Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
 Slovenia
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Competition format edit

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 19 boats were divided into four heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (4 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 15 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured four heats, with 3 or 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (8 boats total) advanced to the main semifinals. The slowest boat overall in the repechage finished in 19th place. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 18th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Germany 6:41.65 Q
2   Norway 6:43.10 R
3   Romania 6:47.43 R
4   Australia 6:48.18 R
5   Independent Olympic Athletes 7:08.35 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Belgium 6:38.49 Q
2   France 6:39.95 R
3   Canada 6:42.84 R
4   Lithuania 6:59.38 R
5   Japan 7:25.20 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Great Britain 6:36.53 Q
2   Slovenia 6:37.11 R
3   Switzerland 6:44.82 R
4   United States 6:52.43 R
5   Hungary 6:53.82 R

Heat 4 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Croatia 6:41.37 Q
2   Netherlands 6:42.91 R
3   Unified Team 7:09.37 R
4
  Austria 7:44.81 R

Repechage edit

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Netherlands 6:46.43 Q
2   Switzerland 6:47.61 Q
3   Independent Olympic Athletes 6:54.76 QC
4   Lithuania 7:01.82 QC

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Slovenia 6:46.71 Q
2   Canada 6:47.46 Q
3   Australia 6:48.67 QC

Repechage 3 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   France 6:43.83 Q
2
  Austria 6:52.89 Q
3   Hungary 6:53.44 QC
4   Romania 7:28.57

Repechage 4 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Norway 6:42.97 Q
2   United States 6:45.31 Q
3   Unified Team 6:51.57 QC
4   Japan 7:26.14 QC

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Great Britain 6:31.13 QA
2   Germany 6:33.72 QA
3   Slovenia 6:34.48 QA
4   Norway 6:38.28 QB
5
  Austria 6:45.42 QB
6   Switzerland 6:47.03 QB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   France 6:33.88 QA
2   Belgium 6:34.72 QA
3   United States 6:35.99 QA
4   Canada 6:37.29 QB
5   Netherlands 6:39.85 QB
6   Croatia 6:47.87 QB

Finals edit

Final C edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
13   Australia 6:44.06
14   Independent Olympic Athletes 6:44.52
15   Unified Team 6:48.24
16   Hungary 6:51.20
17   Lithuania 7:03.01
18   Japan 7:17.93

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7   Norway 6:36.16
8   Netherlands 6:37.22
9   Canada 6:37.32
10   Croatia 6:37.57
11   Switzerland 6:39.64
12
  Austria 6:46.68

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
    Great Britain 6:27.72
    Germany 6:32.68
    Slovenia 6:33.43
4   France 6:36.34
5   Belgium 6:38.20
6   United States 6:39.23

Final classification edit

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
  Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
  Great Britain
  Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
  Germany
  Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
  Slovenia
Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
  France
Jaak Van Driessche
Luc Goiris
  Belgium
Peter Sharis
John Pescatore
  United States
Snorre Lorgen
Sverke Lorgen
  Norway
Sjors van Iwaarden
Kai Compagner
  Netherlands
Henry Hering
Harold Backer
  Canada
Zlatko Bužina
Marko Perinović
  Croatia
Christoph Küffer
Thomas Studhalter
  Switzerland
Karl Sinzinger Jr.
Hermann Bauer
  Austria
Nick McDonald-Crowley
Matthew McArdle
  Australia
Vladimir Banjanac
Lazo Pivač
  Independent Olympic Athletes
Yury Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
  Unified Team
Henrik Schneider
Imre Magyar
  Hungary
Ričardas Bukys
Zigmas Gudauskas
  Lithuania
Mitsuru Kimura
Kazuaki Mimoto
  Japan
Vasile Tomoiagă
Dragoş Neagu
  Romania

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 324–25.