Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 8 to 12 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1]

Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date8–12 August 2016
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Winning time6:30.70
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
 Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
 Norway
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The medals for the competition were presented by Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Patrick Rombaut, Belgium, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Rowing Federation.

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
Monday, 8 August 2016 11:50 Heats
Tuesday, 9 August 2016 11:40 Repechages
Thursday, 11 August 2016 11:40 Semifinals
Thursday, 11 August 2016 13:40 Semifinals C/D
Friday, 12 August 2016 9:20 Final B
Friday, 12 August 2016 10:44 Final
Friday, 12 August 2016 12:10 Final D
Friday, 12 August 2016 12:30 Final C

Results edit

Heats edit

First two of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:23.72 SA/B
2 Andrea Micheletti
Marcello Miani
  Italy 6:24.10 SA/B
3 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
  Denmark 6:33.67 R
4 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
  Germany 6:40.48 R
5 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
  Turkey 6:41.67 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:24.81 SA/B
2 Josh Konieczny
Andrew Cambell
  United States 6:26.56 SA/B
3 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
  Chile 6:38.95 R
4 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:43.37 R
5 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
  Hong Kong 6:45.05 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
  France 6:24.62 SA/B
2 Artur Mikołajczewski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:27.70 SA/B
3 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
  Japan 6:34.27 R
4 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
  Cuba 6:39.79 R
5 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
  Angola 6:58.93 R

Heat 4 edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 James Thompson
John Smith
  South Africa 6:23.10 SA/B
2 Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
  Great Britain 6:25.62 SA/B
3 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
  Switzerland 6:29.95 R
4 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
  China 6:30.83 R
5 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 6:31.13 R

Repechage edit

First two qualify to the semifinals.

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
  Denmark 7:02.78 SA/B
2 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
  China 7:03.88 SA/B
3 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
  Cuba 7:07.17 SC/D
4 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
  Chile 7:11.38 SC/D
5 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
  Turkey 7:13.49 SC/D
6 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
  Angola 7:29.73 SC/D

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
  Germany 7:05.36 SA/B
2 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
  Austria 7:06.41 SA/B
3 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
  Switzerland 7:07.90 SC/D
4 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 7:11.20 SC/D
5 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
  Japan 7:13.60 SC/D
6 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
  Hong Kong 7:22.05 SC/D

Semifinals edit

Semifinals C/D edit

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1 edit
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
  Switzerland 7:22.15 FC
2 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
  Turkey 7:24.14 FC
3 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
  Chile 7:24.71 FC
4 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
  Hong Kong 7:33.47 FD
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 7:27:34 FC
2 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
  Cuba 7:30.13 FC
3 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
  Japan 7:30.64 FC
4 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
  Angola 7:39.59 FD

Semifinals A/B edit

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

Semifinal 1 edit
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
  France 6:34.43 FA
2 Josh Konieczny
Andrew Cambell
  United States 6:35.19 FA
3 Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:35.70 FA
4 Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
  Great Britain 6:38.76 FB
5 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
  Germany 6:59.28 FB
6 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
  China 7:01.49 FB
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 James Thompson
John Smith
  South Africa 6:38.01 FA
2 Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:38.65 FA
3 Artur Mikołajczewski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:40.23 FA
4 Andrea Micheletti
Marcello Miani
  Italy 6:40.45 FB
5 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
  Denmark 6:45.05 FB
6 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:53.62 FB

Finals edit

Final D edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Chiu Hin Chun
Tang Chiu Mang
  Hong Kong 6:57.95
2 Andre Mattias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
  Angola 7:01.74

Final C edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Daniel Wiederkehr
Michael Schmidt
  Switzerland 6:42.57
2 Xavier Vela Maggi
Willian Giaretton
  Brazil 6:44.80
3 Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto
  Japan 6:45.81
4 Cem Yilmaz
Huseyin Kandemir
  Turkey 6:47.06
5 Felipe Cardenas Morales
Bernardo Guerrero Diaz
  Chile 6:47.67
6 Raúl Hernández
Liosbel Hernández
  Cuba 6:47.80

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
  Great Britain 6:28.81
2 Andrea Micheletti
Marcello Miani
  Italy 6:29.52
3 Moritz Moos
Jason Osborne
  Germany 6:32.30
4 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Hansen
  Denmark 6:34.72
5 Sun Man
Wang Chunxin
  China 6:40.74
6 Bernhard Sieber
Paul Sieber
  Austria 6:42.19

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
  Pierre Houin
Jérémie Azou
  France 6:30.70
  Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 6:31.23
  Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
  Norway 6:31.39
4 James Thompson
John Smith
  South Africa 6:33.29
5 Josh Konieczny
Andrew Cambell
  United States 6:35.07
6 Artur Mikołajczewski
Miłosz Jankowski
  Poland 6:42.00

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.