Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair
The men's coxed pair competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Casitas, California, United States of America.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two main rounds as well as a repechage. The 12 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 6 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final. The remaining 10 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 5 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat went to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats competed in the "B" final for 7th through 12th place.All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
The heats were held on July 31. It was a warm day with a 1 m/s east-northeast wind. The winner of each heat advanced to the A final, with all others going to the repechage. No boats were eliminated in this round.Heat 1
Romania led throughout, taking a five second lead by the halfway mark and winning by over five and a half seconds. The Yugoslav, American, and West German boats were close together through 1000 metres, but separated over the second half of the race. France and Peru were close neither to the lead group nor to each other throughout the course of the contest.| Rank | Rower | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dumitru Răducanu | 7:12.18 | |||
| 2 | Doug Herland | 7:17.80 | |||
| 3 | Rudolf Ziegler | 7:25.02 | |||
| 4 | Mirko Ivančić | 7:27.28 | |||
| 5 | Christophe Chevrier | 7:32.20 | |||
| 6 | Arturo Valentín | 7:44.73 |
Heat 2
As with the first heat, there was little question which boat would win the second heat. Italy led early and finished with a five-second win. Indeed, the final positions of the boats were established by 500 metres; the order did not change at the 1000 metre mark, 1500 metre mark, or the finish.| Rank | Rower | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giuseppe Di Capua | 7:13.83 | |||
| 2 | Nilton Alonço | 7:18.96 | |||
| 3 | Alan Inns | 7:20.51 | |||
| 4 | Tan Barkley | 7:24.52 | |||
| 5 | Joaquín Sabriá | 7:29.30 | |||
| 6 | Philippe Cuelenaere | 7:32.93 |
Repechage
The repechage was held on August 2. It was a warm day with no wind. The top two boats in each heat advanced to the "A" final, with all others going to the "B" final.Repechage heat 1
The British boat started off strong, leading at the quarter-mark. By halfway, however, the two teams from North America had moved into the lead, with Canada edging the United States by 0.2 seconds at 1000 metres. At 1500 metres, it was clear that the two teams from the Americas would advance, as they opened a five-second lead over the Europeans. The United States took the lead from Canada in the third 500 metres and held it over the fourth. France passed Great Britain in the fourth quarter, as well. Peru had been close over the first 500 metres but fell well behind all others by halfway, finishing 12 seconds out of fourth place.| Rank | Rower | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Doug Herland | 7:22.88 | |||
| 2 | Tan Barkley | 7:23.74 | |||
| 3 | Christophe Chevrier | 7:26.98 | |||
| 4 | Alan Inns | 7:38.20 | |||
| 5 | Arturo Valentín | 7:50.40 |
Repechage heat 2
The second repechage heat was a three-way race for the two advancement spots through the first three-quarters of the contest. Brazil took a close lead at the 500 metre mark, followed by West Germany and Yugoslavia. That order reversed at the 1000 metre point, and Yugoslavia looked to have an advancement place when they opened the lead over third-place Brazil to 2.5 seconds at 1500 metres. But the Yugoslav rowers could not keep the pace and faltered in the final quarter, Brazil came charging ahead, and the final order flipped back to the first-quarter order: Brazil, West Germany, Yugoslavia. The final 500 metres was so poor for Yugoslavia that they finished 8 seconds out of second place. Spain and Belgium battled for fourth place over the first half, but Spain took a significant lead by the 1500 metre mark and Belgium was unable to close.| Rank | Rower | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nilton Alonço | 7:19.40 | |||
| 2 | Rudolf Ziegler | 7:20.75 | |||
| 3 | Mirko Ivančić | 7:28.26 | |||
| 4 | Joaquín Sabriá | 7:42.23 | |||
| 5 | Philippe Cuelenaere | 7:46.67 |
Finals
Final B
The consolation or "B" final, for 7th through 12th place, took place on August 3. It was a warm day with a 0.5 m/s east wind. Yugoslavia, which had come close to joining the "A" final, led from wire to wire, winning the race to take 7th place overall. Great Britain pressed them closely for a while, but fell further behind over the middle 1000 metres and finished 8th overall about 2 seconds behind Yugoslavia. France, Spain, and Belgium followed in a small group well behind the two leaders. Peru stayed with that group over the first 500 metres but could not keep pace and fell behind to finish in last place by 17 seconds.| Rank | Rower | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Mirko Ivančić | 7:25.60 | ||
| 8 | Alan Inns | 7:27.56 | ||
| 9 | Christophe Chevrier | 7:32.48 | ||
| 10 | Joaquín Sabriá | 7:34.38 | ||
| 11 | Philippe Cuelenaere | 7:35.67 | ||
| 12 | Arturo Valentín | 7:52.59 |
Final A
Italy, just as it did in the second heat, led early and finished with a five-second win. The Americans and Romanians battled for silver and bronze, with the latter team holding the lead the whole way; the United States was within a second of Romania at 1500 metres but fell behind in the final 500 to a 1.6 second defeat. The race for fourth place was also close, with West Germany leading Brazil and Canada at the 500, 1000, and 1500 metre marks but unable to keep pace over the last quarter and falling to sixth. Brazil pulled away from Canada as well in the last 500 metres.| Rank | Rower | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Giuseppe Di Capua | 7:05.99 | |||
| Dumitru Răducanu | 7:11.21 | |||
| Doug Herland | 7:12.81 | |||
| 4 | Nilton Alonço | 7:17.07 | ||
| 5 | Tan Barkley | 7:18.98 | ||
| 6 | Rudolf Ziegler | 7:25.16 |
Final classification
| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua | ||
| Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu | ||
| Kevin Still Robert Espeseth Doug Herland | ||
| 4 | Walter Soares Ángelo Roso Neto Nilton Alonço | |
| 5 | Harold Backer Tony Zasada Tan Barkley | |
| 6 | Hermann Greß Dieter Göpfert Rudolf Ziegler | |
| 7 | Dario Vidošević Zlatko Celent Mirko Ivančić | |
| 8 | Adrian Genziani Bill Lang Alan Inns | |
| 9 | Charles Imbert Jean-Pierre Bremer Christophe Chevrier | |
| 10 | Isidro Martín José Manuel Bermúdez Joaquín Sabriá | |
| 11 | William Defraigne Guy Defraigne Philippe Cuelenaere | |
| 12 | Alfredo Montenegro Francisco Viacava Arturo Valentín |