2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - Lightweight Double Sculls (Men)

sport	rowing
discipline	Easy double scull
gender	Men
Attendees	40 athletes from 20 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	7-12 August 2016
Medalist Azou , Houin O'Donovan , O'Donovan Brun , Strandli

The rowing competition in the men's lightweight double sculls as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from August 7th to 12th, 2016 in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon . 40 athletes in 20 teams competed.

The competition, which was held over the Olympic rowing distance of 2000 meters, began with four preliminary runs with five teams each. The first and second-placed teams in the preliminary runs qualified directly for the semi-finals A / B, while the remaining twelve teams had to go to the two hope runs . Here again the first two teams qualified for the semifinals A / B and the last four boats for the semifinals C / B for places 13 to 20. In the two rounds of the semifinals A / B, the top three teams each qualified for the final, while the fourth to sixth placed in the B final rowed for 7th to 12th place. Likewise, in the two rounds of the semi-final C / D, the top three teams qualified for the C final for 13th to 18th place, while the fourth-placed teams rowed for 19th and 20th place in the D final. In the final on August 12, six teams competed for Olympic medals.

The rules of lightweight rowing applied to this competition . This meant that one or two hours before each race, the participants were weighed in the presence of a competition judge. Individual rowers were not allowed to weigh more than 72.5 kg, while the team average was not allowed to exceed 70.0 kg. A team in which both conditions for all rowers were not met at the same time would not have been allowed to continue to participate in the competition.

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

Jérémie Azou , who had become world champion last year , won the final with his new partner Pierre Houin . The silver medal went to the Irish brothers Paul and Gary O'Donovan by a narrow margin, ahead of Kristoffer Brun and Are Strandli from Norway. The Danish defending champions Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist missed the A-final and finished in tenth place.

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	Denmark Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	France Stany Delayre , Jérémie Azou
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	Ireland Gary O'Donovan , Paul O'Donovan
World best time ( 6: 05.36 min , Amsterdam 2014 )	South Africa James Thompson , John Smith

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	France	Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin
	United Kingdom	Richard Chambers William Fletcher
	Norway	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli
	South Africa	John Smith James Thompson
	Italy	Marcello Miani Andrea Micheletti
	Germany	Moritz Moos Jason Osborne
	Poland	Miłosz Jankowski Artur Mikołajczewski
	United States	Andrew Campbell Joshua Konieczny
	Austria	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber
	Switzerland	Michael Schmid Daniel Wiederkehr
	Ireland	Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan
African qualification	Angola	André Matias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
Latin American qualification	Brazil	Willian Giaretton Xavier Vela
	Cuba	Raúl Hernández Hidalgo Liosbel Hernández Lazaga
	Chile	Felipe Cárdenas Bernardo Guerrero
Asian qualification	People's Republic of China	Sun Man Wang Chunxin
	Japan	Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto
	Hong Kong	Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang
European qualification	Turkey	Hüseyin Kandemir Cem Yılmaz
	Denmark	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist

Prelims

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

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Ireland	Paul O'Donovan , Gary O'Donovan	6: 23.72	Semi-finals A / B
2	Italy	Marcello Miani , Andrea Micheletti	6: 24.10
3	Denmark	Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist	6: 33.67	Hope runs
4th	Germany	Moritz Moos , Jason Osborne	6: 40.48
5	Turkey	Hüseyin Kandemir , Cem Yılmaz	6: 41.67

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Norway	Kristoffer Brun , Are Strandli	6: 24.81	Semi-finals A / B
2	United States	Andrew Campbell , Joshua Konieczny	6: 26.56
3	Chile	Felipe Cárdenas , Bernardo Guerrero	6: 38.95	Hope runs
4th	Austria	Bernhard Sieber , Paul Sieber	6: 43.37
5	Hong Kong	Chiu Hin Chun , Tang Chiu Mang	6: 45.05

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	France	Jérémie Azou , Pierre Houin	6: 24.62	Semi-finals A / B
2	Poland	Miłosz Jankowski , Artur Mikołajczewski	6: 27.70
3	Japan	Hiroshi Nakano , Hideki Omoto	6: 34.27	Hope runs
4th	Cuba	Raúl Hernández Hidalgo , Liosbel Hernández Lazaga	6: 39.79
5	Angola	André Matias , Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	6: 58.93

Forward 4

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	South Africa	John Smith , James Thompson	6: 23.10	Semi-finals A / B
2	United Kingdom	Richard Chambers , William Fletcher	6: 25.62
3	Switzerland	Michael Schmid , Daniel Wiederkehr	6: 29.95	Hope runs
4th	People's Republic of China	Sun Man , Wang Chunxin	6: 30.83
5	Brazil	Willian Giaretton , Xavier Vela	6: 31.13

