The men's coxless pair competition at the 2026 World Rowing Championships took place at Bosbaan, in Amsterdam.
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Monday 24 August 2026 17:56 Heats Wednesday 26 August 2026 15:29 Final C 17:37 SemifinalsFriday, 28 August 2026 14:59 Final B 17:43 Final A All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Results Heats The two fastest boats in each heat and the four fastest times advanced to the semifinals. Other crews to Final C and remaining crew eliminated.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Ștefan BerariuFlorin Lehaci 7:03.09 SF 2Fergus WoolnoughMatt Aldridge 7:11.07 SF 3Antonios PapakonstantinouAndreas Bourkas 7:16.75 SF 4Samuel HalbertBlake Vogel 7:20.93 FC 5Isak ŽvegeljJakob Brglez 7:33.57 FC
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Oliver WelchBenjamin Taylor 7:05.37 SF 2Patrik LončarićAnton Lončarić 7:12.04 SF 3Jonah PlockPatrick Brunner 7:15.67 SF 4Jonas RichterErik Källström 7:25.52 FC 5Vipul Satish GhurdeSaurav Kumar 7:43.82
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Matteo LodoGiovanni Codato 7:03.56 SF 2Dovydas StankūnasDomantas Stankūnas 7:08.91 SF 3Jonathan Wang-NorderudSyvert Senumstad 7:11.72 SF 4Cao ChuangYang Mengshuai 7:20.16 FC 5Leonard BrahmsTobias Strangemann 7:22.38 FC Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Javier GarcíaJaime Canalejo 7:09.75 SF 2Angus DawsonAlex Hill 7:14.02 SF 3Oleg DudkoIvan KladovIndividual Neutral Athletes 7:19.47 SF 4Ross CorriganNathan Timoney 7:21.12 FC Semifinals The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B. Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Oliver WelchBenjamin Taylor 6:39.99 FA 2Angus DawsonAlex Hill 6:41.84 FA 3Ștefan BerariuFlorin Lehaci 6:43.11 FA 4Fergus WoolnoughMatt Aldridge 6:45.45 FB 5Antonios PapakonstantinouAndreas Bourkas 6:46.02 FB 6Jonah PlockPatrick Brunner 6:47.75 FB
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Matteo LodoGiovanni Codato 6:42.89 FA 2Javier GarcíaJaime Canalejo 6:45.73 FA 3Dovydas StankūnasDomantas Stankūnas 6:46.44 FA 4Jonathan Wang-NorderudSyvert Senumstad 6:48.00 FB 5Oleg DudkoIvan KladovIndividual Neutral Athletes 6:59.66 FB 6Patrik LončarićAnton Lončarić 7:09.06 FB
Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. Final C RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Samuel HalbertBlake Vogel 6:51.74 13 2Ross CorriganNathan Timoney 6:54.02 14 3Leonard BrahmsTobias Strangemann 6:54.48 15 4Isak ŽvegeljJakob Brglez 6:55.95 16 5Jonas RichterErik Källström 6:57.17 17 6Cao ChuangYang Mengshuai 7:08.83 18 Final B RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank 1Antonios PapakonstantinouAndreas Bourkas 6:21.15 7 2Fergus WoolnoughMatt Aldridge 6:23.19 8 3Jonathan Wang-NorderudSyvert Senumstad 6:26.54 9 4Oleg DudkoIvan KladovIndividual Neutral Athletes 6:29.11 10 5Jonah PlockPatrick Brunner 6:34.48 11 6Patrik LončarićAnton Lončarić 6:40.67 12
Final A RankRowerCountryTime Oliver WelchBenjamin Taylor 6:16.62 Angus DawsonAlex Hill 6:18.50 Matteo LodoGiovanni Codato 6:19.68 4Ștefan BerariuFlorin Lehaci 6:24.35 5Javier GarcíaJaime Canalejo 6:25.98 6Dovydas StankūnasDomantas Stankūnas 6:34.68
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