Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

Men's lightweight double sculls at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	22–28 July
Competitors	38 from 19 nations
Medalists
Michael Gier Markus Gier  Switzerland Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn  Netherlands Bruce Hick Anthony Edwards  Australia

Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Coxless four	men
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Eight	men	women
Lwt coxless four	men

Men's lightweight double sculls was an event in Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Switzerland (SUI) Markus Gier Michael Gier	Netherlands (NED) Everwijn Van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	Australia (AUS) Anthony John Edwards Bruce Samuel Hick

Heats

• Q denotes qualification to Semifinal A.
• R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Everwijn Van der Linden, Pepijn Aardewijn	Netherlands	6:49.93	SA/B
2	Tom Auth, Steve Peterson	United States	6:50.55	R
3	Ioannis Kourkourikis, Vasileios Polymeros	Greece	6:50.57	R
4	Fernando Zapata, Agustín Rocha	Argentina	7:07.50	R
5	Mattias Tichy, Anders Christensson	Sweden	7:18.87	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	José María de Marco, Juan Carlos Sáez	Spain	6:46.66	SA/B
2	Marco Audisio, Michelangelo Crispi	Italy	6:47.26	R
3	Robert Sycz, Grzegorz Wdowiak	Poland	6:54.68	R
4	Brendan Dolan, Niall O'Toole	Ireland	6:56.28	R
5	Nicholas Strange, Andrew Sinton	Great Britain	6:56.86	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Markus Gier, Michael Gier	Switzerland	6:47.28	SA/B
2	Wolfgang Sigl, Walter Rantasa	Austria	6:54.36	R
3	Magne Kvalvik, Tor Albert Ersdal	Norway	6:57.37	R
4	Raúl León, Alexis Arias	Cuba	7:01.13	R
5	Adam Michálek, Michal Vabroušek	Czech Republic	7:16.07	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anthony John Edwards, Bruce Samuel Hick	Australia	6:49.95	SA/B
2	Peter Uhrig, Ingo Euler	Germany	6:54.82	R
3	Kenichi Obinata, Hitoshi Hase	Japan	6:56.17	R
4	Robert Miles Hamill, Michael John Rodger	Cuba	7:09.61	R

Repechage

• SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B.
• SC/D denotes qualification to Semifinal C/D.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mattias Tichy, Anders Christensson	Sweden	6:17.84	SA/B
2	Peter Uhrig, Ingo Euler	Germany	6:18.11	SA/B
3	Brendan Dolan, Niall O'Toole	Ireland	6:18.38	SC/D
4	Magne Kvalvik, Tor Albert Ersdal	Norway	6:25.68	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wolfgang Sigl, Walter Rantasa	Austria	6:21.10	SA/B
2	Robert Sycz, Grzegorz Wdowiak	Poland	6:24.19	SA/B
3	Fernando Zapata, Agustín Rocha Cano	Argentina	6:28.08	SC/D

Repechage 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marco Audisio, Michelangelo Crispi	Italy	6:19.95	SA/B
2	Ioannis Kourkourikis, Vasileios Polymeros	Greece	6:24.40	SA/B
3	Adam Michálek, Michal Varbousek	Czech Republic	6:30.34	SC/D
4	Robert Miles Hamill, Michael John Rodger	New Zealand	6:34.78	SC/D

Repechage 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Auth, Stephen Lee Peterson	United States	6:20.93	SA/B
2	Nicholas Strange, Andrew Sinton	Great Britain	6:22.27	SA/B
3	Raúl Leon Dominguez, Alexis Arias Mestre	Cuba	6:23.52	SC/D
4	Kenichi Obinata, Hitoshi Hase	Japan	6:24.68	SC/D

Semifinal

• FA denotes qualification to Final A.
• FB denotes qualification to Final B.
• FC denotes qualification to Final C.

Final

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Markus Gier, Michael Gier	Switzerland	6:23.47
2			6:26.48
3			6:26.69
4			6:28.09
5			6:30.85
6			6:34.78

References