Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pair at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	28 July – 3 August
Competitors	26 from 13 nations
Winning time	6:16.65
Medalists
Eric Murray Hamish Bond   New Zealand   Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette   France   George Nash William Satch   Great Britain

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

The Men's coxless pair competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.^[1]

Competition format

The format of the competition was determined by how many boats are competing as at the entry deadline at the beginning of July.

With 13 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12. ^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify for the semifinals, remainder go to repeachge.

Heat 1

Bond and Murray at the London Olympics

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	New Zealand	6:08.50	Q (WR)
2	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	France	6:17.22	Q
3	Wojciech Gutorski Jarosław Godek	Poland	6:19.98	Q
4	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	Serbia	6:23.87	R
5	Domonkos Széll Béla Simon	Hungary	6:46.18	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	David Calder Scott Frandsen	Canada	6:23.80	Q
2	James Marburg Brodie Buckland	Australia	6:24.83	Q
3	Nanne Sluis Meindert Klem	Netherlands	6:25.59	Q
4	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	United States	6:26.59	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	George Nash William Satch	Great Britain	6:16.58	Q
2	Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	Italy	6:18.33	Q
3	Nikolaos Gkountoulas Apostolos Gkountoulas	Greece	6:21.46	Q
4	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	Germany	6:30.42	R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	Germany	6:22.76	Q
2	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	Serbia	6:26.61	Q
3	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	United States	6:27.41	Q
4	Domonkos Széll Béla Simon	Hungary	6:27.88

Semifinals

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	New Zealand	6:48.11	Q
2	Niccolo Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	Italy	6:55.82	Q
3	David Calder Scott Frandsen	Canada	6:56.47	Q
4	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	United States	6:58.58
5	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	Germany	7:02.16
6	Nanne Sluis Meindert Klem	Netherlands	7:13.77

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	George Nash William Satch	Great Britain	6:56.46	Q
2	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	France	6:58.67	Q
3	James Marburg Brodie Buckland	Australia	7:02.12	Q
4	Wojciech Gutorski Jarosław Godek	Poland	7:04.58
5	Nikolaos Gkountoulas Apostolos Gkountoulas	Greece	7:07.15
6	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	Serbia	7:07.78

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	Germany	6:49.93
2	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	United States	6:53.30
3	Nikolaos Gkountoulas Apostolos Gkountoulas	Greece	6:53.69
4	Wojciech Gutorski Jarosław Godek	Poland	6:56.00
5	Nanne Sluis Meindert Klem	Netherlands	7:05.12
–	Nenad Beđik Nikola Stojić	Serbia		DNS

Final A

The final at 1500 m

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	New Zealand	6:16.65
02 !	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	France	6:21.11
03 !	George Nash William Satch	Great Britain	6:21.77
4	Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	Italy	6:26.17
5	James Marburg Brodie Buckland	Australia	6:29.28
6	David Calder Scott Frandsen	Canada	6:30.49

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