Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date27 July – 1 August
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
 Slovenia
← 1988
1996 →

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

Competition format[edit]

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 19 boats were divided into four heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (4 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 15 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured four heats, with 3 or 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (8 boats total) advanced to the main semifinals. The slowest boat overall in the repechage finished in 19th place. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 18th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Germany 6:41.65 Q
2  Norway 6:43.10 R
3  Romania 6:47.43 R
4  Australia 6:48.18 R
5  Independent Olympic Athletes 7:08.35 R

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Belgium 6:38.49 Q
2  France 6:39.95 R
3  Canada 6:42.84 R
4  Lithuania 6:59.38 R
5  Japan 7:25.20 R

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Great Britain 6:36.53 Q
2  Slovenia 6:37.11 R
3  Switzerland 6:44.82 R
4  United States 6:52.43 R
5  Hungary 6:53.82 R

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Croatia 6:41.37 Q
2  Netherlands 6:42.91 R
3  Unified Team 7:09.37 R
4
 Austria 7:44.81 R

Repechage[edit]

Repechage 1[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Netherlands 6:46.43 Q
2  Switzerland 6:47.61 Q
3  Independent Olympic Athletes 6:54.76 QC
4  Lithuania 7:01.82 QC

Repechage 2[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Slovenia 6:46.71 Q
2  Canada 6:47.46 Q
3  Australia 6:48.67 QC

Repechage 3[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  France 6:43.83 Q
2
 Austria 6:52.89 Q
3  Hungary 6:53.44 QC
4  Romania 7:28.57

Repechage 4[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Norway 6:42.97 Q
2  United States 6:45.31 Q
3  Unified Team 6:51.57 QC
4  Japan 7:26.14 QC

Semifinals[edit]

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Great Britain 6:31.13 QA
2  Germany 6:33.72 QA
3  Slovenia 6:34.48 QA
4  Norway 6:38.28 QB
5
 Austria 6:45.42 QB
6  Switzerland 6:47.03 QB

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  France 6:33.88 QA
2  Belgium 6:34.72 QA
3  United States 6:35.99 QA
4  Canada 6:37.29 QB
5  Netherlands 6:39.85 QB
6  Croatia 6:47.87 QB

Finals[edit]

Final C[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time
13  Australia 6:44.06
14  Independent Olympic Athletes 6:44.52
15  Unified Team 6:48.24
16  Hungary 6:51.20
17  Lithuania 7:03.01
18  Japan 7:17.93

Final B[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7  Norway 6:36.16
8  Netherlands 6:37.22
9  Canada 6:37.32
10  Croatia 6:37.57
11  Switzerland 6:39.64
12
 Austria 6:46.68

Final A[edit]

Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain 6:27.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 6:32.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovenia 6:33.43
4  France 6:36.34
5  Belgium 6:38.20
6  United States 6:39.23

Final classification[edit]

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
 Slovenia
Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
 France
Jaak Van Driessche
Luc Goiris
 Belgium
Peter Sharis
John Pescatore
 United States
Snorre Lorgen
Sverke Lorgen
 Norway
Sjors van Iwaarden
Kai Compagner
 Netherlands
Henry Hering
Harold Backer
 Canada
Zlatko Bužina
Marko Perinović
 Croatia
Christoph Küffer
Thomas Studhalter
 Switzerland
Karl Sinzinger Jr.
Hermann Bauer
 Austria
Nick McDonald-Crowley
Matthew McArdle
 Australia
Vladimir Banjanac
Lazo Pivač
 Independent Olympic Athletes
Yury Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
 Unified Team
Henrik Schneider
Imre Magyar
 Hungary
Ričardas Bukys
Zigmas Gudauskas
 Lithuania
Mitsuru Kimura
Kazuaki Mimoto
 Japan
Vasile Tomoiagă
Dragoş Neagu
 Romania

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 324–25.