Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.[1]

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
VenueOberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September
Competitors38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time7:01.77
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied
 East Germany
← 1968
1976 →

Results

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Heats

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Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Tim Crooks
Patrick Delafield
  Great Britain 6:57.70
2 Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied
  East Germany 7:07.94
3 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux
  Belgium 7:16.69
4 Jorge Imaz
Ricardo Ibarra
  Argentina 7:18.28
5 Peter Barr
John McNiven
  Canada 7:21.69

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Josef Straka, Jr.
Vladek Lacina
  Czechoslovakia 6:56.82
2 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler
  Switzerland 7:02.90
3 Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen
  Norway 7:03.65
4 Thomas McKibbon
John Van Blom
  United States 7:08.91
5 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski
  Poland 7:21.05

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov
  Soviet Union 6:56.17
2 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans
  Netherlands 7:02.12
3 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne
  West Germany 7:12.03
4 Tsugio Ito
Yoshio Minato
  Japan 7:17.51
5 Federico Scheffler
Ricardo Scheffler
  Mexico 7:43.87

Heat 4

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Niels Henry Secher
Jørgen Engelbrecht
  Denmark 7:11.32
2 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut
  France 7:16.50
3 Manfred Krausbar
Sepp Puchinger
  Austria 7:29.13
4 Carlos Oliveira
Manuel Barroso
  Portugal 8:09.93

Repechage

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Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut
  France 7:10.45
2 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne
  West Germany 7:11.55
3 Thomas McKibbon
John Van Blom
  United States 7:19.63
4 Peter Barr
John McNiven
  Canada 7:29.05

Repechage 2

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen
  Norway 7:03.71
2 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans
  Netherlands 7:04.15
3 Jorge Imaz
Ricardo Ibarra
  Argentina 7:22.15

Repechage 3

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler
  Switzerland 7:14.70
2 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux
  Belgium 7:17.58
3 Federico Scheffler
Ricardo Scheffler
  Mexico 7:40.11
4 Carlos Oliveira
Manuel Barroso
  Portugal 7:44.25

Repechage 4

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied
  East Germany 7:00.54
2 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski
  Poland 7:08.27
3 Tsugio Ito
Yoshio Minato
  Japan 7:09.73
4 Manfred Krausbar
Sepp Puchinger
  Austria 7:16.16

Semifinals

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Semifinal A/B

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

Semifinal 1
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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied
  East Germany 7:29.13
2 Tim Crooks
Patrick Delafield
  Great Britain 7:31.62
3 Josef Straka, Jr.
Vladek Lacina
  Czechoslovakia 7:36.83
4 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans
  Netherlands 7:40.77
5 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler
  Switzerland 7:45.42
6 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne
  West Germany 7:46.21
Semifinal 2
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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Niels Henry Secher
Jørgen Engelbrecht
  Denmark 7:31.32
2 Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov
  Soviet Union 7:35.33
3 Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen
  Norway 7:35.82
4 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut
  France 7:47.68
5 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux
  Belgium 7:55.00
6 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski
  Poland 7:59.52

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rower Country Time
1 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans
  Netherlands 7:07.25
2 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler
  Switzerland 7:08.22
3 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux
  Belgium 7:10.03
4 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne
  West Germany 7:11.74
5 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut
  France 7:14.21
6 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski
  Poland 7:31.97

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time
  Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov
  Soviet Union 7:01.77
  Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen
  Norway 7:02.58
  Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied
  East Germany 7:05.55
4 Niels Henry Secher
Jørgen Engelbrecht
  Denmark 7:14.19
5 Tim Crooks
Patrick Delafield
  Great Britain 7:16.29
6 Josef Straka, Jr.
Vladek Lacina
  Czechoslovakia 7:17.60

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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