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Double Sculls, Men

Date15 – 17 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationBassin d'Argenteuil, Paris
Participants10 from 5 countries

Belgium and Italy withdrew from the double sculls event prior to its start, leaving five nations to compete. The favorite was the United States, who had sent their 1920 Olympic Champions, Jack Kelly, Sr. and Paul Costello, to defend their crown. This duo dominated the opening round, earning the fastest time in the heats by 18 seconds. The final, for which every country except Hungary qualified, was more closely fought, and the French pair of Marc Detton and Jean-Pierre Stock actually led for the first 1,500 metres or so. The Americans eventually pulled away, however, and won by a comfortable margin of four seconds. The Swiss team, Rudolf Bosshard and Heini Thoma (the 1923 and 1924 European champions), edged out the Brazilians for the bronze medal, but were still ten lengths behind runner-up France. This would be Kelly’s last Olympics, but Costello would win the double sculls title a third time, in 1928, alongside Charley McIlvaine.

PosPairNOC
1Jack Kelly, Sr. / Paul Costello / William Hapgood (DNS)USAGold
2Marc Detton / Jean-Pierre Stock / Alfred Plé (DNS)FRASilver
3Rudolf Bosshard / Heini ThomaSUIBronze
4Edmundo Branco / Carlos BrancoBRA
3 h1 r1/2Ervin Mórich / Béla SzendeyHUN
DNSEugenio Andena / Attilio MercantiITA

Round One

Date15 July 1924
FormatFirst two of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime
11Jack Kelly, Sr. / Paul CostelloUSA6:34.0Q
22Marc Detton / Jean-Pierre StockFRA6:52.0Q
33Ervin Mórich / Béla SzendeyHUN

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime
12Rudolf Bosshard / Heini ThomaSUI6:55.0Q
21Edmundo Branco / Carlos BrancoBRA7:04.0Q

Final Round

Date17 July 1924
PosLanePairNOCTime
11Jack Kelly, Sr. / Paul CostelloUSA6:34.0OB
22Marc Detton / Jean-Pierre StockFRA6:38.0
34Rudolf Bosshard / Heini ThomaSUIat 10 lengths to 2nd
43Edmundo Branco / Carlos BrancoBRA