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Double Sculls, Men

Date27 August – 2 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympia-Regattastrecke, Oberschleißheim, München
Participants38 from 19 countries

One half of the Soviet Union’s reigning Olympic champion crew in the double sculls, Aleksandr Timoshinin, journeyed to Munich to defend his title, where he was joined by Gennady Korshikov, who had won a bronze medal in the event at the 1971 European Championships. There were certainly contenders for gold, but they would not go unchallenged. The reigning European champions, Joachim Böhmer and Uli Schmied of East Germany, were present, as were the current World Champions, Niels Henry Secher and Jørgen Engelbrecht of Denmark. Böhmer and Schmied had been the runners-up at the 1970 World Championships, while Frank Hansen and Svein Thøgersen of Norway were the most recent European silver medalists. Also in the running were Britain’s Tim Crooks and Patrick Delafield, victors in the 1972 Double Sculls Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, and Tom McKibbon and John Van Blom of the United States, who had won the 1969 European Championships and the 1970 Double Sculls Challenge Cup, and taken bronze at the 1970 World Championships. McKibbon and John Nunn had also been bronze medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games.

Three of the four opening heats were won by Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Czechoslovakian duo of Josef Straka, Jr. and Vladek Lacina in the only sub-seven minute times of the round. Denmark won its heat by a comfortable five second margin, but much slower than many nations from the other heats. The Americans were eliminated in the round one repêchage, but all of the other major contenders, including the Czechoslovakians, survived the semi-finals. The race for gold came down to Norway and the Soviet Union at the end, the latter of whom defended their title with less than a second to spare. Böhmer and Schmied, the only crew anywhere close to the leaders, arrived nearly three seconds later for a comfortable bronze medal finish. Norway’s silver was the nation’s first Olympic rowing medal since 1948, the first time it finished better than third, and its first top-five finish for an event with a crew size smaller than four.

PosPairNOC
1Aleksandr Timoshinin / Gennady KorshikovURSGold
2Frank Hansen / Svein ThøgersenNORSilver
3Joachim Böhmer / Uli SchmiedGDRBronze
4Niels Henry Secher / Jørgen EngelbrechtDEN
5Tim Crooks / Patrick DelafieldGBR
6Josef Straka, Jr. / Vladek LacinaTCH
7Jan Bruyn / Paul VeenemansNED
8Hans Ruckstuhl / Ueli IslerSUI
9Albert Heyche / Claude DehombreuxBEL
10Jochen Meißner / Arthur HeyneFRG
11Jean-Noël Ribot / Roland ThibautFRA
12Roman Kowalewski / Kazimierz LewandowskiPOL
3 h1 r2/4Tom McKibbon / John Van BlomUSA
3 h2 r2/4Jorge Imaz / Ricardo IbarraARG
3 h3 r2/4Federico Scheffler / Ricardo SchefflerMEX
3 h4 r2/4Tsugio Ito / Yoshio MinatoJPN
4 h1 r2/4Peter Barr / John McNivenCAN
4 h3 r2/4Carlos Oliveira / Manuel BarrosoPOR
4 h4 r2/4Manfred Krausbar / Sepp PuchingerAUT

Round One

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

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Patrick Delafield / Tim CrooksGBR6:57.701:36.38 (1)3:19.73 (1)5:06.12 (1)1:43.35 (1)1:46.39 (1)1:51.58 (1)Q
23Joachim Böhmer / Uli SchmiedGDR7:07.941:39.14 (3)3:23.80 (2)5:13.71 (2)1:44.66 (2)1:49.91 (2)1:54.23 (5)
35Albert Heyche / Claude DehombreuxBEL7:16.691:40.21 (4)3:29.53 (3)5:23.01 (3)1:49.32 (3)1:53.48 (3)1:53.68 (4)
44Jorge Imaz / Ricardo IbarraARG7:18.281:38.61 (2)3:30.45 (4)5:25.58 (4)1:51.84 (4)1:55.13 (5)1:52.70 (3)
51Peter Barr / John McNivenCAN7:21.691:41.93 (5)3:34.13 (5)5:29.08 (5)1:52.20 (5)1:54.95 (4)1:52.61 (2)

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Josef Straka, Jr. / Vladek LacinaTCH6:56.821:39.10 (1)3:24.14 (1)5:09.41 (1)1:45.04 (1)1:45.27 (1)1:47.41 (1)Q
23Hans Ruckstuhl / Ueli IslerSUI7:02.901:39.58 (2)3:26.99 (3)5:15.48 (3)1:47.41 (4)1:48.49 (3)1:47.42 (2)
35Frank Hansen / Svein ThøgersenNOR7:03.651:41.04 (4)3:26.50 (2)5:13.75 (2)1:45.46 (2)1:47.25 (2)1:49.90 (3)
41John Van Blom / Tom McKibbonUSA7:08.911:39.95 (3)3:27.19 (4)5:16.72 (4)1:47.24 (3)1:49.53 (4)1:52.19 (4)
54Roman Kowalewski / Kazimierz LewandowskiPOL7:21.051:41.13 (5)3:33.06 (5)5:27.14 (5)1:51.93 (5)1:54.08 (5)1:53.91 (5)

