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Lightweight Double Sculls, Men

Date29 July – 4 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationEton Dorney, Windsor
Participants40 from 20 countries

Going into the lightweight double sculls event at the 2008 Olympics, Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist of Denmark had the last two World Championships under their belt, but they were defeated by the British duo of Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter in the finals. From then on the Britons were the team to beat in the race, winning World Championships in 2010 and 2011. The 2012 World Cup season was not their best, however, leaving the 2012 Olympic gold medal up for grabs and giving the Danes a chance for revenge, as all both teams from Beijing would be participating in London. Not to be counted out were Storm Uru and Peter Taylor of New Zealand, winners of the 2009 World Championships and silver medalists in 2011.

Denmark had the fastest time in the heats and the semi-finals, although Great Britain closed in on them somewhat in the latter round. The final did not get off to a good start for the British duo, however, as one of the seats on the boat broke once the race had begun. After a delay and some repairs, they were allowed to restart because the equipment failure had occurred within the first 100 meters. Their second start was much better, with Purchase and Hunter quickly taking a lead over the Danes. By the 1500m mark it looked as if Great Britain had clinched the gold medal, but Denmark unleashed a fantastic sprint in the final quarter and the teams went neck and neck right to the line, where Rasmussen and Quist were victorious by six tenths of a second. New Zealand was over three seconds behind Great Britain, but still captured bronze by nearly two seconds over the nearest boat.

PosPairNOC
1Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDENGold
2Zac Purchase / Mark HunterGBRSilver
3Storm Uru / Peter TaylorNZLBronze
4Stany Delayre / Jérémie AzouFRA
5Pedro Fraga / Nuno MendesPOR
6Linus Lichtschlag / Lars HartigGER
7Pietro Ruta / Elia LuiniITA
8Lefteris Konsolas / Panagiotis MagdanisGRE
9Kristoffer Brun / Are StrandliNOR
10Manuel Suárez / Yunior PérezCUB
11Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN
12Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN
13Rod Chisholm / Tom GibsonAUS
14Doug Vandor / Morgan JarvisCAN
15Zhang Fangbing / Sun JieCHN
16Rodolfo Collazo / Emiliano DumestreURU
17Mario Cejas / Miguel MayolARG
18Leung Chun Shek / Lok Kwan HoiHKG
19Sandeep Kumar / Manjit SinghIND
20Mohamed Nofel / Omar Al-SabahiEGY

Round One

Date29 July 2012 — 11:10
FormatTop two in each heat advanced to semi-finals A/B; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

Time11:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Pietro Ruta / Elia LuiniITA6:35.721:35.40 (1)3:16.45 (2)4:57.23 (2)1:41.05 (2)1:40.78 (1)1:38.49 (1)Q
23Pedro Fraga / Nuno MendesPOR6:37.911:35.66 (2)3:13.88 (1)4:55.46 (1)1:38.22 (1)1:41.58 (3)1:42.45 (2)Q
31Doug Vandor / Morgan JarvisCAN6:42.591:36.38 (3)3:17.50 (3)4:58.83 (3)1:41.12 (3)1:41.33 (2)1:43.76 (3)
44Sandeep Kumar / Manjit SinghIND6:56.601:39.08 (4)3:24.05 (5)5:11.31 (5)1:44.97 (5)1:47.26 (4)1:45.29 (4)
55Mohamed Nofel / Omar Al-SabahiEGY6:59.571:39.50 (5)3:23.57 (4)5:11.05 (4)1:44.07 (4)1:47.48 (5)1:48.52 (5)

Heat #2

Time11:20
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Zac Purchase / Mark HunterGBR6:36.291:34.51 (1)3:14.14 (1)4:55.81 (1)1:39.63 (1)1:41.67 (2)1:40.48 (2)Q
23Storm Uru / Peter TaylorNZL6:37.021:35.64 (2)3:15.67 (2)4:57.16 (2)1:40.03 (2)1:41.49 (1)1:39.86 (1)Q
31Rod Chisholm / Tom GibsonAUS6:47.331:36.44 (3)3:17.48 (3)5:01.43 (3)1:41.04 (3)1:43.95 (3)1:45.90 (3)
45Zhang Fangbing / Sun JieCHN6:57.671:39.50 (5)3:23.28 (4)5:10.77 (4)1:43.78 (4)1:47.49 (4)1:46.90 (4)
52Mario Cejas / Miguel MayolARG7:01.761:38.00 (4)3:23.50 (5)5:11.97 (5)1:45.50 (5)1:48.47 (5)1:49.79 (5)

