Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's double sculls

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Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Eight		men		women
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These are the results of the men's double sculls competition in rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In a sculling boat, each rower has two oars, one on each side of the boat.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Heats 3 Repechage 4 Semifinals 5 Finals

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Sebastien Vieilledent and Adrien Hardy France (FRA)
Silver	Luka Špik and Iztok Čop Slovenia (SLO)
Bronze	Rossano Galtarossa and Alessio Sartori Italy (ITA)

[edit] Heats

Fourteen boats raced in three heats on August 14. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, and the remaining boats moved to the repechage.

• SF denotes qualification to semifinal
• R denotes qualification to repechage

Heat 1

1. France (Sebastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy) 6:45.76 SF
2. Czech Republic (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondrej Synek) 6:50.67 SF
3. Australia (Brendan Long, Peter Hardcastle) 6:52.34 SF
4. Germany (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:58.22 R
5. Cuba (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 7:02.95 R

Heat 2

1. Italy (Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori) 6:40.82 SF
2. Great Britain (Matthew Wells, Matthew Langridge) 6:48.13 SF
3. United States (Aquil Abdullah, Henry Nuzum) 6:52.34 SF
4. Poland (Michal Jelinski, Adam Wojciechowski) 7:00.38 R
5. Hungary (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 7:05.20 R

Heat 3

1. Slovenia (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop) 6:45.26 SF
2. Norway (Nils-Torolv Simonsen, Morten Adamsen) 6:49.90 SF
3. Estonia (Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson) 6:58.80 SF
4. Lithuania (Kestutis Keblys, Einaras Siaudvytis) 7:07.13 R

[edit] Repechage

The five boats that did not qualify for the semifinals directly from the heats raced in a single repechage race on August 17. The top three boats qualified for the semifinals.

• SF denotes qualification to semifinal

1. Hungary (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 6:15.60 SF
2. Cuba (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 6:16.38 SF
3. Germany (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:16.94 SF
4. Poland (Michal Jelinski, Adam Wojciechowski) 6:17.51
5. Lithuania (Kestutis Keblys, Einaras Siaudvytis) 6:24.56

[edit] Semifinals

Twelve boats raced in two semifinals on August 18.

• FA denotes qualification to final A
• FB denotes qualification to final B

Semifinal A

1. Italy (Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori) 6:11.49 FA
2. France (Sebastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy) 6:12.40 FA
3. United States (Aquil Abdullah, Henry Nuzum) 6:14.69 FA
4. Norway (Nils-Torolv Simonsen, Morten Adamsen) 6:14.69 FA
5. Germany (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:20.70 FB
6. Australia (Brendan Long, Peter Hardcastle) 6:22.69 FB

Semifinal B

1. Slovenia (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop) 6:11.96 FA
2. Estonia (Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson) 6:12.80 FA
3. Estonia (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondrej Synek) 6:13.65 FA
4. Great Britain (Matthew Wells, Matthew Langridge) 6:13.71 FB
5. Hungary (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 6:23.81 FB
6. Cuba (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 6:24.54 FB

[edit] Finals

Final B was raced on August 19 and determined placings 8-12 in the event. Final A was raced on August 21 and determined the medal winners.

Final A

1. France (Sebastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy) 6:29.00
2. Slovenia (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop) 6:31.72
3. Italy (Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori) 6:32.93
4. Estonia (Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson) 6:35.30
5. Czech Republic (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondrej Synek) 6:35.81
6. United States (Aquil Abdullah, Henry Nuzum) 6:36.86
7. Norway (Nils-Torolv Simonsen, Morten Adamsen) 6:37.25

Final B

1. Great Britain (Matthew Wells, Matthew Langridge) 6:14.40
2. Germany (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:14.97
3. Cuba (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 6:15.37
4. Hungary (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 6:15.39
5. Australia (Brendan Long, Peter Hardcastle) 6:22.57