Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Sloten
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Medalists

The men's double sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event.[1]

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt	Germany	8:02.2	Q2
2	André Houppelyne, Achille Mengé	Belgium	8:05.6	R1

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine	United States	7:46.8	Q2
2	Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder	Switzerland	8:02.0	R1

Heat 3
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph Wright, Jack Guest	Canada	7:48.2	Q2
2	Han Cox, Constant Pieterse	Netherlands	7:54.8	R1

Heat 4
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl	Austria	7:55.8	Q2
2	Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye	Great Britain	8:00.8	R1

Heat 5
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain	France	8:03.6	Q2
2	Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori	Italy	8:10.4	R1

Repechage 1

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Han Cox, Constant Pieterse	Netherlands	7:59.8	Q2
2	Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori	Italy	8:10.4	elim.

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye	Great Britain	7:55.8	Q2
2	André Houppelyne, Achille Mengé	Belgium	7:56.6	elim.

Heat 3
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder	Switzerland	7:52.8	Q2

Round 2

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder	Switzerland	6:55.8	Q3
2	Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain	France	7:01.4	R2

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine	United States	6:48.4	Q3
2	Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl	Austria	6:55.6	R2

Heat 3
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt	Germany	6:54.4	Q3
2	Joseph Wright, Jack Guest	Canada	6:58.6	R2

Heat 4
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Han Cox, Constant Pieterse	Netherlands	6:55.8	Q3
2	Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye	Great Britain	6:59.2	elim.

Repechage 2

Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph Wright, Jack Guest	Canada	7:21.8	Q3
2	Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain	France	7:30.8	elim.

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl	Austria	7:32.6	Q3

Round 3

The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine	United States	6:43.8	Q
2	Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder	Switzerland	6:53.4	elim.

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph Wright, Jack Guest	Canada	6:42.2	Q
2	Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt	Germany	6:48.2	elim.

Heat 3
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl	Austria	6:46.4	Q
2	Han Cox, Constant Pieterse	Netherlands	6:52.8	elim.

Semifinals

Canada had a bye and advanced to the gold medal final along with the winner of the only semifinal (the United States), with the loser (Austria) taking bronze.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Joseph Wright, Jack Guest	Canada	6:58.0	Q

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine	United States	6:45.2	Q
2 ()	Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl	Austria	6:48.8

Finals

Gold medal final
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
	Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine	United States	6:41.4
	Joseph Wright, Jack Guest	Canada	6:51.0

References

"Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
"1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
"Rowing 1928".

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[SR-1] "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[overallresults-2] "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).

[hdw-3] "Rowing 1928".