Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.

Men's coxless pair at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	6–11 August 2016
Competitors	26 from 13 nations
Winning time	6:59.71
Medalists
Eric Murray Hamish Bond  Neuseeland Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling  Südafrika Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo  Italien

The medals for the competition were presented by Barry Maister, New Zealand, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, France, President of the International Rowing Federation.

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Spencer Turrin Alexander Lloyd	Australien	6:40.79	SF
2	Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling	Südafrika	6:41.42	SF
3	Jakub Podrazil Lukáš Helešic	Tschechische Republik	6:42.710	SF
4	Anders Weiss Nareg Guregian	Vereinigte Staaten	6:49.97	R
5	Àlex Sigurbjörnsson Pau Vela	Spanien	6:54.26	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Frankreich	6:42.00	SF
2	Alan Sinclair Stewart Innes	Great Britain	6:50.77	SF
3	Cristi-Ilie Pârghie George Alexandru Pălămariu	Rumänien	6:51.71	SF
4	Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman	Niederlande	7:22.93	R

Heat 3

Many of the competitors criticised that the regatta was not called off due to the challenging conditions. Miloš Vasić and Nenad Beđik capsized and did not get back into the boat, but the International Rowing Federation (FISA) ruled that despite their DNF they could compete in the repechage.

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	Neuseeland	6:41.75	SF
2	Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo	Italien	6:46.04	SF
3	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Ungarn	6:59.28	SF
4	Miloš Vasić Nenad Beđik	Serbien	DNF (capsized)	R

Repechage

First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman	Niederlande	6:34.16	SF
2	Miloš Vasić Nenad Beđik	Serbien	6:34.52	SF
3	Anders Weiss Nareg Guregian	Vereinigte Staaten	6:36.60	SF
4	Àlex Sigurbjörnsson Pau Vela	Spanien	6:40.47

Semifinals

First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo	Italien	6:24.96	FA
2	Spencer Turrin Alexander Lloyd	Australien	6:25.25	FA
3	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Frankreich	6:26.10	FA
4	Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman	Niederlande	6:26.94	FB
5	Anders Weiss Nareg Guregian	Vereinigte Staaten	6:33.95	FB
6	Cristi-Ilie Pârghie George Alexandru Pălămariu	Rumänien	6:48.17	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	Neuseeland	6:23.36	FA
2	Alan Sinclair Stewart Innes	Great Britain	6:26.37	FA
3	Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling	Südafrika	6:27.59	FA
4	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Ungarn	6:29.12	FB
5	Miloš Vasić Nenad Beđik	Serbien	6:31.00	FB
6	Jakub Podrazil Lukáš Helešic	Tschechische Republik	6:32.85	FB

Final

Final B

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Jakub Podrazil Lukáš Helešic	Tschechische Republik	7:00.04
2	Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman	Niederlande	7:01.88
3	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Ungarn	7:03.34
4	Miloš Vasić Nenad Beđik	Serbien	7:04.71
5	Anders Weiss Nareg Guregian	Vereinigte Staaten	7:10.60
6	Cristi-Ilie Pârghie George Alexandru Pălămariu	Rumänien	7:13.68

Final A

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	Neuseeland	6:59.71
	Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling	Südafrika	7:02.51
	Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo	Italien	7:04.52
4	Alan Sinclair Stewart Innes	Great Britain	7:07.99
5	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	Frankreich	7:09.91
6	Spencer Turrin Alexander Lloyd	Australien	7:11.60