Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

Men's lightweight double sculls at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date	8–12 August 2016
Competitors	40 from 20 nations
Winning time	6:30.70
Medalists
Pierre Houin Jeremie Azou  France Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan  Ireland Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli  Norway

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held on 8–12 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 8 August 2016	11:50	Heats
Tuesday, 9 August 2016	11:40	Repechages
Thursday, 11 August 2016	11:40	Semifinals
Thursday, 11 August 2016	13:40	Semifinals C/D
Friday, 12 August 2016	9:20	Final B
Friday, 12 August 2016	10:44	Final
Friday, 12 August 2016	12:10	Final D
Friday, 12 August 2016	12:30	Final C

Results

Heats

First two of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:23.72	SA/B
2	Andrea Micheletti Marcello Miani	Italy	6:24.10	SA/B
3	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen	Denmark	6:33.67	R
4	Moritz Moos Jason Osborne	Germany	6:40.48	R
5	Cem Yilmaz Huseyin Kandemir	Turkey	6:41.67	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:24.81	SA/B
2	Josh Konieczny Andrew Cambell	United States	6:26.56	SA/B
3	Felipe Cardenas Morales Bernardo Guerrero Diaz	Chile	6:38.95	R
4	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber	Austria	6:43.37	R
5	Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang	Hong Kong	6:45.05	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Houin Jeremie Azou	France	6:24.62	SA/B
2	Artur Mikolajczewski Milosz Jankowski	Poland	6:27.70	SA/B
3	Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Japan	6:34.27	R
4	Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández	Cuba	6:39.79	R
5	Andre Mattias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	Angola	6:58.93	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	James Thompson John Smith	South Africa	6:23.10	SA/B
2	Will Fletcher Richard Chambers	Great Britain	6:25.62	SA/B
3	Daniel Wiederkehr Michael Schmidt	Switzerland	6:29.95	R
4	Sun Man Wang Chunxin	China	6:30.83	R
5	Xavier Vela Maggi Willian Giaretton	Brazil	6:31.13	R

Repechage

First two qualify to the semifinals.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen	Denmark	7:02.78	SA/B
2	Sun Man Wang Chunxin	China	7:03.88	SA/B
3	Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández	Cuba	7:07.17	SC/D
4	Felipe Cardenas Morales Bernardo Guerrero Diaz	Chile	7:11.38	SC/D
5	Cem Yilmaz Huseyin Kandemir	Turkey	7:13.49	SC/D
6	Andre Mattias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	Angola	7:29.73	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Moritz Moos Jason Osborne	Germany	7:05.36	SA/B
2	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber	Austria	7:06.41	SA/B
3	Daniel Wiederkehr Michael Schmidt	Switzerland	7:07.90	SC/D
4	Xavier Vela Maggi Willian Giaretton	Brazil	7:11.20	SC/D
5	Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Japan	7:13.60	SC/D
6	Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang	Hong Kong	7:22.05	SC/D

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D

First three qualify to Final C, remainder to Final D.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Wiederkehr Michael Schmidt	Switzerland	7:22.15	FC
2	Cem Yilmaz Huseyin Kandemir	Turkey	7:24.14	FC
3	Felipe Cardenas Morales Bernardo Guerrero Diaz	Chile	7:24.71	FC
4	Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang	Hong Kong	7:33.47	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Xavier Vela Maggi Willian Giaretton	Brazil	7:27:34	FC
2	Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández	Cuba	7:30.13	FC
3	Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Japan	7:30.64	FC
4	Andre Mattias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	Angola	7:39.59	FD

Semifinals A/B

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Houin Jeremie Azou	France	6:34.43	FA
2	Josh Konieczny Andrew Cambell	United States	6:35.19	FA
3	Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:35.70	FA
4	Will Fletcher Richard Chambers	Great Britain	6:38.76	FB
5	Moritz Moos Jason Osborne	Germany	6:59.28	FB
6	Sun Man Wang Chunxin	China	7:01.49	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	James Thompson John Smith	South Africa	6:38.01	FA
2	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:38.65	FA
3	Artur Mikolajczewski Milosz Jankowski	Poland	6:40.23	FA
4	Andrea Micheletti Marcello Miani	Italy	6:40.45	FB
5	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen	Denmark	6:45.05	FB
6	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber	Austria	6:53.62	FB

Finals

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang	Hong Kong	6:57.95
2	Andre Mattias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina	Angola	7:01.74

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Wiederkehr Michael Schmidt	Switzerland	6:42.57
2	Xavier Vela Maggi Willian Giaretton	Brazil	6:44.80
3	Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Japan	6:45.81
4	Cem Yilmaz Huseyin Kandemir	Turkey	6:47.06
5	Felipe Cardenas Morales Bernardo Guerrero Diaz	Chile	6:47.67
6	Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández	Cuba	6:47.80

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Will Fletcher Richard Chambers	Great Britain	6:28.81
2	Andrea Micheletti Marcello Miani	Italy	6:29.52
3	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber	Austria	6:32.30
4	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen	Denmark	6:34.72
5	Sun Man Wang Chunxin	China	6:40.74
6	Moritz Moos Jason Osborne	Germany	6:42.19

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Pierre Houin Jeremie Azou	France	6:30.70
	Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Ireland	6:31.23
	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	Norway	6:31.39
4	James Thompson John Smith	South Africa	6:33.29
5	Josh Konieczny Andrew Cambell	United States	6:35.07
6	Artur Mikolajczewski Milosz Jankowski	Poland	6:42.00