Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pairs at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Date	August 5–9
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Medalists
John Wilson Ran Laurie  Great Britain Hans Kalt Josef Kalt  Switzerland Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni  Italy

The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place at Henley-on-Thames, London, United Kingdom.

Schedule

Date	Round
August 5, 1948	Heats
August 6, 1948	Repechage
August 7, 1948	Semifinal
August 9, 1948	Final

Results

Heats

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hans Kalt Josef Kalt	Switzerland	7:20.4	Q
2	Spencer Grace Ted Bromley	Australia	7:26.8
3	Jørn Snogdahl Søren Jensen	Denmark	7:28.3

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Wilson Ran Laurie	Great Britain	7:20.3	Q
2	Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni	Italy	7:22.2
3	Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti	Argentina	7:54.2

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gert Watzke Kurt Watzke	Austria	7:19.3	Q
2	John Wade Ralph Stephan	United States	7:20.3
3	Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson	Sweden	7:36.3

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pércio Zancani Paulo Diebold	Brazil	7:33.1	Q
2	Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa	Belgium	7:35.0
3	Paul Rothley Paul Heitz	France	7:36.2

Repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni	Italy	7:24.6	Q
2	John Wade Ralph Stephan	United States	7:30.5
3	Paul Rothley Paul Heitz	France	7:42.3

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jørn Snogdahl Søren Jensen	Denmark	7:26.4	Q
2	Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa	Belgium	7:34.4
3	Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti	Argentina	7:45.7

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Spencer Grace Ted Bromley	Australia	7:28.4	Q
2	Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson	Sweden	7:34.9

Semifinal

First boat of each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hans Kalt Josef Kalt	Switzerland	7:47.3	Q
2	Spencer Grace Ted Bromley	Australia	7:54.5
3	Gert Watzke Kurt Watzke	Austria	8:03.1

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni	Italy	7:52.8	Q
2	Jørn Snogdahl Søren Jensen	Denmark	7:54.3

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Wilson Ran Laurie	Great Britain	8:05.9	Q
2	Pércio Zancani Paulo Diebold	Brazil	8:18.6

Final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	John Wilson Ran Laurie	Great Britain	7:21.1
	Hans Kalt Josef Kalt	Switzerland	7:23.9
	Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni	Italy	7:31.5

References

• Official Olympic Report