Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls 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 double sculls
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 time7:01.77
Medalists
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov		  Soviet Union
Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen		  Norway
Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied		  East Germany
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 Tim Crooks
Patrick Delafield		  Great Britain 6:57.70
2 Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied		  East Germany 7:07.94
3 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux		  Belgium 7:16.69
4 Jorge Imaz
Ricardo Ibarra		  Argentina 7:18.28
5 Peter Barr
John McNiven		  Canada 7:21.69

Heat 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Josef Straka, Jr.
Vladek Lacina		  Czechoslovakia 6:56.82
2 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler		  Switzerland 7:02.90
3 Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen		  Norway 7:03.65
4 Thomas McKibbon
John Van Blom		  United States 7:08.91
5 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski		  Poland 7:21.05

Heat 3
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov		  Soviet Union 6:56.17
2 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans		  Netherlands 7:02.12
3 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne		  West Germany 7:12.03
4 Tsugio Ito
Yoshio Minato		  Japan 7:17.51
5 Federico Scheffler
Ricardo Scheffler		  Mexico 7:43.87

Heat 4
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Niels Henry Secher
Jørgen Engelbrecht		  Denmark 7:11.32
2 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut		  France 7:16.50
3 Manfred Krausbar
Sepp Puchinger		  Austria 7:29.13
4 Carlos Oliveira
Manuel Barroso		  Portugal 8:09.93

Repechage

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

Repechage 1
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut		  France 7:10.45
2 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne		  West Germany 7:11.55
3 Thomas McKibbon
John Van Blom		  United States 7:19.63
4 Peter Barr
John McNiven		  Canada 7:29.05

Repechage 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen		  Norway 7:03.71
2 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans		  Netherlands 7:04.15
3 Jorge Imaz
Ricardo Ibarra		  Argentina 7:22.15

Repechage 3
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler		  Switzerland 7:14.70
2 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux		  Belgium 7:17.58
3 Federico Scheffler
Ricardo Scheffler		  Mexico 7:40.11
4 Carlos Oliveira
Manuel Barroso		  Portugal 7:44.25

Repechage 4
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied		  East Germany 7:00.54
2 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski		  Poland 7:08.27
3 Tsugio Ito
Yoshio Minato		  Japan 7:09.73
4 Manfred Krausbar
Sepp Puchinger		  Austria 7:16.16

Semifinal A/B

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

Semifinal 1
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied		  East Germany 7:29.13
2 Tim Crooks
Patrick Delafield		  Great Britain 7:31.62
3 Josef Straka, Jr.
Vladek Lacina		  Czechoslovakia 7:36.83
4 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans		  Netherlands 7:40.77
5 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler		  Switzerland 7:45.42
6 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne		  West Germany 7:46.21
Semifinal 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Niels Henry Secher
Jørgen Engelbrecht		  Denmark 7:31.32
2 Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov		  Soviet Union 7:35.33
3 Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen		  Norway 7:35.82
4 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut		  France 7:47.68
5 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux		  Belgium 7:55.00
6 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski		  Poland 7:59.52

Final B
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Jan Bruyn
Paul Veenemans		  Netherlands 7:07.25
2 Hans Ruckstuhl
Ueli Isler		  Switzerland 7:08.22
3 Albert Heyche
Claude Dehombreux		  Belgium 7:10.03
4 Jochen Meißner
Arthur Heyne		  West Germany 7:11.74
5 Jean-Noël Ribot
Roland Thibaut		  France 7:14.21
6 Roman Kowalewski
Kazimierz Lewandowski		  Poland 7:31.97

Final A
Rank Rower Country Time
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Gennadi Korshikov		  Soviet Union 7:01.77
Frank Hansen
Svein Thøgersen		  Norway 7:02.58
Joachim Böhmer
Uli Schmied		  East Germany 7:05.55
4 Niels Henry Secher
Jørgen Engelbrecht		  Denmark 7:14.19
5 Tim Crooks
Patrick Delafield		  Great Britain 7:16.29
6 Josef Straka, Jr.
Vladek Lacina		  Czechoslovakia 7:17.60

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