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Double Sculls, Men

Date20 – 27 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationGrebnoy kanal, Sportivny komplex Krylatskoye, Moskva
Participants19 from 9 countries

Norway’s participation in the American-led boycott meant that whoever won the men’s double sculls event at the 1980 Summer Olympics would earn a qualified victory at best. This was due to the fact that brothers Frank and Alf Hansen, the defending Olympic champions and winners of three of the last four World Championships, were excluded from competing. This meant that the only World Champion at the Games was Chris Baillieu of Great Britain, one half of the 1977 championship duo and runner-up at the 1976 Olympics. Baillieu was considered a slight favorite, however, even without his traditional partner Mike Hart, because he had won three of the last four Double Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta. In Moscow he was partnered with Jim Clark, a 1976 silver medalist in the coxed eights.

The opening round, however, was dominated by East Germany, who finished nearly five seconds ahead of the other heat winner, Great Britain. The German pair consisted of Joachim Dreifke, bronze medalist from the 1976 Olympic single sculls and half of the 1975 World runners-up, and Klaus Kröppelien, a successful international rower in other disciplines. In the final, the East Germans claimed gold by a comfortable margin, leaving silver and bronze for Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia respectively. The former’s crew consisted of Zoran Pančić and Milorad Stanulov, a bronze medalist in the single sculls at the 1978 World Championships, while the latter was represented by Zdeněk Pecka and Václav Vochoska, both 1976 Olympic bronze medalists in the quadruple sculls. Great Britain, meanwhile, faltered in the final and finished fourth.

PosPairNOC
1Joachim Dreifke / Klaus KröppelienGDRGold
2Zoran Pančić / Milorad StanulovYUGSilver
3Zdeněk Pecka / Václav VochoskaTCHBronze
4Jim Clark / Chris BaillieuGBR
5Aleksandr Fomchenko / Yevgeny DuleyevURS
6Wiesław Kujda / Piotr TobolskiPOL
7José Ramón Oyarzábal / José Luis CortaESP
8Marc Boudoux / Didier Gallet / Denis GatéFRA
9Dimitar Petrov / Stoyko HadilevBUL

Round One

Date20 July 1980 — 10:30
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Joachim Dreifke / Klaus KröppelienGDR6:54.691:36.25 (1)3:20.04 (1)5:08.65 (1)1:43.79 (1)1:48.61 (2)1:46.04 (1)Q
23Zoran Pančić / Milorad StanulovYUG7:04.571:40.14 (4)3:26.37 (3)5:14.78 (2)1:46.23 (3)1:48.41 (1)1:49.79 (2)
34Aleksandr Fomchenko / Yevgeny DuleyevURS7:07.121:38.69 (2)3:24.29 (2)5:16.08 (3)1:45.60 (2)1:51.79 (3)1:51.04 (4)
42Marc Boudoux / Denis GatéFRA7:14.431:39.14 (3)3:29.60 (4)5:24.24 (4)1:50.46 (4)1:54.64 (4)1:50.19 (3)
55Dimitar Petrov / Stoyko HadilevBUL7:21.831:41.65 (5)3:32.23 (5)5:29.00 (5)1:50.58 (5)1:56.77 (5)1:52.83 (5)

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Jim Clark / Chris BaillieuGBR6:59.671:38.92 (3)3:24.98 (1)5:11.50 (1)1:46.06 (1)1:46.52 (1)1:48.17 (2)Q
22Wiesław Kujda / Piotr TobolskiPOL7:01.791:37.04 (1)3:25.34 (2)5:14.85 (2)1:48.30 (4)1:49.51 (2)1:46.94 (1)
34José Ramón Oyarzábal / José Luis CortaESP7:11.051:39.64 (4)3:27.64 (4)5:17.24 (4)1:48.00 (3)1:49.60 (3)1:53.81 (3)
41Zdeněk Pecka / Václav VochoskaTCH7:16.021:38.62 (2)3:25.83 (3)5:16.81 (3)1:47.21 (2)1:50.98 (4)1:59.21 (4)

Round One Repêchage

Date22 July 1980 — 10:20
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Zoran Pančić / Milorad StanulovYUG6:36.461:33.06 (2)3:12.32 (2)4:54.43 (2)1:39.26 (2)1:42.11 (1)1:42.03 (1)Q
22Zdeněk Pecka / Václav VochoskaTCH6:36.701:32.37 (1)3:10.32 (1)4:53.43 (1)1:37.95 (1)1:43.11 (2)1:43.27 (3)Q
34José Ramón Oyarzábal / José Luis CortaESP6:43.151:34.27 (4)3:15.14 (3)5:00.45 (3)1:40.87 (3)1:45.31 (3)1:42.70 (2)
41Dimitar Petrov / Stoyko HadilevBUL7:01.251:33.26 (3)3:15.90 (4)5:08.09 (4)1:42.64 (4)1:52.19 (4)1:53.16 (4)

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Aleksandr Fomchenko / Yevgeny DuleyevURS6:37.771:30.97 (1)3:10.69 (1)4:53.38 (1)1:39.72 (2)1:42.69 (1)1:44.39 (1)Q
23Wiesław Kujda / Piotr TobolskiPOL6:47.381:34.04 (3)3:13.07 (3)4:55.80 (2)1:39.03 (1)1:42.73 (2)1:51.58 (2)Q
32Marc Boudoux / Denis GatéFRA7:00.611:32.33 (2)3:12.66 (2)5:02.06 (3)1:40.33 (3)1:49.40 (3)1:58.55 (3)

Final Round

Date27 July 1980

Final A

Time10:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Joachim Dreifke / Klaus KröppelienGDR6:24.331:28.91 (2)3:0.569 (1)4:45.36 (1)1:31.66 (2)1:44.79 (5)1:38.97 (3)
22Zoran Pančić / Milorad StanulovYUG6:26.341:31.00 (4)3:09.54 (4)4:48.23 (2)1:38.54 (4)1:38.69 (1)1:38.11 (1)
36Zdeněk Pecka / Václav VochoskaTCH6:29.071:30.68 (3)3:0.904 (2)4:48.96 (3)1:30.22 (1)1:48.06 (6)1:40.11 (4)
45Jim Clark / Chris BaillieuGBR6:31.131:32.50 (6)3:12.21 (5)4:52.66 (5)1:39.71 (5)1:40.45 (2)1:38.47 (2)
51Aleksandr Fomchenko / Yevgeny DuleyevURS6:35.341:28.68 (1)3:06.80 (3)4:49.57 (4)1:38.12 (3)1:42.77 (4)1:45.77 (6)
63Wiesław Kujda / Piotr TobolskiPOL6:39.661:32.11 (5)3:13.13 (6)4:55.26 (6)1:41.02 (6)1:42.13 (3)1:44.40 (5)

Final B

Time10:45
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12José Ramón Oyarzábal / José Luis CortaESP6:38.381:32.61 (1)3:15.20 (2)4:56.19 (1)1:42.59 (3)1:40.99 (1)1:42.19 (2)
23Marc Boudoux / Didier GalletFRA6:40.601:32.97 (2)3:14.84 (1)4:58.69 (2)1:41.87 (1)1:43.85 (3)1:41.91 (1)
31Dimitar Petrov / Stoyko HadilevBUL6:43.811:33.87 (3)3:15.86 (3)4:59.16 (3)1:41.99 (2)1:43.30 (2)1:44.65 (3)