Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–18 October
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jörg Lucke
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe		  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Larry Hough
Philip Johnson		  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Christiansen
Ib Larsen		  Denmark

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

  • Heats: Three heats. With 18 boats entered, there were six boats per heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (12 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Two heats. There were 6 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats (6 boats) were eliminated.
  • Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a 7th–12th place classification race.
  • Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

The first heat featured 4 of the 6 eventual finalists, including the gold and bronze medalists.

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Netherlands7:14.50Q
2 Denmark7:23.51Q
3 East Germany7:30.08R
4 Switzerland7:36.91R
5 Italy7:42.81R
6 West Germany7:45.49R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Austria7:31.29Q
2 France7:34.42Q
3 Poland7:45.51R
4 Mexico7:48.28R
5 Cuba7:51.94R
6 Canada7:55.10R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 United States7:19.92Q
2 Australia7:24.66Q
3 Hungary7:33.31R
4 Soviet Union7:35.61R
5 Finland7:37.34R
6 Uruguay7:42.35R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 East Germany7:21.92Q
2 Italy7:23.77Q
3 Hungary7:26.39Q
4 Canada7:33.46
5 Finland7:40.50
6 Mexico7:43.38

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Switzerland7:26.33Q
2 West Germany7:31.91Q
3 Poland7:35.81Q
4 Uruguay7:37.95
5 Cuba7:50.88
– Soviet UnionDNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Netherlands7:15.51Q
2 Austria7:15.53Q
3 Switzerland7:16.09Q
4 Australia7:17.09C
5 Italy7:29.75C
6 Poland7:40.10C

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 United States7:21.50Q
2 Denmark7:24.98Q
3 East Germany7:32.16Q
4 France7:43.79C
5 Hungary7:45.73C
6 West Germany7:53.06C

Finals

Classification 7–12

RankRowersNationTime
7 Australia7:19.49
8 Poland7:22.89
9 Hungary7:26.00
10 Italy7:32.50
11 France7:37.64
12 West Germany7:40.88

Final

RankRowersNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) East Germany7:26.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States7:26.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denmark7:31.84
4 Austria7:41.80
5 Switzerland7:46.79
6 NetherlandsST

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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