Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Rowing - two men without a helmsman

sport	rowing
discipline	Two without a helmsman
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Dorney Lake
Competition phase	July 28–3. August 2012
Medalist Murray , Bond Chardin , mortelette Nash , Satch

The two-man rowing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 28 to August 3, 2012 on Dorney Lake . 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 rowers are highlighted in light green.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Australia crew: Drew Ginn , Duncan Free	Beijing 2008
World Champion	New Zealand crew: Eric Murray , Hamish Bond	Bled 2011

Prelims

July 28, 2012

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6: 08.50
2	France	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	6: 17.22
3	Poland	Wojciech Gutorski Jarosław Godek	6: 19.98
4th	Serbia	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	6: 23.87
5	Hungary	Domonkos Széll Béla Simon	6: 46.18

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Canada	David Calder Scott Frandsen	6: 23.80
2	Australia	James Marburg Brodie Buckland	6: 24.83
3	Netherlands	Nanne Sluis Meindest Klem	6: 25.59
4th	United States	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	6: 26.59

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	George Nash William Satch	6: 16.58
2	Italy	Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	6: 18.33
3	Greece	Nikolaos Gountoulas Apostolos Gountoulas	6: 21.46
4th	Germany	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	6: 30.42

Reunion

July 30, 2012

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Germany	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	6: 22.76
2	Serbia	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	6: 26.61
3	United States	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	6: 27.41
4th	Hungary	Domonkos Széll Béla Simon	6: 27.88

Semifinals

August 1, 2012

Run 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6: 48.11
2	Italy	Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	6: 55.82
3	Canada	David Calder Scott Frandsen	6: 56.47
4th	United States	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	6: 58.58
5	Germany	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	7: 02.16
6th	Netherlands	Nanne Sluis Meindest Klem	7: 13.77

Run 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	George Christopher Nash William Satch	6: 56.46
2	France	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	6: 58.67
3	Australia	James Marburg Brodie Buckland	7: 02.12
4th	Poland	Wojciech Gutorski Jarosław Godek	7: 04.58
5	Greece	Nikolaos Gountoulas Apostolos Gountoulas	7: 07.15
6th	Serbia	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	7: 07.78

final

Finale B

August 3, 2012, 11:20 a.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	annotation
07th	Germany	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	6: 49.93
08th	United States	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	6: 53.30
09	Greece	Nikolaos Gountoulas Apostolos Gountoulas	6: 53.69
10	Poland	Wojciech Gutorski Jarosław Godek	6: 56.00
11	Netherlands	Nanne Sluis Meindest Klem	7: 07.12
12	Serbia	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	DNS
13	Hungary	Domonkos Széll Béla Simon	-	retired in the repechage

Finale A

Olympic Final 2012

August 3, 2012, 12:50 p.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6: 16.65
2	France	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	6:21.11
3	United Kingdom	George Christopher Nash William Satch	6: 21.77
4th	Italy	Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	6: 26.17
5	Australia	James Marburg Brodie Buckland	6: 29.28
6th	Canada	David Calder Scott Frandsen	6: 30.49

Eric Murray and Hamish Bond achieved the first Olympic victory for a New Zealand boat in this boat class.

Web links

• Two without a helmsman (men)