1936 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls

sport	rowing
discipline	Double scull
gender	Men
Attendees	24 athletes from 12 nations
Competition location	Regatta course Berlin-Grünau
Competition phase	August 12-14, 1936
Medalist Jack Beresford / Leslie Southwood ( GBR )  Willi Kaidel / Joachim Pirsch ( GER )  Roger Verey / Jerzy Ustupski ( POL )
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The rowing regatta in the men's double scull at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on the Berlin-Grünau regatta route from August 12 to 14 .

The British duo Jack Beresford and Leslie Southwood became Olympic champions .

Prelims

The winning boat of the two preliminary runs qualified directly for the final. All other boats had to participate in the semifinals.

Forward 1

rank	Athletes	nation	Time (min)
1	André Giriat Robert Jacquet	France	6: 46.5
2	Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski	Poland	6: 50.0
3	Károly Bazini Egon Bazini	Hungary	6: 51.9
4th	Bill Dixon Herb Turner	Australia	6: 55.6
5	John Houser Bill Dugan	United States	6: 55.6
6th	Vladimír Vaina Josef Straka	Czechoslovakia	7: 07.2

Forward 2

rank	Athletes	nation	Time (min)
1	Willi Kaidel Joachim Pirsch	German Empire	6: 41.0
2	Jack Beresford Leslie Southwood	Great Britain	6: 44.9
3	Kurt Haas Eugen Studach	Switzerland	6: 56.9
4th	Vid Fašaić Drago Matulaj	Yugoslavia	7: 17.7
5	Fritz Moser Hermann Kubik	Austria	7: 21.1
6th	Adamor Gonçalves Paschoal Rapuano	Brazil	7: 26.3

Semifinals

The two fastest boats of the two races qualified for the finals.

Semi-final 1

rank	Athletes	nation	Time (min)
1	Bill Dixon Herb Turner	Australia	7: 58.8
2	Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski	Poland	8: 02.8
3	Károly Bazini Egon Bazini	Hungary	8: 05.2
4th	Kurt Haas Eugen Studach	Switzerland	8: 06.2
5	Adamor Gonçalves Paschoal Rapuano	Brazil	8: 30.2

Semi-final 2

rank	Athletes	nation	Time (min)
1	Jack Beresford Leslie Southwood	Great Britain	7: 48.0
2	John Houser Bill Dugan	United States	8: 02.8
3	Vladimír Vaina Josef Straka	Czechoslovakia	8: 07.2
4th	Vid Fašaić Drago Matulaj	Yugoslavia	8: 22.8
5	Fritz Moser Hermann Kubik	Austria	8: 29.1

final

rank	Athletes	nation	Time (min)
1	Jack Beresford Leslie Southwood	Great Britain	7: 20.8
2	Willi Kaidel Joachim Pirsch	German Empire	7: 26.2
3	Roger Verey Jerzy Ustupski	Poland	7: 36.2
4th	André Giriat Robert Jacquet	France	7: 42.3
5	John Houser Bill Dugan	United States	7: 44.8
6th	Bill Dixon Herb Turner	Australia	7: 45.1

Web links

• Results at Sports-reference.com ( English )