Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date8–12 August 2016
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time6:30.70
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
 Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
 Norway
← 2012
2020 →

The men's lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 8 to 12 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1]

The medals for the competition were presented by Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Patrick Rombaut, Belgium, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Rowing Federation.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Monday, 8 August 2016 11:50 Heats
Tuesday, 9 August 2016 11:40 Repechages
Thursday, 11 August 2016 11:40 Semifinals
Thursday, 11 August 2016 13:40 Semifinals C/D
Friday, 12 August 2016 9:20 Final B
Friday, 12 August 2016 10:44 Final
Friday, 12 August 2016 12:10 Final D
Friday, 12 August 2016 12:30 Final C

Results

Heats

First two of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
 Ireland 6:23.72 SA/B
2 Andrea Micheletti
Marcello Miani
 Italy 6:24.10 SA/B
3 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
 Denmark 6:33.67 R
4 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
 Germany 6:40.48 R
5 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
 Turkey 6:41.67 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
 Norway 6:24.81 SA/B
2 Josh Konieczny
Andrew Cambell
 United States 6:26.56 SA/B
3 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
 Chile 6:38.95 R
4 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
 Austria 6:43.37 R
5 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
 Hong Kong 6:45.05 R

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
 France 6:24.62 SA/B
2 Artur Mikołajczewski
Miłosz Jankowski
 Poland 6:27.70 SA/B
3 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
 Japan 6:34.27 R
4 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
 Cuba 6:39.79 R
5 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
 Angola 6:58.93 R

Heat 4

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 James Thompson
John Smith
 South Africa 6:23.10 SA/B
2 Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
 Great Britain 6:25.62 SA/B
3 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
 Switzerland 6:29.95 R
4 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
 China 6:30.83 R
5 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
 Brazil 6:31.13 R

Repechage

First two qualify to the semifinals.

Repechage 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
 Denmark 7:02.78 SA/B
2 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
 China 7:03.88 SA/B
3 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
 Cuba 7:07.17 SC/D
4 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
 Chile 7:11.38 SC/D
5 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
 Turkey 7:13.49 SC/D
6 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
 Angola 7:29.73 SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
 Germany 7:05.36 SA/B
2 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
 Austria 7:06.41 SA/B
3 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
 Switzerland 7:07.90 SC/D
4 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
 Brazil 7:11.20 SC/D
5 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
 Japan 7:13.60 SC/D
6 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
 Hong Kong 7:22.05 SC/D

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
 Switzerland 7:22.15 FC
2 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
 Turkey 7:24.14 FC
3 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
 Chile 7:24.71 FC
4 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
 Hong Kong 7:33.47 FD
Semifinal 2
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
 Brazil 7:27:34 FC
2 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
 Cuba 7:30.13 FC
3 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
 Japan 7:30.64 FC
4 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
 Angola 7:39.59 FD

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
 France 6:34.43 FA
2 Josh Konieczny
Andrew Cambell
 United States 6:35.19 FA
3 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
 Ireland 6:35.70 FA
4 Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
 Great Britain 6:38.76 FB
5 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
 Germany 6:59.28 FB
6 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
 China 7:01.49 FB
Semifinal 2
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 James Thompson
John Smith
 South Africa 6:38.01 FA
2 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
 Norway 6:38.65 FA
3 Artur Mikołajczewski
Miłosz Jankowski
 Poland 6:40.23 FA
4 Andrea Micheletti
Marcello Miani
 Italy 6:40.45 FB
5 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
 Denmark 6:45.05 FB
6 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
 Austria 6:53.62 FB

Finals

Final D

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
 Hong Kong 6:57.95
2 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
 Angola 7:01.74

Final C

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
 Switzerland 6:42.57
2 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
 Brazil 6:44.80
3 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
 Japan 6:45.81
4 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
 Turkey 6:47.06
5 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
 Chile 6:47.67
6 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
 Cuba 6:47.80

Final B

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
 Great Britain 6:28.81
2 Andrea Micheletti
Marcello Miani
 Italy 6:29.52
3 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
 Germany 6:32.30
4 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
 Denmark 6:34.72
5 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
 China 6:40.74
6 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
 Austria 6:42.19

Final A

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
 France 6:30.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
 Ireland 6:31.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
 Norway 6:31.39
4 James Thompson
John Smith
 South Africa 6:33.29
5 Josh Konieczny
Andrew Cambell
 United States 6:35.07
6 Artur Mikołajczewski
Miłosz Jankowski
 Poland 6:42.00

References

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.