The men's double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 26 rowers from 13 nations competed.
Background
This was the 25th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events), at the 1908 games, and at the 1912 games.
The defending medalists in the event were Croatia, Lithuania, and Norway. Lithuania is the only 2016 medalist in the competition.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1912. There were 13 qualifying places in the men's double sculls:
11 from the 2019 World Championship 2 from the final qualification regatta
Competition format
This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two 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. The competition consists of multiple rounds. The competition continues to use the three-round format. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.
During the first round three heats were held. The first three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, with the others relegated to the repechages.
The repechage is a round which offered rowers a second chance to qualify for the semifinals. Placing in the repechage determined which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in the repechage move on to the semifinals, with the remaining boats being eliminated.
Two semifinals were held, each with 6 boats. The top three boats from each heat advanced to Final A and compete for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.
The third and final round was the finals. Each final determines a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th, while the B final gives rankings from 7th to 12th.
Schedule
The competition was held over six days.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Date Time Round Friday, 23 July 2021 10:30 Heats Saturday, 24 July 2021 9:10 Repechage Sunday, 25 July 2021 12:40 Semifinals A/B Wednesday, 28 July 2021 8:20 Final B Wednesday, 28 July 2021 9:30 Final A
Results Heats The first three of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Hugo BoucheronMatthieu Androdias 6:10.45 21 Zhiyu LiuLiang Zhang 6:11.55 33 Ilya KondratyevAndrey Potapkin 6:16.09 45 Stephan KruegerMarc Weber 6:35.11 52 Jakub PodrazilJan Cincibuch 6:41.75
Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes 14 Miroslaw ZietarskiMateusz Biskup 6:11.22 21 Barnabe DelarzeRoman Roeoesli 6:11.24 33 Jack LopasChristopher Harris 6:12.05 42 Ronan ByrnePhilip Doyle 6:14.40
Heat 3 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 6:08.38 ()22 Graeme ThomasJohn Collins 6:12.8033 Ioan PrundeanuMarian Enache 6:13.6241 Saulius RitterAurimas Adomavicius 6:23.08
Repechage The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.
Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Stephan KruegerMarc Weber 6:26.64 22 Saulius RitterAurimas Adomavicius 6:27.36 33 Ronan ByrnePhilip Doyle 6:29.90 41 Jakub PodrazilJan Cincibuch 6:32.86 Semifinals
The first three of each heat qualify to the Final A, other to Final B
Semifinal A/B 1
Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Hugo BoucheronMatthieu Androdias 6:20.4522 Graeme ThomasJohn Collins 6:22.95 34 Miroslaw ZietarskiMateusz Biskup 6:24.5045 Jack LopasChristopher Harris 6:26.0851 Stephan KruegerMarc Weber 6:38.4166 Ronan ByrnePhilip Doyle 6:49.06
Semifinal A/B 2
Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 6:20.1725 Zhiyu LiuLiang Zhang 6:23.1133 Barnabe DelarzeRoman Roeoesli 6:25.89 46 Ilya KondratyevAndrey Potapkin 6:26.5852 Ioan PrundeanuMarian Enache 6:29.5561 Saulius RitterAurimas Adomavicius 6:34.04 Finals Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Ilya KondratyevAndrey Potapkin 6:13.7324 Jack LopasChristopher Harris 6:15.5132 Ioan PrundeanuMarian Enache 6:16.8646 Ronan ByrnePhilip Doyle 6:16.8955 Stephan KruegerMarc Weber 6:18.1361 Saulius RitterAurimas Adomavicius 6.20.87
Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes3 Hugo BoucheronMatthieu Androdias 6:00.334 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 6:00.532 Liu ZhiyuZhang Liang 6:03.6345 Graeme ThomasJohn Collins 6:06.4851 Barnabe DelarzeRoman Roeoesli 6:09.0566 Miroslaw ZietarskiMateusz Biskup 6:09.17
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