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Coxed Pairs, Men

Date27 August – 2 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympia-Regattastrecke, Oberschleißheim, München
Participants63 from 21 countries

The defending Olympic champions in the coxed pairs were the Italians, but they had not reached the podium at a major international tournament since, except for a silver medal at the 1969 European Championships, and their crew of Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato, and Siro Meli was not considered a serious threat at the 1972 Games. The top two contenders were the East Germans, Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke, and Klaus-Dieter Neubert, and the Czechoslovakians Vladimír Petříček and brothers Oldřich and Pavel Svojanovský, both of whom had won a European Championship since the last Olympics. The latter had been runners up at the 1971 Europeans, while the East Germans had were silver medalists at the 1970 Worlds, albeit with a different lineup. Lucke was already an Olympic champion, having won gold with Heinz-Jürgen Bothe in the coxless pairs in 1968. The reigning world champions were the Romanian trio of Ştefan Tudor, Ladislau Lovrenschi, and Petre Ceapura, the latter of whom had a bronze medal from the 1969 European Championships.

Czechoslovakia had the fastest time in the heats by far, while the other heats were won by the United States, East Germany, and the Soviet Union, who was the only nation within four seconds of the Czechoslovakian’s time. The Italians were eliminated in the repêchage, while the Soviets fought harder in the semi-finals, defeating Petříček and the Svojanovský brothers by just over half a second. In the final, however, it was East Germany that led the charge and captured gold a comfortable distance ahead of the Czechoslovakians, who settled for silver. The battle for bronze was more hard fought and went down to the line, where a photo-finish showed Romania beating out West Germany by 0.16 seconds. This meant that Romania had captured its first Olympic rowing medal, after two decades of participation.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1East GermanyGDRGold
Wolfgang GunkelJörg LuckeKlaus-Dieter Neubert
2CzechoslovakiaTCHSilver
Oldřich SvojanovskýPavel SvojanovskýVladimír Petříček
3RomaniaROUBronze
Ștefan TudorPetre CeapuraLadislau Lovrenschi
4West GermanyFRG
Heinz MußmannBernd KrauseStefan Kuhnke
5Soviet UnionURS
Vladimir YeshinovNikolay IvanovYury Lorentsson
6PolandPOL
Wojciech RepszWiesław DługoszJacek Rylski
7NorwayNOR
Rolf AndreassenArne BergoddThor Egil Olsen
8Great BritainGBR
David MaxwellMike HartAlan Inns
9CanadaCAN
Mike NearyTrevor JosephsonRobert Battersby
10BulgariaBUL
Dimitar ValovDimitar YanakievNenko Dobrev
11United StatesUSA
Mike StainesLuther JonesAaron Herman
12SwitzerlandSUI
René FurlerNicolas LindeckerStefan Hablützel
3 h1 r2/4ItalyITA
Giampaolo TronchinMario SemenzatoSiro Meli
3 h2 r2/4NetherlandsNED
Bernard LuttikhuizenRené KieftHerman Zaanen
3 h3 r2/4FinlandFIN
Leo AhonenLeif AnderssonAntero Yli-Ikkelä
3 h4 r2/4FranceFRA
Jean-Claude CoucardonChristian DurniakAlain Lacoste
4 h1 r2/4AustriaAUT
Rainer HintereggerManfred GrieshoferWerner Grieshofer
4 h2 r2/4CubaCUB
Lázaro RiveroTeófilo LópezJesús Rosello
4 h3 r2/4ArgentinaARG
Pedro YucciolinoFinfa GabbaRaúl Mazerati
4 h4 r2/4BelgiumBEL
Paul De WeertWilfried Van HerckGuy Defraigne
5 h4 r2/4UruguayURU
Pedro CiapessoniJorge BuenahoraDaniel Jorge

Round One

Date27 August 1972 — 14:00
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11CzechoslovakiaTCH7:41.271:46.07 (1)3:41.63 (1)5:39.84 (1)1:55.56 (2)1:58.21 (1)2:01.43 (3)Q
Oldřich SvojanovskýPavel SvojanovskýVladimír Petříček
22SwitzerlandSUI7:46.031:49.00 (3)3:44.72 (2)5:45.64 (2)1:55.72 (3)2:00.92 (3)2:00.39 (2)
René FurlerNicolas LindeckerStefan Hablützel
36RomaniaROU7:47.981:48.53 (2)3:45.97 (4)5:47.68 (4)1:57.44 (4)2:01.71 (4)2:00.30 (1)
Ștefan TudorPetre CeapuraLadislau Lovrenschi
43CanadaCAN7:49.541:50.40 (5)3:45.38 (3)5:46.28 (3)1:54.98 (1)2:00.90 (2)2:03.26 (4)
Trevor JosephsonMike NearyRobert Battersby
54NorwayNOR8:00.561:49.85 (4)3:47.57 (5)5:52.89 (5)1:57.72 (5)2:05.32 (5)2:07.67 (5)
Rolf AndreassenArne BergoddThor Egil Olsen
65BelgiumBEL8:08.511:51.52 (6)3:53.41 (6)6:00.30 (6)2:01.89 (6)2:06.89 (6)2:08.21 (6)
Paul De WeertWilfried Van HerckGuy Defraigne

