Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
# Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, while all others went to the repechage. The repechage gave rowers a second chance to reach the top semifinals, with the top three boats in the repechage also advancing to the A/B semifinal. The remaining boats from the repechage went to the C final.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).

The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th. The C final determined the rest of the rankings, through 14th.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 17:00-17:30 | Heats |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 17:20-17:30 | Repechage |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 16:30-16:50 | Semifinals A/B |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 17:30-17:40 | Final C |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 17:40-17:50 | Final B |
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 17:10-17:20 | Final A |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen | New Zealand | 6:24.32 | SA/B |
| 2 | Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia | Belarus | 6:27.18 | SA/B |
| 3 | Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski | Germany | 6:29.60 | SA/B |
| 4 | Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes | Belgium | 6:31.84 | R |
| 5 | Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey | United States | 6:39.37 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham | Great Britain | 6:26.33 | SA/B |
| 2 | Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić | Croatia | 6:27.38 | SA/B |
| 3 | Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson | Estonia | 6:27.95 | SA/B |
| 4 | Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin | Russia | 6:44.46 | R |
| 5 | Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur | Iraq | 7:00:46 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Crawshay, Scott Brennan | Australia | 6:21.39 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy | France | 6:21.92 | SA/B |
| 3 | Luka Špik, Iztok Čop | Slovenia | 6:39.49 | SA/B |
| 4 | Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev | Bulgaria | 6:45.03 | R |
| 5 | Su Hui, Zhang Liang | China | excluded | excluded |

### Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->FC

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin | Russia | 6:23.52 | SA/B |
| 2 | Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes | Belgium | 6:24.01 | SA/B |
| 3 | Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev | Bulgaria | 6:24.70 | SA/B |
| 4 | Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey | United States | 6:26.05 | FC |
| 5 | Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur | Iraq | 6:52.71 | FC |

### Semifinals A/B

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB

**Semifinal A/B 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Crawshay, Scott Brennan | Australia | 6:21.50 | FA |
| 2 | Luka Špik, Iztok Čop | Slovenia | 6:23.81 | FA |
| 3 | Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen | New Zealand | 6:24.16 | FA |
| 4 | Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić | Croatia | 6:24.89 | FB |
| 5 | Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes | Belgium | 6:26.91 | FB |
| 6 | Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski | Germany | 6:28.46 | FB |

**Semifinal A/B 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy | France | 6:18.86 | FA |
| 2 | Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson | Estonia | 6:21.11 | FA |
| 3 | Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham | Great Britain | 6:21.15 | FA |
| 4 | Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev | Bulgaria | 6:26.62 | FB |
| 5 | Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin | Russia | 6:27.75 | FB |
| 6 | Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia | Belarus | 6:32.76 | FB |

### Finals

**Final C**

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wes Piermarini, Elliot Hovey | United States | 6:33.15 | |
| 2 | Haidar Nozad, Hussein Jebur | Iraq | 6:52.02 | |

**Final B**

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia | Belarus | 6:34.39 |
| 2 | Bart Poelvoorde, Christophe Raes | Belgium | 6:35.55 |
| 3 | Clemens Wenzel, Karsten Brodowski | Germany | 6:37.97 |
| 4 | Martin Yanakiev, Ivo Yanakiev | Bulgaria | 6:45.91 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin | Russia | 6:49.84 |
| | Ante Kušurin, Mario Vekić | Croatia | DNS |

**Final A**

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | David Crawshay, Scott Brennan | Australia | 6:27.77 |
| | Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri Jaanson | Estonia | 6:29.05 |
| | Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham | Great Britain | 6:29.10 |
| 4 | Rob Waddell, Nathan Cohen | New Zealand | 6:30.79 |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy | France | 6:33.36 |
| 6 | Luka Špik, Iztok Čop | Slovenia | 6:33.96 |
