Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueKrylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date20–27 July
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernd Landvoigt
and Jörg Landvoigt
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuriy Pimenov
and Nikolay Pimenov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles Wiggin
and Malcolm Carmichael
 Great Britain
← 1976
1984 →

The men's coxless pair rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.[1]

Heats[edit]

The three fastest teams in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the semifinals.[2]

Heat One[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1 Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
 East Germany (GDR) 7:19.05
2 Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma
 Romania (ROU) 7:30.90
3 Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr
 Austria (AUT) 7:39.48
4 Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
 Denmark (DEN) 7:43.04
5 Nikolaos Ioannidis
Georgios Kourkoumbas
 Greece (GRE) 7:58.37

Heat Two[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1 Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:25.09
2 Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:30.57
3 Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:34.83
4 José Pardas
Luis Miguel Oliver
 Spain (ESP) 7:46.00
5 Robert Lang
John Bolt
 Australia (AUS) 7:50.05

Heat Three[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1 Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci
 Italy (ITA) 7:28.77
2 Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe
 France (FRA) 7:33.20
3 Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan
 Ireland (IRL) 7:35.10
4 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
 Sweden (SWE) 7:44.16
5 Edgar Nanne
Alberik de Suremain
 Guatemala (GUA) 8:06.53

Repechage[edit]

The three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1 Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
 Denmark (DEN) 7:08.21
2 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
 Sweden (SWE) 7:09.51
3 Robert Lang
John Bolt
 Australia (AUS) 7:13.24
4 José Pardas
Luis Miguel Oliver
 Spain (ESP) 7:18.45
5 Nikolaos Ioannidis
Georgios Kourkoumbas
 Greece (GRE) 7:24.93
6 Edgar Nanne
Alberik de Suremain
 Guatemala (GUA) 7:34.09

Semifinals[edit]

The three fastest teams in each semifinal advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal One[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1 Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
 East Germany (GDR) 6:40.54
2 Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael
 Great Britain (GBR) 6:51.47
3 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
 Sweden (SWE) 6:54.12
4 Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci
 Italy (ITA) 7:00.79
5 Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan
 Ireland (IRL) 7:02.11
6 Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr
 Austria (AUT) 7:04.48

Semifinal Two[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1 Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
 Soviet Union (URS) 6:52.11
2 Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma
 Romania (ROU) 6:52.70
3 Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 6:56.70
4 Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
 Denmark (DEN) 6:56.90
5 Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe
 France (FRA) 7:10.26
6 Robert Lang
John Bolt
 Australia (AUS) 7:11.76

Finals[edit]

Finals A[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernd Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
 East Germany (GDR) 6:48.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
 Soviet Union (URS) 6:50.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles Wiggin
Malcolm Carmichael
 Great Britain (GBR) 6:51.47
4 Constantin Postoiu
Valer Toma
 Romania (ROU) 6:53.49
5 Miroslav Vraštil
Miroslav Knapek
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:01.54
6 Anders Larson
Anders Wilgotson
 Sweden (SWE) 7:02.52

This is still the only Olympic final where two sets of twins finished on the podium.[5]

Finals B[edit]

Rank Athletes names Country Time
7 Pat Gannon
Willie Ryan
 Ireland (IRL) 6:54.60
8 Jean-Claude Roussel
Dominique Lecointe
 France (FRA) 6:55.22
9 Wilfried Auerbach
Thomas Linemayr
 Austria (AUT) 6:58.96
10 Robert Lang
John Bolt
 Australia (AUS) 6:59.13
11 Franco Valtorta
Antonio Baldacci
 Italy (ITA) 7:00.71
Michael Jessen
Erik Christiansen
 Denmark (DEN) np

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Round One Repêchage. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Semi-Finals. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 352. ISBN 0140066322.

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