Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October
Competitors27 from 13 nations
Medalists
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Anatoliy Sass
 Soviet Union
Harry Droog
Leendert van Dis
 Netherlands
John Nunn
Bill Maher
 United States

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 13 boats entered, there were four or five boats per heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 9 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (4 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: One heat. There were 4 boats in the repechage. The top three boats advanced to the semifinals. The last-place boat was 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 United States6:56.96Q
2 Romania6:58.88Q
3 West Germany6:59.70Q
4 Mexico7:02.18R
5 Brazil7:16.70R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Bulgaria6:54.16Q
2 Netherlands6:56.09Q
3 East Germany6:59.32Q
4 Switzerland6:59.52R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Soviet Union7:07.46Q
2 Czechoslovakia7:10.35Q
3 France7:10.72Q
4 Canada7:36.52R

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Switzerland7:07.09Q
2 Brazil7:08.46Q
3 Mexico7:11.43Q
4 Canada7:22.87

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 East Germany7:07.86Q
2 Bulgaria7:12.08Q
3 Soviet Union7:12.41Q
4 Switzerland7:14.74C
5 France9:54.48C
6 Romania10:53.17C

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 United States7:10.05Q
2 West Germany7:11.56Q
3 Netherlands7:13.74Q
4 Mexico7:15.20C
5 Brazil7:17.08C
6 CzechoslovakiaSTC

Classification 7–12

RankRowersNationTime
7 Brazil7:04.13
8 Romania7:08.27
9 France7:08.49
10 Mexico7:09.90
11 Switzerland7:12.72
12 Czechoslovakia7:25.14

Final

RankRowersNationTime
 Soviet Union6:51.82
 Netherlands6:52.80
 United States6:54.21
4 Bulgaria6:58.48
5 East Germany7:04.92
6 West Germany7:12.20

References

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