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Coxless Pairs, Men

Date14 – 21 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kopelatodramio Skhoinia, Schinias National Park
Participants26 from 13 countries

James Cracknell and Matthew Pinsent of Great Britain had won the men’s coxless pairs at the 2001 and 2002 World Championships, as well as the 2001, 2002, and 2003 Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, but their struggle with the discipline at the 2003 World Championships convinced them to switch back to the coxless fours for the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which they would win gold. This left Australia’s Drew Ginn and James Tomkins, the reigning World Champions, as the favorites in the event. Both were already Olympic champions: Ginn in the 1996 coxless fours and Tomkins in the 1992 and 1996 coxless fours, in addition to Olympic bronze from the 2000 single sculls. Another strong contender was South Africa, whose duo of Donnie Cech and Ramon di Clemente had taken silver at the 2002 World Championships, bronze in 2001 and 2003, and had won the 2004 Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup. The reigning World runners-up, and 2002 bronze medalists, were brothers Nikša and Siniša Skelin of Croatia, both of whom had earned bronze in the 2000 Olympic coxed eights. Walter Naneder and Marcos Morales of Argentina were the reigning Pan American champions.

Australia, South Africa, and the New Zealand duo of Nathan Twaddle and George Bridgewater won their heats in the opening round, with the latter posting the fastest time despite having the easiest heat. Australia posted the fastest time in the semi-finals, eliminating Argentina and finishing ahead of Croatia and New Zealand, but the interesting heat was the one won by Germans Tobias Kühne and Jan Herzog. Here, the Germans and the South Africans were racing to qualify for the finals alongside the crews from Canada, Dave Calder and Chris Jarvis, and Serbia and Montenegro, Nikola Stojić and Mladen Stegić, when, in the final stretch, the Canadians drifted off course and interfered with Cech and di Clemente, causing them to lose ground to Stojić and Stegić and costing them their qualification for the final. The South Africans protested and the Canadians were disqualified, bumping the former into the finals. When the Canadians’ plea to enter the final as a seventh boat was rejected, they exited the competition and refused to compete in the B final. The South Africans’ protest was well worth their time for, although Cech and di Clemente could not catch the Australians or the Croatians, who took gold and silver respectively, they did manage to come in third and earn their nation its first Olympic medal in rowing. Tomkins, meanwhile, surpassed the record set by Briton Steven Redgrave as the oldest male Olympic rowing champion with his victory in this event.

PosPairNOC
1Drew Ginn / James TomkinsAUSGold
2Siniša Skelin / Nikša SkelinCROSilver
3Donnie Cech / Ramon di ClementeRSABronze
4Nathan Twaddle / George BridgewaterNZL
5Nikola Stojić / Mladen StegićSCG
6Tobias Kühne / Jan HerzogGER
7Toby Garbett / Rick DunnGBR
8Giuseppe De Vita / Dario LariITA
9Matija Pavšič / Andrej HrabarSLO
10Walter Naneder / Marcos MoralesARG
11Luke Walton / Artour SamsonovUSA
3 h1 r2/4Adam Michálek / Petr ImreCZE
DNS r4/4Dave Calder / Chris JarvisCAN

Round One

Date14 August 2004
FormatTop three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Drew Ginn / James TomkinsAUS6:55.041:38.55 (1)3:23.23 (1)5:08.83 (1)1:44.68 (1)1:45.60 (1)1:46.21 (4)Q
23Nikola Stojić / Mladen StegićSCG6:58.111:40.34 (2)3:26.24 (2)5:12.22 (2)1:45.90 (2)1:45.98 (2)1:45.89 (3)Q
34Toby Garbett / Rick DunnGBR6:58.951:41.28 (3)3:27.33 (3)5:14.04 (3)1:46.05 (3)1:46.71 (3)1:44.91 (2)Q
45Walter Naneder / Marcos MoralesARG7:02.291:42.47 (4)3:29.23 (4)5:17.87 (5)1:46.76 (4)1:48.64 (5)1:44.42 (1)
51Matija Pavšič / Andrej HrabarSLO7:05.361:43.25 (5)3:30.29 (5)5:17.55 (4)1:47.04 (5)1:47.26 (4)1:47.81 (5)

