| Date | 31 July – 5 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Lake Casitas, Los Padres National Forest, California |
| Participants | 36 from 12 countries |
| Olympic Record | 7:01.10 / Tsvetan Petkov • Rumen Hristov • Todor Kishev  BUL / 23 July 1976 / Details |
Due to the Soviet-led boycott, the reigning Olympic and World Champion in the coxed pairs, East Germany, was not present at the 1984 Summer Olympics. This meant that the favorites in the event, the two-time World Championship-winning Italians Giuseppe Di Capua and brothers Carmine and Giuseppe Abbagnale, were likely to go unchallenged in Los Angeles. The only other World Championship medalist from the past three years at the Games was Great Britain, bronze medalists in 1981, and they sent a new lineup consisting of Adrian Genziani, Bill Lang, and Alan Inns.
The Italians won their heat with ease in the opening round, but were actually slightly slower than the other heat winners, Romanians Dimitrie Popescu, Vasile Tomoiagă, and Dumitru Răducanu, who had been tapped as having an advantage in the rowing events with the absence of the Eastern Bloc. In the final, however, Italy was unquestionably dominant, winning gold by a margin of over five seconds over Romania, who settled for silver. The United States, meanwhile, represented by Kevin Still, Robert Espeseth, Jr., and Doug Herland, took bronze by almost the same margin over the Brazilians.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |  ITA | Gold | |||||
| Carmine Abbagnale • Giuseppe Abbagnale • Giuseppe Di Capua | ||||||||
| 2 | Romania |  ROU | Silver | |||||
| Dimitrie Popescu • Vasile Tomoiagă • Dumitru Răducanu | ||||||||
| 3 | United States |  USA | Bronze | |||||
| Kevin Still • Bob Espeseth, Jr. • Doug Herland | ||||||||
| 4 | Brazil |  BRA | ||||||
| Valter Soares • Ángelo Roso Neto • Nilton Alonço | ||||||||
| 5 | Canada |  CAN | ||||||
| Harold Backer • Tony Zasada • Tan Barkley | ||||||||
| 6 | West Germany |  FRG | ||||||
| Hermann Greß • Dieter Göpfert • Rudolf Ziegler | ||||||||
| 7 | Yugoslavia |  YUG | ||||||
| Dario Vidošević • Zlatko Celent • Mirko Ivančić | ||||||||
| 8 | Great Britain |  GBR | ||||||
| Adrian Genziani • Bill Lang • Alan Inns | ||||||||
| 9 | France |  FRA | ||||||
| Charles Imbert • Jean-Pierre Bremer • Christophe Chevrier | ||||||||
| 10 | Spain |  ESP | ||||||
| Isidro Martín • José Manuel Bermúdez • Joaquín Sabrià | ||||||||
| 11 | Belgium |  BEL | ||||||
| William Defraigne • Guy Defraigne • Philippe Cuelenaere | ||||||||
| 12 | Peru |  PER | ||||||
| Alfredo Montenegro • Francisco Viacava • Arturo Valentín | ||||||||
| Date | 31 July 1984 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Romania | ROU | 7:12.18 | 1:41.92 (1) | 3:30.31 (1) | 5:21.53 (1) | 1:48.39 (1) | 1:51.22 (2) | 1:50.65 (1) | |||||
| Dimitrie Popescu • Vasile Tomoiagă • Dumitru Răducanu | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | United States | USA | 7:17.80 | 1:45.66 (4) | 3:35.62 (3) | 5:26.72 (2) | 1:49.96 (2) | 1:51.10 (1) | 1:51.08 (2) | |||||
| Kevin Still • Bob Espeseth, Jr. • Doug Herland | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | West Germany | FRG | 7:25.02 | 1:44.50 (3) | 3:35.85 (4) | 5:30.06 (3) | 1:51.35 (3) | 1:54.21 (3) | 1:54.96 (=3) | |||||
| Hermann Greß • Dieter Göpfert • Rudolf Ziegler | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 7:27.28 | 1:43.01 (2) | 3:35.38 (2) | 5:32.32 (4) | 1:52.37 (4) | 1:56.94 (5) | 1:54.96 (=3) | |||||
