The men's double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that each 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. The competition consists 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.
During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others went to the repechage. The repechage gave rowers a second chance to reach the top semifinals, with the top three boats in the repechage also advancing to the A/B semifinal. The remaining boats from the repechage went to the C final.
Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).
The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th. The C final determined the rest of the rankings, through 14th.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSaturday, August 9, 2008 17:00-17:30 HeatsMonday, August 11, 2008 17:20-17:30 RepechageWednesday, August 13, 2008 16:30-16:50 Semifinals A/BWednesday, August 13, 2008 17:30-17:40 Final CFriday, August 15, 2008 17:40-17:50 Final BSaturday, August 16, 2008 17:10-17:20 Final A
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R
Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen6:24.32SA/B2Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia6:27.18SA/B3Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski6:29.60SA/B4Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes6:31.84R5Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey6:39.37R
Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham6:26.33SA/B2Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić 6:27.38SA/B3Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson 6:27.95SA/B4Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin6:44.46R5Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur7:00:46R
Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1David Crawshay, Scott Brennan6:21.39SA/B2Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy6:21.92SA/B3Luka Špik, Iztok Čop6:39.49SA/B4Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev6:45.03R5Su Hui, Zhang Liangexcluded
Repechage Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin6:23.52SA/B2Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes6:24.01SA/B3Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev6:24.70SA/B4Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey6:26.05FC5Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur6:52.71FC
Semifinals A/B Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB
Semifinal A/B 1 RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1David Crawshay, Scott Brennan6:21.50 FA2Luka Špik, Iztok Čop6:23.81 FA3Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen6:24.16 FA4Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić 6:24.89 FB5Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes6:26.91 FB6 Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski6:28.46 FB
Semifinal A/B 2 RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy6:18.86 FA2Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson 6:21.11 FA 3Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham6:21.15 FA4Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev6:26.62 FB5Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin6:27.75FB6Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia6:32.76 FB
Finals
Final C RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1 Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey 6:33.15 2Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur6:52.02
Final B RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia6:34.39 2Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes6:35.553Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski6:37.97 4Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev6:45.91 5Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin 6:49.84 Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić DNS
Final A RankAthleteCountryTimeNotesDavid Crawshay, Scott Brennan6:27.77 Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson 6:29.05 Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham6:29.10 4Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen6:30.795Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy6:33.366Luka Špik, Iztok Čop6:33.96
References
External links NYT Olympic Report