The men's coxless pair competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.
The medals for the competition were presented by Barry Maister, New Zealand, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, France, President of the International Rowing Federation.
Results
Heats First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Spencer TurrinAlexander Lloyd6:40.79SF 2Lawrence BrittainShaun Keeling6:41.42SF3Jakub PodrazilLukáš Helešic6:42.710SF4Anders WeissNareg Guregian6:49.97R5Àlex SigurbjörnssonPau Vela6:54.26R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette6:42.00SF2Alan SinclairStewart Innes6:50.77SF3Cristi-Ilie PârghieGeorge Alexandru Pălămariu6:51.71SF4Roel BraasMitchel Steenman7:22.93R
Heat 3 Many of the competitors criticised that the regatta was not called off due to the challenging conditions. Miloš Vasić and Nenad Beđik capsized and did not get back into the boat, but the International Rowing Federation (FISA) ruled that despite their DNF they could compete in the repechage.
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Eric MurrayHamish Bond6:41.75SF2Giovanni AbagnaleMarco Di Costanzo6:46.04SF3Adrián JuhászBéla Simon6:59.28SF4Miloš VasićNenad BeđikDNF(capsized)R
Repechage First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Roel BraasMitchel Steenman6:34.16SF2Miloš VasićNenad Beđik6:34.52SF3Anders WeissNareg Guregian6:36.60SF4Àlex SigurbjörnssonPau Vela6:40.47
Semifinals First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Giovanni AbagnaleMarco Di Costanzo6:24.96FA2Spencer TurrinAlexander Lloyd6:25.25FA3Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette6:26.10FA4Roel BraasMitchel Steenman6:26.94FB5Anders WeissNareg Guregian6:33.95FB6Cristi-Ilie PârghieGeorge Alexandru Pălămariu6:48.17FB
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Eric MurrayHamish Bond6:23.36FA2Alan SinclairStewart Innes6:26.37FA3Lawrence BrittainShaun Keeling6:27.59FA4Adrián JuhászBéla Simon6:29.12FB5Miloš VasićNenad Beđik6:31.00FB6Jakub PodrazilLukáš Helešic6:32.85FB
Final
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Jakub PodrazilLukáš Helešic7:00.042Roel BraasMitchel Steenman7:01.883Adrián JuhászBéla Simon7:03.344Miloš VasićNenad Beđik7:04.715Anders WeissNareg Guregian7:10.606Cristi-Ilie PârghieGeorge Alexandru Pălămariu7:13.68
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesEric MurrayHamish Bond6:59.71Lawrence BrittainShaun Keeling7:02.51Giovanni AbagnaleMarco Di Costanzo7:04.524Alan SinclairStewart Innes7:07.995Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette7:09.916Spencer TurrinAlexander Lloyd7:11.60
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