Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls 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 double sculls at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	6–11 August 2016
Competitors	26 from 13 nations
Teams	13
Winning time	6:50.28
Medalists
Martin Sinković Valent Sinković  Kroatien Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter  Litauen Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte  Norwegen

The medals for the competition were presented by Gerhard Heiberg, Norway, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Mike Tanner, Hong Kong, member of the executive committee 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	Robbie Manson Chris Harris	Neuseeland	6:40.35	SA/B
2	Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov	Aserbaidschan	6:40.52	SA/B
3	Francesco Fossi Romano Battisti	Italien	6:42.33	SA/B
4	Jonathan Walton John Collins	Great Britain	6:43.93	R
5	Eduardo Rubio Adrián Oquendo	Cuba	6:52.20	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter	Litauen	6:29.11	SA/B
2	Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte	Norwegen	6:30.58	SA/B
3	Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger	Deutschland	6:31.85	SA/B
4	Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgarien	6:44.31	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Kroatien	6:30.09	SA/B
2	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	Frankreich	6:33.03	SA/B
3	David Watts Chris Morgan	Australien	6:36.39	SA/B
4	Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic	Serbien	7:07.29	R

Repechage

The first three of the repechage qualify to the semifinals

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Jonathan Walton John Collins	Great Britain	6:19.60	SA/B
2	Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgarien	6:20.56	SA/B
3	Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic	Serbien	6:20.62	SA/B
4	Eduardo Rubio Adrián Oquendo	Cuba	6:21.52

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	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Kroatien	6:12.27	FA
2	Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte	Norwegen	6:13.50	FA
3	Jonathan Walton John Collins	Great Britain	6:13.83	FA
4	Robbie Manson Chris Harris	Neuseeland	6:17.01	FB
5	David Watts Chris Morgan	Australien	6:19.36	FB
6	Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgarien	6:47.00	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter	Litauen	6:14.61	FA
2	Francesco Fossi Romano Battisti	Italien	6:15.24	FA
3	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	Frankreich	6:16.15	FA
4	Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger	Deutschland	6:18.32	FB
5	Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic	Serbien	6:27.66	FB
6	Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov	Aserbaidschan	6:37.49	FB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
1	David Watts Chris Morgan	Australien	6:58.11
2	Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger	Deutschland	6:58.86
3	Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev	Bulgarien	7:00.85
4	Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic	Serbien	7:03.13
5	Robbie Manson Chris Harris	Neuseeland	7:06.80
6	Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov	Aserbaidschan	7:24.03

Final A

Rank	Rower	Land	Zeit	Notes
	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Kroatien	6:50.28
	Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter	Litauen	6:51.39
	Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte	Norwegen	6:53.25
4	Francesco Fossi Romano Battisti	Italien	6:57.10
5	Jonathan Walton John Collins	Great Britain	7:01.25
6	Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	Frankreich	7:02.06