Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Regatta Centre
Date17–23 September
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Winning time6:32.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ted Murphy
Sebastian Bea
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Long
James Tomkins
 Australia
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Competition format

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This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists 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 15 boats in with 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. 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. The remaining three boats are automatically eliminated from the competition.[1]

Schedule

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All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 17 September 2000 10:10 Heats
Tuesday, 19 September 2000 10:10 Repechages
Thursday, 21 September 2000 09:10 Semifinals
Friday, 22 September 2000 10:40 Final B
Saturday, 23 September 2000 09:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first three finishers of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
  France 6:44.80 Q
2 Luigi Sorrentino
Pasquale Panzarino
  Italy 6:48.26 Q
3 Oliver Martinov
Ninoslav Saraga
  Croatia 6:52.57 Q
4 Damian Ordás
Diego Aguirregomezcorta
  Argentina 6:55.74 R
5 Kasam Khan
Inderpal Singh
  India 7:09.94 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Đorđe Višacki
Nikola Stojić
  FR Yugoslavia 6:42.62 Q
2 Ramon di Clemente
Donovan Cech
  South Africa 6:43.23 Q
3 Ted Murphy
Sebastian Bea
  United States 6:44.86 Q
4 Robert Sens
Detlef Kirchhoff
  Germany 7:10.62 R
5 Amir Temraz
Alaa El-Din Ahmed
  Egypt 7:15.63 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Edward Coode
Greg Searle
  Great Britain 6:42.45 Q
2 Matthew Long
James Tomkins
  Australia 6:46.99 Q
3 Phil Graham
Henry Hering
  Canada 6:48.42 Q
4 Miha Pirih
Gregor Sračnjek
  Slovenia 6:55.82 R
5 Piotr Basta
Piotr Bochenek
  Poland 6:58.47 R

Repechage

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First three qualify for semifinals A/B, the rest are eliminated.

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Robert Sens
Detlef Kirchhoff
  Germany 6:45.73 Q
2 Piotr Basta
Piotr Bochenek
  Poland 6:48.74 Q
3 Miha Pirih
Gregor Sračnjek
  Slovenia 6:50.49 Q
4 Damian Ordás
Diego Aguirregomezcorta
  Argentina 6:52.38
5 Amir Temraz
Alaa El-Din Ahmed
  Egypt 7:07.35
6 Kasam Khan
Inderpal Singh
  India 7:16.10

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
  France 6:30.96 A
2 Edward Coode
Greg Searle
  Great Britain 6:31.08 A
3 Ramon di Clemente
Donovan Cech
  South Africa 6:33.15 A
4 Phil Graham
Henry Hering
  Canada 6:33.22 B
5 Piotr Basta
Piotr Bochenek
  Poland 6:43.38 B
6 Oliver Martinov
Ninoslav Saraga
  Croatia 6:46.00 B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Matthew Long
James Tomkins
  Australia 6:34.42 A
2 Đorđe Višacki
Nikola Stojić
  FR Yugoslavia 6:34.93 A
3 Ted Murphy
Sebastian Bea
  United States 6:35.42 A
4 Robert Sens
Detlef Kirchhoff
  Germany 6:38.41 B
5 Miha Pirih
Gregor Sračnjek
  Slovenia 6:49.79 B
6 Luigi Sorrentino
Pasquale Panzarino
  Italy 6:53.57 B

Finals

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Final B

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Held on 22 September 2000

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Phil Graham
Henry Hering
  Canada 6:33.60
2 Oliver Martinov
Ninoslav Saraga
  Croatia 6:35.18
3 Robert Sens
Detlef Kirchhoff
  Germany 6:37.94
4 Piotr Basta
Piotr Bochenek
  Poland 6:39.44
5 Miha Pirih
Gregor Sračnjek
  Slovenia 6:40.23
6 Luigi Sorrentino
Pasquale Panzarino
  Italy 6:40.35

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
  France 6:32.97
  Ted Murphy
Sebastian Bea
  United States 6:33.80
  Matthew Long
James Tomkins
  Australia 6:34.26
4 Edward Coode
Greg Searle
  Great Britain 6:34.38
5 Đorđe Višacki
Nikola Stojić
  FR Yugoslavia 6:38.70
6 Ramon di Clemente
Donovan Cech
  South Africa 6:43.10

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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