Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair explained

Event:Men's coxless pair
Games:1992 Summer
Date:27 July – 1 August
Competitors:38
Nations:19
Gold:Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
Goldnoc:GBR
Silver:Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
Bronzenoc:SLO
Prev:1988
Next:1996

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 19 boats were divided into four heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (4 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 15 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured four heats, with 3 or 4 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat (8 boats total) advanced to the main semifinals. The slowest boat overall in the repechage finished in 19th place. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 18th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Ettingshausen, Colin von"6:41.65
2 align=left data-sort-value="Lorgen, Snorre"6:43.10
3 align=left data-sort-value="Neagu, Dragoş"6:47.43
4 align=left data-sort-value="McArdle, Matthew"6:48.18
5 align=left data-sort-value="Banjanac, Vladimir"7:08.35

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Goiris, Luc"6:38.49
2 align=left data-sort-value="Andrieux, Michel"6:39.95
3 align=left data-sort-value="Backer, Harold"6:42.84
4 align=left data-sort-value="Bukys, Ričardas"6:59.38
5 align=left data-sort-value="Kimura, Mitsuru"7:25.20

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Pinsent, Matthew"6:36.53
2 align=left data-sort-value="Čop, Iztok"6:37.11
3 align=left data-sort-value="Küffer, Christoph"6:44.82
4 align=left data-sort-value="Pescatore, John"6:52.43
5 align=left data-sort-value="Kimura, Mitsuru"6:53.82

Heat 4

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Bužina, Zlatko"6:41.37
2 align=left data-sort-value="Compagner, Kai"6:42.91
3 align=left data-sort-value="Pimenov, Nikolay"7:09.37
4 align=left data-sort-value="Bauer, Hermann"7:44.81

Repechage

Repechage 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Compagner, Kai"6:46.43
2 align=left data-sort-value="Küffer, Christoph"6:47.61
3 align=left data-sort-value="Banjanac, Vladimir"6:54.76
4 align=left data-sort-value="Bukys, Ričardas"7:01.82

Repechage 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Čop, Iztok"6:46.71
2 align=left data-sort-value="Backer, Harold"6:47.46
3 align=left data-sort-value="McArdle, Matthew"6:48.67

Repechage 3

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Andrieux, Michel"6:43.83
2 align=left data-sort-value="Bauer, Hermann"6:52.89
3 align=left data-sort-value="Kimura, Mitsuru"6:53.44
4 align=left data-sort-value="Neagu, Dragoş"7:28.57

Repechage 4

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Lorgen, Snorre"6:42.97
2 align=left data-sort-value="Pescatore, John"6:45.31
3 align=left data-sort-value="Pimenov, Nikolay"6:51.57
4 align=left data-sort-value="Kimura, Mitsuru"7:26.14

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Pinsent, Matthew"6:31.13
2 align=left data-sort-value="Ettingshausen, Colin von"6:33.72
3 align=left data-sort-value="Čop, Iztok"6:34.48
4 align=left data-sort-value="Lorgen, Snorre"6:38.28
5 align=left data-sort-value="Bauer, Hermann"6:45.42
6 align=left data-sort-value="Küffer, Christoph"6:47.03

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 align=left data-sort-value="Andrieux, Michel"6:33.88
2 align=left data-sort-value="Goiris, Luc"6:34.72
3 align=left data-sort-value="Pescatore, John"6:35.99
4 align=left data-sort-value="Backer, Harold"6:37.29
5 align=left data-sort-value="Compagner, Kai"6:39.85
6 align=left data-sort-value="Bužina, Zlatko"6:47.87

Finals

Final C

Rank Rowers Nation Time
13 align=left data-sort-value="McArdle, Matthew"6:44.06
14 align=left data-sort-value="Banjanac, Vladimir"6:44.52
15 align=left data-sort-value="Pimenov, Nikolay"6:48.24
16 align=left data-sort-value="Kimura, Mitsuru"6:51.20
17 align=left data-sort-value="Bukys, Ričardas"7:03.01
18 align=left data-sort-value="Kimura, Mitsuru"7:17.93

Final B

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7 align=left data-sort-value="Lorgen, Snorre"6:36.16
8 align=left data-sort-value="Compagner, Kai"6:37.22
9 align=left data-sort-value="Backer, Harold"6:37.32
10 align=left data-sort-value="Bužina, Zlatko"6:37.57
11 align=left data-sort-value="Küffer, Christoph"6:39.64
12 align=left data-sort-value="Bauer, Hermann"6:46.68

Final A

Rank Rowers Nation Time
align=left data-sort-value="Pinsent, Matthew"6:27.72
align=left data-sort-value="Ettingshausen, Colin von"6:32.68
align=left data-sort-value="Čop, Iztok"6:33.43
4 align=left data-sort-value="Andrieux, Michel"6:36.34
5 align=left data-sort-value="Goiris, Luc"6:38.20
6 align=left data-sort-value="Pescatore, John"6:39.23

Final classification

The following rowers took part:[1]

RankRowersCountry
Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
Colin von Ettingshausen
Peter Hoeltzenbein
Iztok Čop
Denis Žvegelj
Michel Andrieux
Jean-Christophe Rolland
Jaak Van Driessche
Luc Goiris
Peter Sharis
John Pescatore
Snorre Lorgen
Sverke Lorgen
Sjors van Iwaarden
Kai Compagner
Henry Hering
Harold Backer
Zlatko Bužina
Marko Perinović
Christoph Küffer
Thomas Studhalter
Karl Sinzinger Jr.
Hermann Bauer
Nick McDonald-Crowley
Matthew McArdle
Vladimir Banjanac
Lazo Pivač
Yury Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
Henrik Schneider
Imre Magyar
Ričardas Bukys
Zigmas Gudauskas
Mitsuru Kimura
Kazuaki Mimoto
Vasile Tomoiagă
Dragoş Neagu

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035906/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ROW/mens-coxless-pairs.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 324–25.