| Date | 24 – 29 July 2021 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan |
| Participants | 36 from 18 countries |
Huge favourites coming in were Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, 2019 World Champions, and winners of every competition they had entered since then. Top challengers were seen to be Germany’s Jonathan Rommelmann and Jason Osborne, as well as Italy’s Stefano Oppo and Pietro Ruta, having gained silver and bronze respectively at the 2019 World Championships. The Norwegian team of Kristoffer Brun and Are Strandli were also a threat to medal, having won bronze at the 2016 Olympics, and more recently being victors at World Rowing Cup III.
The final featured most of the favourites, with the exception of Norway, who ran into trouble in the semi-finals as inclement weather conditions led them to capsize, and failed to move through. The Czech Republic, Belgium, and Uruguay filled out the rest of the field. In the end, the race turned out to be a showdown between Ireland and Germany. The Germans, who had been very strong in the heats and semi-final, moved out fast and held the lead in the initial portion of the race, with Italy and Ireland in pursuit. Ireland soon reeled in Italy and then were neck and neck with the Germans before pulling away to victory, with Germany second and Italy third. A great day for Ireland, as they won their first ever Olympic rowing gold medal.
| Date | 24 July 2021 — 10:50 |
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| Format | Top 2 in each heat advanced to semi-finals; all others to repêchage. |
| Time | 10:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Jonathan Rommelmann / Jason Osborne |  GER | 6:21.71 | 1:33.32 (1) | 3:08.72 (2) | 4:43.40 (1) | 1:35.40 (2) | 1:34.68 (1) | 1:38.31 (1) | SA B | |
| 2 | 1 | Stefano Oppo / Pietro Ruta |  ITA | 6:24.25 | 1:33.40 (2) | 3:08.00 (1) | 4:45.21 (2) | 1:34.60 (1) | 1:37.21 (2) | 1:39.04 (2) | SA B | |
| 3 | 2 | Pedro Fraga / Afonso Costa |  POR | 6:44.09 | 1:35.66 (3) | 3:13.27 (3) | 4:57.98 (3) | 1:37.61 (3) | 1:44.71 (5) | 1:46.11 (5) | R | |
| 4 | 4 | Shakhboz Kholmurzayev / Sobirjon Safaroliyev |  UZB | 6:44.98 | 1:38.93 (6) | 3:21.26 (5) | 5:05.41 (5) | 1:42.33 (5) | 1:44.15 (3) | 1:39.57 (3) | R | |
| 5 | 6 | César Amaris / José Güipe |  VEN | 6:46.11 | 1:37.67 (4) | 3:18.90 (4) | 5:03.08 (4) | 1:41.23 (4) | 1:44.18 (4) | 1:43.03 (4) | R | |
| 6 | 5 | Siwakorn Wongpin / Nawamin Deenoi |  THA | 7:07.05 | 1:38.83 (5) | 3:23.50 (6) | 5:13.99 (6) | 1:44.67 (6) | 1:50.49 (6) | 1:53.06 (6) | R |
| Time | 11:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 4 | Fintan McCarthy / Paul O'Donovan |  IRL | 6:23.74 | 1:35.25 (2) | 3:10.69 (1) | 4:47.18 (1) | 1:35.44 (1) | 1:36.49 (1) | 1:36.56 (1) | SA B | |
| 2 | 1 | Jiří Šimánek / Miroslav Vraštil |  CZE | 6:28.10 | 1:35.47 (3) | 3:11.71 (3) | 4:49.01 (2) | 1:36.24 (3) | 1:37.30 (2) | 1:39.09 (2) | SA B | |