Heat #3

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Aleksandr Timoshinin / Gennady KorshikovURS6:56.171:36.66 (1)3:21.31 (1)5:08.15 (1)1:44.65 (1)1:46.84 (1)1:48.02 (2)Q
23Jan Bruyn / Paul VeenemansNED7:02.121:40.91 (3)3:27.99 (2)5:16.52 (2)1:47.08 (2)1:48.53 (2)1:45.60 (1)
31Jochen Meißner / Arthur HeyneFRG7:12.031:40.89 (2)3:29.24 (3)5:20.42 (3)1:48.35 (3)1:51.18 (3)1:51.61 (4)
45Tsugio Ito / Yoshio MinatoJPN7:17.511:42.61 (4)3:33.80 (4)5:26.36 (4)1:51.19 (4)1:52.56 (4)1:51.15 (3)
54Federico Scheffler / Ricardo SchefflerMEX7:43.871:44.06 (5)3:43.29 (5)5:44.57 (5)1:59.23 (5)2:01.28 (5)1:59.30 (5)

Heat #4

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Niels Henry Secher / Jørgen EngelbrechtDEN7:11.321:39.30 (1)3:28.01 (1)5:19.88 (1)1:48.71 (1)1:51.87 (1)1:51.44 (1)Q
22Jean-Noël Ribot / Roland ThibautFRA7:16.501:40.53 (2)3:30.61 (2)5:23.26 (2)1:50.08 (2)1:52.65 (2)1:53.24 (2)
31Manfred Krausbar / Sepp PuchingerAUT7:29.131:42.21 (3)3:35.13 (3)5:32.11 (3)1:52.92 (3)1:56.98 (3)1:57.02 (3)
44Carlos Oliveira / Manuel BarrosoPOR8:09.931:45.57 (4)3:45.36 (4)6:04.96 (4)1:59.79 (4)2:19.60 (4)2:04.97 (4)

Round One Repêchage

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

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Jean-Noël Ribot / Roland ThibautFRA7:10.451:42.46 (3)3:31.86 (3)5:21.37 (1)1:49.40 (2)1:49.51 (1)1:49.08 (1)Q
23Jochen Meißner / Arthur HeyneFRG7:11.551:40.87 (2)3:29.13 (1)5:21.70 (2)1:48.26 (1)1:52.57 (2)1:49.85 (2)Q
34John Van Blom / Tom McKibbonUSA7:19.631:40.66 (1)3:30.34 (2)5:24.36 (3)1:49.68 (3)1:54.02 (3)1:55.27 (4)
41Peter Barr / John McNivenCAN7:29.051:44.54 (4)3:38.60 (4)5:35.47 (4)1:54.06 (4)1:56.87 (4)1:53.58 (3)

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Frank Hansen / Svein ThøgersenNOR7:03.711:38.49 (1)3:24.63 (1)5:15.43 (1)1:46.14 (1)1:50.80 (1)1:48.28 (2)Q
21Jan Bruyn / Paul VeenemansNED7:04.151:40.74 (3)3:28.42 (2)5:19.41 (2)1:47.68 (2)1:50.99 (2)1:44.74 (1)Q
32Jorge Imaz / Ricardo IbarraARG7:22.151:40.12 (2)3:31.99 (3)5:30.59 (3)1:51.87 (3)1:58.60 (3)1:51.56 (3)

Heat #3

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Hans Ruckstuhl / Ueli IslerSUI7:14.701:41.59 (1)3:31.39 (1)5:21.17 (1)1:49.80 (1)1:49.78 (1)1:53.53 (2)Q
22Albert Heyche / Claude DehombreuxBEL7:17.581:41.76 (2)3:32.03 (2)5:24.39 (2)1:50.27 (2)1:52.36 (2)1:53.19 (1)Q
33Federico Scheffler / Ricardo SchefflerMEX7:40.111:44.25 (3)3:42.06 (4)5:40.66 (3)1:57.81 (4)1:58.60 (3)1:59.45 (3)
41Carlos Oliveira / Manuel BarrosoPOR7:44.251:44.81 (4)3:41.81 (3)5:42.32 (4)1:57.00 (3)2:00.51 (4)2:01.93 (4)

Heat #4

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Joachim Böhmer / Uli SchmiedGDR7:00.541:39.69 (1)3:26.48 (1)5:13.17 (1)1:46.79 (1)1:46.69 (1)1:47.37 (2)Q
21Roman Kowalewski / Kazimierz LewandowskiPOL7:08.271:39.82 (2)3:29.53 (2)5:20.00 (2)1:49.71 (2)1:50.47 (2)1:48.27 (4)Q
32Tsugio Ito / Yoshio MinatoJPN7:09.731:41.35 (3)3:32.58 (3)5:23.70 (3)1:51.23 (3)1:51.12 (=3)1:46.03 (1)
43Manfred Krausbar / Sepp PuchingerAUT7:16.161:44.40 (4)3:37.50 (4)5:28.62 (4)1:53.10 (4)1:51.12 (=3)1:47.54 (3)

