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Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSloten
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
Joseph Wright, Jack Guest
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Austria
Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl
← 1924
1932 →

The men's double sculls 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.[1]

Results

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Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

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

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt  Germany 8:02.2 Q2
2 André Houppelyne, Achille Mengé  Belgium 8:05.6 R1
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine  United States 7:46.8 Q2
2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder  Switzerland 8:02.0 R1
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest  Canada 7:48.2 Q2
2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse  Netherlands 7:54.8 R1
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl  Austria 7:55.8 Q2
2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye  Great Britain 8:00.8 R1
Heat 5
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain  France 8:03.6 Q2
2 Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori  Italy 8:10.4 R1

Repechage 1

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

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse  Netherlands 7:59.8 Q2
2 Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori  Italy 8:10.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye  Great Britain 7:55.8 Q2
2 André Houppelyne, Achille Mengé  Belgium 7:56.6 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder  Switzerland 7:52.8 Q2

Round 2

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Winners advanced to the third round. 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 Nation Time Qual.
1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder  Switzerland 6:55.8 Q3
2 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain  France 7:01.4 R2
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine  United States 6:48.4 Q3
2 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl  Austria 6:55.6 R2
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt  Germany 6:54.4 Q3
2 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest  Canada 6:58.6 R2
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse  Netherlands 6:55.8 Q3
2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye  Great Britain 6:59.2 elim.

Repechage 2

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Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest  Canada 7:21.8 Q3
2 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain  France 7:30.8 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl  Austria 7:32.6 Q3

Round 3

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The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine  United States 6:43.8 Q
2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder  Switzerland 6:53.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest  Canada 6:42.2 Q
2 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt  Germany 6:48.2 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl  Austria 6:46.4 Q
2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse  Netherlands 6:52.8 elim.

Semifinals

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Canada had a bye and advanced to the gold medal final along with the winner of the only semifinal (the United States), with the loser (Austria) taking bronze.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest  Canada 6:58.0 Q
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine  United States 6:45.2 Q
2 (3rd place, bronze medalist(s)) Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl  Austria 6:48.8

Finals

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Gold medal final
Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine  United States 6:41.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Wright, Jack Guest  Canada 6:51.0

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Rowing 1928".