The men's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.
Competition format
The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 19 boats were divided into four heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (4 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 15 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured four heats, with 3 or 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (8 boats total) advanced to the main semifinals. The slowest boat overall in the repechage finished in 19th place. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 18th places.
The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 324–25.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:41.65 2 6:43.10 3 6:47.43 4 6:48.18 5 7:08.35
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:38.49 2 6:39.95 3 6:42.84 4 6:59.38 5 7:25.20
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:36.53 2 6:37.11 3 6:44.82 4 6:52.43 5 6:53.82
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:41.37 2 6:42.91 3 7:09.37 4 7:44.81
Repechage
Repechage 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:46.43 2 6:47.61 3 6:54.76 4 7:01.82
Repechage 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:46.71 2 6:47.46 3 6:48.67
Repechage 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:43.83 2 6:52.89 3 6:53.44 4 7:28.57
Repechage 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:42.97 2 6:45.31 3 6:51.57 4 7:26.14
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:31.13 2 6:33.72 3 6:34.48 4 6:38.28 5 6:45.42 6 6:47.03
Semifinal 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:33.88 2 6:34.72 3 6:35.99 4 6:37.29 5 6:39.85 6 6:47.87
Finals
Final C
Rank Rowers Nation Time 13 6:44.06 14 6:44.52 15 6:48.24 16 6:51.20 17 7:03.01 18 7:17.93
Final B
Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 6:36.16 8 6:37.22 9 6:37.32 10 6:37.57 11 6:39.64 12 6:46.68
Final A
Rank Rowers Nation Time 6:27.72 6:32.68 6:33.43 4 6:36.34 5 6:38.20 6 6:39.23
Final classification
The following rowers took part: RankRowersCountry Matthew PinsentSteve Redgrave Colin von EttingshausenPeter Hoeltzenbein Iztok ČopDenis Žvegelj Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland Jaak Van DriesscheLuc Goiris Peter SharisJohn Pescatore Snorre LorgenSverke Lorgen Sjors van IwaardenKai Compagner Henry HeringHarold Backer Zlatko BužinaMarko Perinović Christoph KüfferThomas Studhalter Karl Sinzinger Jr.Hermann Bauer Nick McDonald-CrowleyMatthew McArdle Vladimir BanjanacLazo Pivač Yury PimenovNikolay Pimenov Henrik SchneiderImre Magyar Ričardas BukysZigmas Gudauskas Mitsuru KimuraKazuaki Mimoto Vasile TomoiagăDragoş Neagu
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