Hope runs

planned for Monday, August 8, 2016 , postponed to Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Hope run 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Denmark	Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist	7: 02.78	Semi-finals A / B
2	People's Republic of China	Sun Man , Wang Chunxin	7: 03.88
3	Cuba	Raúl Hernández Hidalgo , Liosbel Hernández Lazaga	7: 07.17	Semi-finals C / D
4th	Chile	Felipe Cárdenas , Bernardo Guerrero	7: 11.38
5	Turkey	Hüseyin Kandemir , Cem Yılmaz	7: 13.49
6th	Angola	André Matias , Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	7: 29.73

Hope run 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Germany	Moritz Moos , Jason Osborne	7: 05.36	Semi-finals A / B
2	Austria	Bernhard Sieber , Paul Sieber	7: 06.41
3	Switzerland	Michael Schmid , Daniel Wiederkehr	7: 07.90	Semi-finals C / D
4th	Japan	Hiroshi Nakano , Hideki Omoto	7: 11.20
5	Brazil	Willian Giaretton , Xavier Vela	7: 13.60
6th	Hong Kong	Chiu Hin Chun , Tang Chiu Mang	7: 22.05

Semifinals

planned for Wednesday, August 10, 2016 , postponed to Thursday, August 11, 2016

Semi-final A / B 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	France	Jérémie Azou , Pierre Houin	6: 34.43	final
2	United States	Andrew Campbell , Joshua Konieczny	6: 35.19
3	Ireland	Paul O'Donovan , Gary O'Donovan	6: 35.70
4th	United Kingdom	Richard Chambers , William Fletcher	6: 38.76	B final
5	Germany	Moritz Moos , Jason Osborne	6: 59.28
6th	People's Republic of China	Sun Man , Wang Chunxin	7: 01.49

Semi-final A / B 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	South Africa	John Smith , James Thompson	6: 38.01	final
2	Norway	Kristoffer Brun , Are Strandli	6: 38.65
3	Poland	Miłosz Jankowski , Artur Mikołajczewski	6: 40.23
4th	Italy	Marcello Miani , Andrea Micheletti	6: 40.45	B final
5	Denmark	Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist	6: 45.05
6th	Austria	Bernhard Sieber , Paul Sieber	6: 53.62

Semi-final C / D 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Brazil	Willian Giaretton , Xavier Vela	7: 27.34	C final
2	Cuba	Raúl Hernández Hidalgo , Liosbel Hernández Lazaga	7: 30.13
3	Japan	Hiroshi Nakano , Hideki Omoto	7: 30.64
4th	Angola	André Matias , Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	7: 39.59	D final

Semi-final C / D 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Switzerland	Michael Schmid , Daniel Wiederkehr	7: 22.15	C final
2	Turkey	Hüseyin Kandemir , Cem Yılmaz	7: 24.14
3	Chile	Felipe Cárdenas , Bernardo Guerrero	7: 24.71
4th	Hong Kong	Chiu Hin Chun , Tang Chiu Mang	7: 33.47	D final

final

Friday, August 12, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	France	Jérémie Azou , Pierre Houin	6: 30.70
2	Ireland	Paul O'Donovan , Gary O'Donovan	6: 31.23
3	Norway	Kristoffer Brun , Are Strandli	6: 31.39
4th	South Africa	John Smith , James Thompson	6: 33.29
5	United States	Andrew Campbell , Joshua Konieczny	6: 35.07
6th	Poland	Miłosz Jankowski , Artur Mikołajczewski	6: 42.00

B final

Note: Determination of places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	United Kingdom	Richard Chambers , William Fletcher	6: 28.81
8th	Italy	Marcello Miani , Andrea Micheletti	6: 29.52
9	Germany	Moritz Moos , Jason Osborne	6: 32.30
10	Denmark	Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist	6: 34.72
11	People's Republic of China	Sun Man , Wang Chunxin	6: 40.74
12	Austria	Bernhard Sieber , Paul Sieber	6: 42.19

C final

Note: Determination of places 13 to 18

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
13	Switzerland	Michael Schmid , Daniel Wiederkehr	6: 42.57
14th	Brazil	Willian Giaretton , Xavier Vela	6: 44.80
15th	Japan	Hiroshi Nakano , Hideki Omoto	6: 45.81
16	Turkey	Hüseyin Kandemir , Cem Yılmaz	6: 47.06
17th	Chile	Felipe Cárdenas , Bernardo Guerrero	6: 47.67
18th	Cuba	Raúl Hernández Hidalgo , Liosbel Hernández Lazaga	6: 47.80

D final

Note: Determination of places 19 to 20

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
19th	Hong Kong	Chiu Hin Chun , Tang Chiu Mang	6: 57.95
20th	Angola	André Matias , Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	7: 01.74

Web links

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