The men's coxless pair competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Sunday 9 September 2018 11:05 Heats Monday 10 September 2018 12:25 RepechageThursday 13 September 2018 09:17 Quarterfinals 15:49 Semifinals C/D Friday 14 September 2018 09:03 Semifinals A/BSaturday 15 September 2018 09:46 Final B 11:46 Final A 14:53 Final C 15:41 Final D All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results Heats The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.

Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Marius CozmiucCiprian Tudosă 6:18.52 Q 2Jaime CanalejoJavier García 6:25.42 Q 3Piotr JuszczakMarcin Brzeziński 6:33.05 Q 4Adrián JuhászBéla Simon 6:40.57 Q 5Rodrigo MurilloFrancisco Esteras 6:46.22 R

Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:18.33 Q 2Oliver CookMatthew Rossiter 6:22.74 Q 3Joel SchürchMario Gyr 6:35.50 Q 4Loui LamLars Garvey 6:42.44 Q 5Rangel KatsarskiStanimir Haladzhov 7:10.67 R

Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Miloš VasićNenad Beđik 6:23.70 Q 2Lukáš HelešicJakub Podrazil 6:26.66 Q 3Cesare GabbiaVincenzo Abbagnale 6:28.45 Q 4Roman PivenMykola Kalashnyk 6:30.40 Q 5Xavier VelaWillian Giaretton 6:32.33 R

Heat 4 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Mackenzie CoppTaylor Perry 6:20.46 Q 2Jake GreenLawrence Brittain 6:21.85 Q 3Valentin OnfroyThéophile Onfroy 6:25.43 Q 4Dzimitry FurmanSiarhei Valadzko 6:28.22 Q 5Mark O'DonovanShane O'Driscoll 6:29.10 R

Heat 5 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Paul SchröterLauritis Follert 6:24.43 Q 2Andrew JudgeJoseph O'Brien 6:26.02 Q 3Tom MurrayMichael Brake 6:26.28 Q 4Michael ColellaAnders Weiss 6:29.25 Q 5Sander de GraafVincent Klaassens 6:32.03 R

Repechage The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes 1Sander de GraafVincent Klaassens 6:34.68 Q 2Mark O'DonovanShane O'Driscoll 6:36.29 Q 3Xavier VelaWillian Giaretton 6:41.66 Q 4Rangel KatsarskiStanimir Haladzhov 6:42.81 Q 5Rodrigo MurilloFrancisco Esteras 6:43.36

Quarterfinals The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Marius CozmiucCiprian Tudosă 6:25.04 SA/B 2Oliver CookMatthew Rossiter 6:25.24 SA/B 3Dzimitry FurmanSiarhei Valadzko 6:26.16 SA/B 4Andrew JudgeJoseph O'Brien 6:27.34 SC/D 5Xavier VelaWillian Giaretton 6:38.43 SC/D 6Cesare GabbiaVincenzo Abbagnale 6:45.33 SC/D

Quarterfinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:25.03 SA/B 2Jaime CanalejoJavier Garcia 6:28.54 SA/B 3Jake GreenLawrence Brittain 6:30.28 SA/B 4Michael ColellaAnders Weiss 6:32.43 SC/D 5Sander de GraafVincent Klaassens 6:39.51 SC/D 6Roman PivenMykola Kalashnyk 6:41.92 SC/D

Quarterfinal 3 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Miloš VasićNenad Beđik 6:26.10 SA/B 2Valentin OnfroyThéophile Onfroy 6:27.17 SA/B 3Adrián JuhászBéla Simon 6:33.05 SA/B 4Joel SchürchMario Gyr 6:34.91 SC/D 5Rangel KatsarskiStanimir Haladzhov 7:06.26 SC/D 6Paul SchröterLauritis Follert 7:08.25 SC/D

Quarterfinal 4 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Mackenzie CoppTaylor Perry 6:26.04 SA/B 2Tom MurrayMichael Brake 6:30.36 SA/B 3Lukáš HelešicJakub Podrazil 6:35.01 SA/B 4Piotr JuszczakMarcin Brzeziński 6:39.69 SC/D 5Mark O'DonovanShane O'Driscoll 6:44.28 SC/D 6Loui LamLars Garvey 6:44.95 SC/D

Semifinals C/D The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

Semifinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Andrew JudgeJoseph O'Brien 6:36.82 FC2Mark O'DonovanShane O'Driscoll 6:38.74 FCCesare GabbiaVincenzo Abbagnale 6:38.74 FC 4Sander de GraafVincent Klaassens 6:38.78 FD 5Lars GarveyLoui Lam 6:52.67 FD 6Joel SchürchMario Gyr 6:58.90 FD

Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Michael ColellaAnders Weiss 6:40.73 FC 2Piotr JuszczakMarcin Brzeziński 6:40.93 FC 3Xavier VelaWillian Giaretton 6:43.45 FC 4Roman PivenMykola Kalashnyk 6:46.44 FD 5Rangel KatsarskiStanimir Haladzhov 7:18.01 FD –Paul SchröterEric Johannesen –

Semifinals A/B The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

Semifinal 1 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Marius CozmiucCiprian Tudosă 6:20.37 FA 2Jaime CanalejoJavier García 6:22.01 FA 3Tom MurrayMichael Brake 6:22.20 FA 4Miloš VasićNenad Beđik 6:23.71 FB 5Lukáš HelešicJakub Podrazil 6:37.03 FB 6Dzimitry FurmanSiarhei Valadzko 6:39.03 FB

Semifinal 2 RankRowersCountryTimeNotes 1Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:20.49 FA 2Valentin OnfroyThéophile Onfroy 6:21.59 FA 3Mackenzie CoppTaylor Perry 6:22.20 FA 4Oliver CookMatthew Rossiter 6:24.40 FB 5Jake GreenLawrence Brittain 6:29.42 FB 6Adrián JuhászBéla Simon 6:46.30 FB

Finals The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.

Final D RankRowersCountryTime 1Sander de GraafVincent Klaassens 6:24.83 2Roman PivenMykola Kalashnyk 6:28.39 3Joel SchürchMario Gyr 6:31.27 4Lars GarveyLoui Lam 6:32.86 5Rangel KatsarskiStanimir Haladzhov 6:37.98

Final C RankRowersCountryTime 1Andrew JudgeJoseph O'Brien 6:23.81 2Piotr JuszczakMarcin Brzeziński 6:27.28 3Michael ColellaAnders Weiss 6:27.29 4Mark O'DonovanShane O'Driscoll 6:29.19 5Xavier VelaWillian Giaretton 6:31.61 6Cesare GabbiaVincenzo Abbagnale 6:47.79

Final B RankRowersCountryTime 1Lukáš HelešicJakub Podrazil 6:29.14 2Oliver CookMatthew Rossiter 6:30.25 3Miloš VasićNenad Beđik 6:32.07 4Jake GreenLawrence Brittain 6:32.35 5Dzimitry FurmanSiarhei Valadzko 6:32.38 6Adrián JuhászBéla Simon 6:40.38

Final A RankRowersCountryTime Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 6:14.96 Marius CozmiucCiprian Tudosă 6:16.90 Valentin OnfroyThéophile Onfroy 6:17.51 4Mackenzie CoppTaylor Perry 6:21.28 5Tom MurrayMichael Brake 6:21.54 6Jaime CanalejoJavier García 6:25.12

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