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Coxless Pairs, Men

Date17 – 23 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales
Participants30 from 15 countries

With the two-time defending Olympic champions from Great Britain, Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, having switched disciplines, the men’s coxless pairs event at the 2000 Games was much more open than it had been at the past. Australia’s James Tomkins, a double Olympic champion in the coxless fours from 1992 and 1996, was one half of the reigning World Champions, but his partner, Drew Ginn, suffered a back injury and could not attend his home Olympics, and thus Tomkins brought Matthew Long instead. The other two recent World Champions, France and Germany, sent their victorious crews to the Games. France, represented by Michel Andrieux and Jean-Christophe Rolland, was the 1997 World champion, the 1999 World runner-up, and the 1996 Olympic bronze medalist. Germany, meanwhile, had Robert Sens and Detlef Kirchhoff, the 1998 World Champions. Kirchhoff also had three previous Olympic medals in other disciplines. Great Britain would attempt to defend its title with Ed Coode and Greg Searle, a 1992 Olympic champion in the coxed pairs and 1996 bronze medalist in the coxless fours.

The Britons posted the fastest time in the opening round, with Serbia and Montenegro (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) only 0.17 seconds slower in winning their own heat with Đorđe Višacki and Nikola Stojić. France was the slowest of the three in capturing its own heat, but was fastest in the semi-finals, with Australia barely emerging victorious in its own heat against Serbia and Montenegro. In the final, France retained its strength and won gold by a margin of a nearly a second, while the American duo of Ted Murphy and Sebastian Bea snuck in for a surprise second-place finish. Murphy had been one half of the bronze medal-winning boat at the 1997 World Championships and had earned a silver medal in the coxed fours in 1994, while Bea was a 1997 gold medalist in the coxed eights. The race for the final podium spot was a tight one, with Australia and Great Britain battling to the line, where the former nabbed the bronze with only 0.14 seconds to spare.

PosPairNOC
1Michel Andrieux / Jean-Christophe RollandFRAGold
2Ted Murphy / Sebastian BeaUSASilver
3Matthew Long / James TomkinsAUSBronze
4Ed Coode / Greg SearleGBR
5Đorđe Višacki / Nikola StojićSCG
6Ramon di Clemente / Donnie CechRSA
7Phil Graham / Henry HeringCAN
8Oliver Martinov / Ninoslav SaragaCRO
9Robert Sens / Detlef KirchhoffGER
10Piotr Basta / Piotr BochenekPOL
11Miha Pirih / Gregor SračnjekSLO
12Luigi Sorrentino / Pasquale PanzarinoITA
4 h1 r2/4Damián Ordás / Diego Aguirre Gómez CortaARG
5 h1 r2/4Amru Temraz / Alaa El-Din AhmedEGY
6 h1 r2/4Kasam Khan / Inderpal SinghIND

Round One

Date17 September 2000
FormatTop three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time10:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Michel Andrieux / Jean-Christophe RollandFRA6:44.801:36.31 (1)3:18.18 (1)5:02.46 (1)1:41.87 (1)1:44.28 (2)1:42.34 (1)Q
23Luigi Sorrentino / Pasquale PanzarinoITA6:48.261:38.46 (3)3:21.07 (2)5:05.01 (2)1:42.61 (2)1:43.94 (1)1:43.25 (2)Q
35Oliver Martinov / Ninoslav SaragaCRO6:52.571:37.47 (2)3:21.46 (3)5:07.91 (3)1:43.99 (3)1:46.45 (4)1:44.66 (4)Q
41Damián Ordás / Diego Aguirre Gómez CortaARG6:55.741:40.03 (4)3:26.22 (4)5:12.08 (4)1:46.19 (4)1:45.86 (3)1:43.66 (3)
52Kasam Khan / Inderpal SinghIND7:09.941:41.10 (5)3:29.58 (5)5:19.46 (5)1:48.48 (5)1:49.88 (5)1:50.48 (5)

