Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair


The men's coxless pair competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 5 August and the outcome was wide open due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and thus the absence of the dominating team from East Germany. The event was won by the team from Romania.

Background

East Germany had won the coxless pair competition at every Summer Olympics since the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and they were the reigning world champion. The Soviet Union had won silver at the last Summer Olympics in this event, had won the 1981 World Rowing Championships, and had won silver in 1983. With both nations absent due to the Eastern Bloc boycott, the only competing nation that had won recent world championships was Norway, which had won the title in 1982. The competition was thus regarded as wide open.

Previous M2- competitions

Results

Heats

The heats of the opening round were rowed on 31 July. The first three of every heat would progress to the semi-finals, whilst the other teams would go to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Axel Wöstmann
Thomas Möllenkamp
6:53.83SF
2Fernando Climent
Luis María Lasúrtegui
6:54.34SF
3Joost Adema
Sjoerd Hoekstra
7:01.47SF
4John Houlding
Jim Relle
7:07.70R
5Robert Booth
Jim Stride
7:23.71R

Heat 2

Heat 3

Repechage

The repechage was rowed on 1 August. The first three would progress to the semi-finals, whilst the other two teams were eliminated.
The Swiss team changed seats in the repechage and then maintained the new configuration for the rest of the competition.
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Markus Wechsler
Alfred Fischer
7:02.94SF
2Rubén D'Andrilli
Claudio Guindón
7:04.33SF
3Ronaldo de Carvalho
Ricardo de Carvalho
7:05.24SF
4John Houlding
Jim Relle
7:09.92
5Robert Booth
Jim Stride
7:10.12

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were rowed on 2 August. The first three would progress to the A final, whilst the other teams would go to the B final.

Heat 1

The Germans and the Dutch swapped seats in their semi-final and maintained the new configuration in their finals.
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Hans Magnus Grepperud
Sverre Løken
6:53.52FA
2Thomas Möllenkamp
Axel Wöstmann
6:57.14FA
3Dave De Ruff
John Strotbeck Jr.
6:59.10FA
4Geoff Horan
Allan Horan
7:02.89FB
5Sjoerd Hoekstra
Joost Adema
7:04.61FB
6Ronaldo de Carvalho
Ricardo de Carvalho
7:05.92FB

Heat 2

Finals

B final

The B final was rowed on 3 August.
RankRowerCountryTime
7Sjoerd Hoekstra
Joost Adema
7:02.62
8Ronaldo de Carvalho
Ricardo de Carvalho
7:03.97
9Geoff Horan
Allan Horan
7:04.00
10Rubén D'Andrilli
Claudio Guindón
7:05.01
11Markus Wechsler
Alfred Fischer
7:07.00
12John Beattie
Richard Stanhope
7:08.07

A final

The A final was rowed on 5 August. Spain was a surprise medallist, and as of 2016, their silver medal is the only Olympic rowing medal that the nation has ever won.
RankRowerCountryTime
Petru Iosub
Valer Toma
6:45.39
Fernando Climent
Luis María Lasúrtegui
6:48.87
Hans Magnus Grepperud
Sverre Løken
6:51.81
4Thomas Möllenkamp
Axel Wöstmann
6:52.53
5Marco Romano
Pasquale Aiese
6:55.88
6Dave De Ruff
John Strotbeck Jr.
6:58.46