Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Meilahti
Date 20–23 July
Competitors 32 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Tranquilo Capozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina
2nd, silver medalist(s) Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay

The men's double sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.[1]

Heats

First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete in the repechage for remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA)7:00.1SF
2Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER)7:04.3SF
3Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL)7:13.2
4Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN)7:27.3

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:02.5SF
2Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU)7:06.9SF
3Pierre Stebler
Emile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI)7:09.3
4Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN)7:19.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA)7:01.3SF
2Bernard Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA)7:01.9SF
3John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR)7:07.4
4Bob Williams
John D. Riley
 Canada (CAN)7:19.3

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Tranquilo Capozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG)7:04.4SF
2Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:11.6SF
3John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS)7:16.7
4Torvald Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE)8:31.3

First repechage

The winner in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Robert George
Joseph van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL)7:03.2SF
2Pierre Stebler
Emile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI)7:05.8
3Torvald Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE)7:11.4
4Bob Williams
John D. Riley
 Canada (CAN)7:15.5

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS)7:03.0SF
2John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR)7:04.4
3Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN)7:09.3
4Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN)7:12.0

Semi-finals

The winners in each heat qualified for the final, while the others must compete in the second repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Semi-final 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:23.5F
2Bernard Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA)7:24.3
3Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:26.5
4Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA)7:29.5

Semi-final 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Tranquilo Capozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG)7:23.1F
2Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER)7:36.3
3Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA)7:36.7
4Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU)8:04.0

Second repechage

The winners in each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU)7:01.7F
2Bernard Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA)7:03.6
3John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS)7:13.1

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA)7:06.3F
2Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER)7:08.2
3Robert George
Joseph van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL)7:25.8

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:07.5F
2Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA)7:16.0

Final

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)Tranquilo Capozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG)7:23.1
2nd, silver medalist(s)Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:07.5
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodriguez
 Uruguay (URU)7:01.7
4Jacques Maillet
Achille Giavonnoni
 France (FRA)7:06.3
5Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:23.5

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  • The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF) (PDF). p. 611.
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