Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date 18–24 September
Competitors 38 from 19 nations
Winning time 6:21.75
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Elia Luini
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pascal Touron
Thibaud Chapelle
 France

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 19 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13–18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 September 200009:00Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 200009:00Repechages
Friday, 22 September 200008:50Semifinals
Saturday, 23 September 200011:20Final B
Saturday, 23 September 200012:20Final C
Sunday, 24 September 200008:50Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland 6:34.28 Q
2 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:37.88 R
3 Ulf Lienhard
Sebastián Massa
 Argentina 6:40.16 R
4 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:42.08 R
5 Josef Källström
Anders Båtemyr
 Sweden 6:42.67 R

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Haimish Karrasch
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:33.48 Q
2 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:40.53 R
3 Raúl León
Osmani Martín
 Cuba 6:42.24 R
4 Sergey Dmitryaychev
Dmitry Ovechko
 Russia 6:46.34 R
5 Zahid Ali Pirzada
Hazrat Islam
 Pakistan 7:13.62 R

Heat 3

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Pascal Touron,
Thibaud Chapelle
 France 6:32.73 Q
2 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:34.89 R
3 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:38.62 R
4 Tom Kay
Tom Middleton
 Great Britain 6:41.74 R
5 Lo Sing Yan
Lui Kam Chi
 Hong Kong 7:09.75 R

Heat 4

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Elia Luini,
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy 6:24.73 Q
2 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:27.00 R
3 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:29.68 R
4 Rómulo Bouzas
Gerardo Gómez
 Mexico 6:31.24 R

Repechage

First two qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

Repechage 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:33.81 A/B
2 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:36.99 A/B
3 Josef Källström
Anders Båtemyr
 Sweden 6:38.77 C
4 Sergey Dmitryaychev
Dmitri Ovetchko
 Russia 6:44.53 WD

Repechage 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:39.20 A/B
2 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:39.72 A/B
3 Raúl León
Osmani Martin
 Cuba 6:44.08 WD

Repechage 3

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:36.26 A/B
2 Romu Bouzas Rodriguez
Gerard Gomez Counahan
 Mexico 6:38.07 A/B
3 Ulf Lienhard
Sebastian Rodrigo Massa
 Argentina 6:41.10 C
4 Sing Yan Lo
Kam Chi Lui
 Hong Kong 7:05.05 C

Repechage 4

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:35.39 A/B
2 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:38.78 A/B
3 Tom Kay
Tom Middleton
 Great Britain 6:43.25 C
4 Zahid Ali Pirzada
Hazrat Islam
 Pakistan 7:13.98 C

Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland 6:20.60 A
2 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:23.08 A
3 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:24.55 A
4 Haimish Karrasch
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:25.20 B
5 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:32.86 B
6 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:43.80 B

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Pascal Touron,
Thibaud Chapelle
 France 6:21.32 A
2 Elia Luini,
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy 6:21.59 A
3 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:23.37 A
4 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:25.38 B
5 Romu Bouzas Rodriguez
Gerard Gomez Counahan
 Mexico 6:33.62 B
6 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:39.49 B

Finals

Final C

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ulf Lienhard
Sebastian Rodrigo Massa
 Argentina 6:29.19
2 Tom Kay
Tom Middleton
 Great Britain 6:32.67
3 Josef Källström
Anders Båtemyr
 Sweden 6:34.11
4 Sing Yan Lo
Kam Chi Lui
 Hong Kong 6:49.19
5 Zahid Ali Pirzada
Hazrat Islam
 Pakistan 6:52.12

Final B

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Haimish Karrasch
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:26.21
2 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:27.79
3 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:31.49
4 Romu Bouzas Rodriguez
Gerard Gomez Counahan
 Mexico 6:31.70
5 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:32.41
6 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:43.80

Final A

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland 6:21.75
2nd, silver medalist(s) Elia Luini,
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy 6:23.47
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pascal Touron,
Thibaud Chapelle
 France 6:24.85
4 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:26.54
5 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:28.52
6 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:29.74

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Double Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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