| Event: | Men's coxless pairs |
| Games: | 1952 Summer |
| Date: | 20–23 July |
| Competitors: | 32 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: | Charlie Logg Tom Price |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens |
| Silvernoc: | BEL |
| Bronze: | Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt |
| Bronzenoc: | SUI |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Mei Bay, Helsinki, Finland.[1]
| Date | Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 1952 | Heats | |||
| 21 July 1952 | Repechage | |||
| 21 July 1952 | Semifinal | |||
| 22 July 1952 | Semifinal repechage | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 23 July 1952 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt | 7:46.0 | Q | ||
| 2 | David Callender Christopher Davidge | 7:47.0 | |||
| 3 | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | 7:48.9 | |||
| 4 | Charlie Logg Tom Price | 7:50.7 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Palmer Vic Middleton | 8:06.4 | Q | ||
| 2 | Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | 8:13.3 | |||
| 3 | Bruno Gamba Antonio Saverio | 9:21.2 | |||
| 3 | Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak | DQ |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze | 8:00.4 | Q | ||
| 2 | Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón | 8:02.2 | |||
| 3 | Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel | 8:09.5 | |||
| 3 | Mikhail Plaksin Vasily Bagretsov | 8:12.3 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson | 7:54.5 | Q | ||
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | 7:57.9 | |||
| 3 | Heinz Renneberg Heinz Eichholz | 8:03.3 | |||
| 4 | Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter | 8:06.7 |
First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | 7:22.8 | Q | ||
| 2 | Mikhail Plaksin Vasily Bagretsov | 7:31.9 | |||
| 3 | Bruno Gamba Antonio Saverio | 7:43.4 | |||
| 4 | Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter | 7:47.9 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Logg Tom Price | 7:28.4 | Q | ||
| 2 | Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak | 7:39.7 | |||
| 3 | Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel | DNF |
First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt | 7:37.7 | Q | ||
| 2 | Don Palmer Vic Middleton | 7:46.8 | |||
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | 7:54.7 | |||
| 4 | Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón | 7:59.8 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Callender Christopher Davidge | 7:45.6 | Q | ||
| 2 | Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze | 7:53.2 | |||
| 3 | Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson | 8:07.5 | |||
| 4 | Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | 8:15.7 |
First boat of each heat qualified to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:36.2 | Q | |||
| 2 | Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | 7:47.1 | |||
| 3 | Don Palmer Vic Middleton | 7:50.5 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:35.0 | Q | |||
| 2 | Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón | 7:41.0 | |||
| 3 | Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze | 7:44.7 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:57.1 | Q | |||
| 2 | Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson | 7:58.6 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Logg Tom Price | 8:20.7 | ||||
| Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | 8:23.5 | ||||
| Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt | 8:32.7 | ||||
| 4 | David Callender Christopher Davidge | 8:37.4 | |||
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | 8:48.8 |