Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair explained

Men's coxless pair competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.^[1]

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.

During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others were sent to the repechage. In the repechage, each boat had another chance to advance to the A/B semifinals, with the top three boats doing so. The remaining repechage finishers were sent to the C final.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A final.

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. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th. The C final determined the places lower than 12th.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, August 9, 2008	16:10-16:40	Heats
Monday, August 11, 2008	16:50-17:00	Repechage
Wednesday, August 13, 2008	16:10-16:30	Semifinals A/B
Wednesday, August 13, 2008	17:20-17:30	Final C
Friday, August 15, 2008	17:20-17:30	Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday, August 16, 2008	style=background:lemonchiffon	16:30-16:40	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot		6:46.57	SA/B
2	Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo		6:51.01	SA/B
3	Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen		6:54.88	SA/B
4			7:01.90	R
5	Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss		7:13.64	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Drew Ginn, Duncan Free		6:41.15	SA/B
2	Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente		6:45.26	SA/B
3	Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta		6:48.60	SA/B
4	Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury		6:59.48	R
5	Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen		7:17.43	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater		6:41.65	SA/B
2	Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić		6:46.71	SA/B
3	Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa		6:52.50	SA/B
4			7:16.35	R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss		6:36.87	SA/B
2			6:38.30	SA/B
3	Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen		6:38.33	SA/B
4	Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury		6:41.43	FC
5			6:44.19	FC

Semifinals A/B

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB

Semifinal A/B 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen		6:34.02	FA
2	Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater		6:36.05	FA
3	Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente		6:37.18	FA
4	Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa		6:37.88
5	Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot		6:44.29	FB
6			7:14.50	FB

Semifinal A/B 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Drew Ginn, Duncan Free		6:34.29	FA
2	Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss		6:36.65	FA
3	Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta		6:37.26	FA
4	Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić		6:38.96	FB
5	Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo		6:47.30
6	Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen		6:48.65	FB

Finals

Final C

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury		6:46.83
2			6:53.68

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić		6:49.12
2	Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa		6:52.57
3	Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot		6:54.40
4	Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen		6:55.37
5	Dario Dentale, Raffaello Leonardo		7:04.91
6			7:11.19

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Drew Ginn, Duncan Free		6:37.44
	Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen		6:39.55
	Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater		6:44.19
4	Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta		6:47.40
5	Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente		6:47.83
6	Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss		7:05.58

Notes and References

1. Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs . 27 September 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170612003122/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs.html . 12 June 2017.