Heat #2

Time10:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Đorđe Višacki / Nikola StojićSCG6:42.621:38.88 (3)3:20.05 (1)5:03.31 (1)1:41.17 (1)1:43.26 (3)1:39.31 (2)Q
25Ramon di Clemente / Donnie CechRSA6:43.231:38.63 (2)3:22.11 (4)5:04.28 (3)1:43.48 (4)1:42.17 (2)1:38.95 (1)Q
31Ted Murphy / Sebastian BeaUSA6:44.861:39.49 (4)3:21.86 (3)5:03.83 (2)1:42.37 (2)1:41.97 (1)1:41.03 (3)Q
44Robert Sens / Detlef KirchhoffGER7:10.621:38.28 (1)3:21.26 (2)5:04.82 (4)1:42.98 (3)1:43.56 (4)2:05.80 (5)
52Amru Temraz / Alaa El-Din AhmedEGY7:15.631:41.89 (5)3:34.13 (5)5:26.82 (5)1:52.24 (5)1:52.69 (5)1:48.81 (4)

Heat #3

Time10:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Ed Coode / Greg SearleGBR6:42.451:37.70 (1)3:20.41 (1)5:02.42 (1)1:42.71 (1)1:42.01 (1)1:40.03 (1)Q
24Matthew Long / James TomkinsAUS6:46.991:38.22 (2)3:22.04 (2)5:04.17 (2)1:43.82 (3)1:42.13 (2)1:42.82 (3)Q
32Phil Graham / Henry HeringCAN6:48.421:39.62 (4)3:23.13 (3)5:06.26 (3)1:43.51 (2)1:43.13 (3)1:42.16 (2)Q
41Miha Pirih / Gregor SračnjekSLO6:55.821:38.97 (3)3:26.75 (4)5:10.81 (5)1:47.78 (5)1:44.06 (5)1:45.01 (4)
55Piotr Basta / Piotr BochenekPOL6:58.471:41.41 (5)3:26.79 (5)5:10.19 (4)1:45.38 (4)1:43.40 (4)1:48.28 (5)

Round One Repêchage

Date19 September 2000 — 10:10
FormatTop three finishers advanced to semi-finals
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Robert Sens / Detlef KirchhoffGER6:45.731:34.86 (1)3:16.86 (1)4:59.92 (1)1:42.00 (1)1:43.06 (1)1:45.81 (4)Q
25Piotr Basta / Piotr BochenekPOL6:48.741:37.48 (3)3:21.32 (3)5:07.80 (3)1:43.84 (3)1:46.48 (4)1:40.94 (1)Q
34Miha Pirih / Gregor SračnjekSLO6:50.491:36.99 (2)3:19.40 (2)5:05.51 (2)1:42.41 (2)1:46.11 (2)1:44.98 (3)Q
42Damián Ordás / Diego Aguirre Gómez CortaARG6:52.381:38.93 (5)3:24.08 (4)5:10.44 (4)1:45.15 (4)1:46.36 (3)1:41.94 (2)
51Amru Temraz / Alaa El-Din AhmedEGY7:07.351:38.44 (4)3:28.40 (6)5:17.98 (6)1:49.96 (6)1:49.58 (5)1:49.37 (5)
66Kasam Khan / Inderpal SinghIND7:16.101:39.35 (6)3:26.71 (5)5:16.94 (5)1:47.36 (5)1:50.23 (6)1:59.16 (6)

Semi-Finals

Date21 September 2000
FormatTop three finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time9:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Michel Andrieux / Jean-Christophe RollandFRA6:30.961:37.25 (4)3:16.39 (2)4:56.01 (2)1:39.14 (1)1:39.62 (3)1:34.95 (1)Q
23Ed Coode / Greg SearleGBR6:31.081:35.28 (1)3:14.47 (1)4:54.07 (1)1:39.19 (2)1:39.60 (2)1:37.01 (4)Q
32Ramon di Clemente / Donnie CechRSA6:33.151:36.51 (3)3:17.13 (4)4:56.33 (3)1:40.62 (4)1:39.20 (1)1:36.82 (3)Q
45Phil Graham / Henry HeringCAN6:33.221:36.20 (2)3:16.71 (3)4:58.22 (4)1:40.51 (3)1:41.51 (5)1:35.00 (2)
51Piotr Basta / Piotr BochenekPOL6:43.381:37.77 (5)3:19.65 (5)5:00.85 (5)1:41.88 (5)1:41.20 (4)1:42.53 (5)
66Oliver Martinov / Ninoslav SaragaCRO6:46.001:38.07 (6)3:20.33 (6)5:02.59 (6)1:42.26 (6)1:42.26 (6)1:43.41 (6)

