Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair
# Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place at Henley-on-Thames, London.

## Schedule

| Date | Round |
| - | - |
| August 5, 1948 | Heats |
| August 6, 1948 | Repechage |
| August 7, 1948 | Semifinal |
| August 9, 1948 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hans Kalt Josef Kalt | Switzerland | 7:20.4 | Q |
| 2 | Spencer Grace Ted Bromley | Australia | 7:26.8 | |
| 3 | Jørn Snogdahl Søren Jensen | Denmark | 7:28.3 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jack Wilson Ran Laurie | Great Britain | 7:20.3 | Q |
| 2 | Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni | Italy | 7:22.2 | |
| 3 | Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti | Argentina | 7:54.2 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gert Watzke Kurt Watzke | Austria | 7:19.3 | Q |
| 2 | John Wade Ralph Stephan | United States | 7:20.3 | |
| 3 | Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson | Sweden | 7:36.3 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pércio Zancani Paulo Diebold | Brazil | 7:33.1 | Q |
| 2 | Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa | Belgium | 7:35.0 | |
| 3 | Paul Rothley Paul Heitz | France | 7:36.2 | |

### Repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni | Italy | 7:24.6 | Q |
| 2 | John Wade Ralph Stephan | United States | 7:30.5 | |
| 3 | Paul Rothley Paul Heitz | France | 7:42.3 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jørn Snogdahl Søren Jensen | Denmark | 7:26.4 | Q |
| 2 | Charles Van Antwerpen Jos Rosa | Belgium | 7:34.4 | |
| 3 | Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti | Argentina | 7:45.7 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spencer Grace Ted Bromley | Australia | 7:28.4 | Q |
| 2 | Evert Gunnarsson Bernt Torberntsson | Sweden | 7:34.9 | |

### Semifinal

First boat of each heat qualified to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hans Kalt Josef Kalt | Switzerland | 7:47.3 | Q |
| 2 | Spencer Grace Ted Bromley | Australia | 7:54.5 | |
| 3 | Gert Watzke Kurt Watzke | Austria | 8:03.1 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni | Italy | 7:52.8 | Q |
| 2 | Jørn Snogdahl Søren Jensen | Denmark | 7:54.3 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jack Wilson Ran Laurie | Great Britain | 8:05.9 | Q |
| 2 | Pércio Zancani Paulo Diebold | Brazil | 8:18.6 | |

### Final

| Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - |
| Jack Wilson Ran Laurie | Great Britain | 7:21.1 |
| Hans Kalt Josef Kalt | Switzerland | 7:23.9 |
| Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni | Italy | 7:31.5 |
