Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date 20–27 July
Competitors 30 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bernd Landvoigt
and Jörg Landvoigt		  East Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yuriy Pimenov
and Nikolay Pimenov		  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Charles Wiggin
and Malcolm Carmichael		  Great Britain

The men's coxless pair rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.[1]

Heats

The three fastest teams in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the semifinals.[2]

Heat One

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt		 East Germany (GDR)7:19.05
2Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma		 Romania (ROU)7:30.90
3Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr		 Austria (AUT)7:39.48
4Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen		 Denmark (DEN)7:43.04
5Nikolaos Ioannidis
Georgios Kourkoumbas		 Greece (GRE)7:58.37

Heat Two

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov		 Soviet Union (URS)7:25.09
2Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael		 Great Britain (GBR)7:30.57
3Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek		 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:34.83
4José Pardas
Luis Miguel Oliver		 Spain (ESP)7:46.00
5Robert Lang
John Bolt		 Australia (AUS)7:50.05

Heat Three

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci		 Italy (ITA)7:28.77
2Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe		 France (FRA)7:33.20
3Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan		 Ireland (IRL)7:35.10
4Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson		 Sweden (SWE)7:44.16
5Edgar Nanne
Alberik de Suremain		 Guatemala (GUA)8:06.53

Repechage

The three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen		 Denmark (DEN)7:08.21
2Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson		 Sweden (SWE)7:09.51
3Robert Lang
John Bolt		 Australia (AUS)7:13.24
4José Pardas
Luis Miguel Oliver		 Spain (ESP)7:18.45
5Nikolaos Ioannidis
Georgios Kourkoumbas		 Greece (GRE)7:24.93
6Edgar Nanne
Alberik de Suremain		 Guatemala (GUA)7:34.09

Semifinals

The three fastest teams in each semifinal advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal One

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt		 East Germany (GDR)6:40.54
2Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael		 Great Britain (GBR)6:51.47
3Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson		 Sweden (SWE)6:54.12
4Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci		 Italy (ITA)7:00.79
5Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan		 Ireland (IRL)7:02.11
6Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr		 Austria (AUT)7:04.48

Semifinal Two

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov		 Soviet Union (URS)6:52.11
2Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma		 Romania (ROU)6:52.70
3Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek		 Czechoslovakia (TCH)6:56.70
4Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen		 Denmark (DEN)6:56.90
5Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe		 France (FRA)7:10.26
6Robert Lang
John Bolt		 Australia (AUS)7:11.76

Finals

Finals A

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s)Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt		 East Germany (GDR)6:48.01
2nd, silver medalist(s)Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov		 Soviet Union (URS)6:50.50
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael		 Great Britain (GBR)6:51.47
4Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma		 Romania (ROU)6:53.49
5Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek		 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:01.54
6Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson		 Sweden (SWE)7:02.52

This is still the only Olympic final where two sets of twins finished on the podium.[5]

Finals B

Rank Athletes names Country Time
7Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan		 Ireland (IRL)6:54.60
8Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe		 France (FRA)6:55.22
9Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr		 Austria (AUT)6:58.96
10Robert Lang
John Bolt		 Australia (AUS)6:59.13
11Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci		 Italy (ITA)7:00.71
–Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen		 Denmark (DEN)np

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Round One Repêchage. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Semi-Finals. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 352. ISBN 0140066322.

Sources

  • I. T. Novikov (ed.). The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.
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