Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
# Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place are at Sydney International Regatta Centre.

## Competition format

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.

With 16 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines the last four places, from 13–16. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 17 September 2000 | 11:00 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 19 September 2000 | 10:40 | Repechages |
| Thursday, 21 September 2000 | 09:30 | Semifinals |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 11:00 | Final B |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 11:40 | Final C |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 10:10 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tibor Pető Ákos Haller | Hungary | 6:28.33 | Q |
| 2 | Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz | Poland | 6:31.91 | R |
| 3 | Frédéric Kowal Adrien Hardy | France | 6:32.69 | R |
| 4 | Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle | Canada | 6:35.41 | R |
| 5 | Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević | Croatia | 6:39.69 | R |
| 6 | Mauricio Monteserín Jaime Ríos | Spain | 6:42.69 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luka Špik Iztok Čop | Slovenia | 6:24.92 | Q |
| 2 | Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori | Italy | 6:33.11 | R |
| 3 | Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry | United States | 6:37.81 | R |
| 4 | Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin | Estonia | 6:41.74 | R |
| 5 | Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan | Denmark | 6:58.88 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken | Norway | 6:25.63 | Q |
| 2 | Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert | Germany | 6:34.66 | R |
| 3 | Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko | Ukraine | 6:38.06 | R |
| 4 | Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:40.27 | R |
| 5 | Hua Lingjun Liang Hongming | China | 6:50.94 | R |

### Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

**Repechage 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz | Poland | 6:32.30 | A/B |
| 2 | Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry | United States | 6:34.56 | A/B |
| 3 | Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:35.76 | A/B |
| 4 | Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević | Croatia | 6:43.60 | C |

**Repechage 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori | Italy | 6:25.98 | A/B |
| 2 | Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan | Denmark | 6:30.87 | A/B |
| 3 | Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko | Ukraine | 6:33.23 | A/B |
| 4 | Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle | Canada | 6:35.04 | C |

**Repechage 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert | Germany | 6:27.58 | A/B |
| 2 | Frédéric Kowal Adrien Hardy | France | 6:31.28 | A/B |
| 3 | Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin | Estonia | 6:35.09 | A/B |
| 4 | Hua Lingjun Liang Hongming | China | 6:43.64 | C |
| 5 | Mauricio Monteserín Jaime Ríos | Spain | 6:46.50 | C |

### Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luka Špik Iztok Čop | Slovenia | 6:16.41 | A |
| 2 | Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert | Germany | 6:20.40 | A |
| 3 | Tibor Pető Ákos Haller | Hungary | 6:23.81 | A |
| 4 | Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry | United States | 6:28.49 | B |
| 5 | Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin | Estonia | 6:38.75 | B |
| 6 | Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan | Denmark | 6:40.11 | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken | Norway | 6:23.50 | A |
| 2 | Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori | Italy | 6:24.99 | A |
| 3 | Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz | Poland | 6:31.26 | A |
| 4 | Frédéric Kowal Adrien Hardy | France | 6:32.09 | B |
| 5 | Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko | Ukraine | 6:36.92 | B |
| 6 | Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:40.71 | B |

### Finals

**Final C**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Todd Hallett Dominic Seiterle | Canada | 6:28.61 |
| 2 | Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević | Croatia | 6:31.78 |
| 3 | Hua Lingjun Liang Hongming | China | 6:36.97 |
| 4 | Mauricio Monteserín Jaime Ríos | Spain | 6:40.17 |

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Frédéric Kowal Adrien Hardy | France | 6:20.72 |
| 2 | Henry Nuzum Mike Ferry | United States | 6:21.71 |
| 3 | Leonid Gulov Andrei Šilin | Estonia | 6:22.78 |
| 4 | Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan | Denmark | 6:23.20 |
| 5 | Kostyantyn Zaytsev Kostyantyn Pronenko | Ukraine | 6:36.92 |
| 6 | Yoennis Hernández Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:40.71 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Luka Špik Iztok Čop | Slovenia | 6:16.63 |
| | Olaf Tufte Fredrik Bekken | Norway | 6:17.98 |
| | Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori | Italy | 6:20.49 |
| 4 | Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert | Germany | 6:23.58 |
| 5 | Tibor Pető Ákos Haller | Hungary | 6:27.04 |
| 6 | Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz | Poland | 6:32.11 |
