2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair

The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.[1]

Men's lightweight coxless pair
at the 2016 World Rowing Championships
VenueWillem-Alexander Baan
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Dates22–27 August
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Winning time7:14.18
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Denmark
bronze medal    Great Britain
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Schedule edit

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Monday 22 August 2016 17:20 Heats
Tuesday 23 August 2016 11:25 Repechages
Thursday 25 August 2016 15:45 Semifinals A/B
Saturday 27 August 2016 11:05 Final C
11:25 Final B
12:55 Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results edit

Heats edit

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Emil Espensen
Jens Vilhelmsen
  Denmark 6:39.71 SA/B
2 Xavier Vela
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 6:41.86 SA/B
3 Nuno Goncalves Coelho
Jorge Correia Carvalho
  Portugal 6:43.41 R
4 Andrew Weiland
Peter Gibson
  United States 6:46.27 R
5 Roland Szigeti
David Forrai
  Hungary 6:52.27 R
6 Masato Kobayashi
Kazuki Nara
  Japan 6:54.97 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Joel Cassells
Sam Scrimgeour
  Great Britain 6:37.05 SA/B
2 Mark O'Donovan
Shane O'Driscoll
  Ireland 6:38.84 SA/B
3 Sergei Cherepkov
Aleksei Kiiashko
  Russia 6:44.40 R
4 Sergio Pérez Moreno
Jesus Gonzalez
  Spain 6:45.08 R
5 Li Lei
Li Zhongwei
  China 6:59.44 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Augustin Mouterde
Alexis Guérinot
  France 6:40.77 SA/B
2 Julius Peschel
Sven Keßler
  Germany 6:42.89 SA/B
3 Lorenzo Tedesco
Giorgio Tuccinardi
  Italy 6:47.13 R
4 Jan Hájek
Michael Humpolec
  Czech Republic 6:52.37 R
5 Markus Christensen
Ola Larsson
  Norway 6:53.18 R

Repechages edit

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[3][4]

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Sergio Pérez Moreno
Jesus Gonzalez
  Spain 6:39.20 SA/B
2 Masato Kobayashi
Kazuki Nara
  Japan 6:39.30 SA/B
3 Lorenzo Tedesco
Giorgio Tuccinardi
  Italy 6:39.81 SA/B
4 Nuno Goncalves Coelho
Jorge Correia Carvalho
  Portugal 6:40.68 FC
5 Markus Christensen
Ola Larsson
  Norway 6:49.84 FC

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Li Lei
Li Zhongwei
  China 6:36.85 SA/B
2 Andrew Weiland
Peter Gibson
  United States 6:37.22 SA/B
3 Sergei Cherepkov
Aleksei Kiiashko
  Russia 6:38.33 SA/B
4 Jan Hájek
Michael Humpolec
  Czech Republic 6:46.45 FC
5 Roland Szigeti
David Forrai
  Hungary BUW
6:42.86
FC

Semifinals edit

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Joel Cassells
Sam Scrimgeour
  Great Britain 6:29.63 FA
2 Emil Espensen
Jens Vilhelmsen
  Denmark 6:30.12 FA
3 Li Lei
Li Zhongwei
  China 6:32.81 FA
4 Masato Kobayashi
Kazuki Nara
  Japan 6:33.38 FB
5 Julius Peschel
Sven Keßler
  Germany 6:36.39 FB
6 Sergei Cherepkov
Aleksei Kiiashko
  Russia 6:38.24 FB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Augustin Mouterde
Alexis Guérinot
  France 6:30.56 FA
2 Mark O'Donovan
Shane O'Driscoll
  Ireland 6:32.18 FA
3 Andrew Weiland
Peter Gibson
  United States 6:33.19 FA
4 Xavier Vela
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 6:35.07 FB
5 Lorenzo Tedesco
Giorgio Tuccinardi
  Italy 6:37.34 FB
6 Sergio Pérez Moreno
Jesus Gonzalez
  Spain 6:40.82 FB

Finals edit

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[6]

Final C edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Nuno Goncalves Coelho
Jorge Correia Carvalho
  Portugal 7:29.49
2 Jan Hájek
Michael Humpolec
  Czech Republic 7:33.88
3 Roland Szigeti
David Forrai
  Hungary 7:36.03
4 Markus Christensen
Ola Larsson
  Norway 7:44.61

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Masato Kobayashi
Kazuki Nara
  Japan 7:28.22
2 Julius Peschel
Sven Keßler
  Germany 7:33.77
3 Xavier Vela
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 7:34.17
4 Sergei Cherepkov
Aleksei Kiiashko
  Russia 7:35.24
5 Lorenzo Tedesco
Giorgio Tuccinardi
  Italy 7:38.36
6 Sergio Pérez Moreno
Jesus Gonzalez
  Spain 7:49.33

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Country Time
  Augustin Mouterde
Alexis Guérinot
  France 7:14.18
  Emil Espensen
Jens Vilhelmsen
  Denmark 7:15.30
  Joel Cassells
Sam Scrimgeour
  Great Britain 7:16.49
4 Mark O'Donovan
Shane O'Driscoll
  Ireland 7:24.60
5 Li Lei
Li Zhongwei
  China 7:32.48
6 Andrew Weiland
Peter Gibson
  United States 7:36.91

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage 2" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. ^ "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.