Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	7:22.94
2	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:28.03
3	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:30.62
4	László Balogh György Sarlós	Hungary	7:49.70
5	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz	Mexico	7:59.53

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	7:20.51
2	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:24.16
3	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:26.80
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:33.16
5	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf	Austria	7:38.53

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:28.97
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:34.89
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens	Australia	7:39.03
4	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Brazil	7:42.02
5	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un	North Korea	8:04.91

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	7:20.35
2	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:25.92
3	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:40.47
4	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk	Canada	7:46.90

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:34.16
2	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:37.34
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens	Australia	7:45.03
4	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz	Mexico	8:15.97

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:38.51
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:50.21
3	László Balogh György Sarlós	Hungary	7:59.40

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:34.77
2	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:40.78
3	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk	Canada	7:45.71
4	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un	North Korea	7:56.42

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:30.45
2	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:40.84
3	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Brazil	7:42.63
4	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf	Austria	7:44.45

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:42.41
2	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	7:44.91
3	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:47.77
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:50.26
5	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:57.27
6	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	8:06.06

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	7:40.58
2	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:41.86
3	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:45.11
4	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:46.18
5	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:56.59
6	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	8:01.58

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	7:31.02
2	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:34.37
3	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:38.64
4	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:40.55
5	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:43.20
6	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:51.01

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	6:53.16
	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	6:57.06
	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	6:58.70
4	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	6:58.77
5	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:02.24
6	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:42.90