Heat #2

Time10:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Donnie Cech / Ramon di ClementeRSA6:57.061:39.94 (1)3:24.93 (1)5:11.08 (1)1:44.99 (1)1:46.15 (1)1:45.98 (1)Q
23Siniša Skelin / Nikša SkelinCRO7:01.281:40.19 (2)3:25.37 (2)5:11.64 (2)1:45.18 (2)1:46.27 (2)1:49.64 (2)Q
31Luke Walton / Artour SamsonovUSA7:11.811:43.11 (4)3:30.92 (4)5:19.16 (3)1:47.81 (3)1:48.24 (3)1:52.65 (3)Q
44Adam Michálek / Petr ImreCZE7:26.191:42.18 (3)3:30.67 (3)5:22.45 (4)1:48.49 (4)1:51.78 (4)2:03.74 (4)q

Heat #3

Time10:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Nathan Twaddle / George BridgewaterNZL6:54.751:40.49 (4)3:24.53 (2)5:09.23 (1)1:44.04 (1)1:44.70 (1)1:45.52 (2)Q
23Dave Calder / Chris JarvisCAN6:56.231:39.38 (1)3:24.21 (1)5:11.54 (2)1:44.83 (2)1:47.33 (3)1:44.69 (1)Q
32Giuseppe De Vita / Dario LariITA7:03.121:40.21 (3)3:26.70 (3)5:12.34 (3)1:46.49 (3)1:45.64 (2)1:50.78 (3)Q
44Tobias Kühne / Jan HerzogGER7:14.161:39.72 (2)3:27.19 (4)5:15.20 (4)1:47.47 (4)1:48.01 (4)1:58.96 (4)

Round One Repêchage

Date17 August 2004 — 15:40
FormatTop three finishers advanced to semi-finals
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Tobias Kühne / Jan HerzogGER6:28.401:34.59 (2)3:13.14 (1)4:52.59 (1)1:38.55 (1)1:39.45 (2)1:35.81 (3)Q
21Walter Naneder / Marcos MoralesARG6:28.981:34.34 (1)3:14.28 (2)4:53.90 (2)1:39.94 (4)1:39.62 (4)1:35.08 (2)Q
32Matija Pavšič / Andrej HrabarSLO6:30.891:36.63 (4)3:16.24 (4)4:55.83 (4)1:39.61 (3)1:39.59 (3)1:35.06 (1)Q
43Adam Michálek / Petr ImreCZE6:33.241:36.14 (3)3:15.54 (3)4:54.75 (3)1:39.40 (2)1:39.21 (1)1:38.49 (4)q

Semi-Finals

Date18 August 2004
FormatTop three finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time9:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Drew Ginn / James TomkinsAUS6:22.601:33.12 (3)3:10.94 (3)4:46.79 (1)1:37.82 (2)1:35.85 (1)1:35.81 (4)Q
22Siniša Skelin / Nikša SkelinCRO6:23.571:32.27 (1)3:10.19 (1)4:48.23 (2)1:37.92 (3)1:38.04 (4)1:35.34 (2)Q
33Nathan Twaddle / George BridgewaterNZL6:24.491:33.51 (4)3:11.17 (4)4:48.80 (3)1:37.66 (1)1:37.63 (3)1:35.69 (3)Q
41Toby Garbett / Rick DunnGBR6:25.061:34.17 (5)3:14.90 (6)4:50.83 (5)1:40.73 (6)1:35.93 (2)1:34.23 (1)
55Giuseppe De Vita / Dario LariITA6:31.261:32.61 (2)3:10.62 (2)4:49.49 (4)1:38.01 (4)1:38.87 (5)1:41.77 (5)
66Walter Naneder / Marcos MoralesARG7:19.571:34.95 (6)3:12.98 (5)4:57.11 (6)1:38.03 (5)1:44.13 (6)2:22.46 (6)

