Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair

The men's coxed pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Regatta Course in Oberschleißheim.[1] There were 21 boats (63 competitors) from 21 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event.[2] The event was won by East German crew Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke, and coxswain Klaus-Dieter Neubert; it was the first medal in the event for East Germany as a separate nation. Czechoslovakia (silver) and Romania (bronze) also won their first medals in the men's coxed pair.

Men's coxed pair
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
VenueOberschleißheim Regatta Course
Dates27 August – 2 September
Competitors63 from 21 nations
Winning time7:17.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wolfgang Gunkel
Jörg Lucke
Klaus-Dieter Neubert (cox)
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oldřich Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský
Vladimír Petříček (cox)
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ștefan Tudor
Petre Ceapura
Ladislau Lovrenschi (cox)
 Romania
← 1968
1976 →

Background

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This was the 13th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900, but was not held in 1904, 1908, or 1912. It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992, when it (along with the men's coxed four) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]

Two of the 18 competitors from the 1968 coxed pair Final A returned: rower Wolfgang Gunkel and coxswain Klaus-Dieter Neubert from the fourth-place East German boat. They, along with new second rower Jörg Lucke (a 1968 coxless pairs Olympic champion), had won the 1971 European championship and were among the favorites. Another top team was the Czechoslovakian boat, brothers Oldřich Svojanovský and Pavel Svojanovský and cox Vladimír Petříček; they had won the 1969 European title. The Romanian crew, Ștefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura, and cox Ladislau Lovrenschi, were the reigning (1970) World Champions.[2]

Canada and Norway each made their debut in the event. France and the United States each made their 11th appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.

Competition format

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The coxed pair event featured three-person boats, with two rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3] This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their quarterfinal heats to advance to the semifinals.

  • Heats: Four heats. With 21 boats entered, there were 5 or 6 boats per heat. The top boat in each heat (total of 4 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (17 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Four heats. There were 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 8 boats) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats (9 boats) were eliminated.
  • Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the "A" final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a "B" final (7th–12th place classification race).
  • Finals: A main final (Final A) and a 7th–12th place classification race (Final B).

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 August 1972 14:00 Quarterfinals
Tuesday, 29 August 1972 14:00 Repechage
Thursday, 31 August 1972 11:30 Semifinals
Friday, 1 September 1972 10:00 Final B
Saturday, 2 September 1972 11:30 Final A

Results

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Quarterfinals

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The top crew in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with all others sent to the repechages.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Oldřich Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský
Vladimír Petříček   Czechoslovakia 7:41.27 Q
2 René Furler
Nicolas Lindecker
Stefan Hablützel   Switzerland 7:46.03 R
3 Ștefan Tudor
Petre Ceapura
Ladislau Lovrenschi   Romania 7:47.98 R
4 Mike Neary
Trevor Josephson
Robert Battersby   Canada 7:49.54 R
5 Rolf Andreassen
Arne Bergodd
Thor Egil Olsen   Norway 8:00.56 R
6 Paul De Weert
Wilfried Van Herck
Guy Defraigne   Belgium 8:08.51 R

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Mike Staines
Luther Jones
Aaron Herman   United States 7:50.00 Q
2 Wojciech Repsz
Wiesław Długosz
Jacek Rylski   Poland 7:57.23 R
3 Bernard Luttikhuizen
René Kieft
Herman Zaanen   Netherlands 8:00.15 R
4 Rainer Hinteregger
Manfred Grieshofer
Werner Grieshofer   Austria 8:08.88 R
5 Pedro Ciapessoni
Jorge Buenahora
Daniel Jorge   Uruguay 8:29.51 R

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Wolfgang Gunkel
Jörg Lucke
Klaus-Dieter Neubert   East Germany 7:54.11 Q
2 Dimitar Valov
Dimitar Yanakiev
Nenko Dobrev   Bulgaria 8:01.01 R
3 Giampaolo Tronchin
Mario Semenzato
Siro Meli   Italy 8:02.79 R
4 Jean-Claude Coucardon
Christian Durniak
Alain Lacoste   France 8:09.62 R
5 Pedro Yucciolino
Rafael Garba
Raúl Mazerati   Argentina 8:20.19 R

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimir Eshinov
Nikolay Ivanov
Yuriy Lorentsson   Soviet Union 7:43.84 Q
2 David Maxwell
Mike Hart
Alan Inns   Great Britain 7:49.56 R
3 Heinz Mußmann
Bernd Krause
Stefan Kuhnke   West Germany 8:02.19 R
4 Leo Ahonen
Leif Andersson
Antero Yli-Ikkelä   Finland 8:06.56 R
5 Lázaro Rivero
Teófilo López
Jesús Rosello   Cuba 8:17.34 R

