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

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Men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 10 and 17 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the 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. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted 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 four heats were held. The top two boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others were relegated to the repechage. In the repechage, two more heats were held. The top two boats in each of those heats also advanced to the A/B semifinals, while the remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

Four semifinals were held, two each of A/B semifinals and the C/D semifinals. For each semifinal race, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals possible. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A 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 from 13th to 18th, and so on.

Contents

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Sunday, August 10, 2008 15:20-16:00 Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 16:20-16:40 Repechages
Friday, August 15, 2008 15:10-15:30 Semifinals C/D
Friday, August 15, 2008 15:50-16:10 Semifinals A/B
Saturday, August 16, 2008 14:00-14:10 Final D
Saturday, August 16, 2008 14:20-14:30 Final C
Saturday, August 16, 2008 14:40-14:50 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 2008 15:50-16:00 Final A

Medalists

Gold  Zac Purchase & Mark Hunter
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver  Dimitrios Mougios & Vasileios Polymeros
Greece (GRE)
Bronze  Mads Rasmussen & Rasmus Quist
Denmark (DEN)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->R

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter Great Britain 6:13.69 SA/B
2 Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros Greece 6:16.10 SA/B
3 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Germany 6:21.99 R
4 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Japan 6:24.21 R
5 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Algeria 6:43.94 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Marcello Miani, Elia Luini Italy 6:16.16 SA/B
2 Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie China 6:17.62 SA/B
3 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Australia 6:19.15 R
4 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Cuba 6:19.36 R
5 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh India 6:37.13 R

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Denmark 6:14.84 SA/B
2 Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester Canada 6:17.58 SA/B
3 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Hungary 6:19.60 R
4 Rodolfo Collazo Tourn, Angel Javier Garcia Uruguay 6:25.86 R
5 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Brazil 6:30.78 R

Heat 4

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Storm Uru, Peter Taylor New Zealand 6:16.78 SA/B
2 Maxime Goisset, Frederic Dufour France 6:20.17 SA/B
3 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Portugal 6:24.35 R
4 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Hong Kong 6:34.51 R
5 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun South Korea 6:42.97 R

Repechages

Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->SC/D

Repechage 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Germany 6:41.48 SA/B
2 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Australia 6:42.42 SA/B
3 Rodolfo Collazo Tourn, Angel Javier Garcia Uruguay 6:46.98 SC/D
4 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Brazil 6:51.99 SC/D
5 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Hong Kong 6:58.71 SC/D
6 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Algeria 7:05.73 SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Portugal 6:39.07 SA/B
2 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Cuba 6:40.15 SA/B
3 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Japan 6:43.03 SC/D
4 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Hungary 6:50.48 SC/D
5 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh India 7:02.06 SC/D
6 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun South Korea 7:12.17 SC/D

Semifinals C/D

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FC, 4..->FD

Semifinal C/D 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Hungary 6:28.84 FC
2 Rodolfo Collazo Tourn, Angel Javier Garcia Uruguay 6:33.49 FC
3 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Hong Kong 6:33.79 FC
4 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun South Korea 6:47.13 FD

Semifinal C/D 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Japan 6:29.30 FC
2 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Brazil 6:39.91 FC
3 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh India 6:40.34 FC
4 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Algeria 6:43.80 FD

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter Great Britain 6:29.56 FA
2 Marcello Miani, Elia Luini Italy 6:31.16 FA
3 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Cuba 6:33.60 FA
4 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Germany 6:37.07 FB
5 Maxime Goisset, Frederic Dufour France 6:41.18 FB
6 Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester Canada 6:49.28 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros Greece 6:24.61 FA
2 Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Denmark 6:26.49 FA
3 Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie China 6:29.29 FA
4 Storm Uru, Peter Taylor New Zealand 6:30.53 FB
5 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Australia 6:32.32 FB
6 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Portugal 6:39.23 FB

Finals

Final D

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud Algeria 6:46.46
2 Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun South Korea 6:47.44

Final C

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda Japan 6:23.02
2 Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga Hungary 6:25.11
3 Rodolfo Collazo Tourn, Angel Javier Garcia Uruguay 6:30.61
4 So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing Hong Kong 6:34.48
5 Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida Brazil 6:36.24
6 Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh India 6:44.48

Final B

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Storm Uru, Peter Taylor New Zealand 6:27.14
2 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes Portugal 6:28.47
3 Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer Germany 6:28.66
4 Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson Australia 6:30.11
5 Maxime Goisset, Frederic Dufour France 6:32.65
6 Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester Canada 6:40.80

Final A

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter Great Britain 6:10.99
Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros Greece 6:11.72
Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Denmark 6:12.45
4 Marcello Miani, Elia Luini Italy 6:16.15
5 Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie China 6:16.69
6 Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez Cuba 6:19.96

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