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14United StatesUSA7:50.001:50.03 (3)3:48.35 (3)5:50.52 (1)1:58.32 (2)2:02.17 (1)1:59.48 (1)Q
Luther JonesMike StainesAaron Herman
25PolandPOL7:57.231:49.15 (2)3:47.61 (2)5:51.77 (=2)1:58.46 (3)2:04.16 (2)2:05.46 (2)
Wojciech RepszWiesław DługoszJacek Rylski
33NetherlandsNED8:00.151:49.03 (1)3:47.14 (1)5:51.77 (=2)1:58.11 (1)2:04.63 (3)2:08.38 (4)
Bernard LuttikhuizenRené KieftHerman Zaanen
42AustriaAUT8:08.881:52.58 (4)3:52.84 (4)6:00.76 (4)2:00.26 (4)2:07.92 (4)2:08.12 (3)
Rainer HintereggerManfred GrieshoferWerner Grieshofer
51UruguayURU8:29.511:53.38 (5)3:58.81 (5)6:14.72 (5)2:05.43 (5)2:15.91 (5)2:14.79 (5)
Pedro CiapessoniJorge BuenahoraDaniel Jorge

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11East GermanyGDR7:54.111:46.69 (1)3:45.98 (1)5:48.58 (1)1:59.29 (1)2:02.60 (2)2:05.53 (4)Q
Wolfgang GunkelJörg LuckeKlaus-Dieter Neubert
24BulgariaBUL8:01.121:46.74 (2)3:50.16 (2)5:56.05 (2)2:03.42 (2)2:05.89 (4)2:05.07 (3)
Dimitar ValovDimitar YanakievNenko Dobrev
35ItalyITA8:02.791:53.89 (5)3:58.16 (3)6:00.51 (3)2:04.27 (3)2:02.35 (1)2:02.28 (1)
Giampaolo TronchinMario SemenzatoSiro Meli
43FranceFRA8:09.621:51.56 (3)4:00.04 (5)6:05.64 (4)2:08.48 (5)2:05.60 (3)2:03.98 (2)
Jean-Claude CoucardonChristian DurniakAlain Lacoste
52ArgentinaARG8:20.191:51.71 (4)3:58.74 (4)6:07.42 (5)2:07.03 (4)2:08.68 (5)2:12.77 (5)
Pedro YucciolinoFinfa GabbaRaúl Mazerati

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Soviet UnionURS7:43.841:49.54 (1)3:46.34 (1)5:44.97 (1)1:56.80 (1)1:58.63 (1)1:58.87 (1)Q
Vladimir YeshinovNikolay IvanovYury Lorentsson
22Great BritainGBR7:49.561:50.04 (2)3:47.74 (2)5:47.95 (2)1:57.70 (2)2:00.21 (2)2:01.61 (2)
David MaxwellMike HartAlan Inns
35West GermanyFRG8:02.191:55.04 (4)3:56.66 (4)6:00.12 (3)2:01.62 (3)2:03.46 (3)2:02.07 (3)
Heinz MußmannBernd KrauseStefan Kuhnke
43FinlandFIN8:06.561:53.16 (3)3:55.30 (3)6:00.52 (4)2:02.14 (4)2:05.22 (4)2:06.04 (4)
Leo AhonenLeif AnderssonAntero Yli-Ikkelä
54CubaCUB8:17.341:57.01 (5)4:02.62 (5)6:10.96 (5)2:05.61 (5)2:08.34 (5)2:06.38 (5)
Lázaro RiveroTeófilo LópezJesús Rosello

Round One Repêchage

Date29 August 1972 — 14:00
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Great BritainGBR8:01.141:53.81 (1)3:56.01 (1)5:58.48 (1)2:02.20 (1)2:02.47 (1)2:02.66 (3)Q
Mike HartDavid MaxwellAlan Inns
22NorwayNOR8:03.501:55.25 (2)3:58.05 (2)6:01.39 (2)2:02.80 (2)2:03.34 (2)2:02.11 (1)Q
Rolf AndreassenArne BergoddThor Egil Olsen
33ItalyITA8:10.461:56.96 (3)4:01.34 (3)6:08.26 (3)2:04.38 (3)2:06.92 (3)2:02.20 (2)
Giampaolo TronchinMario SemenzatoSiro Meli
41AustriaAUT8:15.941:57.86 (4)4:05.15 (4)6:12.62 (4)2:07.29 (4)2:07.47 (4)2:03.32 (4)
Rainer HintereggerManfred GrieshoferWerner Grieshofer

