The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Georgia, USA took place at Lake Lanier.
Competition format This was the first time this event was a part of the Olympic rowing regatta.
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.
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Maarten van der LindenPepijn Aardewijn6:49.93Q 2Tom AuthStephen Peterson6:50.55 R3Vasileios Polymeros Ioannis Kourkourikis6:50.57 R4Fernando Zapata Agustin Rocha7:07.50 R5Mattias Tichy Anders Christensson7:18.87R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Jose Maria de Marco Juan Carlos Saez6:46.66Q2Marco Audisio Michelangelo Crispi6:47.26R3Robert Sycz Grzegorz Wdowiak6:54.68R4Brendan Dolan Niall O'Toole6:56.28R5Nick Strange Andrew Sinton6:56.86R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Markus GierMichael Gier6:47.28Q2Wolfgang Sigl Walter Rantasa6:54.36R3Magne Kvalvik Tor Albert Ersdal6:57.37R4Raul Leon Alexis Arias7:01.03R5Adam MichalekMichal Vabrousek7:16.07R
Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Anthony Edwards, Bruce Hick6:49.95Q2Peter Uhrig Ingo Euler6:54.82R3Kenichi Obinata Hitoshi Hase6:56.17R4Rob Hamill Mike Rodger7:09.61R
Repechage The first 2 boats in each repechage qualified for semi-finals 1/2 and the rest for semi-finals 3/4
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Mattias Tichy Anders Christensson6:17.841/2 2Peter Uhrig Ingo Euler6:18.111/23Brendan Dolan Niall O'Toole6:18.38 3/44Magne Kvalvik Tor Albert Ersdal6:26.68 3/4
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Wolfgang Sigl Walter Rantasa6:21.101/2 2Robert Sycz Grzegorz Wdowiak6:24.19 1/23Fernando Zapata Agustin Rocha6:28.083/4
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marco Audisio Michelangelo Crispi6:19.951/22Vasileios Polymeros Ioannis Kourkourikis6:24.401/23Adam MichalekMichal Vabrousek6:30.343/44Rob Hamill Mike Rodger6:34.783/4
Repechage 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Tom AuthStephen Peterson6:20.931/22Nick Strange Andrew Sinton6:22.271/23Raul Leon Alexis Arias6:23.523/44Kenichi Obinata Hitoshi Hase6:24.683/4
Semifinals In the first 2 Semi-finals, the first three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B. In 3rd and 4th Semi-finals, the last place finisher was eliminated and the remaining boats advanced to Final C.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1 Markus GierMichael Gier6:25.37A 2 Maarten van der LindenPepijn Aardewijn6:27.07A3Wolfgang Sigl Walter Rantasa6:28.06A4Tom AuthStephen Peterson6:29.80B5Vasileios Polymeros Ioannis Kourkourikis6:34.84B6Peter Uhrig Ingo Euler6:40.14B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Mattias Tichy Anders Christensson6:29.17A2 Anthony Edwards, Bruce Hick6:29.27A3Jose Maria de Marco Juan Carlos Saez6:29.37A4Marco Audisio Michelangelo Crispi6:30.46B5Nick Strange Andrew Sinton6:39.20B6Robert Sycz Grzegorz Wdowiak6:39.56B
Semifinal 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Adam MichalekMichal Vabrousek6:41.41C2Kenichi Obinata Hitoshi Hase6:45.08C3Brendan Dolan Niall O'Toole8:14.64
Semifinal 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Magne Kvalvik Tor Albert Ersdal6:36.30C2Raul Leon Alexis Arias6:37.40C3Fernando Zapata Agustin Rocha6:38.55C4Rob Hamill Mike Rodger6:41.39
Finals
Final C RankRowerCountryTimeNotes13Adam MichalekMichal Vabrousek6:53.14 14Magne Kvalvik Tor Albert Ersdal6:55.35 14Kenichi Obinata Hitoshi Hase6:56.13 15Raul Leon Alexis Arias6:58.6316Fernando Zapata Agustin Rocha7:04.67
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes7Robert Sycz Grzegorz Wdowiak6:24.958Marco Audisio Michelangelo Crispi6:25.049Tom AuthStephen Peterson6:25.8910Vasileios Polymeros Ioannis Kourkourikis6:27.9411Peter Uhrig Ingo Euler6:30.4312Nick Strange Andrew Sinton6:31.15
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotes Markus GierMichael Gier6:23.47 Maarten van der LindenPepijn Aardewijn6:26.48 Anthony Edwards, Bruce Hick6:26.69 4Jose Maria de Marco Juan Carlos Saez6:28.095Wolfgang Sigl Walter Rantasa6:30.856Mattias Tichy Anders Christensson6:34.78
References
External links Official Report of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics