The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.
Results
Heats Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1
RankRowerCountryTime1Erwin HaasLutz Ulbricht7:22.942Ilie OantăDumitru Grumezescu7:28.033Jeremiah McCarthyMatthew Cooper7:30.624László BaloghGyörgy Sarlós7:49.705José Luis RionMiguel Ruiz7:59.53
Heat 2
RankRowerCountryTime1Heinrich FischerAlfred Bachmann7:20.512Alfons ŚlusarskiJerzy Broniec7:24.163Roel LuynenburgRuud Stokvis7:26.804Larry HoughDick Lyon7:33.165Hans FortmüllerUlli Wolf7:38.53
Heat 3
RankRowerCountryTime1Vladimir PolyakovNikolai Vasilyev7:28.972Erik ErichsenÅke Fiskerstrand7:34.893Kim MackneyChris Stevens7:39.034Raúl BagattiniÉrico de Souza7:42.025Ri Jong-huiLi Jong-un8:04.91
Heat 4
RankRowerCountryTime1Siegfried BrietzkeWolfgang Mager7:20.352Lubomír ZapletalPetr Lakomý7:25.923Duško MrduljašNikola Mardešić7:40.474Andrew van RuyvenRichard Symsyk7:46.90
Repechage Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTime1Lubomír ZapletalPetr Lakomý7:34.162Larry HoughDick Lyon7:37.34 3Kim MackneyChris Stevens7:45.034José Luis RionMiguel Ruiz8:15.97
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTime1Roel LuynenburgRuud Stokvis7:38.512Erik ErichsenÅke Fiskerstrand7:50.213László BaloghGyörgy Sarlós7:59.40
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTime1Alfons ŚlusarskiJerzy Broniec7:34.772Jeremiah McCarthyMatthew Cooper7:40.783Andrew van RuyvenRichard Symsyk7:45.714Ri Jong-huiLi Jong-un7:56.42
Repechage 4 RankRowerCountryTime1Ilie OantăDumitru Grumezescu7:30.452Duško MrduljašNikola Mardešić7:40.843Raúl BagattiniÉrico de Souza7:42.634Hans FortmüllerUlli Wolf7:44.45
Semifinals
Semifinal A/B First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTime1Alfons ŚlusarskiJerzy Broniec7:42.412Heinrich FischerAlfred Bachmann7:44.913Ilie OantăDumitru Grumezescu7:47.774Larry HoughDick Lyon7:50.265Erik ErichsenÅke Fiskerstrand7:57.276Erwin HaasLutz Ulbricht8:06.06
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTime1Siegfried BrietzkeWolfgang Mager7:40.582Roel LuynenburgRuud Stokvis7:41.863Lubomír ZapletalPetr Lakomý7:45.114Vladimir PolyakovNikolai Vasilyev7:46.185Jeremiah McCarthyMatthew Cooper7:56.596Duško MrduljašNikola Mardešić8:01.58
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTime1Erwin HaasLutz Ulbricht7:31.022Vladimir PolyakovNikolai Vasilyev7:34.373Larry HoughDick Lyon7:38.644Erik ErichsenÅke Fiskerstrand7:40.555Duško MrduljašNikola Mardešić7:43.206Jeremiah McCarthyMatthew Cooper7:51.01
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeSiegfried BrietzkeWolfgang Mager6:53.16Heinrich FischerAlfred Bachmann6:57.06Roel LuynenburgRuud Stokvis6:58.704Lubomír ZapletalPetr Lakomý6:58.775Alfons ŚlusarskiJerzy Broniec7:02.246Ilie OantăDumitru Grumezescu7:42.90
References
External links Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics