Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueLake Lanier
Date22 July – 28 July
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Winning time6:23.47
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anthony Edwards
Bruce Hick
 Australia
2000 →

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Georgia, USA took place at Lake Lanier.

Competition format

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This was the first time this event was a part of the Olympic rowing regatta.

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 19 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13-18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

Results

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Heats

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The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
  Netherlands 6:49.93 Q
2 Thomas Auth
Stephen Peterson
  United States 6:50.55 R
3 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
  Greece 6:50.57 R
4 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
  Argentina 7:07.50 R
5 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
  Sweden 7:18.87 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Saez
  Spain 6:46.66 Q
2 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
  Italy 6:47.26 R
3 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
  Poland 6:54.68 R
4 Brendan Dolan
Niall O'Toole
  Ireland 6:56.28 R
5 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
  Great Britain 6:56.86 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
  Switzerland 6:47.28 Q
2 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
  Austria 6:54.36 R
3 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
  Norway 6:57.37 R
4 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
  Cuba 7:01.03 R
5 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
  Czech Republic 7:16.07 R

Heat 4

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Anthony Edwards,
Bruce Hick
  Australia 6:49.95 Q
2 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
  Germany 6:54.82 R
3 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
  Japan 6:56.17 R
4 Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger
  New Zealand 7:09.61 R

Repechage

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The first 2 boats in each repechage qualified for semi-finals 1/2 and the rest for semi-finals 3/4

Repechage 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
  Sweden 6:17.84 1/2
2 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
  Germany 6:18.11 1/2
3 Brendan Dolan
Niall O'Toole
  Ireland 6:18.38 3/4
4 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
  Norway 6:26.68 3/4

Repechage 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
  Austria 6:21.10 1/2
2 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
  Poland 6:24.19 1/2
3 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
  Argentina 6:28.08 3/4

Repechage 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
  Italy 6:19.95 1/2
2 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
  Greece 6:24.40 1/2
3 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
  Czech Republic 6:30.34 3/4
4 Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger
  New Zealand 6:34.78 3/4

Repechage 4

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Thomas Auth
Stephen Peterson
  United States 6:20.93 1/2
2 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
  Great Britain 6:22.27 1/2
3 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
  Cuba 6:23.52 3/4
4 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
  Japan 6:24.68 3/4

Semifinals

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In the first 2 Semi-finals, the first three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
In 3rd and 4th Semi-finals, the last place finisher was eliminated and the remaining boats advanced to Final C.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
  Switzerland 6:25.37 A
2 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
  Netherlands 6:27.07 A
3 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
  Austria 6:28.06 A
4 Thomas Auth
Stephen Peterson
  United States 6:29.80 B
5 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
  Greece 6:34.84 B
6 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
  Germany 6:40.14 B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
  Sweden 6:29.17 A
2 Anthony Edwards,
Bruce Hick
  Australia 6:29.27 A
3 Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Saez
  Spain 6:29.37 A
4 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
  Italy 6:30.46 B
5 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
  Great Britain 6:39.20 B
6 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
  Poland 6:39.56 B

Semifinal 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
  Czech Republic 6:41.41 C
2 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
  Japan 6:45.08 C
3 Brendan Dolan
Niall O'Toole
  Ireland 8:14.64

Semifinal 4

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
  Norway 6:36.30 C
2 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
  Cuba 6:37.40 C
3 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
  Argentina 6:38.55 C
4 Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger
  New Zealand 6:41.39

Finals

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Final C

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
  Czech Republic 6:53.14
2 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
  Norway 6:55.35
3 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
  Japan 6:56.13
4 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
  Cuba 6:58.63
5 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
  Argentina 7:04.67

Final B

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
  Poland 6:24.95
2 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
  Italy 6:25.04
3 Thomas Auth
Stephen Peterson
  United States 6:25.89
4 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
  Greece 6:27.94
5 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
  Germany 6:30.43
6 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
  Great Britain 6:31.15

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Markus Gier
Michael Gier
  Switzerland 6:23.47
  Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
  Netherlands 6:26.48
  Anthony Edwards,
Bruce Hick
  Australia 6:26.69
4 Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Saez
  Spain 6:28.09
5 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
  Austria 6:30.85
6 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
  Sweden 6:34.78

References

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Category:Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics