Men's coxless pair at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September
Competitors	38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time	6:53.16
Medalists
Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager  East Germany Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann  Switzerland Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis  Netherlands
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Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.^[1]

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	7:22.94
2	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:28.03
3	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:30.62
4	László Balogh György Sarlós	Hungary	7:49.70
5	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz	Mexico	7:59.53

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	7:20.51
2	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:24.16
3	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:26.80
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:33.16
5	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf	Austria	7:38.53

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:28.97
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:34.89
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens	Australia	7:39.03
4	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Brazil	7:42.02
5	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un	North Korea	8:04.91

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	7:20.35
2	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:25.92
3	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:40.47
4	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk	Canada	7:46.90

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:34.16
2	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:37.34
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens	Australia	7:45.03
4	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz	Mexico	8:15.97

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:38.51
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:50.21
3	László Balogh György Sarlós	Hungary	7:59.40

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:34.77
2	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:40.78
3	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk	Canada	7:45.71
4	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un	North Korea	7:56.42

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:30.45
2	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:40.84
3	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Brazil	7:42.63
4	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf	Austria	7:44.45

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

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:42.41
2	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	7:44.91
3	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:47.77
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:50.26
5	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:57.27
6	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	8:06.06

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	7:40.58
2	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:41.86
3	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:45.11
4	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:46.18
5	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:56.59
6	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	8:01.58

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	7:31.02
2	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:34.37
3	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:38.64
4	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:40.55
5	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:43.20
6	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:51.01

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	6:53.16
	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	6:57.06
	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	6:58.70
4	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	6:58.77
5	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:02.24
6	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:42.90

• Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics