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

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–18 October
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jörg Lucke
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe		  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Larry Hough
Philip Johnson		  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Christiansen
Ib Larsen		  Denmark
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The men's coxless pair competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]

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

Heats

Heat 1

The first heat featured 4 of the 6 eventual finalists, including the gold and bronze medalists.

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
  • Roel Luynenburg
  • Ruud Stokvis
  Netherlands 7:14.50 Q
2
  • Peter Christiansen
  • Ib Larsen
  Denmark 7:23.51 Q
3  East Germany 7:30.08 R
4  Switzerland 7:36.91 R
5  Italy 7:42.81 R
6  West Germany 7:45.49 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Austria 7:31.29 Q
2  France 7:34.42 Q
3  Poland 7:45.51 R
4  Mexico 7:48.28 R
5  Cuba 7:51.94 R
6  Canada 7:55.10 R

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United States 7:19.92 Q
2
 Australia 7:24.66 Q
3  Hungary 7:33.31 R
4  Soviet Union 7:35.61 R
5  Finland 7:37.34 R
6  Uruguay 7:42.35 R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  East Germany 7:21.92 Q
2  Italy 7:23.77 Q
3  Hungary 7:26.39 Q
4  Canada 7:33.46
5  Finland 7:40.50
6  Mexico 7:43.38

Repechage heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Switzerland 7:26.33 Q
2  West Germany 7:31.91 Q
3  Poland 7:35.81 Q
4  Uruguay 7:37.95
5  Cuba 7:50.88
–  Soviet Union DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Netherlands 7:15.51 Q
2  Austria 7:15.53 Q
3  Switzerland 7:16.09 Q
4
 Australia 7:17.09 C
5  Italy 7:29.75 C
6  Poland 7:40.10 C

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United States 7:21.50 Q
2
 Denmark 7:24.98 Q
3  East Germany 7:32.16 Q
4  France 7:43.79 C
5  Hungary 7:45.73 C
6  West Germany 7:53.06 C

Finals

Classification 7–12

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7
 Australia 7:19.49
8  Poland 7:22.89
9  Hungary 7:26.00
10  Italy 7:32.50
11  France 7:37.64
12  West Germany 7:40.88

Final

Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany 7:26.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 United States 7:26.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Denmark 7:31.84
4  Austria 7:41.80
5  Switzerland 7:46.79
6  Netherlands ST

References

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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