Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
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Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Crawshay &
Scott Brennan		  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tõnu Endrekson & Jüri Jaanson  Estonia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Wells & Stephen Rowbotham  Great Britain
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The men's double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[1]

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that each 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. 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.

During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others went to the repechage. The repechage gave rowers a second chance to reach the top semifinals, with the top three boats in the repechage also advancing to the A/B semifinal. The remaining boats from the repechage went to the C final.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).

The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th. The C final determined the rest of the rankings, through 14th.

Schedule[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Saturday, August 9, 2008 17:00-17:30 Heats
Monday, August 11, 2008 17:20-17:30 Repechage
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 16:30-16:50 Semifinals A/B
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 17:30-17:40 Final C
Friday, August 15, 2008 17:40-17:50 Final B
Saturday, August 16, 2008 17:10-17:20 Final A

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

Heat 1[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen  New Zealand 6:24.32 SA/B
2 Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia  Belarus 6:27.18 SA/B
3 Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski  Germany 6:29.60 SA/B
4 Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes  Belgium 6:31.84 R
5 Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey  United States 6:39.37 R

Heat 2[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham  Great Britain 6:26.33 SA/B
2 Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić  Croatia 6:27.38 SA/B
3 Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson  Estonia 6:27.95 SA/B
4 Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin  Russia 6:44.46 R
5 Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur  Iraq 7:00:46 R

Heat 3[]

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 David Crawshay, Scott Brennan  Australia 6:21.39 SA/B
2 Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy  France 6:21.92 SA/B
3 Luka Špik, Iztok Čop  Slovenia 6:39.49 SA/B
4 Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev  Bulgaria 6:45.03 R
5 Su Hui, Zhang Liang  China excluded

Repechage[]

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin  Russia 6:23.52 SA/B
2 Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes  Belgium 6:24.01 SA/B
3 Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev  Bulgaria 6:24.70 SA/B
4 Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey  United States 6:26.05 FC
5 Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur  Iraq 6:52.71 FC

Semifinals A/B[]

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB

Semifinal A/B 1[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Crawshay, Scott Brennan  Australia 6:21.50 FA
2 Luka Špik, Iztok Čop  Slovenia 6:23.81 FA
3 Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen  New Zealand 6:24.16 FA
4 Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić  Croatia 6:24.89 FB
5 Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes  Belgium 6:26.91 FB
6 Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski  Germany 6:28.46 FB

Semifinal A/B 2[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy  France 6:18.86 FA
2 Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson  Estonia 6:21.11 FA
3 Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham  Great Britain 6:21.15 FA
4 Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev  Bulgaria 6:26.62 FB
5 Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin  Russia 6:27.75 FB
6 Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia  Belarus 6:32.76 FB

Finals[]

Final C[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey  United States 6:33.15
2 Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur  Iraq 6:52.02

Final B[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia  Belarus 6:34.39
2 Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes  Belgium 6:35.55
3 Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski  Germany 6:37.97
4 Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev  Bulgaria 6:45.91
5 Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin  Russia 6:49.84
Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić  Croatia DNS

Final A[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
Gold medal icon.svg David Crawshay, Scott Brennan  Australia 6:27.77
Silver medal icon.svg Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson  Estonia 6:29.05
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham  Great Britain 6:29.10
4 Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen  New Zealand 6:30.79
5 Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy  France 6:33.36
6 Luka Špik, Iztok Čop  Slovenia 6:33.96

References[]

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

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