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14BulgariaBUL8:10.942:00.98 (4)4:05.93 (3)6:07.95 (1)2:04.95 (2)2:02.02 (1)2:02.99 (1)Q
Dimitar ValovDimitar YanakievNenko Dobrev
23CanadaCAN8:12.691:58.62 (2)4:03.32 (1)6:08.39 (2)2:04.70 (1)2:05.07 (2)2:04.30 (2)Q
Trevor JosephsonMike NearyRobert Battersby
32NetherlandsNED8:17.371:57.58 (1)4:04.30 (2)6:09.61 (3)2:06.72 (3)2:05.31 (3)2:07.76 (3)
Bernard LuttikhuizenRené KieftHerman Zaanen
41CubaCUB8:37.142:00.53 (3)4:10.70 (4)6:22.86 (4)2:10.17 (4)2:12.16 (4)2:14.28 (4)
Lázaro RiveroTeófilo LópezJesús Rosello

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14RomaniaROU8:08.341:55.88 (1)3:59.51 (1)6:04.21 (1)2:03.63 (1)2:04.70 (3)2:04.13 (1)Q
Ștefan TudorPetre CeapuraLadislau Lovrenschi
23PolandPOL8:10.871:57.61 (2)4:01.80 (2)6:06.20 (3)2:04.19 (2)2:04.40 (2)2:04.67 (2)Q
Wojciech RepszWiesław DługoszJacek Rylski
31FinlandFIN8:11.891:57.63 (3)4:01.90 (3)6:05.94 (2)2:04.27 (3)2:04.04 (1)2:05.95 (3)
Leo AhonenLeif AnderssonAntero Yli-Ikkelä
42ArgentinaARG8:31.511:58.00 (4)4:06.74 (4)6:18.25 (4)2:08.74 (4)2:11.51 (4)2:13.26 (4)
Pedro YucciolinoFinfa GabbaRaúl Mazerati

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11West GermanyFRG8:07.951:57.40 (1)3:57.46 (1)6:01.30 (1)2:00.06 (1)2:03.84 (1)2:06.65 (4)Q
Heinz MußmannBernd KrauseStefan Kuhnke
24SwitzerlandSUI8:11.531:58.79 (3)3:59.57 (2)6:05.03 (2)2:00.78 (2)2:05.46 (2)2:06.50 (3)Q
René FurlerNicolas LindeckerStefan Hablützel
32FranceFRA8:15.251:58.02 (2)4:03.49 (3)6:10.80 (3)2:05.47 (3)2:07.31 (4)2:04.45 (2)
Jean-Claude CoucardonChristian DurniakAlain Lacoste
43BelgiumBEL8:16.262:03.30 (4)4:08.85 (4)6:15.08 (4)2:05.55 (4)2:06.23 (3)2:01.18 (1)
Paul De WeertWilfried Van HerckGuy Defraigne
55UruguayURU8:52.422:08.02 (5)4:18.72 (5)6:33.66 (5)2:10.70 (5)2:14.94 (5)2:18.76 (5)
Pedro CiapessoniJorge BuenahoraDaniel Jorge

Semi-Finals

Date31 August 1972 — 11:30
FormatTop three finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11East GermanyGDR8:13.871:56.20 (1)4:00.65 (1)6:09.37 (1)2:04.45 (1)2:08.72 (1)2:04.50 (3)Q
Wolfgang GunkelJörg LuckeKlaus-Dieter Neubert
22West GermanyFRG8:19.862:01.66 (3)4:06.83 (3)6:16.12 (3)2:05.17 (2)2:09.29 (2)2:03.74 (2)Q
Heinz MußmannBernd KrauseStefan Kuhnke
33PolandPOL8:20.692:02.75 (4)4:10.33 (4)6:19.65 (4)2:07.58 (6)2:09.32 (3)2:01.04 (1)Q
Wojciech RepszWiesław DługoszJacek Rylski
46Great BritainGBR8:21.611:58.92 (2)4:04.45 (2)6:15.23 (2)2:05.53 (3)2:10.78 (6)2:06.38 (5)
David MaxwellMike HartAlan Inns
54United StatesUSA8:25.402:03.44 (5)4:10.87 (5)6:20.79 (5)2:07.43 (5)2:09.92 (5)2:04.61 (4)
Luther JonesMike StainesAaron Herman
65CanadaCAN8:28.822:04.28 (6)4:11.63 (6)6:21.53 (6)2:07.35 (4)2:09.90 (4)2:07.29 (6)
Mike NearyTrevor JosephsonRobert Battersby

