Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Meilahti
Date	20–23 July
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero  Argentina Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk  Soviet Union Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez  Uruguay

The men's double sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.

Heats

First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete in the repechage for remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni	France (FRA)	7:00.1	SF
2	Waldemar Beck Gerhard Füssmann	Germany (GER)	7:04.3	SF
3	Robert George Jos Van Stichel	Belgium (BEL)	7:13.2
4	Ebbe Parsner Åge Larsen	Denmark (DEN)	7:27.3

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk	Soviet Union (URS)	7:02.5	SF
2	Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez	Uruguay (URU)	7:06.9	SF
3	Peter Stebler Émile Knecht	Switzerland (SUI)	7:09.3
4	Keijo Koivumäki Eero Koivumäki	Finland (FIN)	7:19.5

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Silvio Bergamini Lodovico Sommaruga	Italy (ITA)	7:01.3	SF
2	Pat Costello Walter Hoover	United States (USA)	7:01.9	SF
3	John MacMillan Peter Brandt	Great Britain (GBR)	7:07.4
4	Bob Williams Derek Riley	Canada (CAN)	7:19.3

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero	Argentina (ARG)	7:04.4	SF
2	Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:11.6	SF
3	John Rogers Murray Riley	Australia (AUS)	7:16.7
4	Tore Johansson Curt Brunnqvist	Sweden (SWE)	8:31.3

First repechage

The winner in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robert George Jos Van Stichel	Belgium (BEL)	7:03.2	SF
2	Peter Stebler Émile Knecht	Switzerland (SUI)	7:05.8
3	Tore Johansson Curt Brunnqvist	Sweden (SWE)	7:11.4
4	Bob Williams Derek Riley	Canada (CAN)	7:15.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Rogers Murray Riley	Australia (AUS)	7:03.0	SF
2	John MacMillan Peter Brandt	Great Britain (GBR)	7:04.4
3	Ebbe Parsner Åge Larsen	Denmark (DEN)	7:09.3
4	Keijo Koivumäki Eero Koivumäki	Finland (FIN)	7:12.0

Semi-finals

The winners in each heat qualified for the final, while the others must compete in the second repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Semi-final 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:23.5	F
2	Pat Costello Walter Hoover	United States (USA)	7:24.3
3	Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk	Soviet Union (URS)	7:26.5
4	Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni	France (FRA)	7:29.5

Semi-final 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero	Argentina (ARG)	7:23.1	F
2	Waldemar Beck Gerhard Füssmann	Germany (GER)	7:36.3
3	Silvio Bergamini Lodovico Sommaruga	Italy (ITA)	7:36.7
4	Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez	Uruguay (URU)	8:04.0

Second repechage

The winners in each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez	Uruguay (URU)	7:01.7	F
2	Pat Costello Walter Hoover	United States (USA)	7:03.6
3	John Rogers Murray Riley	Australia (AUS)	7:13.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni	France (FRA)	7:06.3	F
2	Waldemar Beck Gerhard Füssmann	Germany (GER)	7:08.2
3	Robert George Jos Van Stichel	Belgium (BEL)	7:25.8

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk	Soviet Union (URS)	7:07.5	F
2	Silvio Bergamini Lodovico Sommaruga	Italy (ITA)	7:16.0

Final

Rank	Athlete Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero	Argentina (ARG)	7:23.1
	Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk	Soviet Union (URS)	7:07.5
	Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez	Uruguay (URU)	7:01.7
4	Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni	France (FRA)	7:06.3
5	Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:23.5

External links

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF) (PDF). p. 611.