Q
4Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić		6:23.87R
5Domonkos Széll
Béla Simon		6:46.18R

Heat 2

Heat 3

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.
RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Anton Braun
Felix Drahotta		6:22.76Q
2Nenad Beđik
Nikola Stojić		6:26.61Q
3Thomas Peszek
Silas Stafford		6:27.41Q
4Domonkos Széll
Béla Simon		6:27.88

Semifinals

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Finals

Final B

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Eric Murray
Hamish Bond		6:16.65
Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette		6:21.11
George Nash
Will Satch		6:21.77
4Niccolò Mornati
Lorenzo Carboncini		6:26.17
5James Marburg
Brodie Buckland		6:29.28
6David Calder
Scott Frandsen		6:30.49