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

The men's double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1]

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date6–11 August 2016
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time6:50.28
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
 Croatia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
 Lithuania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
 Norway
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The medals for the competition were presented by Gerhard Heiberg, Norway, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Mike Tanner, Hong Kong, member of the executive committee of the International Rowing Federation.


Results

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Heats

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

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Robbie Manson
Chris Harris
  New Zealand 6:40.35 SA/B
2 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Boris Yotov
  Azerbaijan 6:40.52 SA/B
3 Francesco Fossi
Romano Battisti
  Italy 6:42.33 SA/B
4 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
  Great Britain 6:43.93 R
5 Eduardo Rubio
Adrián Oquendo
  Cuba 6:52.20 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
  Lithuania 6:29.11 SA/B
2 Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
  Norway 6:30.58 SA/B
3 Marcel Hacker
Stephan Krüger
  Germany 6:31.85 SA/B
4 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
  Bulgaria 6:44.31 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
  Croatia 6:30.09 SA/B
2 Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
  France 6:33.03 SA/B
3 David Watts
Chris Morgan
  Australia 6:36.39 SA/B
4 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
  Serbia 7:07.29 R

Repechage

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The first three of the repechage qualify to the semifinals

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
  Great Britain 6:19.60 SA/B
2 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
  Bulgaria 6:20.56 SA/B
3 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
  Serbia 6:20.62 SA/B
4 Eduardo Rubio
Adrián Oquendo
  Cuba 6:21.52

Semifinals

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First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
  Croatia 6:12.27 FA
2 Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
  Norway 6:13.50 FA
3 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
  Great Britain 6:13.83 FA
4 Robbie Manson
Chris Harris
  New Zealand 6:17.01 FB
5 David Watts
Chris Morgan
  Australia 6:19.36 FB
6 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
  Bulgaria 6:47.00 FB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
  Lithuania 6:14.61 FA
2 Francesco Fossi
Romano Battisti
  Italy 6:15.24 FA
3 Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
  France 6:16.15 FA
4 Marcel Hacker
Stephan Krüger
  Germany 6:18.32 FB
5 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
  Serbia 6:27.66 FB
6 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Boris Yotov
  Azerbaijan 6:37.49 FB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 David Watts
Chris Morgan
  Australia 6:58.11
2 Marcel Hacker
Stephan Krüger
  Germany 6:58.86
3 Georgi Bozhilov
Kristian Vasilev
  Bulgaria 7:00.85
4 Marko Marjanovic
Andrija Sljukic
  Serbia 7:03.13
5 Robbie Manson
Chris Harris
  New Zealand 7:06.80
6 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Boris Yotov
  Azerbaijan 7:24.03

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
  Croatia 6:50.28
  Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
  Lithuania 6:51.39
  Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
  Norway 6:53.25
4 Francesco Fossi
Romano Battisti
  Italy 6:57.10
5 Jonathan Walton
John Collins
  Great Britain 7:01.25
6 Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
  France 7:02.06

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.