Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

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Men's lightweight double sculls
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Regatta Centre
Date18–24 September
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Winning time6:21.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elia Luini
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pascal Touron
Thibaud Chapelle
 France
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The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format[edit]

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.[1]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 September 2000 09:00 Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000 09:00 Repechages
Friday, 22 September 2000 08:50 Semifinals
Saturday, 23 September 2000 11:20 Final B
Saturday, 23 September 2000 12:20 Final C
Sunday, 24 September 2000 08:50 Final

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland 6:34.28 Q
2 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:37.88 R
3 Ulf Lienhard
Sebastián Massa
 Argentina 6:40.16 R
4 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:42.08 R
5 Josef Källström
Anders Båtemyr
 Sweden 6:42.67 R

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Haimish Karrasch
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:33.48 Q
2 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:40.53 R
3 Raúl León
Osmani Martín
 Cuba 6:42.24 R
4 Sergey Dmitryaychev
Dmitry Ovechko
 Russia 6:46.34 R
5 Zahid Ali Pirzada
Hazrat Islam
 Pakistan 7:13.62 R

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Pascal Touron,
Thibaud Chapelle
 France 6:32.73 Q
2 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:34.89 R
3 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:38.62 R
4 Tom Kay
Tom Middleton
 Great Britain 6:41.74 R
5 Lo Sing Yan
Lui Kam Chi
 Hong Kong 7:09.75 R

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Elia Luini,
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy 6:24.73 Q
2 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:27.00 R
3 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:29.68 R
4 Rómulo Bouzas
Gerardo Gómez
 Mexico 6:31.24 R

Repechage[edit]

First two qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

Repechage 1[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:33.81 A/B
2 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:36.99 A/B
3 Josef Källström
Anders Båtemyr
 Sweden 6:38.77 C
4 Sergey Dmitryaychev
Dmitri Ovetchko
 Russia 6:44.53 WD

Repechage 2[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:39.20 A/B
2 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:39.72 A/B
3 Raúl León
Osmani Martin
 Cuba 6:44.08 WD

Repechage 3[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:36.26 A/B
2 Romu Bouzas Rodriguez
Gerard Gomez Counahan
 Mexico 6:38.07 A/B
3 Ulf Lienhard
Sebastian Rodrigo Massa
 Argentina 6:41.10 C
4 Sing Yan Lo
Kam Chi Lui
 Hong Kong 7:05.05 C

Repechage 4[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:35.39 A/B
2 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:38.78 A/B
3 Tom Kay
Tom Middleton
 Great Britain 6:43.25 C
4 Zahid Ali Pirzada
Hazrat Islam
 Pakistan 7:13.98 C

Semifinals[edit]

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland 6:20.60 A
2 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:23.08 A
3 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:24.55 A
4 Haimish Karrasch
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:25.20 B
5 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:32.86 B
6 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:43.80 B

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Pascal Touron,
Thibaud Chapelle
 France 6:21.32 A
2 Elia Luini,
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy 6:21.59 A
3 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:23.37 A
4 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:25.38 B
5 Romu Bouzas Rodriguez
Gerard Gomez Counahan
 Mexico 6:33.62 B
6 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:39.49 B

Finals[edit]

Final C[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Ulf Lienhard
Sebastian Rodrigo Massa
 Argentina 6:29.19
2 Tom Kay
Tom Middleton
 Great Britain 6:32.67
3 Josef Källström
Anders Båtemyr
 Sweden 6:34.11
4 Sing Yan Lo
Kam Chi Lui
 Hong Kong 6:49.19
5 Zahid Ali Pirzada
Hazrat Islam
 Pakistan 6:52.12

Final B[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Haimish Karrasch
Bruce Hick
 Australia 6:26.21
2 Vasileios Polymeros
Panagiotis Miliotis
 Greece 6:27.79
3 Juan Zunzunegui
Rubén Álvarez
 Spain 6:31.49
4 Romu Bouzas Rodriguez
Gerard Gomez Counahan
 Mexico 6:31.70
5 Steve Tucker
Conal Groom
 United States 6:32.41
6 Maarten van der Linden
Pepijn Aardewijn
 Netherlands 6:43.80

Final A[edit]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomasz Kucharski
Robert Sycz
 Poland 6:21.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elia Luini,
Leonardo Pettinari
 Italy 6:23.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pascal Touron,
Thibaud Chapelle
 France 6:24.85
4 Ingo Euler
Bernhard Rühling
 Germany 6:26.54
5 Markus Gier
Michael Gier
 Switzerland 6:28.52
6 Hitoshi Hase
Daisaku Takeda
 Japan 6:29.74

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Double Sculls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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