Heat #2

Time9:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Tobias Kühne / Jan HerzogGER6:25.471:34.26 (2)3:11.63 (1)4:49.77 (1)1:37.37 (2)1:38.14 (2)1:35.70 (1)Q
22Nikola Stojić / Mladen StegićSCG6:27.501:34.51 (3)3:12.41 (3)4:50.12 (2)1:37.90 (3)1:37.71 (1)1:37.38 (3)Q
33Donnie Cech / Ramon di ClementeRSA6:28.481:34.00 (1)3:12.09 (2)4:50.74 (3)1:38.09 (4)1:38.65 (4)1:37.74 (4)Q
45Luke Walton / Artour SamsonovUSA6:32.511:36.38 (4)3:16.42 (4)4:54.71 (4)1:40.04 (5)1:38.29 (3)1:37.80 (5)
56Matija Pavšič / Andrej HrabarSLO6:46.121:36.72 (5)3:17.86 (5)4:59.20 (5)1:41.14 (6)1:41.34 (6)1:46.92 (6)
DQDave Calder / Chris JarvisCAN[6:26.04][1:33.00] ([1])[3:09.99] ([1])[4:49.09] ([1])[] ([])[] ([])[] ([])1

Final Round

Date19 – 21 August 2004

Final A

Time21 August 2004 — 9:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Drew Ginn / James TomkinsAUS6:30.761:34.68 (1)3:14.05 (1)4:53.08 (1)1:39.37 (2)1:39.03 (2)1:37.68 (4)
22Siniša Skelin / Nikša SkelinCRO6:32.641:35.57 (2)3:15.66 (2)4:55.35 (2)1:40.09 (4)1:39.69 (3)1:37.29 (3)
31Donnie Cech / Ramon di ClementeRSA6:33.401:36.93 (5)3:16.99 (5)4:56.74 (3)1:40.06 (3)1:39.75 (4)1:36.66 (1)
46Nathan Twaddle / George BridgewaterNZL6:34.241:36.57 (4)3:18.90 (6)4:57.11 (4)1:42.33 (6)1:38.21 (1)1:37.13 (2)
55Nikola Stojić / Mladen StegićSCG6:39.741:37.75 (6)3:16.40 (3)4:59.80 (6)1:38.65 (1)1:43.40 (6)1:39.94 (5)
63Tobias Kühne / Jan HerzogGER6:46.501:36.16 (3)3:16.72 (4)4:59.57 (5)1:40.56 (5)1:42.85 (5)1:46.93 (6)

Final B

Time19 August 2004 — 10:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Toby Garbett / Rick DunnGBR6:22.041:33.65 (3)3:11.37 (3)4:48.91 (2)1:37.72 (4)1:37.54 (1)1:33.13 (1)
25Giuseppe De Vita / Dario LariITA6:22.081:32.49 (1)3:09.37 (1)4:47.57 (1)1:36.88 (1)1:38.20 (2)1:34.51 (3)
32Matija Pavšič / Andrej HrabarSLO6:27.111:36.54 (5)3:13.94 (5)4:52.75 (5)1:37.40 (2)1:38.81 (3)1:34.36 (2)
46Walter Naneder / Marcos MoralesARG6:27.881:33.19 (2)3:10.95 (2)4:50.82 (3)1:37.76 (5)1:39.87 (4)1:37.06 (4)
53Luke Walton / Artour SamsonovUSA6:30.491:34.02 (4)3:11.62 (4)4:52.46 (4)1:37.60 (3)1:40.84 (5)1:38.03 (5)
DNSDave Calder / Chris JarvisCAN– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)