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Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair

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Men's coxed pair
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Location of the canal
VenueBrussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates28–29 August
Competitors12 from 4 nations
Winning time7:56.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ercole Olgeni
Giovanni Scatturin
Guido De Felip (cox)
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maurice Monney-Bouton
Gabriel Poix
Ernest Barberolle (cox)
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Édouard Candeveau
Alfred Felber
Paul Piaget (cox)
 Switzerland
← 1900
1924 →

The men's coxed pair event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 28 and 29 August 1920. It was the second appearance of the event, which had previously been held only at the inaugural rowing competitions in 1900. Four boats, each from a different nation, competed.[1] The event was won by the Italian boat in that nation's debut in the event, with Ercole Olgeni and Giovanni Scatturin the rowers and Guido De Felip the coxswain. France's crew (Maurice Monney-Bouton, Gabriel Poix, and cox Ernest Barberolle) took silver, the second consecutive silver for France. Switzerland (Édouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber, and cox Paul Piaget) earned bronze.

Background

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This was the second appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900, but was not held in 1904, 1908, or 1912. It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992, when it (along with the men's coxed four) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]

Italy and Switzerland each made their debut in the event. Belgium and France each made their second appearance, having previously competed in 1900.

Competition format

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The coxed pair event featured three-person boats, with two rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition featured two rounds (semifinals and a final). There were three semifinals; the winner of each advanced to the final. As there were only four boats after withdrawals, two of the three semifinals ended up being walkovers. The three-boat final determined the medals. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 August 1920 16:05 Semifinals
Sunday, 29 August 1920 16:00 Final

Results

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Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Ercole Olgeni
Giovanni Scatturin
Guido De Felip  Italy 8:10.0 Q
2 Georges Van Den Bossche
Oscar Van Den Bossche
René Van Damme[4][5][6]  Belgium 8:25.0

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Gabriel Poix
Maurice Monney-Bouton
Ernest Barberolle  France 9:15.0 Q

Semifinal 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Édouard Candeveau
Alfred Felber
Paul Piaget  Switzerland 8:50.0 Q

Final

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ercole Olgeni
Giovanni Scatturin
Guido De Felip  Italy 7:56.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gabriel Poix
Maurice Monney-Bouton
Ernest Barberolle  France 7:57.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Édouard Candeveau
Alfred Felber
Paul Piaget  Switzerland Unknown

Results summary

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Semifinals Final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ercole Olgeni
Giovanni Scatturin
Guido De Felip  Italy 8:10.0 7:56.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gabriel Poix
Maurice Monney-Bouton
Ernest Barberolle  France 9:15.0 7:57.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Édouard Candeveau
Alfred Felber
Paul Piaget  Switzerland 8:50.0 Unknown
4 Georges Van Den Bossche
Oscar Van Den Bossche
René Van Damme  Belgium 8:25.0 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Coxed Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Coxed Pairs, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ La VIIe Olympiade à Anvers, la quatorzième journée - Aviron, la deuxième journée - III. Course à deux rameurs en pointe, La Meuse, 31 August 1920
  5. ^ "Olympische organisaties". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Lijst van Belgische Olympische roeiers". Retrieved 9 October 2021.

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