Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.[1]

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMeilahti
Date20–23 July
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina
Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union
Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay

Heats

First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete in the repechage for remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA)7:00.1SF
2Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER)7:04.3SF
3Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL)7:13.2
4Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN)7:27.3

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:02.5SF
2Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU)7:06.9SF
3Peter Stebler
Émile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI)7:09.3
4Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN)7:19.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA)7:01.3SF
2Pat Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA)7:01.9SF
3John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR)7:07.4
4Bob Williams
Derek Riley
 Canada (CAN)7:19.3

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG)7:04.4SF
2Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:11.6SF
3John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS)7:16.7
4Tore Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE)8:31.3

First repechage

The winner in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL)7:03.2SF
2Peter Stebler
Émile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI)7:05.8
3Tore Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE)7:11.4
4Bob Williams
Derek Riley
 Canada (CAN)7:15.5

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS)7:03.0SF
2John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR)7:04.4
3Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN)7:09.3
4Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN)7:12.0

Semi-finals

The winners in each heat qualified for the final, while the others must compete in the second repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Semi-final 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:23.5F
2Pat Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA)7:24.3
3Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:26.5
4Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA)7:29.5

Semi-final 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG)7:23.1F
2Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER)7:36.3
3Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA)7:36.7
4Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU)8:04.0

Second repechage

The winners in each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU)7:01.7F
2Pat Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA)7:03.6
3John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS)7:13.1

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA)7:06.3F
2Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER)7:08.2
3Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL)7:25.8

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:07.5F
2Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA)7:16.0

Final

Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG)7:23.1
Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS)7:07.5
Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU)7:01.7
4Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA)7:06.3
5Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:23.5

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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