Heat #3

Time11:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN6:33.111:34.63 (4)3:15.13 (3)4:56.85 (2)1:40.50 (1)1:41.72 (2)1:36.26 (1)Q
25Kristoffer Brun / Are StrandliNOR6:34.001:34.94 (5)3:15.76 (5)4:57.10 (3)1:40.82 (3)1:41.34 (1)1:36.90 (2)Q
34Manuel Suárez / Yunior PérezCUB6:36.311:34.29 (3)3:15.48 (4)4:58.14 (4)1:41.19 (4)1:42.66 (4)1:38.17 (3)
42Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:39.801:33.58 (1)3:14.85 (2)4:56.65 (1)1:41.27 (5)1:41.80 (3)1:43.15 (4)
53Lefteris Konsolas / Panagiotis MagdanisGRE6:42.131:33.88 (2)3:14.57 (1)4:58.51 (5)1:40.69 (2)1:43.94 (5)1:43.62 (5)

Heat #4

Time11:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Stany Delayre / Jérémie AzouFRA6:40.891:37.44 (2)3:19.21 (2)4:58.25 (1)1:41.77 (2)1:39.04 (1)1:42.64 (3)Q
25Linus Lichtschlag / Lars HartigGER6:49.441:36.64 (1)3:17.29 (1)4:59.45 (2)1:40.65 (1)1:42.16 (2)1:49.99 (5)Q
31Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:54.011:41.69 (3)3:26.77 (3)5:11.39 (3)1:45.08 (3)1:44.62 (4)1:42.62 (2)
44Rodolfo Collazo / Emiliano DumestreURU6:58.631:45.03 (5)3:32.07 (5)5:16.03 (5)1:47.04 (5)1:43.96 (3)1:42.60 (1)
53Leung Chun Shek / Lok Kwan HoiHKG6:59.521:42.99 (4)3:29.41 (4)5:15.49 (4)1:46.42 (4)1:46.08 (5)1:44.03 (4)

Round One Repêchage

Date31 July 2012 — 10:30
FormatTop two in each heat to semi-finals A/B.

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
16Lefteris Konsolas / Panagiotis MagdanisGRE6:31.131:34.35 (2)3:12.73 (2)4:52.66 (1)1:38.38 (1)1:39.93 (2)1:38.47 (2)Q
22Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:32.311:35.77 (4)3:15.00 (3)4:54.65 (3)1:39.23 (2)1:39.65 (1)1:37.66 (1)Q
34Rod Chisholm / Tom GibsonAUS6:34.291:35.58 (3)3:15.18 (4)4:55.19 (4)1:39.60 (3)1:40.01 (3)1:39.10 (3)
43Doug Vandor / Morgan JarvisCAN6:36.031:32.56 (1)3:12.46 (1)4:53.99 (2)1:39.90 (4)1:41.53 (4)1:42.04 (4)
55Rodolfo Collazo / Emiliano DumestreURU6:51.671:39.12 (6)3:23.10 (6)5:07.23 (5)1:43.98 (5)1:44.13 (5)1:44.44 (5)
61Mohamed Nofel / Omar Al-SabahiEGY6:57.061:36.72 (5)3:21.84 (5)5:10.10 (6)1:45.12 (6)1:48.26 (6)1:46.96 (6)

Heat #2

Time10:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Manuel Suárez / Yunior PérezCUB6:37.041:35.58 (1)3:16.15 (1)4:55.55 (1)1:40.57 (1)1:39.40 (1)1:41.49 (4)Q
24Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:39.811:36.84 (2)3:18.79 (2)5:00.54 (2)1:41.95 (2)1:41.75 (2)1:39.27 (2)Q
35Zhang Fangbing / Sun JieCHN6:40.121:37.09 (3)3:19.77 (3)5:01.67 (3)1:42.68 (4)1:41.90 (3)1:38.45 (1)
46Leung Chun Shek / Lok Kwan HoiHKG6:47.041:37.46 (4)3:20.05 (4)5:04.11 (4)1:42.59 (3)1:44.06 (5)1:42.93 (5)
51Mario Cejas / Miguel MayolARG6:48.211:38.63 (6)3:23.66 (6)5:07.37 (6)1:45.03 (6)1:43.71 (4)1:40.84 (3)
62Sandeep Kumar / Manjit SinghIND6:54.201:37.97 (5)3:22.37 (5)5:07.12 (5)1:44.40 (5)1:44.75 (6)1:47.08 (6)

Semi-Finals A/B

Date2 August 2012 — 10:50
FormatTop three in each heat to A Final.

