2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - two without a helmsman

sport	rowing
discipline	two
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	6-11 August 2016
Medalist Bond , Murray Brittain , Keeling Abagnale , Di Costanzo

The rowing competition in two without a helmsman as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from August 6th to 11th, 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.

As expected, the New Zealand duo of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray dominated the competition. The team known as "Kiwipair" had won all races since 2009, including at international level, winning seven world championship titles and the Olympic victory in London as well as setting the world record in two-without. The silver medalists Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling from South Africa crossed the finish line about three seconds behind, while Giovanni Abagnale and Marco Di Costanzo from Italy won bronze .

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	New Zealand Eric Murray , Hamish Bond
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	New Zealand Eric Murray , Hamish Bond
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	Hungary Adrián Juhász , Béla Simon
World best time ( 6: 08.50 min , London 2012 )	New Zealand Eric Murray , Hamish Bond

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	New Zealand	Hamish Bond Eric Murray
	United Kingdom	Stewart Innes Alan Sinclair
	Serbia	Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić
	Netherlands	Roel Braas, Mitchel Steenman
	Italy	Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo
	Australia	Alexander Lloyd Spencer Turrin
	South Africa	Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling
	France	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette
	United States	Nareg Guregian Anders Weiss
	Spain	Àlex Sigurbjörnsson Pau Vela
	Romania	Alexandru Palamariu Cristi Ilie Pîrghie
International qualification	Czech Republic	Jakub Podrazil Lukaš Helešic
	Hungary	Béla Simon Adrián Juhász

Prelims

Saturday 6th August 2016

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Australia	Alexander Lloyd , Spencer Turrin	6: 40.79	Semifinals
2	South Africa	Lawrence Brittain , Shaun Keeling	6: 41.42
3	Czech Republic	Jakub Podrazil , Lukaš Helešic	6: 42.71
4th	United States	Nareg Guregian , Anders Weiss	6: 49.97	Reunion
5	Spain	Àlex Sigurbjörnsson , Pau Vela	6: 54.26

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	France	Germain Chardin , Dorian Mortelette	6: 42.00	Semifinals
2	United Kingdom	Stewart Innes , Alan Sinclair	6: 50.77
3	Romania	Alexandru Palamariu , Cristi Ilie Pîrghie	6: 51.71
4th	Netherlands	Roel Braas , Mitchel Steenman	7: 22.93	Reunion

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	New Zealand	Hamish Bond , Eric Murray	6: 41.75	Semifinals
2	Italy	Giovanni Abagnale , Marco Di Costanzo	6: 46.04
3	Hungary	Béla Simon , Adrián Juhász	6: 59.28
4th	Serbia	Nenad Beđik , Miloš Vasić	capsized	Reunion

The Serbian duo capsized in third position on the regatta course in the last quarter of their run in strong waves. They could not get back in the boat to finish the run, but were nevertheless exceptionally approved by the Executive Committee of the World Rowing Association for the reunion.

Reunion

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

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Netherlands	Roel Braas , Mitchel Steenman	6: 34.16	Semifinals
2	Serbia	Nenad Beđik , Miloš Vasić	6: 34.52
3	United States	Nareg Guregian , Anders Weiss	6: 36.60
4th	Spain	Àlex Sigurbjörnsson , Pau Vela	6: 40.47	-

Semifinals

Tuesday August 9, 2016

Semi-final 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Italy	Giovanni Abagnale , Marco Di Costanzo	6: 24.96	final
2	Australia	Alexander Lloyd , Spencer Turrin	6: 25.25
3	France	Germain Chardin , Dorian Mortelette	6: 26.10
4th	Netherlands	Roel Braas , Mitchel Steenman	6: 26.94	B final
5	United States	Nareg Guregian , Anders Weiss	6: 33.95
6th	Romania	Alexandru Palamariu , Cristi Ilie Pîrghie	6: 48.17

Semi-final 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	New Zealand	Hamish Bond , Eric Murray	6: 23.36	final
2	United Kingdom	Stewart Innes , Alan Sinclair	6: 26.37
3	South Africa	Lawrence Brittain , Shaun Keeling	6: 27.59
4th	Hungary	Béla Simon , Adrián Juhász	6: 29.12	B final
5	Serbia	Nenad Beđik , Miloš Vasić	6: 31.00
6th	Czech Republic	Jakub Podrazil , Lukaš Helešic	6: 32.85

final

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

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Hamish Bond , Eric Murray	6: 59.71
2	South Africa	Lawrence Brittain , Shaun Keeling	7: 02.51
3	Italy	Giovanni Abagnale , Marco Di Costanzo	7: 04.52
4th	United Kingdom	Stewart Innes , Alan Sinclair	7: 07.99
5	France	Germain Chardin , Dorian Mortelette	7: 09.91
6th	Australia	Alexander Lloyd , Spencer Turrin	7: 11.60

B final

Note: Determination of places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	Czech Republic	Jakub Podrazil , Lukaš Helešic	7: 00.04
8th	Netherlands	Roel Braas , Mitchel Steenman	7: 01.88
9	Hungary	Béla Simon , Adrián Juhász	7: 03.34
10	Serbia	Nenad Beđik , Miloš Vasić	7: 04.71
11	United States	Nareg Guregian , Anders Weiss	7: 10.60
12	Romania	Alexandru Palamariu , Cristi Ilie Pîrghie	7: 13.68

Another classification without finals

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
13	Spain	Àlex Sigurbjörnsson , Pau Vela	-

Web links

• Results on the website of the World Rowing Association
• Two without a helmsman on the website www.sports-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Picture perfect start to the rowing at Rio 2016. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, August 6, 2016, accessed on August 7, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Decision of the Executive Committee on SRB M2- Heat 3. (PDF; 45 kB) In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, August 6, 2016, accessed on August 7, 2016 .