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Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

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Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueLake Lanier
Date22–28 July
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Winning time6:23.47
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anthony Edwards
Bruce Hick
 Australia
2000 →

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Georgia, USA took place at Lake Lanier.[1]

Competition format

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This was the first time this event was a part of the Olympic rowing regatta.

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 19 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13-18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

Results

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Heats

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The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:49.93 Q
2 Tom Auth
Stephen Peterson
 United States 6:50.55 R
3 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
 Greece 6:50.57 R
4 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
 Argentina 7:07.50 R
5 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
 Sweden 7:18.87 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Saez
 Spain 6:46.66 Q
2 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
 Italy 6:47.26 R
3 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
 Poland 6:54.68 R
4 Brendan Dolan
Niall O'Toole
 Ireland 6:56.28 R
5 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
 Great Britain 6:56.86 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:47.28 Q
2 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
 Austria 6:54.36 R
3 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
 Norway 6:57.37 R
4 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
 Cuba 7:01.03 R
5 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
 Czech Republic 7:16.07 R

Heat 4

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Anthony Edwards,
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:49.95 Q
2 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
 Germany 6:54.82 R
3 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
 Japan 6:56.17 R
4 Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger
 New Zealand 7:09.61 R

Repechage

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The first 2 boats in each repechage qualified for semi-finals 1/2 and the rest for semi-finals 3/4

Repechage 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
 Sweden 6:17.84 1/2
2 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
 Germany 6:18.11 1/2
3 Brendan Dolan
Niall O'Toole
 Ireland 6:18.38 3/4
4 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
 Norway 6:26.68 3/4

Repechage 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
 Austria 6:21.10 1/2
2 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
 Poland 6:24.19 1/2
3 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
 Argentina 6:28.08 3/4

Repechage 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
 Italy 6:19.95 1/2
2 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
 Greece 6:24.40 1/2
3 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
 Czech Republic 6:30.34 3/4
4 Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger
 New Zealand 6:34.78 3/4

Repechage 4

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Tom Auth
Stephen Peterson
 United States 6:20.93 1/2
2 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
 Great Britain 6:22.27 1/2
3 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
 Cuba 6:23.52 3/4
4 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
 Japan 6:24.68 3/4

Semifinals

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In the first 2 Semi-finals, the first three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
In 3rd and 4th Semi-finals, the last place finisher was eliminated and the remaining boats advanced to Final C.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:25.37 A
2 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:27.07 A
3 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
 Austria 6:28.06 A
4 Tom Auth
Stephen Peterson
 United States 6:29.80 B
5 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
 Greece 6:34.84 B
6 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
 Germany 6:40.14 B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
 Sweden 6:29.17 A
2 Anthony Edwards,
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:29.27 A
3 Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Saez
 Spain 6:29.37 A
4 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
 Italy 6:30.46 B
5 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
 Great Britain 6:39.20 B
6 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
 Poland 6:39.56 B

Semifinal 3

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
 Czech Republic 6:41.41 C
2 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
 Japan 6:45.08 C
3 Brendan Dolan
Niall O'Toole
 Ireland 8:14.64

Semifinal 4

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
 Norway 6:36.30 C
2 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
 Cuba 6:37.40 C
3 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
 Argentina 6:38.55 C
4 Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger
 New Zealand 6:41.39

Finals

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Final C

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
13 Adam Michalek
Michal Vabrousek
 Czech Republic 6:53.14
14 Magne Kvalvik
Tor Albert Ersdal
 Norway 6:55.35
14 Kenichi Obinata
Hitoshi Hase
 Japan 6:56.13
15 Raul Leon
Alexis Arias
 Cuba 6:58.63
16 Fernando Zapata
Agustin Rocha
 Argentina 7:04.67

Final B

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
7 Robert Sycz
Grzegorz Wdowiak
 Poland 6:24.95
8 Marco Audisio
Michelangelo Crispi
 Italy 6:25.04
9 Tom Auth
Stephen Peterson
 United States 6:25.89
10 Vasileios Polymeros
Ioannis Kourkourikis
 Greece 6:27.94
11 Peter Uhrig
Ingo Euler
 Germany 6:30.43
12 Nick Strange
Andrew Sinton
 Great Britain 6:31.15

Final A

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:23.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:26.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anthony Edwards,
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:26.69
4 Jose Maria de Marco
Juan Carlos Saez
 Spain 6:28.09
5 Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
 Austria 6:30.85
6 Mattias Tichy
Anders Christensson
 Sweden 6:34.78

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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