Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Date	17 September – 23 September
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Winning time	6:16.33
Medalists
Luka Špik Iztok Čop  Slovenia Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken  Norway Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori  Italy

The men's double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place are at Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 16 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines the last four places, from 13-16. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 17 September 2000	11:00	Heats
Tuesday, 19 September 2000	10:40	Repechages
Thursday, 21 September 2000	09:30	Semifinals
Friday, 22 September 2000	11:00	Final B
Friday, 22 September 2000	11:40	Final C
Saturday, 23 September 2000	10:10	Final

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tibor Peto Akos Haller	Hungary	6:28.33	Q
2	Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz	Poland	6:31.91	R
3	Frederic Kowal Adrien Hardy	France	6:32.69	R
4	Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle	Canada	6:35.41	R
5	Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević	Croatia	6:39.69	R
6	Mauricio Monteserin Jaime Ríos	Spain	6:42.69	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Luka Spik Iztok Cop	Slovenia	6:24.92	Q
2	Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori	Italy	6:33.11	R
3	Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry	United States	6:37.81	R
4	Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin	Estonia	6:41.74	R
5	Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan	Denmark	6:58.88	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olaf Tufte Fredrik Raaen Bekken	Norway	6:25.63	Q
2	Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert	Germany	6:34.66	R
3	Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko	Ukraine	6:38.06	R
4	Yoennis Hernandez Yosbel Martinez	Cuba	6:40.27	R
5	Lingjun Hua Hongming Liang	China	6:50.94	R

Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz	Poland	6:32.30	A/B
2	Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry	United States	6:34.56	A/B
3	Yoennis Hernandez Yosbel Martinez	Cuba	6:35.76	A/B
4	Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević	Croatia	6:43.60	C

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori	Italy	6:25.98	A/B
2	Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan	Denmark	6:30.87	A/B
3	Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko	Ukraine	6:33.23	A/B
4	Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle	Canada	6:35.04	C

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert	Germany	6:27.58	A/B
2	Frederic Kowal Adrien Hardy	France	6:31.28	A/B
3	Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin	Estonia	6:35.09	A/B
4	Lingjun Hua Hongming Liang	China	6:43.64	C
5	Mauricio Monteserin Jaime Rios	Spain	6:46.50	C

Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Luka Spik Iztok Cop	Slovenia	6:16.41	A
2	Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert	Germany	6:20.40	A
3	Tibor Peto Akos Haller	Hungary	6:23.81	A
4	Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry	United States	6:28.49	B
5	Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin	Estonia	6:38.75	B
6	Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan	Denmark	6:40.11	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Olaf Tufte Fredrik Raaen Bekken	Norway	6:23.50	A
2	Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori	Italy	6:24.99	A
3	Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz	Poland	6:31.26	A
4	Frederic Kowal Adrien Hardy	France	6:32.09	B
5	Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko	Ukraine	6:36.92	B
6	Yoennis Hernandez Yosbel Martinez	Cuba	6:40.71	B

Finals

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle	Canada	6:28.61
2	Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević	Croatia	6:31.78
3	Lingjun Hua Hongming Liang	China	6:36.97
4	Mauricio Monteserin Jaime Rios	Spain	6:40.17

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Frederic Kowal Adrien Hardy	France	6:20.72
2	Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry	United States	6:21.71
3	Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin	Estonia	6:22.78
4	Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan	Denmark	6:23.20
5	Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko	Ukraine	6:36.92
6	Yoennis Hernandez Yosbel Martinez	Cuba	6:40.71

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Luka Spik Iztok Cop	Slovenia	6:16.63
	Olaf Tufte Fredrik Raaen Bekken	Norway	6:17.98
	Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori	Italy	6:20.49
4	Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert	Germany	6:23.58
5	Tibor Peto Akos Haller	Hungary	6:27.04
6	Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz	Poland	6:32.11

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results