2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls (men)

sport	rowing
discipline	Double scull
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Dorney Lake
Competition phase	July 28–2. August 2012
Medalist Cohen , Sullivan Sartori , Battisti Špik , Čop

The rowing competition in the double sculls men at the 2012 Olympics in London was from July 28 to August 2, 2012 at the Dorney Lake held. 26 athletes in 13 boats competed.

The rowing regatta, which was held over 2000 meters, began with three heats. The first three made it to the semi-finals, the rest started in the hope run . There the first three boats were able to qualify for the semifinals.

In the two semi-finals, the first three qualified for final A, the remaining boats for final B to determine places 7 to 12.

The qualified boats are highlighted in light green.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Australia crew: David Crawshay , Scott Brennan	Beijing 2008
World Champion	New Zealand crew: Nathan Cohen , Joseph Sullivan	Bled 2011

Prelims

July 28, 2012

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Germany	Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger	6: 17.74
2	Lithuania	Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter	6: 17.78
	Slovenia	Luka Špik Iztok Čop	6: 17.78
4th	Australia	David Crawshay Scott Brennan	6: 21.25
5	Canada	Michael Braithwaite Kevin Kowalyk	6: 34.11

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Norway	Nils Jakob Hoff Kjetil Borch	6: 16.31
2	Italy	Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti	6: 18.50
3	France	Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	6: 19.61
4th	Ukraine	Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow	6: 49.70

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	6: 11.30
2	United Kingdom	William Lucas Sam Townsend	6: 11.94
3	Argentina	Ariel Suárez Cristian Rosso	6: 13.68
4th	Estonia	Yuri-Mikk Udam Geir Suursild	6: 33.88

Reunion

July 29, 2012

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Australia	David Crawshay Scott Brennan	6: 25.36
2	Ukraine	Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow	6: 30.19
3	Canada	Michael Braithwaite Kevin Kowalyk	6: 30.74
4th	Estonia	Yuri-Mikk Udam Geir Suursild	6: 38.50

Semifinals

July 31, 2012

Run 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Argentina	Ariel Suárez Cristian Rosso	6: 19.40
2	New Zealand	Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	6: 19.79
3	Italy	Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti	6: 20.68
4th	Germany	Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger	6: 22.54
5	Australia	David Crawshay Scott Brennan	6: 23.47
6th	Ukraine	Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow	6: 36.52

Run 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Slovenia	Luka Špik Iztok Čop	6: 19.97
2	Lithuania	Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter	6: 21.62
3	United Kingdom	William Lucas Sam Townsend	6: 22.47
4th	Norway	Nils Jakob Hoff Kjetil Borch	6: 22.88
5	France	Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	6: 29.61
6th	Canada	Michael Braithwaite Kevin Kowalyk	6: 38.94

final

Finale B

August 2, 2012, 10:50 a.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	annotation
07th	Norway	Nils Jakob Hoff Kjetil Borch	6: 20.82
08th	Australia	David Crawshay Scott Brennan	6: 22.19
09	Germany	Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger	6: 23.36
10	France	Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	6: 26.44
11	Ukraine	Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow	6: 31.51
12	Canada	Michael Braithwaite Kevin Kowalyk	6: 32.61
13	Estonia	Yuri-Mikk Udam Geir Suursild	-	retired in the repechage

Finale A

August 2, 2012, 12:50 p.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	6: 31.67
2	Italy	Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti	6: 32.80
3	Slovenia	Luka Špik Iztok Čop	6: 34.35
4th	Argentina	Ariel Suárez Cristian Rosso	6: 36.36
5	United Kingdom	William Lucas Sam Townsend	6: 40.54
6th	Lithuania	Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter	6: 42.69

Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan achieved the first medal win and, at the same time, the first Olympic victory for a New Zealand boat in this boat class. For the 40-year-old Slovenian Iztok Čop it was the sixth participation in the Olympic Games. The bronze medal in London was a complete set of medals in double sculls (gold 2000, silver 2004, all together with Luka Špik ). In addition there was a bronze medal in 1992 in two without a helmsman. His partner Luka Špik was there for the fifth time. The Italian Alessio Sartori also took part in the Olympic Games for the fifth time. In addition to the silver medal in London, he won gold in the double scull in 2000 and bronze in the double scull in 2004.

Web links

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