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Soviet UnionURS8:07.341:55.30 (2)3:57.24 (2)6:03.99 (2)2:01.94 (1)2:06.75 (1)2:03.35 (1)Q
Vladimir YeshinovNikolay IvanovYury Lorentsson
21CzechoslovakiaTCH8:07.881:51.38 (1)3:54.39 (1)6:02.65 (1)2:03.01 (4)2:08.26 (4)2:05.23 (3)Q
Oldřich SvojanovskýPavel SvojanovskýVladimír Petříček
33RomaniaROU8:10.891:56.22 (3)3:59.48 (3)6:06.41 (3)2:03.26 (5)2:06.93 (3)2:04.48 (2)Q
Ștefan TudorPetre CeapuraLadislau Lovrenschi
45BulgariaBUL8:20.211:59.16 (6)4:01.46 (5)6:08.32 (4)2:02.30 (2)2:06.86 (2)2:11.89 (4)
Dimitar ValovDimitar YanakievNenko Dobrev
54NorwayNOR8:30.291:58.71 (5)4:01.06 (4)6:13.49 (5)2:02.35 (3)2:12.43 (5)2:16.80 (6)
Rolf AndreassenArne BergoddThor Egil Olsen
66SwitzerlandSUI8:32.341:58.50 (4)4:03.96 (6)6:17.89 (6)2:05.46 (6)2:13.93 (6)2:14.45 (5)
René FurlerNicolas LindeckerStefan Hablützel

Final Round

Date1 – 2 September 1972

Final A

Time2 September 1972 — 11:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11East GermanyGDR7:17.251:42.25 (1)3:33.98 (1)5:26.96 (1)1:51.73 (1)1:52.98 (2)1:50.29 (2)OB
Wolfgang GunkelJörg LuckeKlaus-Dieter Neubert
23CzechoslovakiaTCH7:19.571:43.00 (2)3:35.02 (2)5:29.24 (2)1:52.02 (2)1:54.22 (5)1:50.33 (3)
Oldřich SvojanovskýPavel SvojanovskýVladimír Petříček
34RomaniaROU7:21.361:46.43 (6)3:40.95 (6)5:34.88 (6)1:54.52 (4)1:53.93 (4)1:46.48 (1)
Ștefan TudorPetre CeapuraLadislau Lovrenschi
45West GermanyFRG7:21.521:44.42 (4)3:36.73 (3)5:29.53 (3)1:52.31 (3)1:52.80 (1)1:51.99 (4)
Heinz MußmannBernd KrauseStefan Kuhnke
52Soviet UnionURS7:24.441:44.09 (3)3:38.63 (4)5:32.01 (4)1:54.54 (5)1:53.38 (3)1:52.43 (5)
Vladimir YeshinovNikolay IvanovYury Lorentsson
66PolandPOL7:28.921:45.68 (5)3:40.54 (5)5:34.79 (5)1:54.86 (6)1:54.25 (6)1:54.13 (6)
Wojciech RepszWiesław DługoszJacek Rylski

Final B

Time1 September 1972 — 10:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11NorwayNOR7:58.451:54.28 (3)3:55.13 (2)5:58.85 (2)2:00.85 (3)2:03.72 (2)1:59.60 (2)
Rolf AndreassenArne BergoddThor Egil Olsen
23Great BritainGBR7:59.571:51.61 (1)3:51.38 (1)5:56.25 (1)1:59.77 (1)2:04.87 (4)2:03.32 (6)
David MaxwellMike HartAlan Inns
36CanadaCAN8:00.271:56.09 (5)3:56.55 (4)5:59.98 (3)2:00.46 (2)2:03.43 (1)2:00.29 (3)
Mike NearyTrevor JosephsonRobert Battersby
44BulgariaBUL8:01.861:55.55 (4)3:58.63 (5)6:04.06 (6)2:03.08 (6)2:05.43 (5)1:57.80 (1)
Dimitar ValovDimitar YanakievNenko Dobrev
55United StatesUSA8:04.801:56.67 (6)3:58.70 (6)6:03.34 (5)2:02.03 (4)2:04.64 (3)2:01.46 (4)
Luther JonesMike StainesAaron Herman
62SwitzerlandSUI8:05.541:53.11 (2)3:56.14 (3)6:03.31 (4)2:03.03 (5)2:07.17 (6)2:02.23 (5)
René FurlerNicolas LindeckerStefan Hablützel