Semi-Finals

Date31 August 1972 — 11:30
FormatTop three 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
11Joachim Böhmer / Uli SchmiedGDR7:29.131:46.49 (1)3:37.40 (1)5:31.63 (1)1:50.91 (1)1:54.23 (1)1:57.50 (5)Q
22Tim Crooks / Patrick DelafieldGBR7:31.621:46.65 (2)3:40.48 (2)5:34.84 (2)1:53.83 (4)1:54.36 (2)1:56.78 (3)Q
34Josef Straka, Jr. / Vladek LacinaTCH7:36.831:51.26 (3)3:44.48 (3)5:40.72 (3)1:53.22 (3)1:56.24 (3)1:56.11 (2)Q
43Jan Bruyn / Paul VeenemansNED7:40.771:52.64 (6)3:44.68 (4)5:43.81 (4)1:52.04 (2)1:59.13 (5)1:56.96 (4)
56Hans Ruckstuhl / Ueli IslerSUI7:45.421:51.85 (4)3:46.78 (5)5:45.88 (5)1:54.93 (5)1:59.10 (4)1:59.54 (6)
65Jochen Meißner / Arthur HeyneFRG7:46.211:52.40 (5)3:49.64 (6)5:50.13 (6)1:57.24 (6)2:00.49 (6)1:56.08 (1)

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Niels Henry Secher / Jørgen EngelbrechtDEN7:31.231:47.38 (3)3:37.79 (3)5:37.31 (3)1:50.41 (3)1:59.52 (2)1:53.92 (1)Q
22Aleksandr Timoshinin / Gennady KorshikovURS7:35.331:44.76 (1)3:35.14 (2)5:35.37 (2)1:50.38 (2)2:00.23 (3)1:59.96 (2)Q
35Frank Hansen / Svein ThøgersenNOR7:35.821:44.97 (2)3:34.68 (1)5:33.15 (1)1:49.71 (1)1:58.47 (1)2:02.67 (4)Q
44Jean-Noël Ribot / Roland ThibautFRA7:47.681:47.89 (4)3:42.19 (4)5:44.94 (4)1:54.30 (4)2:02.75 (4)2:02.74 (5)
56Albert Heyche / Claude DehombreuxBEL7:55.001:50.04 (6)3:45.92 (6)5:52.90 (5)1:55.88 (5)2:06.98 (5)2:02.10 (3)
63Roman Kowalewski / Kazimierz LewandowskiPOL7:59.521:48.42 (5)3:44.33 (5)5:53.87 (6)1:55.91 (6)2:09.54 (6)2:05.65 (6)

Final Round

Date1 – 2 September 1972

Final A

Time2 September 1972 — 12:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Aleksandr Timoshinin / Gennady KorshikovURS7:01.771:37.16 (2)3:22.76 (1)5:11.89 (1)1:45.60 (1)1:49.13 (2)1:49.88 (4)
22Frank Hansen / Svein ThøgersenNOR7:02.581:38.98 (3)3:26.88 (4)5:15.43 (2)1:47.90 (4)1:48.55 (1)1:47.15 (1)
36Joachim Böhmer / Uli SchmiedGDR7:05.551:39.28 (4)3:26.34 (3)5:16.19 (3)1:47.06 (2)1:49.85 (3)1:49.36 (3)
43Niels Henry Secher / Jørgen EngelbrechtDEN7:14.191:39.50 (5)3:30.51 (5)5:26.10 (5)1:51.01 (6)1:55.59 (5)1:48.09 (2)
55Tim Crooks / Patrick DelafieldGBR7:16.291:36.60 (1)3:24.19 (2)5:19.85 (4)1:47.59 (3)1:55.66 (6)1:56.44 (6)
61Josef Straka, Jr. / Vladek LacinaTCH7:17.601:41.85 (6)3:32.74 (6)5:26.88 (6)1:50.89 (5)1:54.14 (4)1:50.72 (5)

Final B

Time1 September 1972 — 10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Jan Bruyn / Paul VeenemansNED7:07.251:42.00 (6)3:29.98 (1)5:21.13 (1)1:47.98 (1)1:51.15 (1)1:46.12 (2)
26Hans Ruckstuhl / Ueli IslerSUI7:08.221:40.88 (2)3:30.29 (2)5:22.23 (2)1:49.41 (2)1:51.94 (2)1:45.99 (1)
32Albert Heyche / Claude DehombreuxBEL7:10.031:41.52 (4)3:31.65 (4)5:23.87 (4)1:50.13 (3)1:52.22 (3)1:46.16 (3)
41Jochen Meißner / Arthur HeyneFRG7:11.741:40.45 (1)3:30.94 (3)5:23.35 (3)1:50.49 (4)1:52.41 (4)1:48.39 (4)
55Jean-Noël Ribot / Roland ThibautFRA7:14.211:41.71 (5)3:32.24 (5)5:24.74 (5)1:50.53 (5)1:52.50 (5)1:49.47 (5)
63Roman Kowalewski / Kazimierz LewandowskiPOL7:31.971:40.91 (3)3:33.07 (6)5:33.52 (6)1:52.16 (6)2:00.45 (6)1:58.45 (6)