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Lightweight Double Sculls, Men

Date15 – 22 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kopelatodramio Skhoinia, Schinias National Park
Participants43 from 21 countries

Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz of Poland were the defending Olympic champions, but they had been runners-up at the last three World Championships, losing every time to Italy’s Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari, the 2000 Olympic silver medalists. Although these two nations were favored at the 2004 edition, both lost their opening round heats, Italy to the Greek duo of Vasilios Polymeros and Nikos Skiathitis and Poland to Danes Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist, the 2002 World bronze medalists. The other heats went to Ireland’s Sam Lynch and Gearóid Towey, the 2003 World bronze medalists, and France’s Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron, the latter of whom was a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist and both of whom posted the fastest time of the round. A big surprise came in the finals when Italy struggled in a heat won by France and finished fifth behind Ireland, leading to its elimination. Poland won its heat easily and, with its strongest challenger gone, was able to claim the gold medal in the final, although it faced a surprisingly strong challenge from France, who came in for silver just over half a second later. The Greeks, meanwhile, battled the Danes for the final podium spot and came out on top by a margin of only 0.69 seconds to win their nation its first Olympic rowing medal, if one discounts those earned in the odd 6- and 17-man naval rowing boats events at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

PosPairNOC
1Tomasz Kucharski / Robert SyczPOLGold
2Frédéric Dufour / Pascal TouronFRASilver
3Vasilios Polymeros / Nikos SkiathitisGREBronze
4Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN
5Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN
6Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN
7Steve Tucker / Greg RuckmanUSA
8Rubén Álvarez / Juan ZunzuneguiESP
9Václav Maleček / Michal VabroušekCZE
10Sam Lynch / Gearóid ToweyIRL
11Ľuboš Podstupka / Lukáš BabačSVK
12Elia Luini / Nicola Moriconi / Leonardo PettinariITA
13Manuel Brehmer / Ingo EulerGER
14Armando Arechavaleta / Yosvel IglesiasCUB
15Justin Gevaert / Wouter Van der FraenenBEL
16George Jelbart / Cameron WurfAUS
17Zhu Zhifu / Yang JianCHN
18Rodolfo Collazo / Joe ReboledoURU
2 h2 r3/4Sergey Bogdanov / Ruslan NaurzaliyevUZB
4 h2 r3/4José Sobral Júnior / Thiago GomesBRA
5 h2 r3/4Lo Ting Wai / So Sau WahHKG

Round One

Date15 August 2004
FormatWinner if each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time8:51
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Vasilios Polymeros / Nikos SkiathitisGRE6:15.221:29.88 (1)3:02.79 (1)4:38.15 (1)1:32.91 (1)1:35.36 (1)1:37.07 (4)Q OB
23Elia Luini / Leonardo PettinariITA6:19.821:32.66 (4)3:07.79 (3)4:44.08 (2)1:35.13 (2)1:36.29 (2)1:35.74 (1)
32Ľuboš Podstupka / Lukáš BabačSVK6:22.001:32.10 (3)3:07.46 (2)4:45.07 (3)1:35.36 (3)1:37.61 (4)1:36.93 (3)
41Zhu Zhifu / Yang JianCHN6:22.641:31.58 (2)3:08.21 (4)4:46.12 (4)1:36.63 (4)1:37.91 (5)1:36.52 (2)
56Armando Arechavaleta / Yosvel IglesiasCUB6:25.141:32.93 (5)3:10.28 (5)4:47.80 (5)1:37.35 (5)1:37.52 (3)1:37.34 (5)
65Thiago Gomes / José Sobral JúniorBRA6:33.921:33.12 (6)3:10.79 (6)4:51.85 (6)1:37.67 (6)1:41.06 (6)1:42.07 (6)

Heat #2

Time8:58
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Frédéric Dufour / Pascal TouronFRA6:14.551:31.79 (2)3:04.86 (2)4:38.96 (1)1:33.07 (1)1:34.10 (1)1:35.59 (1)Q OB
23Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:20.981:30.00 (1)3:04.61 (1)4:41.72 (2)1:34.61 (2)1:37.11 (3)1:39.26 (3)
32Rubén Álvarez / Juan ZunzuneguiESP6:23.231:31.99 (3)3:07.04 (3)4:43.79 (3)1:35.05 (3)1:36.75 (2)1:39.44 (4)
45Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:24.081:32.77 (4)3:08.14 (4)4:46.94 (4)1:35.37 (4)1:38.80 (4)1:37.14 (2)
51Lo Ting Wai / So Sau WahHKG6:43.491:34.94 (5)3:17.63 (5)5:02.85 (5)1:42.69 (5)1:45.22 (5)1:40.64 (5)

