The men's coxless pair competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Competition format This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. 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.
With 15 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. The remaining three boats are automatically eliminated from the competition.
Schedule All times are Australian Time (UTC+10) Date Time RoundSunday, 17 September 2000 10:10HeatsTuesday, 19 September 2000 10:10RepechagesThursday, 21 September 2000 09:10SemifinalsFriday, 22 September 2000 10:40Final BSaturday, 23 September 2000 09:30Final
Results
Heats The first three finishers of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland6:44.80Q2Luigi SorrentinoPasquale Panzarino6:48.26 Q3Oliver MartinovNinoslav Saraga6:52.57 Q4Damian Ordás Diego Aguirregomezcorta6:55.74R5Kasam Khan Inderpal Singh7:09.94R
Heat 2
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Đorđe Višacki Nikola Stojić6:42.62Q2Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech6:43.23Q3Ted Murphy Sebastian Bea6:44.86Q4Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff7:10.62R5Amir Temraz Alaa El-Din Ahmed7:15.63R
Heat 3
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Edward Coode Greg Searle6:42.45Q2Matthew Long James Tomkins6:46.99Q3Phil Graham Henry Hering6:48.42Q4Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek6:55.82R5Piotr BastaPiotr Bochenek6:58.47R
Repechage First three qualify for semifinals A/B, the rest are eliminated. RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff6:45.73Q2Piotr BastaPiotr Bochenek6:48.74 Q3Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek6:50.49 Q4Damian Ordás Diego Aguirregomezcorta6:52.385Amir Temraz Alaa El-Din Ahmed7:07.356Kasam Khan Inderpal Singh7:16.10
Semifinals First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland6:30.96A2Edward Coode Greg Searle6:31.08 A3Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech6:33.15 A4Phil Graham Henry Hering6:33.22B5Piotr BastaPiotr Bochenek6:43.38B6Oliver MartinovNinoslav Saraga6:46.00B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Matthew Long James Tomkins6:34.42A2Đorđe Višacki Nikola Stojić6:34.93A3Ted Murphy Sebastian Bea6:35.42A4Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff6:38.41B5Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek6:49.79B6Luigi SorrentinoPasquale Panzarino6:53.57B
Finals
Final B Held on 22 September 2000
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Phil Graham Henry Hering6:33.602Oliver MartinovNinoslav Saraga6:35.183Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff6:37.944Piotr BastaPiotr Bochenek6:39.445Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek6:40.236Luigi SorrentinoPasquale Panzarino6:40.35
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesMichel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland6:32.97Ted Murphy Sebastian Bea6:33.80Matthew Long James Tomkins6:34.264Edward Coode Greg Searle6:34.385Đorđe Višacki Nikola Stojić6:38.706Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech6:43.10
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results