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.
Results Source: Official results; De Wael
Round 1
Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.
Heat 1RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt 8:02.2 Q2 2 André Houpelyne, Achille Mengé 8:05.6 R1
Heat 2RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine 7:46.8 Q2 2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder 8:02.0 R1
Heat 3RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 7:48.2 Q2 2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse 7:54.8 R1
Heat 4RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl 7:55.8 Q2 2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye 8:00.8 R1
Heat 5RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain 8:03.6 Q2 2 Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori 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 1RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse 7:59.8 Q2 2 Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori 8:10.4 elim.
Heat 2RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye 7:55.8 Q2 2 André Houpelyne, Achille Mengé 7:56.6 elim.
Heat 3RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder 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 1RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder 6:55.8 Q3 2 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain 7:01.4 R2
Heat 2RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine 6:48.4 Q3 2 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl 6:55.6 R2
Heat 3RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt 6:54.4 Q3 2 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 6:58.6 R2
Heat 4RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse 6:55.8 Q3 2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye 6:59.2 elim.
Repechage 2
Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.
Heat 1RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 7:21.8 Q3 2 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain 7:30.8 elim.
Heat 2RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl 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 1RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine 6:43.8 Q 2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder 6:53.4 elim.
Heat 2RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 6:42.2 Q 2 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt 6:48.2 elim.
Heat 3RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl 6:46.4 Q 2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse 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 1RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 6:58.0 Q
Heat 2RankRowersNationTimeQual. 1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine 6:45.2 Q 2 () Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl 6:48.8
Finals
Gold medal finalRankRowersNationTime Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine 6:41.4 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 6:51.0
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