Heat #3

Time9:05
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
15Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN6:17.681:32.35 (1)3:07.36 (1)4:41.31 (1)1:35.01 (1)1:33.95 (1)1:36.37 (2)Q
24Tomasz Kucharski / Robert SyczPOL6:21.451:32.62 (2)3:09.62 (3)4:45.17 (2)1:37.00 (3)1:35.55 (2)1:36.28 (1)
33Manuel Brehmer / Ingo EulerGER6:25.221:33.30 (3)3:09.15 (2)4:46.30 (3)1:35.85 (2)1:37.15 (3)1:38.92 (3)
41George Jelbart / Cameron WurfAUS6:28.941:33.62 (4)3:11.09 (4)4:49.02 (4)1:37.47 (4)1:37.93 (4)1:39.92 (4)
52Sergey Bogdanov / Ruslan NaurzaliyevUZB6:52.341:34.86 (5)3:17.45 (5)5:02.36 (5)1:42.59 (5)1:44.91 (5)1:49.98 (5)

Heat #4

Time9:12
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Sam Lynch / Gearóid ToweyIRL6:16.631:31.99 (1)3:06.22 (1)4:41.39 (1)1:34.23 (1)1:35.17 (3)1:35.24 (2)Q
24Steve Tucker / Greg RuckmanUSA6:20.001:34.74 (4)3:09.53 (2)4:44.40 (2)1:34.79 (2)1:34.87 (2)1:35.60 (3)
35Václav Maleček / Michal VabroušekCZE6:21.821:35.04 (5)3:18.37 (5)4:48.58 (4)1:43.33 (5)1:30.21 (1)1:33.24 (1)
41Justin Gevaert / Wouter Van der FraenenBEL6:26.251:33.07 (2)3:10.12 (3)4:47.77 (3)1:37.05 (3)1:37.65 (4)1:38.48 (4)
52Rodolfo Collazo / Joe ReboledoURU6:29.201:34.23 (3)3:12.15 (4)4:49.89 (5)1:37.92 (4)1:37.74 (5)1:39.31 (5)

Round One Repêchage

Date17 August 2004
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time16:22
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:17.261:31.10 (1)3:04.99 (1)4:41.47 (1)1:33.89 (2)1:36.48 (2)1:35.79 (1)Q
23Steve Tucker / Greg RuckmanUSA6:19.351:34.16 (3)3:07.89 (3)4:42.28 (2)1:33.73 (1)1:34.39 (1)1:37.07 (2)Q
32Manuel Brehmer / Ingo EulerGER6:21.571:32.22 (2)3:06.48 (2)4:43.65 (3)1:34.26 (3)1:37.17 (4)1:37.92 (4)
41Armando Arechavaleta / Yosvel IglesiasCUB6:27.891:36.37 (4)3:13.14 (4)4:50.20 (4)1:36.77 (4)1:37.06 (3)1:37.69 (3)

Heat #2

Time16:29
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Tomasz Kucharski / Robert SyczPOL6:20.901:29.02 (1)3:04.14 (1)4:40.83 (1)1:35.12 (1)1:36.69 (1)1:40.07 (3)Q
23Rubén Álvarez / Juan ZunzuneguiESP6:26.661:30.88 (2)3:06.63 (2)4:44.79 (2)1:35.75 (2)1:38.16 (3)1:41.87 (4)Q
34Rodolfo Collazo / Joe ReboledoURU6:30.231:35.30 (4)3:12.16 (4)4:50.26 (3)1:36.86 (3)1:38.10 (2)1:39.97 (2)
41Zhu Zhifu / Yang JianCHN6:31.871:32.70 (3)3:10.81 (3)4:52.21 (4)1:38.11 (4)1:41.40 (4)1:39.66 (1)

Heat #3

Time16:36
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:22.631:31.75 (1)3:05.98 (1)4:43.14 (1)1:34.23 (1)1:37.16 (1)1:39.49 (2)Q
23Ľuboš Podstupka / Lukáš BabačSVK6:25.751:34.26 (3)3:09.73 (2)4:47.61 (2)1:35.47 (2)1:37.88 (2)1:38.14 (1)Q
31Justin Gevaert / Wouter Van der FraenenBEL6:31.181:34.50 (4)3:11.28 (3)4:50.14 (3)1:36.78 (3)1:38.86 (3)1:41.04 (3)
44Sergey Bogdanov / Ruslan NaurzaliyevUZB6:45.691:33.87 (2)3:14.23 (4)5:01.93 (4)1:40.36 (4)1:47.70 (4)1:43.76 (4)