| 3 | 2 | Jerzy Kowalski / Artur Mikołajczewski |  POL | 6:31.85 | 1:35.48 (4) | 3:11.31 (2) | 4:49.49 (3) | 1:35.83 (2) | 1:38.18 (3) | 1:42.36 (3) | R | |
| 4 | 3 | Ihor Khmara / Stanislav Kovalov |  UKR | 6:36.05 | 1:36.17 (5) | 3:13.59 (5) | 4:52.91 (4) | 1:37.42 (4) | 1:39.32 (4) | 1:43.14 (4) | R | |
| 5 | 6 | Arjun Lal Jat / Arvind Singh |  IND | 6:40.33 | 1:37.39 (6) | 3:15.54 (6) | 4:56.00 (6) | 1:38.15 (6) | 1:40.46 (5) | 1:44.33 (5) | R | |
| 6 | 5 | Bruno Cetraro / Felipe Klüver |  URU | 6:42.85 | 1:34.23 (1) | 3:11.90 (4) | 4:53.42 (5) | 1:37.67 (5) | 1:41.52 (6) | 1:49.43 (6) | R |
| Time | 11:10 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | 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 | Kristoffer Brun / Are Strandli |  NOR | 6:25.74 | 1:33.86 (1) | 3:09.38 (1) | 4:48.13 (1) | 1:35.52 (1) | 1:38.75 (2) | 1:37.61 (3) | ||
| 2 | 6 | Niels Van Zandweghe / Tim Brys |  BEL | 6:26.51 | 1:35.57 (3) | 3:11.94 (3) | 4:50.42 (2) | 1:36.37 (2) | 1:38.48 (1) | 1:36.09 (1) | SA B | |
| 3 | 1 | Patrick Keane / Maxwell Lattimer |  CAN | 6:27.54 | 1:35.73 (4) | 3:12.19 (4) | 4:51.16 (4) | 1:36.46 (3) | 1:38.97 (3) | 1:36.38 (2) | R | |
| 4 | 3 | Caetano Horta / Manel Balastegui |  ESP | 6:38.72 | 1:34.65 (2) | 3:11.55 (2) | 4:50.55 (3) | 1:36.90 (4) | 1:39.00 (4) | 1:48.17 (5) | R | |
| 5 | 4 | César Abaroa / Eber Sanhueza |  CHI | 6:53.15 | 1:35.94 (5) | 3:15.37 (5) | 5:02.15 (5) | 1:39.43 (5) | 1:46.78 (5) | 1:51.00 (6) | R | |
| 6 | 5 | Kamel Ait Daoud / Sid Boudina |  ALG | 6:57.32 | 1:38.78 (6) | 3:21.03 (6) | 5:09.51 (6) | 1:42.25 (6) | 1:48.48 (6) | 1:47.81 (4) | R |
| Date | 25 July 2021 — 10:00 |
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| Format | Top 2 in each heat to semi-finals. |
| Time | 10:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | 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 | Ihor Khmara / Stanislav Kovalov | UKR | 6:36.28 | 1:38.34 (2) | 3:19.18 (2) | 4:59.42 (1) | 1:40.84 (1) | 1:40.24 (1) | 1:36.86 (3) | SA B | |
| 2 | 3 | Patrick Keane / Maxwell Lattimer | CAN | 6:36.79 | 1:37.76 (1) | 3:18.78 (1) | 4:59.51 (2) | 1:41.02 (4) | 1:40.73 (3) | 1:37.28 (4) | SA B | |
| 3 | 1 | Bruno Cetraro / Felipe Klüver | URU | 6:36.87 | 1:40.33 (5) | 3:21.29 (4) | 5:01.96 (4) | 1:40.96 (3) | 1:40.67 (2) | 1:34.91 (1) | SA B | |
| 4 | 4 | Pedro Fraga / Afonso Costa | POR | 6:36.95 | 1:38.66 (3) | 3:19.58 (3) | 5:00.83 (3) | 1:40.92 (2) | 1:41.25 (4) | 1:36.12 (2) | FC | |
| 5 | 5 | César Abaroa / Eber Sanhueza | CHI | 6:48.22 | 1:39.42 (4) | 3:22.40 (5) | 5:05.72 (5) | 1:42.98 (5) | 1:43.32 (5) | 1:42.50 (5) | FC | |
| 6 | 6 | Siwakorn Wongpin / Nawamin Deenoi | THA | 7:20.50 | 1:42.01 (6) | 3:34.08 (6) | 5:28.66 (6) | 1:52.07 (6) | 1:54.58 (6) | 1:51.84 (6) | FC |
| Time | 10:10 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Jerzy Kowalski / Artur Mikołajczewski | POL | 6:43.44 | 1:37.87 (2) | 3:19.70 (1) | 5:02.13 (1) | 1:41.83 (1) | 1:42.43 (1) | 1:41.31 (1) | SA B | |
| 2 | 4 | Caetano Horta / Manel Balastegui | ESP | 6:45.71 | 1:37.32 (1) | 3:20.54 (2) | 5:03.96 (2) | 1:43.22 (2) | 1:43.42 (3) | 1:41.75 (2) | SA B | |
