Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October
Competitors27 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Timoshinin
Anatoliy Sass		  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Harry Droog
Leendert van Dis		  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Nunn
Bill Maher		  United States
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Rowing at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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The men's double sculls competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]

Competition format[]

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

  • Heats: Three heats. With 13 boats entered, there were four or five boats per heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 9 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (4 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: One heat. There were 4 boats in the repechage. The top three boats advanced to the semifinals. The last-place boat was eliminated.
  • Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a 7th–12th place classification race.
  • Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United States 6:56.96 Q
2
 Romania 6:58.88 Q
3
 West Germany 6:59.70 Q
4
 Mexico 7:02.18 R
5
 Brazil 7:16.70 R

Heat 2[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Bulgaria 6:54.16 Q
2
 Netherlands 6:56.09 Q
3
 East Germany 6:59.32 Q
4
 Switzerland 6:59.52 R

Heat 3[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Soviet Union 7:07.46 Q
2
 Czechoslovakia 7:10.35 Q
3
 France 7:10.72 Q
4
 Canada 7:36.52 R

Repechage[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Switzerland 7:07.09 Q
2
 Brazil 7:08.46 Q
3
 Mexico 7:11.43 Q
4
 Canada 7:22.87

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 East Germany 7:07.86 Q
2
 Bulgaria 7:12.08 Q
3
 Soviet Union 7:12.41 Q
4
 Switzerland 7:14.74 C
5
 France 9:54.48 C
6
 Romania 10:53.17 C

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United States 7:10.05 Q
2
 West Germany 7:11.56 Q
3
 Netherlands 7:13.74 Q
4
 Mexico 7:15.20 C
5
 Brazil 7:17.08 C
6
 Czechoslovakia ST C

Finals[]

Classification 7–12[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7
 Brazil 7:04.13
8
 Romania 7:08.27
9
 France 7:08.49
10
 Mexico 7:09.90
11
 Switzerland 7:12.72
12
 Czechoslovakia 7:25.14

Final[]

Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Soviet Union 6:51.82
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Netherlands 6:52.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 United States 6:54.21
4
 Bulgaria 6:58.48
5
 East Germany 7:04.92
6
 West Germany 7:12.20

References[]

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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