The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the 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 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.
With 19 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 places 13–18. 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 RoundMonday, 18 September 2000 09:00HeatsWednesday, 20 September 2000 09:00RepechagesFriday, 22 September 2000 08:50SemifinalsSaturday, 23 September 2000 11:20Final BSaturday, 23 September 2000 12:20Final CSunday, 24 September 2000 08:50Final
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz6:34.28Q 2Markus GierMichael Gier6:37.88 R3Ulf LienhardSebastián Massa6:40.16 R4Steve Tucker Conal Groom6:42.08 R5Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr6:42.67R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick6:33.48Q2Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling6:40.53R3Raúl León Osmani Martín6:42.24R4Sergey Dmitryaychev Dmitry Ovechko6:46.34R5Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam7:13.62R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle6:32.73Q2Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez6:34.89R3Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn6:38.62R4Tom Kay Tom Middleton6:41.74R5Lo Sing YanLui Kam Chi7:09.75R
Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari6:24.73Q2Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda6:27.00R3Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis6:29.68R4Rómulo Bouzas Gerardo Gómez6:31.24R
Repechage First two qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda6:33.81A/B 2Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn6:36.99A/B3Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr6:38.77 C4Sergey Dmitryaychev Dmitri Ovetchko6:44.53 WD
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez6:39.20A/B2Steve Tucker Conal Groom6:39.72A/B3Raúl León Osmani Martin6:44.08WD
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling6:36.26A/B2Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan6:38.07A/B3Ulf LienhardSebastian Rodrigo Massa6:41.10C4Sing Yan LoKam Chi Lui7:05.05C
Repechage 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Markus GierMichael Gier6:35.39A/B2Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis6:38.78A/B3Tom Kay Tom Middleton6:43.25C4Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam7:13.98C
Semifinals First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz6:20.60A 2Markus GierMichael Gier6:23.08A3Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling6:24.55 A4Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick6:25.20B5Steve Tucker Conal Groom6:32.86B6Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn6:43.80B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle6:21.32A2 Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari6:21.59A3Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda6:23.37A4Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis6:25.38B5Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan6:33.62B6Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez6:39.49B
Finals
Final C RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Ulf LienhardSebastian Rodrigo Massa6:29.19 2Tom Kay Tom Middleton6:32.67 3Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr6:34.11 4Sing Yan LoKam Chi Lui6:49.195Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam6:52.12
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick6:26.212Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis6:27.793Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez6:31.494Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan6:31.705Steve Tucker Conal Groom6:32.416Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn6:43.80
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotes Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz6:21.75 Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari6:23.47 Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle6:24.85 4Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling6:26.545Markus GierMichael Gier6:28.526Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda6:29.74
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results