Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

These are the results of the Men's lightweight double sculls competition in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. It was one of eight events in men's rowing that was held.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz (POL)	Frederic Dufour and Pascal Touron (FRA)	Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis (GRE)

Heats - 15 August

Heat 1

1. Greece: Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis 6:15.22 -> Semifinal A/B
2. Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 6:19.82 -> Repechage
3. Slovakia: Lubos Podstupka and Lukas Babac 6:22.00 -> Repechage
4. China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:22.64 -> Repechage
5. Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:25.14 -> Repechage
6. Brazil: Thiago Gomes and Jose Sobral, Jr. 6:33.92 -> Repechage

Heat 2

1. France: Frederic Dufour and Pascal Touron 6:14.55 -> Semifinal A/B
2. Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:20.98 -> Repechage
3. Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:23.23 -> Repechage
4. Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:24.08 -> Repechage
5. Hong Kong: Ting Wai Lo and Sau Wah So 6:43.49 -> Repechage

Heat 3

1. Denmark: Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist 6:17.68 -> Semifinal A/B
2. Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:21.45 -> Repechage
3. Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:25.22 -> Repechage
4. Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:28.94 -> Repechage
5. Uzbekistan: Sergey Bogdanov and Ruslan Naurzaliyev 6:52.34 -> Repechage

Heat 4

1. Ireland: Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey 6:16.63 -> Semifinal A/B
2. United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:20.00 -> Repechage
3. Czech Republic: Vaclav Malecek and Michal Vabrousek 6:21.82 -> Repechage
4. Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:26.25 -> Repechage
5. Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua, 6:29.20 -> Repechage

Repechages - 17 August

Repechage 1

1. Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:17.26 -> Semifinal A/B
2. United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:19.35 -> Semifinal A/B
3. Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:21.57 -> Semifinal C/D
4. Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:27.89 -> Semifinal C/D

Repechage 2

1. Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:20.90 -> Semifinal A/B
2. Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:26.66 -> Semifinal A/B
3. Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua 6:30.23 -> Semifinal C/D
4. China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:31.87 -> Semifinal C/D

Repechage 3

1. Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:22.63 -> Semifinal A/B
2. Slovakia: Lubos Podstupka and Lukas Babac 6:25.75 -> Semifinal A/B
3. Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:31.18 -> Semifinal C/D
4. Uzbekistan: Sergey Bogdanov and Ruslan Naurzaliyev 6:45.69 -> Semifinal C/D

Repechage 4

1. Czech Republic: Vaclav Malecek and Michal Vabrousek 6:19.04 -> Semifinal A/B
2. Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 6:21.22 -> Semifinal A/B
3. Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:26.10 -> Semifinal C/D
4. Brazil: Thiago Gomes and Jose Sobral, Jr. 6:33.66 -> Semifinal C/D
5. Hong Kong: Ting Wai Lo and Sau Wah So 6:41.09 -> Semifinal C/D

Semifinals - 19 August

Semifinal A

1. Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:14.91 -> Final A
2. Greece: Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis 6:17.12 -> Final A
3. Denmark: Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist 6:17.85 -> Final A
4. United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:21.46 -> Final B
5. Czech Republic: Vaclav Malecek and Michal Vabrousek 6:23.17 -> Final B
6. Slovakia: Lubos Podstupka and Lukas Babac 6:29.44 -> Final B

Semifinal B

1. France: Frederic Dufour and Pascal Touron 6:16.33 -> Final A
2. Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:18.23 -> Final A
3. Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:18.51 -> Final A
4. Ireland: Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey 6:19.09 -> Final B
5. Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 6:23.72 -> Final B
6. Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:30.15 -> Final B

Semifinal C

1. Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:23.22 -> Final C
2. Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:25.34 -> Final C
3. China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:25.97 -> Final C
4. Brazil: Thiago Gomes and Jose Sobral, Jr. 6:26.98

Semifinal D

1. Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:27.68 -> Final C
2. Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:28.09 -> Final C
3. Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua 6:29.39 -> Final C
4. Hong Kong: Ting Wai Lo and Sau Wah So 6:37.03
5. Uzbekistan: Sergey Bogdanov and Ruslan Naurzaliyev 6:45.47

Finals

Final A - 22 August

1. Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:20.93
2. France: Frederic Dufour and Pascal Touron 6:21.46
3. Greece: Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis 6:23.23
4. Denmark: Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist 6:23.92
5. Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:24.69
6. Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:24.98

Final B - 21 August

1. United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:45.20
2. Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:46.48
3. Czech Republic: Vaclav Malecek and Michal Vabrousek 6:46.77
4. Ireland: Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey 6:49.26
5. Slovakia: Lubos Podstupka and Lukas Babac 6:58.78
6. Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 7:01.86

Final C - 21 August

1. Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:45.62
2. Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:48.50
3. Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:50.07
4. Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:51.32
5. China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:58.88
6. Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua 7:03.72

References

• Official Olympic Report