The Men's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.
Competition format
The format of the competition was determined by how many boats are competing as at the entry deadline at the beginning of July.
With 13 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12. Format competition – Rowing
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundSaturday, 28 July 2012 12:00HeatsMonday, 30 July 2012 10:10RepechageWednesday, 1 August 2012 11:00SemifinalsFriday, 3 August 2012 10:20Final BFriday, 3 August 2012 11:50Final
Results
Heats First three of each heat qualify for the semifinals, remainder go to repeachge.
Heat 1
RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Eric MurrayHamish Bond6:08.50Q (, WB)2Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette6:17.22Q3Wojciech GutorskiJarosław Godek6:19.98Q4Nenad BeđikNikola Stojić6:23.87R5Domonkos SzéllBéla Simon6:46.18R
Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1David CalderScott Frandsen6:23.80Q2James MarburgBrodie Buckland6:24.83Q3Nanne SluisMeindert Klem6:25.59Q4Thomas PeszekSilas Stafford6:26.59R
Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1George NashWill Satch6:16.58Q2Niccolò MornatiLorenzo Carboncini6:18.33Q3Nikolaos GkountoulasApostolos Gkountoulas6:21.46Q4Anton BraunFelix Drahotta6:30.42R
Repechage First three qualify to the semifinals.
RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Anton BraunFelix Drahotta6:22.76Q2Nenad BeđikNikola Stojić6:26.61Q3Thomas PeszekSilas Stafford6:27.41Q4Domonkos SzéllBéla Simon6:27.88
Semifinals First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Eric MurrayHamish Bond6:48.11Q2Niccolò MornatiLorenzo Carboncini6:55.82Q3David CalderScott Frandsen6:56.47Q4Thomas PeszekSilas Stafford6:58.585Anton BraunFelix Drahotta7:02.166Nanne SluisMeindert Klem7:13.77
Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1George NashWill Satch6:56.46Q2Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette6:58.67Q3James MarburgBrodie Buckland7:02.12Q4Wojciech GutorskiJarosław Godek7:04.585Nikolaos GkountoulasApostolos Gkountoulas7:07.156Nenad BeđikNikola Stojić7:07.78
Finals
Final B RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Anton BraunFelix Drahotta6:49.932Thomas PeszekSilas Stafford6:53.303Nikolaos GkountoulasApostolos Gkountoulas6:53.694Wojciech GutorskiJarosław Godek6:56.005Nanne SluisMeindert Klem7:05.12–Nenad BeđikNikola StojićDNS
Final A
RankRowersCountryTimeNotesEric MurrayHamish Bond6:16.65Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette6:21.11George NashWill Satch6:21.774Niccolò MornatiLorenzo Carboncini6:26.175James MarburgBrodie Buckland6:29.286David CalderScott Frandsen6:30.49
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