Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair explained

Event:	Men's coxless pair
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date:	27 August – 2 September
Competitors:	38; (19 teams)
Nations:	19
Gold:	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis
Bronzenoc:	NED
Win Value:	6:53.16
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.^[1]

Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht		7:22.94
2	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu		7:28.03
3	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper		7:30.62
4	László Balogh György Sarlós		7:49.70
5	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz		7:59.53

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann		7:20.51
2	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec		7:24.16
3	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis		7:26.80
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon		7:33.16
5	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf		7:38.53

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev		7:28.97
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand		7:34.89
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens		7:39.03
4	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza		7:42.02
5	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un		8:04.91

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager		7:20.35
2	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý		7:25.92
3	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić		7:40.47
4	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk		7:46.90

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý		7:34.16
2	Larry Hough Dick Lyon		7:37.34
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens		7:45.03
4	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz		8:15.97

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis		7:38.51
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand		7:50.21
3	László Balogh György Sarlós		7:59.40

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec		7:34.77
2	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper		7:40.78
3	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk		7:45.71
4	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un		7:56.42

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu		7:30.45
2	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić		7:40.84
3	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza		7:42.63
4	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf		7:44.45

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec		7:42.41
2	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann		7:44.91
3	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu		7:47.77
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon		7:50.26
5	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand		7:57.27
6	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht		8:06.06

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager		7:40.58
2	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis		7:41.86
3	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý		7:45.11
4	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev		7:46.18
5	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper		7:56.59
6	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić		8:01.58

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht		7:31.02
2	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev		7:34.37
3	Larry Hough Dick Lyon		7:38.64
4	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand		7:40.55
5	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić		7:43.20
6	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper		7:51.01

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager		6:53.16
	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann		6:57.06
	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis		6:58.70
4	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý		6:58.77
5	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec		7:02.24
6	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu		7:42.90

External links

• Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 19 August 2018.