Heat #4

Time16:43
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Václav Maleček / Michal VabroušekCZE6:19.041:33.63 (4)3:09.73 (3)4:45.79 (2)1:36.10 (2)1:36.06 (1)1:33.25 (1)Q
23Elia Luini / Leonardo PettinariITA6:21.221:31.81 (1)3:07.22 (1)4:43.36 (1)1:35.41 (1)1:36.14 (2)1:37.86 (2)Q
34George Jelbart / Cameron WurfAUS6:26.101:32.08 (2)3:09.02 (2)4:46.63 (3)1:36.94 (3)1:37.61 (3)1:39.47 (3)
45Thiago Gomes / José Sobral JúniorBRA6:33.661:33.15 (3)3:11.66 (4)4:52.90 (4)1:38.51 (4)1:41.24 (4)1:40.76 (4)
51Lo Ting Wai / So Sau WahHKG6:41.091:34.67 (5)3:15.13 (5)4:59.11 (5)1:40.46 (5)1:43.98 (5)1:41.98 (5)

Semi-Finals A/B

Date19 August 2004
FormatTop three finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time8:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Tomasz Kucharski / Robert SyczPOL6:14.911:31.24 (1)3:04.77 (1)4:39.09 (1)1:33.53 (1)1:34.32 (1)1:35.82 (4)Q
23Vasilios Polymeros / Nikos SkiathitisGRE6:17.121:32.30 (3)3:06.80 (3)4:41.29 (2)1:34.50 (2)1:34.49 (2)1:35.83 (5)Q
34Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN6:17.851:31.54 (2)3:06.12 (2)4:42.15 (3)1:34.58 (3)1:36.03 (4)1:35.70 (3)Q
46Steve Tucker / Greg RuckmanUSA6:21.461:36.13 (6)3:11.61 (5)4:46.57 (4)1:35.48 (4)1:34.96 (3)1:34.89 (2)
55Václav Maleček / Michal VabroušekCZE6:23.171:34.84 (5)3:12.23 (6)4:48.46 (5)1:37.39 (6)1:36.23 (5)1:34.71 (1)
61Ľuboš Podstupka / Lukáš BabačSVK6:29.441:33.78 (4)3:11.01 (4)4:50.25 (6)1:37.23 (5)1:39.24 (6)1:39.19 (6)

Heat #2

Time9:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Frédéric Dufour / Pascal TouronFRA6:16.331:31.89 (1)3:06.96 (1)4:43.13 (1)1:35.07 (1)1:36.17 (2)1:33.20 (3)Q
22Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:18.231:33.13 (3)3:11.77 (5)4:45.13 (2)1:38.64 (6)1:33.36 (1)1:33.10 (2)Q
35Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:18.511:32.93 (2)3:08.92 (2)4:45.89 (4)1:35.99 (3)1:36.97 (5)1:32.62 (1)Q
43Sam Lynch / Gearóid ToweyIRL6:19.091:33.70 (5)3:09.36 (3)4:45.63 (3)1:35.66 (2)1:36.27 (3)1:33.46 (4)
51Elia Luini / Leonardo PettinariITA6:23.721:34.29 (6)3:11.95 (6)4:48.30 (6)1:37.66 (5)1:36.35 (4)1:35.42 (5)
66Rubén Álvarez / Juan ZunzuneguiESP6:30.151:33.42 (4)3:09.57 (4)4:47.74 (5)1:36.15 (4)1:38.17 (6)1:42.41 (6)

Semi-Finals C/D

Date19 August 2004
FormatTop three finishers to C Final

Heat #1

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Manuel Brehmer / Ingo EulerGER6:23.221:32.96 (3)3:08.79 (1)4:45.83 (1)1:35.83 (1)1:37.04 (1)1:37.39 (2)Q
23Justin Gevaert / Wouter Van der FraenenBEL6:25.341:32.58 (2)3:09.66 (3)4:47.53 (2)1:37.08 (3)1:37.87 (3)1:37.81 (4)Q
31Zhu Zhifu / Yang JianCHN6:25.971:32.22 (1)3:09.16 (2)4:48.53 (3)1:36.94 (2)1:39.37 (4)1:37.44 (3)Q
44José Sobral Júnior / Thiago GomesBRA6:26.981:34.49 (4)3:12.26 (4)4:49.79 (4)1:37.77 (4)1:37.53 (2)1:37.19 (1)

