Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair

Men's coxed pairs at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September
Competitors	63 from 21 nations
Medalists
East Germany  East Germany Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia Romania  Romania

The men's coxed pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Regatta Course in Oberschleißheim.

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat One

1.	Czechoslovakia (TCH), Oldřich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský and Vladimír Petříček	7:41.27	QF
2.	Switzerland (SUI), René Furler, Nicolas Lindecker and Stefan Hablützel	7:46.03	QR
3.	Romania (ROU), Ștefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenschi	7:47.98	QR
4.	Canada (CAN), Mike Neary, Trevor Josephson and Robert Battersby	7:49.54	QR
5.	Norway (NOR), Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd and Thor Egil Olsen	8:00.56	QR
6.	Belgium (BEL), Paul De Weert, Wilfried Van Herck and Guy Defraigne	8:08.51	QR

Heat Two

1.	United States (USA), Mike Staines, Luther Jones and Aaron Herman	7:50.00	QF
2.	Poland (POL), Wojciech Repsz, Wiesław Długosz and Jacek Rylski	7:57.23	QR
3.	Netherlands (NED), Bernard Luttikhuizen, René Kieft and Herman Zaanen	8:00.15	QR
4.	Austria (AUT), Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer	8:08.88	QR
5.	Uruguay (URU), Pedro Ciapessoni, Jorge Buenahora and Daniel Jorge	8:29.51	QR

Heat Three

1.	East Germany (GDR), Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke and Klaus-Dieter Neubert	7:54.11	QF
2.	Bulgaria (BUL), Dimitar Valov, Dimitar Yanakiev and Nenko Dobrev	8:01.01	QR
3.	Italy (ITA), Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Meli	8:02.79	QR
4.	France (FRA), Jean-Claude Coucardon, Christian Durniak and Alain Lacoste	8:09.62	QR
5.	Argentina (ARG), Pedro Yucciolino, Rafael Garba and Raúl Mazerati	8:20.19	QR

Heat Four

1.	Soviet Union (URS), Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov and Yuriy Lorentsson	7:43.84	QF
2.	Great Britain (GBR), David Maxwell, Mike Hart and Alan Inns	7:49.56	QR
3.	West Germany (FRG), Heinz Mußmann, Bernd Krause and Stefan Kuhnke	8:02.19	QR
4.	Finland (FIN), Leo Ahonen, Leif Andersson and Antero Yli-Ikkelä	8:06.56	QR
5.	Cuba (CUB), Lázaro Rivero, Teófilo López and Jesús Rosello	8:17.34	QR

Repechages

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Repechage One

1.	Great Britain (GBR)	8:01.14	Q
2.	Norway (NOR)	8:03.50	Q
3.	Italy (ITA)	8:10.46
4.	Austria (AUT)	8:15.94

Repechage Two

1.	Bulgaria (BUL)	8:10.94	Q
2.	Canada (CAN)	8:12.69	Q
3.	Netherlands (NED)	8:17.37
4.	Cuba (CUB)	8:37.14

Repechage Three

1.	Romania (ROU)	8:08.34	Q
2.	Poland (POL)	8:10.87	Q
3.	Finland (FIN)	8:11.89
4.	Argentina (ARG)	8:31.51

Repechage Four

1.	West Germany (FRG)	8:07.95	Q
2.	Switzerland (SUI)	8:11.53	Q
3.	France (FRA)	8:15.25
4.	Belgium (BEL)	8:16.26
5.	Uruguay (URU)	8:52.42

Semi-Finals

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Semi-Final One

1.	East Germany (GDR)	8:13.87	Q
2.	West Germany (FRG)	8:19.86	Q
3.	Poland (POL)	8:20.69	Q
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	8:21.61
5.	United States (USA)	8:25.40
6.	Canada (CAN)	9:28.82

Semi-Final Two

1.	Soviet Union (URS)	8:07.34	Q
2.	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	8:07.88	Q
3.	Romania (ROU)	8:10.89	Q
4.	Bulgaria (BUL)	8:20.21
5.	Norway (NOR)	8:30.29
6.	Switzerland (SUI)	8:32.34

Final

	East Germany (GDR)	7:17.25
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:19.57
	Romania (ROU)	7:21.36
4.	West Germany (FRG)	7:21.52
5.	Soviet Union (URS)	7:24.44
6.	Poland (POL)	7:28.92