The men's coxless pair competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier, Georgia.
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 18 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 repechage qualify for the semi-finals. The final 2 boats from each repechage go forward 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.
Results
Heats The first finisher of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland6:35.75Q2Marco PennaWalter Bottega6:39.34 R3David SchaperToni Dunlop6:42.15 R4Luc Goiris Jaak vanDriessche6:43.83R5Juozas Bagdonas Einius Petkus6:45.92R6Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer6:46.18R
Heat 2
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent6:50.04Q2Marko Banovic Ninoslav Saraga6:54.05R3Carlos Palavecino Walter Balunek6:56.03R4Matthias Ungemach Colin von Ettingshausen6:57.78R5George van Iwaarden Kai Compagner 7:00.45R6Gregory Bayne John Callie7:01.05R
Heat 3
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1David Weightman Rob Scott6:46.12Q2Michael Peterson Adam Holland6:53.95R3Orlin Ninov Nikolay Kolev6:56.09R4Dmitriy Plechistik Dmitriy Mironchik6:57.57R5Atilla RaczNicolae Spircu6:57.77R6Takeshi KodamaKazuhiko Kurata7:06.56R
Repechages First three qualify for semifinals A/B, the rest to Final C.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marco PennaWalter Bottega7:10.25 A/B 2Juozas Bagdonas Einius Petkus7:10.47 A/B 3Carlos Palavecino Walter Balunek7:10.57 A/B 4Gregory Bayne John Callie7:11.14 C 5Dmitriy Plechistik Dmitriy Mironchik7:12.14 C
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marko Banovic Ninoslav Saraga7:05.81 A/B 2Luc Goiris Jaak vanDriessche7:06.76 A/B 3Orlin Ninov Nikolay Kolev7:13.48 A/B 4George van Iwaarden Kai Compagner 7:24.17 C 5Takeshi KodamaKazuhiko Kurata7:36.68 C
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Michael Peterson Jonathan Holland7:02.13 A/B 2Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer7:03.86 A/B 3David SchaperToni Dunlop7:04.40 A/B 4Atilla RaczNicolae Spircu7:07.96 C5Matthias Ungemach Colin von Ettingshausen7:11.67 C
Semifinals First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1David Weightman Rob Scott6:46.43A2Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland6:49.15 A3Marko Banovic Ninoslav Saraga6:55.89 A4Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer6:57.44B5Juozas Bagdonas Einius Petkus6:57.75B6Orlin Ninov Nikolay Kolev7:00.12B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent6:50.30A2David SchaperToni Dunlop6:51.64A3Marco PennaWalter Bottega6:52.32A4Michael Peterson Jonathan Holland6:52.92B5Luc Goiris Jaak vanDriessche6:55.84B6Carlos Palavecino Walter Balunek7:15.59B
Finals
Final C
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes13Atilla RaczNicolae Spircu7:01.9414Dmitriy Plechistik Dmitriy Mironchik7:03.3115Matthias Ungemach Colin von Ettingshausen7:06.8816Gregory Bayne John Callie7:09.9117George van Iwaarden Kai Compagner 7:10.4318Takeshi KodamaKazuhiko Kurata7:21.31
Final B
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes7Michael Peterson Jonathan Holland6:33.818Luc Goiris Jaak vanDriessche6:34.469Orlin Ninov Nikolay Kolev6:35.7110Juozas Bagdonas Einius Petkus6:38.1211Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer6:38.6012Carlos Palavecino Walter Balunek6:49.34
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesSteve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent6:20.09David Weightman Rob Scott6:21.02Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland6:22.154Marco PennaWalter Bottega6:28.615David SchaperToni Dunlop6:29.246Marko Banovic Ninoslav Saraga6:30.48
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