Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair explained

Event:	Men's coxless pair
Games:	1968 Summer
Date:	13–18 October
Competitors:	36
Nations:	18
Gold:	Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Larry Hough Philip Johnson
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Peter Christiansen Ib Larsen
Bronzenoc:	DEN
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The men's coxless pair 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 18 boats entered, there were six boats per heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (12 boats) went to the repechage.
Repechage: Two heats. There were 6 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats (6 boats) were 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

The first heat featured 4 of the 6 eventual finalists, including the gold and bronze medalists.

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:14.50
2			7:23.51
3			7:30.08
4			7:36.91
5			7:42.81
6			7:45.49

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:31.29
2			7:34.42
3			7:45.51
4			7:48.28
5			7:51.94
6			7:55.10

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:19.92
2			7:24.66
3			7:33.31
4			7:35.61
5			7:37.34
6			7:42.35

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:21.92
2			7:23.77
3			7:26.39
4			7:33.46
5			7:40.50
6			7:43.38

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:26.33
2			7:31.91
3			7:35.81
4			7:37.95
5			7:50.88

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:15.51
2			7:15.53
3			7:16.09
4			7:17.09
5			7:29.75
6			7:40.10

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:21.50
2			7:24.98
3			7:32.16
4			7:43.79
5			7:45.73
6			7:53.06

Finals

Classification 7–12

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
7			7:19.49
8			7:22.89
9			7:26.00
10			7:32.50
11			7:37.64
12			7:40.88

Final

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
			7:26.56
			7:26.71
			7:31.84
4			7:41.80
5			7:46.79
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Notes and References

Web site: Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 16 August 2018.