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Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–18 October 1968
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jörg Lucke
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe		  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Larry Hough
Philip Johnson		  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Christiansen
Ib Larsen		  Denmark
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Rowing at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

  • Heats: Three heats. With 18 boats entered, there were six boats per heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (12 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Two heats. There were 6 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats (6 boats) were eliminated.
  • Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a 7th–12th place classification race.
  • Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

The first heat featured 4 of the 6 eventual finalists, including the gold and bronze medalists.

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Netherlands 7:14.50 Q
2  Denmark 7:23.51 Q
3  East Germany 7:30.08 R
4  Switzerland 7:36.91 R
5  Italy 7:42.81 R
6  West Germany 7:45.49 R

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Austria 7:31.29 Q
2  France 7:34.42 Q
3  Poland 7:45.51 R
4  Mexico 7:48.28 R
5  Cuba 7:51.94 R
6  Canada 7:55.10 R

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  United States 7:19.92 Q
2  Australia 7:24.66 Q
3  Hungary 7:33.31 R
4  Soviet Union 7:35.61 R
5  Finland 7:37.34 R
6  Uruguay 7:42.35 R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  East Germany 7:21.92 Q
2  Italy 7:23.77 Q
3  Hungary 7:26.39 Q
4  Canada 7:33.46
5  Finland 7:40.50
6  Mexico 7:43.38

Repechage heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Switzerland 7:26.33 Q
2  West Germany 7:31.91 Q
3  Poland 7:35.81 Q
4  Uruguay 7:37.95
5  Cuba 7:50.88
–  Soviet Union DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Netherlands 7:15.51 Q
2  Austria 7:15.53 Q
3  Switzerland 7:16.09 Q
4  Australia 7:17.09 C
5  Italy 7:29.75 C
6  Poland 7:40.10 C

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  United States 7:21.50 Q
2  Denmark 7:24.98 Q
3  East Germany 7:32.16 Q
4  France 7:43.79 C
5  Hungary 7:45.73 C
6  West Germany 7:53.06 C

Finals

Classification 7–12

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7  Australia 7:19.49
8  Poland 7:22.89
9  Hungary 7:26.00
10  Italy 7:32.50
11  France 7:37.64
12  West Germany 7:40.88

Final

Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany 7:26.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 7:26.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark 7:31.84
4  Austria 7:41.80
5  Switzerland 7:46.79
6  Netherlands ST

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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