| 3 | 5 | Arjun Lal Jat / Arvind Singh | IND | 6:51.36 | 1:38.94 (4) | 3:22.60 (4) | 5:05.95 (3) | 1:43.66 (3) | 1:43.35 (2) | 1:45.41 (3) | SA B | |
| 4 | 2 | Shakhboz Kholmurzayev / Sobirjon Safaroliyev | UZB | 6:56.22 | 1:38.07 (3) | 3:22.23 (3) | 5:08.75 (4) | 1:44.16 (4) | 1:46.52 (4) | 1:47.47 (5) | FC | |
| 5 | 1 | César Amaris / José Güipe | VEN | 7:01.46 | 1:39.13 (5) | 3:26.41 (5) | 5:15.68 (5) | 1:47.28 (5) | 1:49.27 (5) | 1:45.78 (4) | FC | |
| 6 | 6 | Kamel Ait Daoud / Sid Boudina | ALG | 7:12.08 | 1:42.26 (6) | 3:30.87 (6) | 5:22.51 (6) | 1:48.61 (6) | 1:51.64 (6) | 1:49.57 (6) | FC |
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 11:10 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat to A Final. |
| Time | 11:10 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | 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 | 4 | Jonathan Rommelmann / Jason Osborne | GER | 6:07.33 | 1:30.23 (1) | 3:02.60 (1) | 4:34.32 (1) | 1:32.37 (1) | 1:31.72 (1) | 1:33.01 (4) | FA OB | |
| 2 | 1 | Bruno Cetraro / Felipe Klüver | URU | 6:11.48 | 1:35.05 (6) | 3:09.34 (6) | 4:43.08 (6) | 1:34.29 (4) | 1:33.74 (5) | 1:28.40 (1) | FA | |
| 3 | 5 | Jiří Šimánek / Miroslav Vraštil | CZE | 6:11.88 | 1:33.51 (4) | 3:07.88 (5) | 4:41.27 (4) | 1:34.37 (5) | 1:33.39 (2) | 1:30.61 (2) | FA | |
| 4 | 2 | Jerzy Kowalski / Artur Mikołajczewski | POL | 6:12.79 | 1:33.52 (5) | 3:07.19 (3) | 4:40.58 (3) | 1:33.67 (3) | 1:33.39 (2) | 1:32.21 (3) | FB | |
| 5 | 6 | Patrick Keane / Maxwell Lattimer | CAN | 6:18.29 | 1:33.22 (3) | 3:07.80 (4) | 4:43.03 (5) | 1:34.58 (6) | 1:35.23 (6) | 1:35.26 (5) | FB | |
| 6 | 3 | Kristoffer Brun / Are Strandli | NOR | 12:16.25 | 1:31.97 (2) | 3:05.07 (2) | 4:38.71 (2) | 1:33.10 (2) | 1:33.64 (4) | 7:37.54 (6) | FB |
| Time | 11:30 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Fintan McCarthy / Paul O'Donovan | IRL | 6:05.33 | 1:31.36 (2) | 3:02.71 (1) | 4:34.00 (1) | 1:31.35 (1) | 1:31.29 (1) | 1:31.33 (1) | FA OB | |
| 2 | 4 | Stefano Oppo / Pietro Ruta | ITA | 6:07.70 | 1:30.86 (1) | 3:02.94 (2) | 4:35.65 (2) | 1:32.08 (2) | 1:32.71 (2) | 1:32.05 (2) | FA | |
| 3 | 2 | Niels Van Zandweghe / Tim Brys | BEL | 6:13.07 | 1:32.25 (5) | 3:05.86 (3) | 4:39.93 (3) | 1:33.61 (3) | 1:34.07 (3) | 1:33.14 (4) | FA | |
| 4 | 5 | Ihor Khmara / Stanislav Kovalov | UKR | 6:14.57 | 1:33.05 (6) | 3:07.36 (6) | 4:41.58 (4) | 1:34.31 (4) | 1:34.22 (4) | 1:32.99 (3) | FB | |
| 5 | 1 | Caetano Horta / Manel Balastegui | ESP | 6:15.49 | 1:32.05 (3) | 3:06.49 (4) | 4:42.05 (5) | 1:34.44 (6) | 1:35.56 (5) | 1:33.44 (5) | FB | |
| 6 | 6 | Arjun Lal Jat / Arvind Singh | IND | 6:24.41 | 1:32.19 (4) | 3:06.55 (5) | 4:43.19 (6) | 1:34.36 (5) | 1:36.64 (6) | 1:41.22 (6) | FB |
| Date | 29 July 2021 — 8:50 |