Heat #1

Time10:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Zac Purchase / Mark HunterGBR6:36.621:35.96 (3)3:14.24 (1)4:55.59 (1)1:38.28 (1)1:41.35 (1)1:41.03 (3)Q
24Stany Delayre / Jérémie AzouFRA6:37.291:35.48 (2)3:14.77 (2)4:56.71 (2)1:39.29 (3)1:41.94 (4)1:40.58 (2)Q
35Pedro Fraga / Nuno MendesPOR6:37.991:36.97 (6)3:16.39 (5)4:58.81 (6)1:39.42 (4)1:42.42 (6)1:39.18 (1)Q
42Kristoffer Brun / Are StrandliNOR6:39.591:36.36 (4)3:15.64 (4)4:57.42 (3)1:39.28 (2)1:41.78 (2)1:42.17 (4)
56Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:42.811:36.78 (5)3:16.64 (6)4:58.55 (5)1:39.86 (5)1:41.91 (3)1:44.26 (5)
61Manuel Suárez / Yunior PérezCUB6:52.261:35.19 (1)3:15.39 (3)4:57.66 (4)1:40.20 (6)1:42.27 (5)1:54.60 (6)

Heat #2

Time11:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN6:33.251:35.32 (2)3:13.05 (1)4:54.49 (1)1:37.73 (1)1:41.44 (1)1:38.76 (1)Q
22Storm Uru / Peter TaylorNZL6:36.711:35.88 (4)3:13.67 (2)4:55.57 (2)1:37.79 (3)1:41.90 (2)1:41.14 (2)Q
35Linus Lichtschlag / Lars HartigGER6:37.441:36.17 (5)3:13.90 (3)4:55.80 (3)1:37.73 (1)1:41.90 (2)1:41.64 (4)Q
41Lefteris Konsolas / Panagiotis MagdanisGRE6:40.891:35.70 (3)3:14.10 (4)4:58.13 (4)1:38.40 (4)1:44.03 (4)1:42.76 (5)
53Pietro Ruta / Elia LuiniITA6:41.171:35.10 (1)3:15.14 (5)4:59.63 (5)1:40.04 (5)1:44.49 (5)1:41.54 (3)
66Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:48.611:37.17 (6)3:18.43 (6)5:04.25 (6)1:41.26 (6)1:45.82 (6)1:44.36 (6)

Semi-Finals C/D

Date1 August 2012 — 9:50
FormatTop three in each heat to C Final.

Heat #1

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Rod Chisholm / Tom GibsonAUS7:06.241:40.85 (1)3:27.31 (1)5:15.73 (1)1:46.46 (1)1:48.42 (1)1:50.51 (3)Q
21Mario Cejas / Miguel MayolARG7:11.461:43.20 (4)3:32.47 (4)5:21.24 (2)1:49.27 (2)1:48.77 (2)1:50.22 (1)Q
33Leung Chun Shek / Lok Kwan HoiHKG7:13.671:42.65 (3)3:32.10 (3)5:23.41 (3)1:49.45 (4)1:51.31 (3)1:50.26 (2)Q
44Mohamed Nofel / Omar Al-SabahiEGY7:19.291:41.99 (2)3:31.40 (2)5:25.18 (4)1:49.41 (3)1:53.78 (4)1:54.11 (4)

Heat #2

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Doug Vandor / Morgan JarvisCAN7:02.851:40.19 (1)3:26.57 (1)5:14.16 (1)1:46.38 (1)1:47.59 (1)1:48.69 (1)Q
23Zhang Fangbing / Sun JieCHN7:09.391:43.26 (4)3:32.07 (3)5:20.69 (2)1:48.81 (3)1:48.62 (2)1:48.70 (2)Q
34Rodolfo Collazo / Emiliano DumestreURU7:11.201:42.99 (3)3:33.39 (4)5:22.24 (3)1:50.40 (4)1:48.85 (3)1:48.96 (3)Q
41Sandeep Kumar / Manjit SinghIND7:19.311:42.19 (2)3:30.95 (2)5:23.29 (4)1:48.76 (2)1:52.34 (4)1:56.02 (4)

