Men's coxless pair 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 was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. 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 were sent to the repechage. In the repechage, each boat had another chance to advance to the A/B semifinals, with the top three boats doing so. The remaining repechage finishers were sent 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, while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals. For example, a second-place finish in an A/B semifinal would result in advancement to the A 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 places lower than 12th.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSaturday, August 9, 2008 16:10-16:40 HeatsMonday, August 11, 2008 16:50-17:00 RepechageWednesday, August 13, 2008 16:10-16:30 Semifinals A/BWednesday, August 13, 2008 17:20-17:30 Final CFriday, August 15, 2008 17:20-17:30 Final BSaturday, August 16, 2008 16:30-16:40 Final A
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R
Heat 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot6:46.57SA/B2Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo6:51.01SA/B3Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen6:54.88SA/B4Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek 7:01.90R5Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss7:13.64R
Heat 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Drew Ginn, Duncan Free6:41.15SA/B2Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente6:45.26SA/B3Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta6:48.60SA/B4Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury6:59.48R5Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen7:17.43R
Heat 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater6:41.65SA/B2Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić6:46.71SA/B3Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa6:52.50SA/B4Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin 7:16.35R
Repechage Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC RankRowersCountryTimeNotes1Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss6:36.87SA/B2Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin 6:38.30SA/B3Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen6:38.33SA/B4Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury6:41.43FC5Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek 6:44.19 FC
Semifinals A/B Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB
Semifinal A/B 1 RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen6:34.02FA2Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater6:36.05FA3Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente6:37.18FA4Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa6:37.88FB 5Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot6:44.29FB6Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin 7:14.50FB
Semifinal A/B 2 RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1Drew Ginn, Duncan Free6:34.29FA2Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss6:36.65FA3Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta6:37.26FA4Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić6:38.96FB5Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo6:47.30FB 6Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen6:48.65FB
Finals
Final C RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury6:46.83 2Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek 6:53.68
Final B RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes1Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić6:49.12 2Jakub Makovička, Václav Chalupa6:52.57 3Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot6:54.40 4Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen6:55.37 5Dario Dentale, Raffaello Leonardo7:04.91 6Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin 7:11.19
Final A RankAthleteCountryTimeNotesDrew Ginn, Duncan Free6:37.44 Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen6:39.55 Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater6:44.19 4Tom Lehmann, Felix Drahotta6:47.40 5Shaun Keeling, Ramon di Clemente6:47.836Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss7:05.58
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