The men's double sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 1 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne.
Background
This is the 26th 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.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was limited to a single boat (one rower) in the event since 1912.
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 is being held over six days."Olympic Schedule - Rowing", Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round Saturday, 27 July 2024 11:30 Heats Sunday, 28 July 2024 10:20 Repechage Tuesday, 30 July 2024 11:10 Semifinals A/BThursday, 1 August 10:42 Final B 11:30 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 Notes11 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 6:14.13 23 Robbie MansonJordan Parry 6:16.41 32 Sorin KoszykBen Davison 6:16.48 45 Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:17.36 54 Liu ZhiyuAdilijiang Sulitan 6:29.70
Heat 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Andrei-Sebastian CorneaMarian Enache 6:16.47 22 Martin HelsethKjetil Borch 6:22.36 31 Patrik LončarićAnton Lončarić 6:24.62 43 Nicolò CarucciMatteo Sartori 6:48.77
Heat 3 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Daire LynchPhilip Doyle 6:13.24 21 Aleix GarcíaRodrigo Conde 6:16.17 32 Hugo BoucheronMatthieu Androdias 6:18.69 44 Jonas GelsenMarc Weber 6:25.15
Repechage The first three doubles in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while the fourth was eliminated.
Repechage heat 1 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes13 Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:31.54 24 Jonas GelsenMarc Weber 6:34.59 31 Liu ZhiyuAdilijiang Sulitan 6:39.06 42 Nicolò CarucciMatteo Sartori 6:43.83
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 Notes14 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 6:13.6025 Aleix GarcíaRodrigo Conde 6:14.9133 Andrei-Sebastian CorneaMarian Enache 6:15.7346 Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:17.35 51 Liu ZhiyuAdilijiang Sulitan 6:38.8262 Patrik LončarićAnton Lončarić 6:49.51
Semifinal A/B 2 Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes14 Daire LynchPhilip Doyle 6:13.1422 Sorin KoszykBen Davison 6:14.19 33 Robbie MansonJordan Parry 6:14.3041 Jonas GelsenMarc Weber 6:17.6956 Hugo BoucheronMatthieu Androdias 6:19.3565 Martin HelsethKjetil Borch 6:20.27
Finals Final B Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes74 Martin MačkovićNikolaj Pimenov 6:13.85 85 Hugo BoucheronMatthieu Androdias 6:15.28 93 Jonas GelsenMarc Weber 6:17.07 106 Martin HelsethKjetil Borch 6:17.51 112 Liu ZhiyuAdilijiang Sulitan 6:21.98 121 Patrik LončarićAnton Lončarić 6:26.04
Final A Rank Lane Rower Nation Time Notes1 Andrei CorneaMarian Enache 6:12.58 4 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 6:13.92 3 Daire LynchPhilip Doyle 6:15.17 45 Sorin KoszykBen Davison 6:17.02 52 Aleix GarcíaRodrigo Conde 6:20.59 66 Robbie MansonJordan Parry 6:21.44
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