Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Rowing at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
Double sculls men
Coxless pairs men
Coxed pairs men
Coxless fours men
Coxed fours men
Eights men

The double sculls event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Oleg Tyurin and Boris Dubrovsky
Soviet Union (URS)
 Seymour Cromwell and James Storm
United States (USA)
 Vladimir Andrs and Pavel Hofmann
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.  Seymour Cromwell and James Storm (USA) 6:31.63 QF
2.  Helmut Lebert and Josef Steffes-Mies (EUA) 6:41.24 QR
3.  Melchir Burgin and Martin Studach (SUI) 6:45.58 QR
4.  Arnold Cooke and Peter Webb (GBR) 6:49.83 QR
5.  Barclay Wade and Gary Pearce (AUS) 7:01.21 QR
Heat 2
1.  Oleg Tyurin and Boris Dubrovsky (URS) 6:51.03 QF
2.  Max Alwin and Peter Bots (NED) 7:07.52 QR
3.  Hosoya Susumu and Murase Yasushi (JPN) 7:25.64 QR
4.  Roberto Friedrich and Fernando Scheffler (MEX) 7:34.34 QR
Heat 3
1.  Vladimir Andrs and Pavel Hofmann (TCH) 6:39.67 QF
2.  M. de Meulemeester and Gerard Higny (BEL) 6:45.69 QR
3.  Rene Duhamel and Bernard Monnereaw (FRA) 6:48.70 QR
4.  Juan Gomez and Jose Robledo (ARG) 6:58.08 QR

Repechages

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. The fourth place finisher, in the only repechage with that many competitors, was eliminated.

Repechage 1
1.  Melchir Burgin and Martin Studach (SUI) 6:47.18 QF
2.  M. de Meulemeester and Gerard Higny (BEL) 6:49.28 QC
3.  Roberto Friedrich and Fernando Scheffler (MEX) 7:35.14 QC
Repechage 2
1.  Helmut Lebert and Josef Steffes-Mies (EUA) 6:39.92 QF
2.  Juan Gomez and Jose Robledo (ARG) 7:05.02 QC
3.  Hosoya Susumu and Murase Yasushi (JPN) 7:18.98 QC
Repechage 3
1.  Rene Duhamel and Bernard Monnereaw (FRA) 6:49.38 QF
2.  Arnold Cooke and Peter Webb (GBR) 6:50.48 QC
3.  Max Alwin and Peter Bots (NED) 6:56.59 QC
4.  Barclay Wade and Gary Pearce (AUS) 7:07.12 13th

Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7.  Arnold Cooke and Peter Webb (GBR) 6:44.39
8.  Max Alwin and Peter Bots (NED) 6:47.07
9.  M. de Meulemeester and Gerard Higny (BEL) 6:49.70
10.  Hosoya Susumu and Murase Yasushi (JPN) 7:15.22
11.  Roberto Friedrich and Fernando Scheffler (MEX) 7:27.47
12.  Juan Gomez and Jose Robledo (ARG) Did not start

Final

 Oleg Tyurin and Boris Dubrovsky (URS) 7:10.66
 Seymour Cromwell and James Storm (USA) 7:13.16
 Vladimir Andrs and Pavel Hofmann (TCH) 7:14.23
4.  Melchir Burgin and Martin Studach (SUI) 7:24.97
5.  Helmut Lebert and Josef Steffes-Mies (EUA) 7:30.03
6.  Rene Duhamel and Bernard Monnereaw (FRA) 7:41.80

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