Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:	Men's lightweight double sculls
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date:	18–24 September
Competitors:	38
Nations:	19
Gold:	Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Elia Luini Leonardo Pettinari
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Pascal Touron Thibaud Chapelle
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Win Value:	6:21.75
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 19 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13–18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 18 September 2000	09:00	Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 2000	09:00	Repechages
Friday, 22 September 2000	08:50	Semifinals
Saturday, 23 September 2000	11:20	Final B
Saturday, 23 September 2000	12:20	Final C
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday, 24 September 2000	style=background:lemonchiffon	08:50	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	6:34.28	Q
2	Markus Gier Michael Gier	6:37.88	R
3	Ulf Lienhard Sebastián Massa	6:40.16	R
4	Steve Tucker Conal Groom	6:42.08	R
5	Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr	6:42.67	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick	6:33.48	Q
2	Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling	6:40.53	R
3	Raúl León Osmani Martín	6:42.24	R
4	Sergey Dmitryaychev Dmitry Ovechko	6:46.34	R
5	Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam	7:13.62	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle	6:32.73	Q
2	Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez	6:34.89	R
3	Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	6:38.62	R
4	Tom Kay Tom Middleton	6:41.74	R
5	Lo Sing Yan Lui Kam Chi	7:09.75	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari	6:24.73	Q
2	Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda	6:27.00	R
3	Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis	6:29.68	R
4	Rómulo Bouzas Gerardo Gómez	6:31.24	R

Repechage

First two qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda	6:33.81	A/B
2	Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	6:36.99	A/B
3	Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr	6:38.77	C
4	Sergey Dmitryaychev Dmitri Ovetchko	6:44.53	WD

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez	6:39.20	A/B
2	Steve Tucker Conal Groom	6:39.72	A/B
3	Raúl León Osmani Martin	6:44.08	WD

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling	6:36.26	A/B
2	Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan	6:38.07	A/B
3	Ulf Lienhard Sebastian Rodrigo Massa	6:41.10	C
4	Sing Yan Lo Kam Chi Lui	7:05.05	C

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Markus Gier Michael Gier	6:35.39	A/B
2	Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis	6:38.78	A/B
3	Tom Kay Tom Middleton	6:43.25	C
4	Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam	7:13.98	C

Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	6:20.60	A
2	Markus Gier Michael Gier	6:23.08	A
3	Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling	6:24.55	A
4	Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick	6:25.20	B
5	Steve Tucker Conal Groom	6:32.86	B
6	Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	6:43.80	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Time	Notes
1	Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle	6:21.32	A
2	Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari	6:21.59	A
3	Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda	6:23.37	A
4	Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis	6:25.38	B
5	Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan	6:33.62	B
6	Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez	6:39.49	B

Finals

Final C

Rank	Rower	Time
1	Ulf Lienhard Sebastian Rodrigo Massa	6:29.19
2	Tom Kay Tom Middleton	6:32.67
3	Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr	6:34.11
4	Sing Yan Lo Kam Chi Lui	6:49.19
5	Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam	6:52.12

Final B

Rank	Rower	Time
1	Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick	6:26.21
2	Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis	6:27.79
3	Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez	6:31.49
4	Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan	6:31.70
5	Steve Tucker Conal Groom	6:32.41
6	Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	6:43.80

Final A

Rank	Rower	Time
	Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	6:21.75
	Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari	6:23.47
	Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle	6:24.85
4	Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling	6:26.54
5	Markus Gier Michael Gier	6:28.52
6	Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda	6:29.74

External links

Notes and References

Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Double Sculls. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ROW/mens-lightweight-double-sculls.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 6 November 2012.