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

Rowing at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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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. The Rowing events were held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre.

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Medalists

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

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.

Heat 1
  1. France (Sébastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy) 6:45.76 SF
  2. Czech Republic (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondřej 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 (Michał Jeliński, 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

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.

  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 (Michał Jeliński, Adam Wojciechowski) 6:17.51
  5. Lithuania (Kestutis Keblys, Einaras Siaudvytis) 6:24.56

Semifinals

Twelve boats raced in two semifinals on August 18.

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. Czech Republic (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondřej 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

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., Ondřej 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

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