Heat #2

Time9:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Matthew Long / James TomkinsAUS6:34.421:34.00 (2)3:14.41 (2)4:55.78 (2)1:40.41 (2)1:41.37 (1)1:38.64 (1)Q
23Đorđe Višacki / Nikola StojićSCG6:34.931:34.20 (3)3:14.66 (3)4:56.04 (3)1:40.46 (3)1:41.38 (2)1:38.89 (2)Q
35Ted Murphy / Sebastian BeaUSA6:35.421:33.71 (1)3:13.70 (1)4:55.54 (1)1:39.99 (1)1:41.84 (4)1:39.88 (3)Q
46Robert Sens / Detlef KirchhoffGER6:38.411:35.05 (4)3:16.45 (4)4:57.86 (4)1:41.40 (5)1:41.41 (3)1:40.55 (4)
51Miha Pirih / Gregor SračnjekSLO6:49.791:35.53 (6)3:17.46 (6)5:03.70 (6)1:41.93 (6)1:46.24 (5)1:46.09 (5)
64Luigi Sorrentino / Pasquale PanzarinoITA6:53.571:35.41 (5)3:16.78 (5)5:03.48 (5)1:41.37 (4)1:46.70 (6)1:50.09 (6)

Final Round

Date22 – 23 September 2000

Final A

Time23 September 2000 — 9:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Michel Andrieux / Jean-Christophe RollandFRA6:32.971:37.46 (5)3:18.60 (4)4:55.66 (1)1:41.14 (4)1:37.06 (1)1:37.31 (3)
21Ted Murphy / Sebastian BeaUSA6:33.801:37.26 (4)3:18.38 (3)4:57.77 (4)1:41.12 (3)1:39.39 (2)1:36.03 (2)
33Matthew Long / James TomkinsAUS6:34.261:36.98 (3)3:18.80 (5)4:58.35 (5)1:41.82 (5)1:39.55 (3)1:35.91 (1)
42Ed Coode / Greg SearleGBR6:34.381:35.43 (1)3:15.88 (1)4:56.41 (2)1:40.45 (1)1:40.53 (5)1:37.97 (4)
55Đorđe Višacki / Nikola StojićSCG6:38.701:36.61 (2)3:17.27 (2)4:57.27 (3)1:40.66 (2)1:40.00 (4)1:41.43 (6)
66Ramon di Clemente / Donnie CechRSA6:43.101:38.27 (6)3:21.09 (6)5:02.91 (6)1:42.82 (6)1:41.82 (6)1:40.19 (5)

Final B

Time22 September 2000 — 10:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Phil Graham / Henry HeringCAN6:33.601:36.47 (1)3:15.98 (1)4:56.83 (1)1:39.51 (1)1:40.85 (2)1:36.77 (2)
26Oliver Martinov / Ninoslav SaragaCRO6:35.181:37.25 (4)3:18.48 (4)4:58.52 (2)1:41.23 (5)1:40.04 (1)1:36.66 (1)
33Robert Sens / Detlef KirchhoffGER6:37.941:37.51 (5)3:18.06 (3)4:59.02 (3)1:40.55 (3)1:40.96 (3)1:38.92 (5)
45Piotr Basta / Piotr BochenekPOL6:39.441:37.81 (6)3:18.99 (6)5:00.77 (5)1:41.18 (4)1:41.78 (4)1:38.67 (3)
52Miha Pirih / Gregor SračnjekSLO6:40.231:36.77 (2)3:18.76 (5)5:01.47 (6)1:41.99 (6)1:42.71 (6)1:38.76 (4)
61Luigi Sorrentino / Pasquale PanzarinoITA6:40.351:37.04 (3)3:17.47 (2)4:59.80 (4)1:40.43 (2)1:42.33 (5)1:40.55 (6)