Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
# Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls 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 13 boats entered, there were four or five boats per heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 9 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (4 boats) went to the repechage.
* Repechage: One heat. There were 4 boats in the repechage. The top three boats advanced to the semifinals. The last-place boat was 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**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bill MaherJohn Nunn | United States | 6:56.96 | Q |
| 2 | Alexandru AposteanuOctavian Pavelescu | Romania | 6:58.88 | Q |
| 3 | Wolfgang GlockUdo Hild | West Germany | 6:59.70 | Q |
| 4 | Otto PlettnerRicardo Scheffler | Mexico | 7:02.18 | R |
| 5 | Edgard GijsenHarri Klein | Brazil | 7:16.70 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yordan ValchevAtanas Zhelev | Bulgaria | 6:54.16 | Q |
| 2 | Leendert van DisHarry Droog | Netherlands | 6:56.09 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred HaakeUli Schmied | East Germany | 6:59.32 | Q |
| 4 | Melchior BürginMartin Studach | Switzerland | 6:59.52 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anatoliy SassAleksandr Timoshinin | Soviet Union | 7:07.46 | Q |
| 2 | Jaroslav HellebrandPetr Krátký | Czechoslovakia | 7:10.35 | Q |
| 3 | Jean-Marc PorteGilbert Vallanchon | France | 7:10.72 | Q |
| 4 | Daryl Sturdy Robert Stubbs | Canada | 7:36.52 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Melchior BürginHans Ruckstuhl | Switzerland | 7:07.09 | Q |
| 2 | Edgard GijsenHarri Klein | Brazil | 7:08.46 | Q |
| 3 | Otto PlettnerRicardo Scheffler | Mexico | 7:11.43 | Q |
| 4 | Daryl Sturdy Robert Stubbs | Canada | 7:22.87 | |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manfred HaakeUli Schmied | East Germany | 7:07.86 | Q |
| 2 | Yordan ValchevAtanas Zhelev | Bulgaria | 7:12.08 | Q |
| 3 | Anatoliy SassAleksandr Timoshinin | Soviet Union | 7:12.41 | Q |
| 4 | Melchior BürginHans Ruckstuhl | Switzerland | 7:14.74 | C |
| 5 | Jean-Marc PorteGilbert Vallanchon | France | 9:54.48 | C |
| 6 | Alexandru AposteanuOctavian Pavelescu | Romania | 10:53.17 | C |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bill MaherJohn Nunn | United States | 7:10.05 | Q |
| 2 | Wolfgang GlockUdo Hild | West Germany | 7:11.56 | Q |
| 3 | Leendert van DisHarry Droog | Netherlands | 7:13.74 | Q |
| 4 | Otto PlettnerRicardo Scheffler | Mexico | 7:15.20 | C |
| 5 | Edgard GijsenHarri Klein | Brazil | 7:17.08 | C |
| 6 | Jaroslav HellebrandPetr Krátký | Czechoslovakia | ST | C |

### Finals

**Classification 7–12**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Edgard GijsenHarri Klein | Brazil | 7:04.13 |
| 8 | Alexandru AposteanuOctavian Pavelescu | Romania | 7:08.27 |
| 9 | Jean-Marc PorteGilbert Vallanchon | France | 7:08.49 |
| 10 | Otto PlettnerRicardo Scheffler | Mexico | 7:09.90 |
| 11 | Melchior BürginHans Ruckstuhl | Switzerland | 7:12.72 |
| 12 | Jaroslav HellebrandPetr Krátký | Czechoslovakia | 7:25.14 |

**Final**

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Anatoliy SassAleksandr Timoshinin | Soviet Union | 6:51.82 |
| | Leendert van DisHarry Droog | Netherlands | 6:52.80 |
| | Bill MaherJohn Nunn | United States | 6:54.21 |
| 4 | Yordan ValchevAtanas Zhelev | Bulgaria | 6:58.48 |
| 5 | Manfred HaakeUli Schmied | East Germany | 7:04.92 |
| 6 | Wolfgang GlockUdo Hild | West Germany | 7:12.20 |
