Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 19 boats were divided into four heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (4 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 15 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured four heats, with 3 or 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (8 boats total) advanced to the main semifinals. The slowest boat overall in the repechage finished in 19th place. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 18th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank	Rowers	Country
	Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave	Great Britain
	Colin von Ettingshausen Peter Hoeltzenbein	Germany
	Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj	Slovenia
	Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	France
	Jaak Van Driessche Luc Goiris	Belgium
	Peter Sharis John Pescatore	United States
	Snorre Lorgen Sverke Lorgen	Norway
	Sjors van Iwaarden Kai Compagner	Netherlands
	Henry Hering Harold Backer	Canada
	Zlatko Bužina Marko Perinović	Croatia
	Christoph Küffer Thomas Studhalter	Switzerland
	Karl Sinzinger Jr. Hermann Bauer	Austria
	Nick McDonald-Crowley Matthew McArdle	Australia
	Vladimir Banjanac Lazo Pivač	Independent Olympic Athletes
	Yury Pimenov Nikolay Pimenov	Unified Team
	Henrik Schneider Imre Magyar	Hungary
	Ričardas Bukys Zigmas Gudauskas	Lithuania
	Mitsuru Kimura Kazuaki Mimoto	Japan
	Vasile Tomoiagă Dragoş Neagu	Romania