2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls (men)

sport	rowing
discipline	Double scull
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	6-11 August 2016
Medalist Sinković , Sinković Griškonis , knight Borch , Tufte

The rowing competition in the men's double sculls as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August 2016 in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon . 26 athletes in 13 teams competed.

The competition, which was held over the Olympic rowing distance of 2000 meters, began with three preliminary runs with four or five teams each. The first, second and third placed teams in the preliminary runs qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the remaining four teams had to go to the repechage . Here the first three teams qualified again for the semi-finals. In the two rounds of the semi-finals, the top three teams qualified for the final, while the fourth to sixth placed teams rowed for 7th to 12th place in the B final. In the final on August 11th, six teams competed for Olympic medals.

The teams qualified for the next round are highlighted in light green.

The final was won by the Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinković , who had already dominated the previous Olympic cycle in this competition class. Shortly before the end of the final, they were harassed by the strong Lithuanian team with Saulius Ritter and Mindaugas Griškonis , who finally rowed the silver medal. Third place went to Kjetil Borch from Norway and Olaf Tufte, the two-time Olympic champion in the singles .

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	New Zealand Nathan Cohen , Joseph Sullivan
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	Croatia Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	Croatia Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković
World best time ( 5: 59.72 min , Amsterdam 2014 )	Croatia Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	Croatia	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković
	Lithuania	Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Knight
	New Zealand	Christopher Harris Robert Manson
	Germany	Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger
	Australia	David Watts Christopher Morgan
	France	Matthieu Androdias Hugo Boucheron
	Azerbaijan	Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov
	United Kingdom	John Collins Jonathan Walton
	Cuba	Adrián Oquendo Eduardo Rubio
	Italy	Romano Battisti Francesco Fossi
	Bulgaria	Georgi Boschilow Kristian Wasiljew
International qualification	Norway	Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte
	Serbia	Marko Marjanović Andrija Šljukić

Prelims

Saturday 6th August 2016

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	New Zealand	Christopher Harris , Robert Manson	6: 40.35	Semifinals
2	Azerbaijan	Aleksandar Aleksandrov , Boris Yotov	6: 40.52
3	Italy	Romano Battisti , Francesco Fossi	6: 42.33
4th	United Kingdom	John Collins , Jonathan Walton	6: 43.93	Reunion
5	Cuba	Adrián Oquendo , Eduardo Rubio	6: 52.20

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Lithuania	Mindaugas Griškonis , Saulius Ritter	6: 29.11	Semifinals
2	Norway	Kjetil Borch , Olaf Tufte	6: 30.58
3	Germany	Marcel Hacker , Stephan Krüger	6: 31.85
4th	Bulgaria	Georgi Boschilow , Kristian Wasiljew	6: 44.31	Reunion

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Croatia	Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković	6: 30.09	Semifinals
2	France	Matthieu Androdias , Hugo Boucheron	6: 33.03
3	Australia	David Watts , Christopher Morgan	6: 36.39
4th	Serbia	Marko Marjanović , Andrija Šljukić	7: 07.29	Reunion

Reunion

planned for Sunday, August 7, 2016 , postponed to Monday, August 8, 2016

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United Kingdom	John Collins , Jonathan Walton	6: 19.60	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	Georgi Boschilow , Kristian Wasiljew	6: 20.56
3	Serbia	Marko Marjanović , Andrija Šljukić	6: 20.62
4th	Cuba	Adrián Oquendo , Eduardo Rubio	6: 21.52	-

Semifinals

Tuesday August 9, 2016

Semi-final 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Croatia	Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković	6: 12.27	final
2	Norway	Kjetil Borch , Olaf Tufte	6: 13.50
3	United Kingdom	John Collins , Jonathan Walton	6: 13.83
4th	New Zealand	Christopher Harris , Robert Manson	6: 17.01	B final
5	Australia	David Watts , Christopher Morgan	6: 19.36
6th	Bulgaria	Georgi Boschilow , Kristian Wasiljew	6: 47.00

Semi-final 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Lithuania	Mindaugas Griškonis , Saulius Ritter	6: 14.61	final
2	Italy	Romano Battisti , Francesco Fossi	6: 15.24
3	France	Matthieu Androdias , Hugo Boucheron	6: 16.15
4th	Germany	Marcel Hacker , Stephan Krüger	6: 18.32	B final
5	Serbia	Marko Marjanović , Andrija Šljukić	6: 27.66
6th	Azerbaijan	Aleksandar Aleksandrov , Boris Yotov	6: 37.49

final

Thursday, August 11, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Croatia	Martin Sinković , Valent Sinković	6: 50.28
2	Lithuania	Mindaugas Griškonis , Saulius Ritter	6: 51.39
3	Norway	Kjetil Borch , Olaf Tufte	6: 53.25
4th	Italy	Romano Battisti , Francesco Fossi	6: 57.10
5	United Kingdom	John Collins , Jonathan Walton	7: 01.25
6th	France	Matthieu Androdias , Hugo Boucheron	7: 02.06

B final

Note: Determination of places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	Australia	David Watts , Christopher Morgan	6: 58.11
8th	Germany	Marcel Hacker , Stephan Krüger	6: 58.86
9	Bulgaria	Georgi Boschilow , Kristian Wasiljew	7: 00.85
10	Serbia	Marko Marjanović , Andrija Šljukić	7: 03.13
11	New Zealand	Christopher Harris , Robert Manson	7: 06.80
12	Azerbaijan	Aleksandar Aleksandrov , Boris Yotov	7: 24.03

Another classification without finals

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
13	Cuba	Adrián Oquendo , Eduardo Rubio	-

Web links

• Results on the website of the World Rowing Association
• Double sculls (men) on the website www.sports-reference.com