Repechages

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Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Repechage heat 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 David Maxwell
Mike Hart
Alan Inns   Great Britain 8:01.14 Q
2 Rolf Andreassen
Arne Bergodd
Thor Egil Olsen   Norway 8:03.50 Q
3 Giampaolo Tronchin
Mario Semenzato
Siro Meli   Italy 8:10.46
4 Rainer Hinteregger
Manfred Grieshofer
Werner Grieshofer   Austria 8:15.94

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Dimitar Valov
Dimitar Yanakiev
Nenko Dobrev   Bulgaria 8:10.94 Q
2 Mike Neary
Trevor Josephson
Robert Battersby   Canada 8:12.69 Q
3 Bernard Luttikhuizen
René Kieft
Herman Zaanen   Netherlands 8:17.37
4 Lázaro Rivero
Teófilo López
Jesús Rosello   Cuba 8:37.14

Repechage heat 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Ștefan Tudor
Petre Ceapura
Ladislau Lovrenschi   Romania 8:08.34 Q
2 Wojciech Repsz
Wiesław Długosz
Jacek Rylski   Poland 8:10.87 Q
3 Leo Ahonen
Leif Andersson
Antero Yli-Ikkelä   Finland 8:11.89
4 Pedro Yucciolino
Rafael Garba
Raúl Mazerati   Argentina 8:31.51

Repechage heat 4

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Heinz Mußmann
Bernd Krause
Stefan Kuhnke   West Germany 8:07.95 Q
2 René Furler
Nicolas Lindecker
Stefan Hablützel   Switzerland 8:11.53 Q
3 Jean-Claude Coucardon
Christian Durniak
Alain Lacoste   France 8:15.25
4 Paul De Weert
Wilfried Van Herck
Guy Defraigne   Belgium 8:16.26
5 Pedro Ciapessoni
Jorge Buenahora
Daniel Jorge   Uruguay 8:52.42

Semifinals

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The top three finishers in each heat advanced to Final A; others went to Final B.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Wolfgang Gunkel
Jörg Lucke
Klaus-Dieter Neubert   East Germany 8:13.87 QA
2 Heinz Mußmann
Bernd Krause
Stefan Kuhnke   West Germany 8:19.86 QA
3 Wojciech Repsz
Wiesław Długosz
Jacek Rylski   Poland 8:20.69 QA
4 David Maxwell
Mike Hart
Alan Inns   Great Britain 8:21.61 QB
5 Mike Staines
Luther Jones
Aaron Herman   United States 8:25.40 QB
6 Mike Neary
Trevor Josephson
Robert Battersby   Canada 9:28.82 QB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimir Eshinov
Nikolay Ivanov
Yuriy Lorentsson   Soviet Union 8:07.34 QA
2 Oldřich Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský
Vladimír Petříček   Czechoslovakia 8:07.88 QA
3 Ștefan Tudor
Petre Ceapura
Ladislau Lovrenschi   Romania 8:10.89 QA
4 Dimitar Valov
Dimitar Yanakiev
Nenko Dobrev   Bulgaria 8:20.21 QB
5 Rolf Andreassen
Arne Bergodd
Thor Egil Olsen   Norway 8:30.29 QB
6 René Furler
Nicolas Lindecker
Stefan Hablützel   Switzerland 8:32.34 QB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
7 Rolf Andreassen
Arne Bergodd
Thor Egil Olsen   Norway 7:58.45
8 David Maxwell
Michael Hart
Alan Inns   Great Britain 7:59.57
9 Mike Neary
Trevor Josephson
Robert Battersby   Canada 8:00.27
10 Dimitar Valov
Dimitar Yanakiev
Nenko Dobrev   Bulgaria 8:01.86
11 Mike Staines
Luther Jones
Aaron Herman   United States 8:04.80
12 René Furler
Nicolas Lindecker
Stefan Hablützel   Switzerland 8:05.54

Final A

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
  Wolfgang Gunkel
Jörg Lucke
Klaus-Dieter Neubert   East Germany 7:17.25
  Oldřich Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský
Vladimír Petříček   Czechoslovakia 7:19.57
  Ștefan Tudor
Petre Ceapura
Ladislau Lovrenschi   Romania 7:21.36
4 Heinz Mußmann
Bernd Krause
Stefan Kuhnke   West Germany 7:21.52
5 Vladimir Eshinov
Nikolay Ivanov
Yuriy Lorentsson   Soviet Union 7:24.44
6 Wojciech Repsz
Wiesław Długosz
Jacek Rylski   Poland 7:28.92

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Coxed Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Coxed Pairs, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.