The men's coxless pair event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 28 July to 2 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.
Background
This was the 26th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1904 with the exception of 1912.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1976.
Competition format
This rowing event is a coxless pair event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "coxless" portion means that there is no coxswain. Each rower has one oar. 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 repechage.
The repechage 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 moved 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 competed for a medal. The remaining boats advanced to Final B.
The third and final round was the finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th, while the B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.
Schedule
The competition was held over eight days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session."Olympic Schedule – Rowing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round Sunday, 28 July 2024 10:30 Heats Monday, 29 July 2024 10:30 Repechage Wednesday, 31 July 2024 10:54 Semifinals Friday, 2 August 2024 10:54 Finals
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 Notes11 Jaime Canalejo PazosJavier García Ordóñez 6:32.28 25 Daniel WilliamsonPhillip Wilson 6:32.44 32 Ross CorriganNathan Timoney 6:32.69 43 Roman RöösliAndrin Gulich 6:32.71 54 Billy BenderOliver Bub 7:02.62
Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:35.28 22 Florin ArteniFlorin Lehaci 6:40.29 31 Dovydas StankūnasDomantas Stankūnas 6:44.59 43 Davide CominiGiovanni Codato 6:50.25
Heat 3 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes12 Oliver Wynne-GriffithThomas George 6:33.88 24 John SmithChristopher Baxter 6:36.71 33 Julius ChristSoenke Kruse 6:38.86 41 Patrick HoltSimon Keenan 6:49.79
Repechage The first three pairs in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth pair was eliminated.
Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Roman RöösliAndrin Gulich 6:47.38 24 Davide CominiGiovanni Codato 6:50.31 31 Billy BenderOliver Bub 6:51.32 42 Patrick HoltSimon Keenan 6:53.40
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 Notes1 3 Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:29.98 2 6 Roman RöösliAndrin Gulich 6:32.18 3 4 Jaime Canalejo PazosJavier García Ordóñez 6:36.30 4 5 John SmithChristopher Baxter 6:40.35 5 2 Dovydas StankūnasDomantas Stankūnas 6:43.60 6 1 Billy BenderOliver Bub 6:46.11
Semifinal A/B 2
Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes1 2 Florin ArteniFlorin Lehaci 6:29.86 2 3 Oliver Wynne-GriffithThomas George 6:31.56 3 5 Ross CorriganNathan Timoney 6:32.22 4 4 Dan WilliamsonPhillip Wilson 6:32.77 5 6 Davide CominiGiovanni Codato 6:45.86 6 1 Julius ChristSoenke Kruse 6:47.13
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes7 3 Dan WilliamsonPhillip Wilson 6:24.55 8 5 Dovydas StankūnasDomantas Stankūnas 6:25.94 9 4 John SmithChristopher Baxter 6:27.11 10 6 Billy BenderOliver Bub 6:28.57 11 1 Julius ChristSoenke Kruse 6:28.61 12 2 Davide CominiGiovanni Codato 6:28.62
Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes 3 Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:23.66 5 Oliver Wynne-GriffithThomas George 6:24.11 2 Roman RöösliAndrin Gulich 6:24.76 4 1 Florin ArteniFlorin Lehaci 6:25.61 5 4 Jaime Canalejo PazosJavier García Ordóñez 6:29.60 6 6 Ross CorriganNathan Timoney 6:30.49
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