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

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
VenueOberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September
Competitors38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time6:53.16
Medalists
   East Germany
   Switzerland
   Netherlands
Rowing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Single sculls   men  
Double sculls men
Coxless pair men
Coxed pair men
Coxless four men
Coxed four men
Eight men

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from August 27 – September 2 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
 West Germany 7:22.94
2 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
 Romania 7:28.03
3 Jeremiah McCarthy
Mathew Cooper
 Great Britain 7:30.62
4 László Balogh
György Sarlós
 Hungary 7:49.70
5 José Luis Rion
Miguel Ruiz
 Mexico 7:59.53

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Vladimir Poliakov
Nikolai Vasilyev
 Soviet Union 7:28.97
2 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
 Norway 7:34.89
3 Kim Mackney
Chris Stevens
 Australia 7:39.03
4 Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza
 Brazil 7:42.02
5 Ri Jong-Hui
Li Jong-Un
 North Korea 8:04.91

Heat 4

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
 East Germany 7:20.35
2 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
 Czechoslovakia 7:25.92
3 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
 Yugoslavia 7:40.47
4 Andrew van Ruyven
Richard Symsyk
 Canada 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
 Czechoslovakia 7:34.16
2 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
 United States 7:37.34
3 Kim Mackney
Chris Stevens
 Australia 7:45.03
4 José Luis Rion
Miguel Ruiz
 Mexico 8:15.97

Repechage 2

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

Repechage 3

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec
 Poland 7:34.77
2 Jeremiah McCarthy
Mathew Cooper
 Great Britain 7:40.78
3 Andrew van Ruyven
Richard Symsyk
 Canada 7:45.71
4 Ri Jong-Hui
Li Jong-Un
 North Korea 7:56.42

Repechage 4

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
 Romania 7:30.45
2 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
 Yugoslavia 7:40.84
3 Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza
 Brazil 7:42.63
4 Hans Fortmüller
Ulli Wolf
 Austria 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
 Poland 7:42.41
2 Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann
 Switzerland 7:44.91
3 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
 Romania 7:47.77
4 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
 United States 7:50.26
5 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
 Norway 7:57.27
6 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht
 West Germany 8:06.06
Semifinal 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
 East Germany 7:40.58
2 Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
 Netherlands 7:41.86
3 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
 Czechoslovakia 7:45.11
4 Vladimir Poliakov
Nikolai Vasilyev
 Soviet Union 7:46.18
5 Jeremiah McCarthy
Mathew Cooper
 Great Britain 7:56.59
6 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
 Yugoslavia 8:01.58

Finals

Final B

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Erwin Haas
Lutz Ulbricht
 West Germany 7:31.02
2 Vladimir Poliakov
Nikolai Vasilyev
 Soviet Union 7:34.37
3 Larry Hough
Dick Lyon
 United States 7:38.64
4 Erik Erichsen
Åke Fiskerstrand
 Norway 7:40.55
5 Duško Mrduljaš
Nikola Mardešić
 Yugoslavia 7:43.20
6 Jeremiah McCarthy
Mathew Cooper
 Great Britain 7:51.01

Final A

Rank Rower Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Siegfried Brietzke
Wolfgang Mager
 East Germany 6:53.16
2nd, silver medalist(s) Heinrich Fischer
Alfred Bachmann
 Switzerland 6:57.06
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Roel Luynenburg
Ruud Stokvis
 Netherlands 6:58.70
4 Lubomír Zapletal
Petr Lakomý
 Czechoslovakia 6:58.77
5 Alfons Ślusarski
Jerzy Broniec
 Poland 7:02.24
6 Ilie Oantă
Dumitru Grumezescu
 Romania 7:42.90

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference website. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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