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.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSunday, August 10, 2008 15:20-16:00 HeatsTuesday, August 12, 2008 16:20-16:40 RepechagesFriday, August 15, 2008 15:10-15:30 Semifinals C/DFriday, August 15, 2008 15:50-16:10 Semifinals A/BSaturday, August 16, 2008 14:00-14:10 Final DSaturday, August 16, 2008 14:20-14:30 Final CSaturday, August 16, 2008 14:40-14:50 Final BSunday, August 17, 2008 15:50-16:00 Final A
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->R
Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter6:13.69SA/B2Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros6:16.10SA/B3Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer6:21.99R4 Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda6:24.21R5Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud6:43.94R
Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Marcello Miani, Elia Luini6:16.16SA/B2Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie6:17.62SA/B3Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson6:19.15R4Eider Batista, Yunior Pérez6:19.36R5Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh6:37.13 R
Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen6:14.84SA/B2John Sasi, Cameron Sylvester6:17.58 SA/B3Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga6:19.60 R4Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García6:25.86R5Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida6:30.78R
Heat 4 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Storm Uru, Peter Taylor6:16.78 SA/B2Maxime Goisset, Frédéric Dufour6:20.17 SA/B3 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes6:24.35 R4So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing6:34.51 R5Jang Kang-eun, Kim Hong-kyun6:42.97R
Repechages Qualification Rules: 1-2->SA/B, 3..->SC/D
Repechage 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer6:41.48SA/B2Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson6:42.42SA/B3Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García6:46.98SC/D4Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida6:51.99SC/D5So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing6:58.71SC/D6Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud7:05.73SC/D
Repechage 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes6:39.07SA/B2Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez6:40.15SA/B3Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda6:43.03SC/D4Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga6:50.48SC/D5Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh7:02.06SC/D6Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun7:12.17SC/D
Semifinals C/D Qualification Rules: 1-3->FC, 4..->FD
Semifinal C/D 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga6:28.84 FC2Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García6:33.49 FC3So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing6:33.79 FC4Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun6:47.13 FD
Semifinal C/D 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda6:29.30 FC2Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida6:39.91 FC3Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh6:40.34 FC4Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud6:43.80 FD
Semifinals A/B Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB
Semifinal A/B 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter 6:29.56FA2Marcello Miani, Elia Luini6:31.16FA3Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez6:33.60 FA4Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer6:37.07FB5Maxime Goisset, Frédéric Dufour6:41.18 FB6Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester6:49.28 FB
Semifinal A/B 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros6:24.61 FA2Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen6:26.49 FA3Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie6:29.29 FA4Storm Uru, Peter Taylor6:30.53 FB5Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson6:32.32 FB6 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes6:39.23 FB
Finals
Final D RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Mohamed Ryad Garidi, Kamel Ait Daoud6:46.462Jang Kang-Eun, Kim Hong-Kyun6:47.44
Final C RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda6:23.02 2Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga6:25.113Rodolfo Collazo, Angel García6:30.614So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing6:34.48 5Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida6:36.24 6Devender Kumar Khandwal, Manjeet Singh6:44.48
Final B RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Storm Uru, Peter Taylor6:27.14 2 Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes6:28.47 3Jonathan Koch, Manuel Brehmer6:28.66 4Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson6:30.11 5Maxime Goisset, Frédéric Dufour6:32.656Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester6:40.80
Final A RankRowersCountryTimeNotesZac Purchase, Mark Hunter6:10.99Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros6:11.72Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen6:12.454Marcello Miani, Elia Luini6:16.155Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie6:16.696Eyder Batista, Yunior Perez6:19.96
References
External links NYT Olympic Report