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Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair

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Men's coxed pair
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Lake of Banyoles
VenueLake of Banyoles
Dates28 July – 2 August
Competitors49 from 16 nations
Winning time6:49.83
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greg Searle
Jonny Searle
Garry Herbert (cox)
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe Di Capua (cox)
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dimitrie Popescu
Nicolae Țaga
Dumitru Răducanu (cox)
 Romania
← 1988

The men's coxed pair competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1] It was held from 28 July to 2 August.[2] There were 16 boats (49 competitors, with Czechoslovakia making one substitution) from 16 nations, with each nation limited to one boat in the event.[2] The event was won by brothers Greg and Jonny Searle and coxswain Garry Herbert of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the event. It was the third consecutive Games with brothers winning as the rowers; Italy's Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale had won in 1984 and 1988. They, along with longtime cox Giuseppe Di Capua, took silver this year, becoming the only crew to win three medals together in the event (only one other man, Conn Findlay, had earned three medals, with three different rowing partners and two different coxswains). Bronze went to Romanians Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, and cox Dumitru Răducanu. Popescu and Răducanu had been on the 1984 silver medal team, making them the 16th and 17th—and final—men to earn multiple medals in the event.

Background

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This was the 18th and final 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]

Five of the 18 competitors from the 1988 coxed pair Final A returned: the two-time reigning champions Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, and Giuseppe Di Capua of Italy; fourth-place rower Dimitrie Popescu of Romania, reunited with his 1984 silver-medal teammate coxswain Dumitru Răducanu; and fifth-place cox Stefan Stoykov of Bulgaria. The Italian crew was exceptionally consistent (having rowed together for three full Olympic cycles) and was an overwhelming favourite, with four consecutive World Championships (and 7 of 9 starting in 1981, with silver and bronze in the other two years) along with their two Olympic golds.[2]

Lithuania made its debut in the event, while some other former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 15th appearance, most among nations.

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 course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.[3]

The competition consisted of three main rounds (quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 16 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 or 6 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat (3 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 13 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured three heats, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each repechage heat (9 boats total) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining 4 boats in the repechage (4th and 5th placers) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 16th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[4]

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 28 July 1992 9:20 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 29 July 1992 17:40 Repechage
Friday, 31 July 1992 11:00 Semifinals
Sunday, 2 August 1992 8:20 Finals

Results

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Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Bartosz Sroga  Poland 7:02.12 Q
2 Emmanuel Bunoz  France 7:03.77 R
3 Javier Cano  Spain 7:04.67 R
4 Markus Irle  Austria 7:14.29 R
5 Oldřich Hejdušek  Czechoslovakia 7:16.87 R
6 Carlos Sobrinho  Brazil 7:18.62 R

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Garry Herbert  Great Britain 6:54.31 Q
2 Dumitru Răducanu  Romania 6:54.87 R
3 Roberto Ojeda  Cuba 7:04.67 R
4 Peter Thiede  Germany 7:07.60 R
5 Stefan Stoykov  Bulgaria 8:03.56 R

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Giuseppe Di Capua  Italy 7:00.62 Q
2 Valdemaras Mačiulskis  Lithuania 7:04.41 R
3 Stephen Shellans Jr.  United States 7:04.78 R
4 Anatoly Korbut  Unified Team 7:22.61 R
5 Andrés Seperizza  Argentina 7:39.52 R

Repechage

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Repechage heat 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Roberto Ojeda  Cuba 7:06.83 Q
2 Emmanuel Bunoz  France 7:08.63 Q
3 Anatoly Korbut  Unified Team 7:11.45 Q
4 Oldřich Hejdušek  Czechoslovakia 7:30.64 QC

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Dumitru Răducanu  Romania 7:05.04 Q
2 Stephen Shellans Jr.  United States 7:08.41 Q
3 Markus Irle  Austria 7:21.06 Q
4 Stefan Stoykov  Bulgaria 7:33.73 QC

Repechage heat 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Peter Thiede  Germany 7:12.78 Q
2 Valdemaras Mačiulskis  Lithuania 7:14.10 Q
3 Javier Cano  Spain 7:17.82 Q
4 Carlos Sobrinho  Brazil 7:21.51 QC
5 Andrés Seperizza  Argentina 7:32.70 QC

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Garry Herbert  Great Britain 6:52.05 QA
2 Peter Thiede  Germany 6:53.53 QA
3 Emmanuel Bunoz  France 6:53.96 QA
4 Bartosz Sroga  Poland 6:53.97 QB
5 Stephen Shellans Jr.  United States 6:54.78 QB
6 Javier Cano  Spain 7:03.99 QB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Giuseppe Di Capua  Italy 6:56.29 QA
2 Dumitru Răducanu  Romania 6:56.90 QA
3 Roberto Ojeda  Cuba 6:59.11 QA
4 Valdemaras Mačiulskis  Lithuania 7:03.89 QB
5 Markus Irle  Austria 7:05.89 QB
6 Anatoly Korbut  Unified Team 7:06.08 QB

Finals

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Final C

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
13 Carlos Sobrinho  Brazil 7:32.49
14 Andrés Seperizza  Argentina 7:37.76
15 Stefan Stoykov  Bulgaria 7:38.25
16 Oldřich Hejdušek  Czechoslovakia DNS

Final B

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
7 Bartosz Sroga  Poland 7:04.37
8 Stephen Shellans Jr.  United States 7:04.84
9 Valdemaras Mačiulskis  Lithuania 7:04.98
10 Markus Irle  Austria 7:12.40
11 Anatoly Korbut  Unified Team 7:13.10
12 Javier Cano  Spain 7:15.25

Final A

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Garry Herbert  Great Britain 6:49.83 OB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giuseppe Di Capua  Italy 6:50.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dumitru Răducanu  Romania 6:51.58
4 Peter Thiede  Germany 6:56.98
5 Roberto Ojeda  Cuba 6:58.26
6 Emmanuel Bunoz  France 7:03.01

Final classification

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The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greg Searle
Jonny Searle
Garry Herbert  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe Di Capua  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dimitrie Popescu
Nicolae Țaga
Dumitru Răducanu  Romania
4 Thomas Woddow
Michael Peter
Peter Thiede  Germany
5 Ismael Carbonell
Arnaldo Rodríguez
Roberto Ojeda  Cuba
6 Patrick Berthou
Laurent Lacasa
Emmanuel Bunoz  France
7 Piotr Basta
Tomasz Mruczkowski
Bartosz Sroga  Poland
8 Aaron Pollock
John Moore
Stephen Shellans Jr.  United States
9 Juozas Bagdonas
Einius Petkus
Valdemaras Mačiulskis  Lithuania
10 Volkmar Kuttelwascher
Dietmar Kuttelwascher
Markus Irle  Austria
11 Valery Belodedov
Dmitry Nos
Anatoly Korbut  Unified Team
12 José Ignacio Bugarín
Ibon Urbieta
Javier Cano  Spain
13 Cláudio Tavares
Carlos de Almeida
Carlos Sobrinho  Brazil
14 Marcelo Pieretti
Gustavo Pacheco
Andrés Seperizza  Argentina
15 Ivaylo Banchev
Yordan Danchev
Stefan Stoykov  Bulgaria
16 Michal Dalecký (quarters)
Dušan Macháček
Pavel Sokol (repechage, finals)
Oldřich Hejdušek  Czechoslovakia

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Coxed Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Coxed Pairs, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 325–26.