Final Round

Date4 August 2012 — 9:40

Final A

Time12:21
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
15Mads Rasmussen / Rasmus QuistDEN6:37.171:38.09 (2)3:17.86 (2)4:58.08 (2)1:39.77 (2)1:40.22 (3)1:39.09 (1)
26Zac Purchase / Mark HunterGBR6:37.781:37.07 (1)3:17.19 (1)4:57.08 (1)1:40.12 (3)1:39.89 (1)1:40.70 (2)
33Storm Uru / Peter TaylorNZL6:40.861:39.18 (4)3:18.77 (3)4:58.83 (3)1:39.59 (1)1:40.06 (2)1:42.03 (5)
44Stany Delayre / Jérémie AzouFRA6:42.691:38.93 (3)3:19.54 (4)5:00.74 (4)1:40.61 (4)1:41.20 (5)1:41.95 (4)
51Pedro Fraga / Nuno MendesPOR6:44.801:41.27 (6)3:22.96 (6)5:03.74 (5)1:41.69 (6)1:40.78 (4)1:41.06 (3)
62Linus Lichtschlag / Lars HartigGER6:49.071:40.50 (5)3:21.64 (5)5:04.03 (6)1:41.14 (5)1:42.39 (6)1:45.04 (6)

Final B

Time10:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Pietro Ruta / Elia LuiniITA6:29.921:34.26 (1)3:12.32 (1)4:51.73 (1)1:38.06 (1)1:39.41 (3)1:38.19 (4)
25Lefteris Konsolas / Panagiotis MagdanisGRE6:31.711:35.33 (2)3:14.61 (2)4:53.78 (2)1:39.28 (2)1:39.17 (2)1:37.93 (3)
36Kristoffer Brun / Are StrandliNOR6:32.821:36.17 (4)3:16.39 (3)4:55.48 (3)1:40.22 (3)1:39.09 (1)1:37.34 (2)
41Manuel Suárez / Yunior PérezCUB6:34.961:36.61 (5)3:17.13 (5)4:58.36 (5)1:40.52 (4)1:41.23 (4)1:36.60 (1)
54Zsolt Hirling / Tamás VargaHUN6:39.981:35.85 (3)3:16.76 (4)4:58.02 (4)1:40.91 (5)1:41.26 (5)1:41.96 (5)
62Kazushige Ura / Daisaku TakedaJPN6:48.271:37.42 (6)3:19.86 (6)5:03.81 (6)1:42.44 (6)1:43.95 (6)1:44.46 (6)

Final C

Time10:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Rod Chisholm / Tom GibsonAUS6:44.401:37.99 (2)3:18.69 (1)5:01.95 (1)1:40.70 (1)1:43.26 (1)1:42.45 (2)
23Doug Vandor / Morgan JarvisCAN6:46.621:36.50 (1)3:19.03 (2)5:02.80 (2)1:42.53 (2)1:43.77 (2)1:43.82 (5)
35Zhang Fangbing / Sun JieCHN6:49.391:39.50 (4)3:23.22 (3)5:07.19 (3)1:43.72 (3)1:43.97 (3)1:42.20 (1)
46Rodolfo Collazo / Emiliano DumestreURU6:51.941:39.72 (5)3:24.26 (5)5:09.44 (4)1:44.54 (4)1:45.18 (4)1:42.50 (3)
52Mario Cejas / Miguel MayolARG6:53.711:39.94 (6)3:25.03 (6)5:10.93 (5)1:45.09 (5)1:45.90 (5)1:42.78 (4)
61Leung Chun Shek / Lok Kwan HoiHKG7:00.011:38.52 (3)3:23.85 (4)5:11.38 (6)1:45.33 (6)1:47.53 (6)1:48.63 (6)

Final D

Time9:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11Sandeep Kumar / Manjit SinghIND7:08.391:41.08 (2)3:29.02 (2)5:16.55 (1)1:47.94 (2)1:47.53 (1)1:51.84 (1)
22Mohamed Nofel / Omar Al-SabahiEGY7:12.791:40.36 (1)3:28.09 (1)5:19.03 (2)1:47.73 (1)1:50.94 (2)1:53.76 (2)