2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair explained

Event:	Men's lightweight coxless pair
Championship:	2016 World Rowing Championships
Dates:	22–27 August
Venue:	Willem-Alexander Baan
Location:	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Competitors:	32
Nations:	16
Win Value:	7:14.18
Gold:	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen
Silver Nation:	DEN
Bronze:	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 22 August 2016	17:20	Heats
Tuesday 23 August 2016	11:25	Repechages
Thursday 25 August 2016	15:45	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 27 August 2016	11:05	Final C
	11:25	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	12:55	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen		6:39.71	SA/B
2	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton		6:41.86	SA/B
3	Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho		6:43.41	R
4	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson		6:46.27	R
5	Roland Szigeti David Forrai		6:52.27	R
6	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara		6:54.97	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour		6:37.05	SA/B
2	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll		6:38.84	SA/B
3	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko		6:44.40	R
4	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez		6:45.08	R
5	Li Lei Li Zhongwei		6:59.44	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot		6:40.77	SA/B
2	Julius Peschel Sven Keßler		6:42.89	SA/B
3	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi		6:47.13	R
4	Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec		6:52.37	R
5	Markus Christensen Ola Larsson		6:53.18	R

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.^{[3] [4]}

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez		6:39.20	SA/B
2	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara		6:39.30	SA/B
3	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi		6:39.81	SA/B
4	Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho		6:40.68	FC
5	Markus Christensen Ola Larsson		6:49.84	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Lei Li Zhongwei		6:36.85	SA/B
2	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson		6:37.22	SA/B
3	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko		6:38.33	SA/B
4	Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec		6:46.45	FC
5	Roland Szigeti David Forrai		6:42.86	FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour		6:29.63	FA
2	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen		6:30.12	FA
3	Li Lei Li Zhongwei		6:32.81	FA
4	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara		6:33.38	FB
5	Julius Peschel Sven Keßler		6:36.39	FB
6	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko		6:38.24	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot		6:30.56	FA
2	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll		6:32.18	FA
3	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson		6:33.19	FA
4	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton		6:35.07	FB
5	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi		6:37.34	FB
6	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez		6:40.82	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[6]

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho		7:29.49
2	Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec		7:33.88
3	Roland Szigeti David Forrai		7:36.03
4	Markus Christensen Ola Larsson		7:44.61

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara		7:28.22
2	Julius Peschel Sven Keßler		7:33.77
3	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton		7:34.17
4	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko		7:35.24
5	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi		7:38.36
6	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez		7:49.33

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot		7:14.18
	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen		7:15.30
	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour		7:16.49
4	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll		7:24.60
5	Li Lei Li Zhongwei		7:32.48
6	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson		7:36.91

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 19 June 2018.
2. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Heat. World Rowing. 19 June 2018.
3. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage. World Rowing. 19 June 2018.
4. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage 2. World Rowing. 19 June 2018.
5. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Semifinal. World Rowing. 19 June 2018.
6. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Final. World Rowing. 19 June 2018.