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

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
  David Crawshay &
Scott Brennan		   Australia
  Tõnu Endrekson & Jüri Jaanson   Estonia
  Matthew Wells & Stephen Rowbotham   Great Britain
«2004 2012»
Rowing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men   women
Coxless pair men women
Double sculls men women
Lwt double sculls men women
Coxless four men
Quadruple sculls men women
Eight men women
Lwt coxless four men

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.

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.

Contents

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 Alexander Kornilov, Alexey 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 Alexander Kornilov, Alexey 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 Alexander Kornilov, Alexey 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 Alexander Kornilov, Alexey Svirin Russia 6:49.84
Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić Croatia DNS

Final A

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
David Crawshay, Scott Brennan Australia 6:27.77
Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson Estonia 6:29.05
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

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