Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair

Men's coxed pair at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Sloten
Competitors	18 from 6 nations
Medalists
Switzerland Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin, Hans Bourquin  France Armand Marcelle, Édouard Marcelle, Henri Préaux  Belgium Léon Flament, François de Coninck, Georges Anthony

The men's coxed pair event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event.

Results

Source: Official results; De Wael

Round 1

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin	Hans Bourquin	Switzerland	8:41.2	Q2
2	Armand Marcelle, Édouard Marcelle	Henri Préaux	France	8:41.4	R1

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Léon Flament, François de Coninck	Georges Anthony	Belgium	8:58.4	Q2
2	Tjapko van Bergen, Cornelis Dusseldorp	Hendrik Smits	Netherlands	DNF	elim.

Heat 3
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Pier Luigi Vestrini, Renzo Vestrini	Cesare Milani	Italy	8:42.0	Q2
2	Augustus Goetz, Joe Dougherty	Thomas Mack	United States	8:44.8	R1

Repechage 1

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Armand Marcelle, Édouard Marcelle	Henri Préaux	France	8:37.2	Q2
2	Augustus Goetz, Joe Dougherty	Thomas Mack	United States	8:41.2	elim.

Round 2

Winners advanced to the semifinals. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin	Hans Bourquin	Switzerland	7:41.8	Q
2	Pier Luigi Vestrini, Renzo Vestrini	Cesare Milani	Italy	DNF	elim.

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Armand Marcelle, Édouard Marcelle	Henri Préaux	France	7:53.4	Q
2	Léon Flament, François de Coninck	Georges Anthony	Belgium	8:02.4	R2

Repechage 2

Italy had not finished the second round, so Belgium was the only team to qualify for the second repechage, receiving a bye to the semifinals.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Léon Flament, François de Coninck	Georges Anthony	Belgium	Bye	Q

Semifinals

Switzerland advanced uncontested to the gold medal final, and was joined by France after France won the only semifinal against Belgium. Belgium received the bronze.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Armand Marcelle, Édouard Marcelle	Henri Préaux	France	7:48.2	Q
2 ()	Léon Flament, François de Coninck	Georges Anthony	Belgium	7:59.4

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Qual.
1	Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin	Hans Bourquin	Switzerland	8:02.0	Q

Finals

Gold medal final
Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
	Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin	Hans Bourquin	Switzerland	7:42.6
	Armand Marcelle, Édouard Marcelle	Henri Préaux	France	7:48.4