Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls explained

Event:	Men's Double Sculls
Games:	1980 Summer
Date:	20–27 July
Competitors:	19
Nations:	9
Gold:	Joachim Dreifke and Klaus Kröppelien
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silvernoc:	YUG
Bronzenoc:	TCH
Next:	1984

The men's double sculls 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

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat One

width=25	Rank	width=175	Athletes Names	width=175	Country	width=75	Time
1			6:54.69
2			7:04.57
3			7:07.12
4			7:14.43
5			7:21.83

Heat Two

width=25	Rank	width=175	Athletes Names	width=175	Country	width=75	Time
1			6:59.67
2			7:01.79
3			7:11.05
4	Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska		7:16.02

Repechage

Heat One

width=25	Rank	width=175	Athletes Names	width=175	Country	width=75	Time
1			6:36.46
2			6:36.70
3	José Ramón Oyarzábal José Luis Korta		6:43.15
4	Dimitar Petrov Stoyko Khadilev		7:01.25

Heat Two

width=25	Rank	width=175	Athletes Names	width=175	Country	width=75	Time
1			6:37.77
2			6:47.38
3			7:00.61

Finals

Final A

width=25	Rank	width=175	Athletes Names	width=175	Country	width=75	Time
			6:24.33
			6:26.34
			6:29.07
4			6:31.13
5			6:35.34
6			6:39.66

Final B

width=25	Rank	width=175	Athletes Names	width=175	Country	width=75	Time
7			6:38.38
8			6:40.60
9			6:43.81

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. Fizkultura i sport. 105. PDF.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ROW/mens-double-sculls.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 August 2018.