Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueLake Lanier
DateJuly 21 – July 27
Competitors39 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Davide Tizzano
Agostino Abbagnale		  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjetil Undset
Steffen Størseth		  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frédéric Kowal
Samuel Barathay		  France
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Men's double sculls was an event in Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The event was held at Lake Lanier between July 21 and July 27, 1996.[1]

France, Norway, and Germany had won 11 of the last 12 World Championship medals and were represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics by Frédéric Kowal and Samuel Barathay, Kjetil Undset and Steffen Størseth, and Sebastian Mayer and Roland Opfer respectively. France, represented in part by Barathay, was the 1993 World Champion and 1994 bronze medalist. Norway was the 1994 World Champion and 1993 runner-up and, with its Olympic duo, the 1995 bronze medalist, while Undset was also an Olympic silver medalist from the 1992 quadruple sculls. Germany had been runner-up at the last two editions of the World Championships and a bronze medalist in 1993. The lone exception to the dominance of these three nations was Denmark, who won the 1995 World Championships with Lars Christensen and Martin Haldbo Hansen. Australia, meanwhile, sent one of its defending Olympic champions, Peter Antonie, to Atlanta with a new partner, Jason Day. Antoine was also one half of the winning crew at the 1995 Double Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta. Hungary's Zsolt Dani and Gábor Mitring were the 1994 winners of that tournament.

In the opening round, Norway posted the fastest time by nearly five seconds, while the other heats were won by Denmark and the Italian duo of Davide Tizzano and Agostino Abbagnale, both of whom were Olympic champions in the quadruple sculls from 1988. The Hungarians, meanwhile, were eliminated in the repêchage. In the semi-finals it was France who eliminated the Australians with the fastest time in the round, nearly three seconds ahead of its closest competition, while Italy won the other heat. The race in the final was closer, but Italy, Norway, and France were all ahead of the pack and crossed the finish line in that order. Denmark, the reigning World Champions, came in fourth nearly five seconds later.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
 Italy (ITA)
Davide Tizzano
Agostino Abbagnale 		 Norway (NOR)
Kjetil Undset
Steffen Størseth 		 France (FRA)
Frédéric Kowal
Samuel Barathay

Heats[]

  • SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B.
  • R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kjetil Undset, Steffen Størseth  Norway 6:43.35 SA/B
2 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol  Poland 6:48.13 R
3 Peter Antonie, Jason Day  Australia 6:50.15 R
4 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška  Slovakia 6:55.87 R
5 Lee In-su, Lee Ho  South Korea 7:11.56 R

Heat 2[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen  Denmark 6:48.75 SA/B
2 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer  Germany 6:51.41 R
3 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx  Belgium 6:54.80 R
4 Erik Tul, Luka Špik  Slovenia 7:02.48 R
5 Melquiades Verduras, José Antonio Merín  Spain 7:13.99 R

Heat 3[]

James Cracknell was one of the nominated British scullers but he was suffering from tonsillitis; Guy Pooley as backup rower replaced him.[2][3]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Davide Tizzano, Agostino Abbagnale  Italy 6:48.22 SA/B
2 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds  Latvia 6:52.80 R
3 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo  Croatia 6:55.40 R
4 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst  Austria 6:56.55 R
5 Guy Pooley, Robert Thatcher  Great Britain 7:00.74 R

Heat 4[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Frédéric Kowal, Samuel Barathay  France 6:44.01 SA/B
2 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett  Canada 6:48.03 R
3 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho  Brazil 6:49.92 R
4 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring  Hungary 6:57.63 R

Repechage[]

  • SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B.
  • RR denotes qualification to Rerace

Repechage 1[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst  Austria 6:43.52 SA/B
2 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx  Belgium 6:48.45 SA/B
3 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol  Poland 6:53.21 RR

Repechage 2[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer  Germany 6:43.52 SA/B
2 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo  Croatia 6:48.02 SA/B
3 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring  Hungary 6:50.02 RR
4 Lee In-su, Lee Ho  South Korea 7:09.71 RR

Repechage 3[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds  Latvia 6:51.19 SA/B
2 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška  Slovakia 6:53.54 SA/B
3 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho  Brazil 6:56.93 RR
4 Melquiades Verduras, José Antonio Merín  Spain 6:59.57 RR

Repechage 4[]

The British replacement rower Pooley also replaced Cracknell in the repechage.[2][3]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett  Canada 6:51.93 SA/B
2 Peter Antonie, Jason Day  Australia 6:51.98 SA/B
3 Guy Pooley, Robert Thatcher  Great Britain 7:00.81 RR
4 Erik Tul, Luka Špik  Slovenia 7:06.06 RR

Rerace[]

  • FC denotes qualification to Final C
  • E denotes eliminated from competition

Rerace 1[]

The British rower Cracknell had by now recovered from his tonsillitis and took over from the replacement rower Pooley.[2][3]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring  Hungary 6:47.77 C
2 James Cracknell, Robert Thatcher  Great Britain 6:51.22 C
3 Melquiades Verduras, José Antonio Merín  Spain 6:55.00 E

Rerace 2[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol  Poland 6:48.53 C
2 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho  Brazil 6:52.73 C
3 Erik Tul, Luka Špik  Slovenia 6:56.43 C
4 Lee In-su, Lee Ho  South Korea 7:05.08 E

Semi-Finals[]

  • F/A denotes qualification to Final A.
  • F/B denotes qualification to Final B.

Semi-Final 1[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Davide Tizzano, Agostino Abbagnale  Italy 6:37.39 F/A
2 Kjetil Undset, Steffen Størseth  Norway 6:40.15 F/A
3 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer  Germany 6:42.57 F/A
4 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett  Canada 6:46.35 F/B
5 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx  Belgium 6:48.13 F/B
6 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška  Slovakia 6:55.73 F/B

Semi-Final 2[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Frédéric Kowal, Samuel Barathay  France 6:32.86 F/A
2 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst  Austria 6:35.76 F/A
3 Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen  Denmark 6:37.10 F/A
4 Peter Antonie, Jason Day  Australia 6:39.49 F/B
5 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds  Latvia 6:40.68 F/B
6 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo  Croatia 7:03.53 F/B

Finals[]

Final C[]

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Kajetan Broniewski, Adam Korol  Poland 6:40.62
2 Erik Tul, Luka Špik  Slovenia 6:43.55
3 Marcelus dos Santos, Dirceu Marinho  Brazil 6:47.12
4 Zsolt Dani, Gábor Mitring  Hungary 6:50.90
5 James Cracknell, Robert Thatcher  Great Britain 6:51.41

Final B[]

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Michael Forgeron, Todd Hallett  Canada 6:18.37
2 Peter Antonie, Jason Day  Australia 6:19.25
3 Uģis Lasmanis, Andris Reinholds  Latvia 6:20.82
4 Tom Symoens, Björn Hendrickx  Belgium 6:21.89
5 Ondrej Hambálek, Ján Žiška  Slovakia 6:26.51
6 Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo  Croatia 6:26.84

Final A[]

Rank Rowers Country Time
1 Davide Tizzano, Agostino Abbagnale  Italy 6:16.68
2 Kjetil Undset, Steffen Størseth  Norway 6:18.42
3 Frédéric Kowal, Samuel Barathay  France 6:19.85
4 Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen  Denmark 6:24.77
5 Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst  Austria 6:25.17
6 Sebastian Mayer, Roland Opfer  Germany 6:29.32

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Cracknell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guy Pooley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ *The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games Volume Three ˗ The Competition Results (PDF) (PDF). p. 322. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
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