| Zlatko Celent • Dario Vidošević • Mirko Ivančić | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | France | FRA | 7:32.20 | 1:47.40 (5) | 3:40.63 (5) | 5:37.22 (5) | 1:53.23 (5) | 1:56.59 (4) | 1:54.98 (5) | |||||
| Charles Imbert • Jean-Pierre Bremer • Christophe Chevrier | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Peru | PER | 7:44.73 | 1:50.15 (6) | 3:48.21 (6) | 5:49.01 (6) | 1:58.06 (6) | 2:00.80 (6) | 1:55.72 (6) | |||||
| Alfredo Montenegro • Francisco Viacava • Arturo Valentín | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Italy | ITA | 7:13.83 | 1:41.81 (1) | 3:31.89 (1) | 5:23.89 (1) | 1:50.08 (1) | 1:52.00 (1) | 1:49.94 (1) | |||||
| Carmine Abbagnale • Giuseppe Abbagnale • Giuseppe Di Capua | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Brazil | BRA | 7:18.96 | 1:43.37 (2) | 3:35.62 (2) | 5:28.92 (2) | 1:52.25 (4) | 1:53.30 (2) | 1:50.04 (2) | |||||
| Valter Soares • Ángelo Roso Neto • Nilton Alonço | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Great Britain | GBR | 7:20.51 | 1:44.31 (3) | 3:36.05 (3) | 5:30.42 (3) | 1:51.74 (3) | 1:54.37 (4) | 1:50.09 (3) | |||||
| Adrian Genziani • Bill Lang • Alan Inns | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Canada | CAN | 7:24.52 | 1:46.14 (4) | 3:37.57 (4) | 5:31.20 (4) | 1:51.43 (2) | 1:53.63 (3) | 1:53.32 (6) | |||||
| Harold Backer • Tony Zasada • Tan Barkley | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Spain | ESP | 7:29.30 | 1:46.42 (5) | 3:41.42 (5) | 5:36.71 (5) | 1:55.00 (6) | 1:55.29 (5) | 1:52.59 (5) | |||||
| José Manuel Bermúdez • Isidro Martín • Joaquín Sabrià | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Belgium | BEL | 7:32.93 | 1:49.07 (6) | 3:43.73 (6) | 5:40.56 (6) | 1:54.66 (5) | 1:56.83 (6) | 1:52.37 (4) | |||||
| Guy Defraigne • William Defraigne • Philippe Cuelenaere | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 2 August 1984 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | United States | USA | 7:22.88 | 1:46.94 (2) | 3:38.84 (2) | 5:30.84 (1) | 1:51.90 (2) | 1:52.00 (1) | 1:52.04 (2) | |||||
| Kevin Still • Bob Espeseth, Jr. • Doug Herland | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Canada | CAN | 7:23.74 | 1:47.26 (3) | 3:38.64 (1) | 5:31.44 (2) | 1:51.38 (1) | 1:52.80 (2) | 1:52.30 (3) | |||||
| Harold Backer • Tony Zasada • Tan Barkley | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | France | FRA | 7:26.98 | 1:48.54 (4) | 3:41.78 (4) | 5:36.61 (4) | 1:53.24 (3) | 1:54.83 (3) | 1:50.37 (1) | |||||
| Charles Imbert • Jean-Pierre Bremer • Christophe Chevrier | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Great Britain | GBR | 7:38.20 | 1:46.25 (1) | 3:39.52 (3) | 5:36.41 (3) | 1:53.27 (4) | 1:56.89 (4) | 2:01.79 (5) | |||||
| Adrian Genziani • Bill Lang • Alan Inns | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Peru | PER | 7:50.40 | 1:48.71 (5) | 3:51.43 (5) | 5:54.99 (5) | 2:02.72 (5) | 2:03.56 (5) | 1:55.41 (4) | |||||
| Alfredo Montenegro • Francisco Viacava • Arturo Valentín | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Brazil | BRA | 7:19.40 | 1:45.49 (1) | 3:39.37 (3) | 5:32.24 (3) | 1:53.88 (3) | 1:52.87 (2) | 1:47.16 (1) | |||||
| Valter Soares • Ángelo Roso Neto • Nilton Alonço | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | West Germany | FRG | 7:20.75 | 1:45.71 (2) | 3:37.60 (2) | 5:30.81 (2) | 1:51.89 (2) | 1:53.21 (3) | 1:49.94 (2) | |||||
