The men's double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place are at Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Competition format 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.
With 16 boats in 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. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines the last four places, from 13–16. 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.
Schedule All times are Australian Time (UTC+10) Date Time RoundSunday, 17 September 2000 11:00HeatsTuesday, 19 September 2000 10:40RepechagesThursday, 21 September 2000 09:30SemifinalsFriday, 22 September 2000 11:00Final BFriday, 22 September 2000 11:40Final CSaturday, 23 September 2000 10:10Final
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Tibor PetőÁkos Haller6:28.33Q 2Adam KorolMarek Kolbowicz6:31.91 R3Frédéric KowalAdrien Hardy6:32.69 R4Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle6:35.41R5Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević6:39.69R6Mauricio Monteserín Jaime Ríos6:42.69R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Luka Špik Iztok Čop6:24.92Q2Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori6:33.11R3Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry6:37.81R4Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin6:41.74R5Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan6:58.88R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken6:25.63Q2Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert6:34.66R3Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko6:38.06R4Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez6:40.27R5Hua LingjunLiang Hongming6:50.94R
Repechage First three qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Adam KorolMarek Kolbowicz6:32.30A/B 2Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry6:34.56A/B3Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez6:35.76 A/B4Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević6:43.60C
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori6:25.98A/B2Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan6:30.87A/B3Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko6:33.23A/B4Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle6:35.04C
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert6:27.58A/B2Frédéric KowalAdrien Hardy6:31.28A/B3Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin6:35.09A/B4Hua LingjunLiang Hongming6:43.64C5Mauricio Monteserín Jaime Ríos6:46.50C
Semifinals First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Luka Špik Iztok Čop6:16.41A 2Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert6:20.40A3Tibor PetőÁkos Haller6:23.81 A4Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry6:28.49B5Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin6:38.75B6Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan6:40.11B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken6:23.50A2Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori6:24.99A3Adam KorolMarek Kolbowicz6:31.26A4Frédéric KowalAdrien Hardy6:32.09B5Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko6:36.92B6Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez6:40.71B
Finals
Final C RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle6:28.61 2Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević6:31.78 3Hua LingjunLiang Hongming6:36.97 4Mauricio Monteserín Jaime Ríos6:40.17
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Frédéric KowalAdrien Hardy6:20.722Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry6:21.713Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin6:22.784Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan6:23.205Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko6:36.926Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez6:40.71
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesLuka Špik Iztok Čop6:16.63Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken6:17.98Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori6:20.494Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert6:23.585Tibor PetőÁkos Haller6:27.046Adam KorolMarek Kolbowicz6:32.11
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results