Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair

The men's coxed pair competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]

Men's coxed pair
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October
Competitors54 from 18 nations
Medalists
Primo Baran
Renzo Sambo
Bruno Cipolla
 Italy
Herman Suselbeek
Hadriaan van Nes
Roderick Rijnders
 Netherlands
Jørn Krab
Harry Jørgensen
Preben Krab
 Denmark

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

  • Heats: Three heats. With 18 boats entered, there were six boats per heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (12 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Two heats. There were 6 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats (6 boats) were eliminated.
  • Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a 7th–12th place classification race.
  • Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Romania8:13.31Q
2 West Germany8:19.78Q
3 Spain8:33.45R
4 Czechoslovakia9:02.98R
5 UruguaySTR
6 Soviet UnionSTR

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Bulgaria8:11.13Q
2 United States8:12.48Q
3 France8:12.88R
4 Argentina8:20.38R
5 Cuba8:23.39R
6 Switzerland8:29.98R

Heat 3

The third heat featured all three eventual medalists (Italy, the Netherlands, and Denmark), though none won the heat—the East German boat that won the heat finished fourth overall.

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 East Germany8:01.82Q
2 Italy8:03.00Q
3 Netherlands8:18.78R
4 Denmark8:21.42R
5 Mexico8:28.41R
6 Peru8:49.26R

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Netherlands7:52.43Q
2 Switzerland8:01.57Q
3 Argentina8:03.62Q
4 Mexico8:08.05
5 Uruguay8:11.88
6 Spain8:24.17

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Denmark7:52.83Q
2 Cuba7:57.01Q
3 Soviet Union8:06.14Q
4 Peru8:25.90R
5 FranceSTR
6 CzechoslovakiaSTR

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 East Germany8:00.75Q
2 Netherlands8:01.19Q
3 United States8:03.74Q
4 Romania8:05.52C
5 Argentina8:09.75C
6 Cuba8:11.82C

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Italy7:59.95Q
2 Denmark8:02.78Q
3 West Germany8:05.49Q
4 Soviet Union8:06.39C
5 Bulgaria8:06.41C
6 Switzerland8:55.81C

Classification 7–12

RankRowersNationTime
7 Switzerland7:57.21
8 Bulgaria7:58.10
9 Romania8:04.38
10 Cuba8:04.90
11 Argentina8:06.91
12 Soviet UnionDNS

Final

RankRowersNationTime
 Italy8:04.81
 Netherlands8:06.80
 Denmark8:08.07
4 East Germany8:08.22
5 United States8:12.60
6 West Germany8:41.51

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxed Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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