| Hermann Greß • Dieter Göpfert • Rudolf Ziegler | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 7:28.68 | 1:46.07 (3) | 3:37.19 (1) | 5:29.77 (1) | 1:51.12 (1) | 1:52.58 (1) | 1:58.91 (5) | |||||
| Zlatko Celent • Dario Vidošević • Mirko Ivančić | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Spain | ESP | 7:42.23 | 1:51.21 (5) | 3:47.20 (4) | 5:44.48 (4) | 1:55.99 (4) | 1:57.28 (4) | 1:57.75 (3) | |||||
| Isidro Martín • José Manuel Bermúdez • Joaquín Sabrià | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Belgium | BEL | 7:46.67 | 1:50.20 (4) | 3:47.60 (5) | 5:48.23 (5) | 1:57.40 (5) | 2:00.63 (5) | 1:58.44 (4) | |||||
| William Defraigne • Guy Defraigne • Philippe Cuelenaere | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 3 – 5 August 1984 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Italy | ITA | 7:05.99 | 1:47.56 (1) | 3:40.38 (1) | 5:34.37 (1) | 1:52.82 (1) | 1:53.99 (1) | 1:31.62 (2) | |||||
| Carmine Abbagnale • Giuseppe Abbagnale • Giuseppe Di Capua | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Romania | ROU | 7:11.21 | 1:47.97 (2) | 3:41.45 (2) | 5:36.72 (2) | 1:53.48 (2) | 1:55.27 (3) | 1:34.49 (5) | |||||
| Dimitrie Popescu • Vasile Tomoiagă • Dumitru Răducanu | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | United States | USA | 7:12.81 | 1:49.94 (3) | 3:44.56 (3) | 5:39.55 (3) | 1:54.62 (3) | 1:54.99 (2) | 1:33.26 (3) | |||||
| Kevin Still • Bob Espeseth, Jr. • Doug Herland | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Brazil | BRA | 7:17.07 | 1:50.87 (4) | 3:46.42 (4) | 5:41.99 (4) | 1:55.55 (4) | 1:55.57 (4) | 1:35.08 (6) | |||||
| Valter Soares • Ángelo Roso Neto • Nilton Alonço | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Canada | CAN | 7:18.98 | 1:52.01 (6) | 3:48.21 (5) | 5:44.79 (5) | 1:56.20 (5) | 1:56.58 (5) | 1:34.19 (4) | |||||
| Harold Backer • Tony Zasada • Tan Barkley | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | West Germany | FRG | 7:25.16 | 1:51.77 (5) | 3:51.94 (6) | 5:55.03 (6) | 2:00.17 (6) | 2:03.09 (6) | 1:30.13 (1) | |||||
| Hermann Greß • Dieter Göpfert • Rudolf Ziegler | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 7:25.60 | 1:41.47 (1) | 3:29.23 (1) | 5:18.19 (1) | 1:47.76 (1) | 1:48.96 (1) | 2:07.41 (4) | |||||
| Dario Vidošević • Zlatko Celent • Mirko Ivančić | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Great Britain | GBR | 7:27.56 | 1:43.21 (2) | 3:33.28 (2) | 5:23.98 (2) | 1:50.07 (3) | 1:50.70 (3) | 2:03.58 (1) | |||||
| Adrian Genziani • Bill Lang • Alan Inns | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | France | FRA | 7:32.48 | 1:45.56 (3) | 3:35.41 (3) | 5:24.73 (3) | 1:49.85 (2) | 1:49.32 (2) | 2:07.75 (5) | |||||
| Charles Imbert • Jean-Pierre Bremer • Christophe Chevrier | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Spain | ESP | 7:34.38 | 1:46.22 (5) | 3:37.63 (5) | 5:28.87 (5) | 1:51.41 (6) | 1:51.24 (4) | 2:05.51 (2) | |||||
| Isidro Martín • José Manuel Bermúdez • Joaquín Sabrià | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Belgium | BEL | 7:35.67 | 1:46.84 (6) | 3:37.82 (6) | 5:29.22 (6) | 1:50.98 (5) | 1:51.40 (5) | 2:06.45 (3) | |||||
| William Defraigne • Guy Defraigne • Philippe Cuelenaere | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Peru | PER | 7:52.59 | 1:45.95 (4) | 3:36.73 (4) | 5:28.56 (4) | 1:50.78 (4) | 1:51.83 (6) | 2:24.03 (6) | |||||
| Alfredo Montenegro • Francisco Viacava • Arturo Valentín | |||||||||||||||
