Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls explained

Event:	Men's double sculls
Games:	1968 Summer
Date:	13–19 October
Competitors:	27
Nations:	13
Gold:	Aleksandr Timoshinin Anatoliy Sass
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Harry Droog Leendert van Dis
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	John Nunn Bill Maher
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The men's double sculls competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.^[1]

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

• Heats: Three heats. With 13 boats entered, there were four or five boats per heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 9 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (4 boats) went to the repechage.
• Repechage: One heat. There were 4 boats in the repechage. The top three boats advanced to the semifinals. The last-place boat was eliminated.
• Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a 7th–12th place classification race.
• Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			6:56.96
2			6:58.88
3			6:59.70
4			7:02.18
5			7:16.70

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			6:54.16
2			6:56.09
3			6:59.32
4			6:59.52

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:07.46
2			7:10.35
3			7:10.72
4			7:36.52

Repechage

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:07.09
2			7:08.46
3			7:11.43
4			7:22.87

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:07.86
2			7:12.08
3			7:12.41
4			7:14.74
5			9:54.48
6			10:53.17

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:10.05
2			7:11.56
3			7:13.74
4			7:15.20
5			7:17.08
6

Finals

Classification 7–12

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
7			7:04.13
8			7:08.27
9			7:08.49
10			7:09.90
11			7:12.72
12			7:25.14

Final

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
			6:51.82
			6:52.80
			6:54.21
4			6:58.48
5			7:04.92
6			7:12.20

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ROW/mens-double-sculls.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 16 August 2018.