Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] 36 rowers from 18 nations competed.[2]

Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic rowing
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates24–29 July 2021
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Winning time6:06.43
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
 Ireland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
 Italy
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Schedule edit

The competition was held over six days.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 24 July 2021 10:50 Heats
Sunday, 25 July 2021 10:00 Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 11:10 Semifinals A/B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021 8:50 Final B*
Thursday, 29 July 2021 9:50 Final A
Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:20 Final C*

* Event has been rescheduled.

Results edit

Heats edit

The first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.[3]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
  Germany 6:21.71 Q
2 1 Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:24.25 Q
3 2 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:44.09 R
4 4 Shakhboz Kholmurzaev
Sobirjon Safaroliyev
  Uzbekistan 6:44.98 R
5 6 César Amaris
José Güipe
  Venezuela 6:46.11 R
6 5 Siwakorn Wongpin
Nawamin Deenoi
  Thailand 7:07.05 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:23.74 Q
2 1 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:28.10 Q
3 2 Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
  Poland 6:31.85 R
4 3 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:36.05 R
5 6 Arjun Lal
Arvind Singh
  India 6:40.33 R
6 5 Bruno Cetraro
Felipe Klüver
  Uruguay 6:42.85 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:25.74 Q
2 6 Niels van Zandweghe
Tim Brys
  Belgium 6:26.51 Q
3 1 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:27.54 R
4 3 Caetano Horta
Manel Balastegui
  Spain 6:38.72 R
5 4 César Abaroa
Eber Sanhueza
  Chile 6:53.15 R
6 5 Kamel Ait Daoud
Sid Ali Boudina
  Algeria 6:57.32 R

Repechage edit

The first three crews in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while remaining crew to Final C.

Repechage heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 2 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:36.28 Q
2 3 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:36.79 Q
3 1 Bruno Cetraro
Felipe Klüver
  Uruguay 6:36.87 Q
4 4 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:36.95 FC
5 5 César Abaroa
Eber Sanhueza
  Chile 6:48.22 FC
6 6 Siwakorn Wongpin
Nawamin Deenoi
  Thailand 7:20.50 FC

Repechage heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
  Poland 6:43.44 Q
2 4 Caetano Horta
Manel Balastegui
  Spain 6:45.71 Q
3 5 Arjun Lal
Arvind Singh
  India 6:51.36 Q
4 2 Shakhboz Kholmurzaev
Sobirjon Safaroliyev
  Uzbekistan 6:56.22 FC
5 1 César Amaris
José Güipe
  Venezuela 7:01.46 FC
6 6 Kamel Ait Daoud
Sid Ali Boudina
  Algeria 7:12.08 FC

Semifinals edit

Semifinal A/B 1 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 4 Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
  Germany 6:07.33 FA
2 1 Bruno Cetraro
Felipe Klüver
  Uruguay 6:11:48 FA
3 5 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:11.88 FA
4 2 Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
  Poland 6:12.79 FB
5 6 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:18.29 FB
6 3 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 12:16.25 FB

Semifinal A/B 2 edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
1 3 Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:05.33 FA, WB, OB
2 4 Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:07.70 FA
3 2 Niels van Zandweghe
Tim Brys
  Belgium 6:13.07 FA
4 5 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:14.57 FB
5 1 Caetano Horta
Manel Balastegui
  Spain 6:15.49 FB
6 6 Arjun Lal
Arvind Singh
  India 6:24.41 FB

Finals edit

Final C edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
13 3 Pedro Fraga
Afonso Costa
  Portugal 6:24.44
14 5 César Abaroa
Eber Sanhueza
  Chile 6:31.97
15 2 César Amaris
José Güipe
  Venezuela 6:36.37
16 4 Shakhboz Kholmurzaev
Sobirjon Safaroliyev
  Uzbekistan 6:40.25
17 6 Kamel Ait Daoud
Sid Ali Boudina
  Algeria 6:41.62
18 1 Siwakorn Wongpin
Nawamin Deenoi
  Thailand 6:56.13

Final B edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
7 2 Caetano Horta
Manel Balastegui
  Spain 6:15.45
8 4 Jerzy Kowalski
Artur Mikołajczewski
  Poland 6:16.01
9 3 Ihor Khmara
Stanislav Kovalov
  Ukraine 6:16.92
10 5 Patrick Keane
Maxwell Lattimer
  Canada 6:17.60
11 1 Arjun Lal
Arvind Singh
  India 6:29.66
12 6 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway DNS [4]

Final A edit

Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes
  3 Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:06.43
  4 Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
  Germany 6:07.29
  2 Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta
  Italy 6:14.30
4 1 Jiří Šimánek
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
  Czech Republic 6:16.42
5 6 Niels van Zandweghe
Tim Brys
  Belgium 6:18.10
6 5 Bruno Cetraro
Felipe Klüver
  Uruguay 6:24.21

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Rowing - Heat Results". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ Norway pair falls into the water in shocking scenes during the lightweight double sculls