Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.[1]

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
VenueOberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September
Competitors38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time6:53.16
Medalists
Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager		  East Germany
Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann		  Switzerland
Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis		  Netherlands
Rowing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht		  West Germany 7:22.94
2 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu		  Romania 7:28.03
3 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper		  Great Britain 7:30.62
4 László Balogh
György Sarlós		  Hungary 7:49.70
5 José Luis Rion
Miguel Ruiz		  Mexico 7:59.53

Heat 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann		  Switzerland 7:20.51
2 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec		  Poland 7:24.16
3 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis		  Netherlands 7:26.80
4 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon		  United States 7:33.16
5 Hans Fortmüller
Ulli Wolf		  Austria 7:38.53

Heat 3
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Vladimir Polyakov
Nikolai Vasilyev		  Soviet Union 7:28.97
2 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand		  Norway 7:34.89
3 Kim Mackney
Chris Stevens		  Australia 7:39.03
4 Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza		  Brazil 7:42.02
5 Ri Jong-hui
Li Jong-un		  North Korea 8:04.91

Heat 4
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager		  East Germany 7:20.35
2 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý		  Czechoslovakia 7:25.92
3 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić		  Yugoslavia 7:40.47
4 Andrew van Ruyven
Richard Symsyk		  Canada 7:46.90

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý		  Czechoslovakia 7:34.16
2 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon		  United States 7:37.34
3 Kim Mackney
Chris Stevens		  Australia 7:45.03
4 José Luis Rion
Miguel Ruiz		  Mexico 8:15.97

Repechage 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis		  Netherlands 7:38.51
2 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand		  Norway 7:50.21
3 László Balogh
György Sarlós		  Hungary 7:59.40

Repechage 3
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec		  Poland 7:34.77
2 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper		  Great Britain 7:40.78
3 Andrew van Ruyven
Richard Symsyk		  Canada 7:45.71
4 Ri Jong-hui
Li Jong-un		  North Korea 7:56.42

Repechage 4
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu		  Romania 7:30.45
2 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić		  Yugoslavia 7:40.84
3 Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza		  Brazil 7:42.63
4 Hans Fortmüller
Ulli Wolf		  Austria 7:44.45

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec		  Poland 7:42.41
2 Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann		  Switzerland 7:44.91
3 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu		  Romania 7:47.77
4 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon		  United States 7:50.26
5 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand		  Norway 7:57.27
6 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht		  West Germany 8:06.06
Semifinal 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager		  East Germany 7:40.58
2 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis		  Netherlands 7:41.86
3 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý		  Czechoslovakia 7:45.11
4 Vladimir Polyakov
Nikolai Vasilyev		  Soviet Union 7:46.18
5 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper		  Great Britain 7:56.59
6 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić		  Yugoslavia 8:01.58

Final B
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht		  West Germany 7:31.02
2 Vladimir Polyakov
Nikolai Vasilyev		  Soviet Union 7:34.37
3 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon		  United States 7:38.64
4 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand		  Norway 7:40.55
5 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić		  Yugoslavia 7:43.20
6 Jeremiah McCarthy
Matthew Cooper		  Great Britain 7:51.01

Final A
Rank Rower Country Time
Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager		  East Germany 6:53.16
Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann		  Switzerland 6:57.06
Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis		  Netherlands 6:58.70
4 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý		  Czechoslovakia 6:58.77
5 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec		  Poland 7:02.24
6 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu		  Romania 7:42.90

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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