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| Time | 9:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Fintan McCarthy / Paul O'Donovan | IRL | 6:06.43 | 1:31.70 (3) | 3:04.28 (2) | 4:36.28 (1) | 1:32.58 (1) | 1:32.00 (1) | 1:30.15 (1) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Jonathan Rommelmann / Jason Osborne | GER | 6:07.29 | 1:30.30 (1) | 3:03.66 (1) | 4:36.55 (2) | 1:33.36 (2) | 1:32.89 (2) | 1:30.74 (2) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Stefano Oppo / Pietro Ruta | ITA | 6:14.30 | 1:31.10 (2) | 3:05.67 (3) | 4:39.79 (3) | 1:34.57 (3) | 1:34.12 (3) | 1:34.51 (5) | ||
| 4 | 1 | Jiří Šimánek / Miroslav Vraštil | CZE | 6:16.42 | 1:33.47 (4) | 3:08.57 (4) | 4:43.32 (4) | 1:35.10 (4) | 1:34.75 (4) | 1:33.10 (3) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Niels Van Zandweghe / Tim Brys | BEL | 6:18.10 | 1:33.59 (5) | 3:09.44 (5) | 4:44.77 (5) | 1:35.85 (5) | 1:35.33 (5) | 1:33.33 (4) | ||
| 6 | 5 | Bruno Cetraro / Felipe Klüver | URU | 6:24.21 | 1:35.73 (6) | 3:11.79 (6) | 4:48.55 (6) | 1:36.06 (6) | 1:36.76 (6) | 1:35.66 (6) |
| Time | 8:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 2 | Caetano Horta / Manel Balastegui | ESP | 6:15.45 | 1:31.90 (1) | 3:07.56 (1) | 4:43.37 (1) | 1:35.66 (3) | 1:35.81 (4) | 1:32.08 (1) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Jerzy Kowalski / Artur Mikołajczewski | POL | 6:16.01 | 1:32.69 (2) | 3:07.90 (2) | 4:43.52 (2) | 1:35.21 (1) | 1:35.62 (3) | 1:32.49 (3) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Ihor Khmara / Stanislav Kovalov | UKR | 6:16.92 | 1:33.55 (3) | 3:09.12 (3) | 4:44.54 (4) | 1:35.57 (2) | 1:35.42 (2) | 1:32.38 (2) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Patrick Keane / Maxwell Lattimer | CAN | 6:17.60 | 1:33.56 (4) | 3:09.29 (4) | 4:44.52 (3) | 1:35.73 (4) | 1:35.23 (1) | 1:33.08 (4) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Arjun Lal Jat / Arvind Singh | IND | 6:29.66 | 1:34.10 (5) | 3:11.83 (5) | 4:50.65 (5) | 1:37.73 (5) | 1:38.82 (5) | 1:39.01 (5) | ||
| 6 | Kristoffer Brun / Are Strandli | NOR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |
| Time | 11:20 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 3 | Pedro Fraga / Afonso Costa | POR | 6:24.44 | 1:34.35 (1) | 3:09.78 (1) | 4:46.13 (1) | 1:35.43 (1) | 1:36.35 (1) | 1:38.31 (1) | ||
| 2 | 5 | César Abaroa / Eber Sanhueza | CHI | 6:31.97 | 1:35.01 (2) | 3:12.66 (2) | 4:51.51 (2) | 1:37.65 (2) | 1:38.85 (2) | 1:40.46 (4) | ||
| 3 | 2 | César Amaris / José Güipe | VEN | 6:36.37 | 1:35.28 (3) | 3:15.55 (3) | 4:56.16 (3) | 1:40.27 (4) | 1:40.61 (4) | 1:40.21 (3) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shakhboz Kholmurzayev / Sobirjon Safaroliyev | UZB | 6:40.25 | 1:38.99 (6) | 3:21.05 (6) | 5:00.83 (5) | 1:42.06 (5) | 1:39.78 (3) | 1:39.42 (2) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Kamel Ait Daoud / Sid Boudina | ALG | 6:41.62 | 1:36.79 (4) | 3:16.11 (4) | 4:58.86 (4) | 1:39.32 (3) | 1:42.75 (5) | 1:42.76 (5) | ||
| 6 | 1 | Siwakorn Wongpin / Nawamin Deenoi | THA | 6:56.13 | 1:38.13 (5) | 3:20.56 (5) | 5:06.84 (6) | 1:42.43 (6) | 1:46.28 (6) | 1:49.29 (6) |