Heat #2

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13George Jelbart / Cameron WurfAUS6:27.681:33.27 (1)3:10.77 (1)4:49.29 (1)1:37.50 (1)1:38.52 (1)1:38.39 (3)Q
21Armando Arechavaleta / Yosvel IglesiasCUB6:28.091:33.53 (2)3:12.99 (3)4:51.84 (3)1:39.46 (3)1:38.85 (2)1:36.25 (1)Q
32Rodolfo Collazo / Joe ReboledoURU6:29.391:34.22 (3)3:12.03 (2)4:51.59 (2)1:37.81 (2)1:39.56 (3)1:37.80 (2)Q
45Lo Ting Wai / So Sau WahHKG6:37.031:34.99 (5)3:15.11 (5)4:57.35 (4)1:40.12 (5)1:42.24 (4)1:39.68 (4)
54Sergey Bogdanov / Ruslan NaurzaliyevUZB6:45.471:34.52 (4)3:14.19 (4)4:59.86 (5)1:39.67 (4)1:45.67 (5)1:45.61 (5)

Final Round

Date21 – 22 August 2004

Final A

Time22 August 2004 — 8:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Tomasz Kucharski / Robert SyczPOL6:20.931:31.63 (1)3:06.32 (1)4:41.89 (1)1:34.69 (1)1:35.57 (1)1:39.04 (6)
24Frédéric Dufour / Pascal TouronFRA6:21.461:32.42 (3)3:08.40 (3)4:45.63 (2)1:35.98 (3)1:37.23 (2)1:35.83 (1)
35Vasilios Polymeros / Nikos SkiathitisGRE6:23.231:32.80 (4)3:09.38 (4)4:47.09 (4)1:36.58 (5)1:37.71 (3)1:36.14 (2)
46Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN6:23.921:31.95 (2)3:07.82 (2)4:45.98 (3)1:35.87 (2)1:38.16 (5)1:37.94 (5)
52Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:24.691:33.20 (6)3:09.63 (5)4:48.06 (6)1:36.43 (4)1:38.43 (6)1:36.63 (3)
61Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:24.981:33.03 (5)3:09.87 (6)4:47.63 (5)1:36.84 (6)1:37.76 (4)1:37.35 (4)

Final B

Time21 August 2004 — 11:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Steve Tucker / Greg RuckmanUSA6:45.201:42.12 (5)3:24.20 (3)5:05.50 (2)1:42.08 (1)1:41.30 (1)1:39.70 (2)
21Rubén Álvarez / Juan ZunzuneguiESP6:46.481:39.00 (1)3:21.47 (1)5:05.27 (1)1:42.47 (2)1:43.80 (4)1:41.21 (3)
35Václav Maleček / Michal VabroušekCZE6:46.771:41.38 (4)3:24.76 (4)5:08.24 (4)1:43.38 (4)1:43.48 (2)1:38.53 (1)
44Sam Lynch / Gearóid ToweyIRL6:49.261:39.83 (2)3:22.59 (2)5:06.19 (3)1:42.76 (3)1:43.60 (3)1:43.07 (4)
56Ľuboš Podstupka / Lukáš BabačSVK6:58.781:42.31 (6)3:26.66 (5)5:12.87 (5)1:44.35 (5)1:46.21 (5)1:45.91 (6)
62Elia Luini / Nicola MoriconiITA7:01.861:40.64 (3)3:27.75 (6)5:16.55 (6)1:47.11 (6)1:48.80 (6)1:45.31 (5)

Final C

Time21 August 2004 — 12:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Manuel Brehmer / Ingo EulerGER6:45.621:38.58 (3)3:19.70 (1)5:03.14 (1)1:41.12 (1)1:43.44 (1)1:42.48 (3)
25Armando Arechavaleta / Yosvel IglesiasCUB6:48.501:39.53 (5)3:22.75 (4)5:06.56 (3)1:43.22 (2)1:43.81 (2)1:41.94 (1)
32Justin Gevaert / Wouter Van der FraenenBEL6:50.071:38.75 (4)3:23.29 (5)5:07.78 (4)1:44.54 (5)1:44.49 (3)1:42.29 (2)
44George Jelbart / Cameron WurfAUS6:51.321:38.17 (1)3:21.44 (2)5:05.98 (2)1:43.27 (3)1:44.54 (4)1:45.34 (4)
51Zhu Zhifu / Yang JianCHN6:58.881:38.39 (2)3:21.98 (3)5:10.52 (5)1:43.59 (4)1:48.54 (5)1:48.36 (6)
66Rodolfo Collazo / Joe ReboledoURU7:03.721:39.79 (6)3:26.52 (6)5:15.61 (6)1:46.73 (6)1:49.09 (6)1:48.11 (5)