Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair explained

Event:	Men's coxless pair
Games:	1980 Summer
Date:	20–27 July
Competitors:	30
Nations:	15
Gold:	Bernd Landvoigt and Jörg Landvoigt
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Next:	1984

The men's coxless pair rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.^[1]

Heats

The three fastest teams in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the semifinals.^[2]

Heat One

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1			7:19.05
2			7:30.90
3			7:39.48
4			7:43.04
5			7:58.37

Heat Two

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1			7:25.09
2			7:30.57
3			7:34.83
4			7:46.00
5			7:50.05

Heat Three

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1			7:28.77
2			7:33.20
3			7:35.10
4			7:44.16
5			8:06.53

Repechage

The three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

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1			7:08.21
2			7:09.51
3			7:13.24
4			7:18.45
5			7:24.93
6			7:34.09

Semifinals

The three fastest teams in each semifinal advanced to the final.^[4]

Semifinal One

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1			6:40.54
2			6:51.47
3			6:54.12
4			7:00.79
5			7:02.11
6			7:04.48

Semifinal Two

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1			6:52.11
2			6:52.70
3			6:56.70
4			6:56.90
5			7:10.26
6			7:11.76

Finals

Finals A

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			6:48.01
			6:50.50
			6:51.47
4			6:53.49
5			7:01.54
6			7:02.52

This is still the only Olympic final where two sets of twins finished on the podium.^[5]

Finals B

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7			6:54.60
8			6:55.22
9			6:58.96
10			6:59.13
11			7:00.71
–			np

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three . I. T. Novikov . 106 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222426/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf . 27 September 2007 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 August 2018.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs-round-one.html Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Round One
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs-round-one-repechage.html Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Round One Repêchage
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185638/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs-semi-finals.html Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs Semi-Finals
5. Book: Wallechinsky . David . The Complete Book of the Olympics . 1984 . Penguin Books . England . 0140066322 . 352 .