Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Double Sculls
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These are the results of the men's double sculls competition in rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

. In a sculling boat, each rower has two oars, one on each side of the boat. The Rowing events were held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre
The Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre was built to host the rowing and canoe sprint events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece....

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Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Heats

Fourteen boats raced in three heats on August 14. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, and the remaining boats moved to the repechage.
  • SF denotes qualification to semifinal
  • R denotes qualification to repechage


Heat 1
  1. (Sébastien Vieilledent
    Sébastien Vieilledent
    Sébastien Vieilledent is a 2004 French rowing gold medallist. He won the gold medal alongside Adrien Hardy. He is currently coaching the French women's Olympic team.-References:*...

    , Adrien Hardy
    Adrien Hardy
    Adrien Hardy is a French rower and Olympic gold medallist.- References :...

    ) 6:45.76 SF
  2. (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondřej Synek
    Ondrej Synek
    Ondřej Synek is a Czech rower and World Champion from Single Sculls at Lake Karapiro on the 2010 World Rowing Championships. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :...

    ) 6:50.67 SF
  3. (Brendan Long
    Brendan Long
    Brendan Long is an Australian rower. At the Beijing 2008 Olympics Long and his team set a world record for the Men's quadruple sculls in their heat....

    , Peter Hardcastle
    Peter Hardcastle (rower)
    Peter Hardcastle is an Australian rower who competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 2000, 2004, and 2008.-References:*...

    ) 6:52.34 SF
  4. (Rene Bertram
    René Bertram
    Rene Bertram is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

    , Christian Schreiber
    Christian Schreiber
    Christian Schreiber is a German rower. -References: * at sports-reference.com...

    ) 6:58.22 R
  5. (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 7:02.95 R


Heat 2
  1. (Rossano Galtarossa
    Rossano Galtarossa
    Rossano Galtarossa is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Simone Raineri, and Alessio Sartori.He received a bronze medal in quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer...

    , Alessio Sartori
    Alessio Sartori
    Alessio Sartori is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Simone Raineri, and Rossano Galtarossa....

    ) 6:40.82 SF
  2. (Matthew Wells
    Matthew Wells (rower)
    Matthew Wells is a British Olympic rower.Wells was born in Bradford and grew up in Hexham, where he learnt to row at Queen Elizabeth High School...

    , Matthew Langridge
    Matthew Langridge
    Matthew Langridge is a current Great Britain oarsman.-Junior Rowing Career:...

    ) 6:48.13 SF
  3. (Aquil Abdullah, Henry Nuzum) 6:52.34 SF
  4. (Michał Jeliński, Adam Wojciechowski) 7:00.38 R
  5. (Akos Haller
    Ákos Haller
    Ákos Haller is an Hungarian rower.-References:...

    , Gabor Bencsik) 7:05.20 R


Heat 3
  1. (Luka Špik
    Luka Spik
    Luka Špik , is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist.Špik and Iztok Čop won the 1999 World Championship, and gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia....

    , Iztok Čop
    Iztok Cop
    Iztok Čop is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medallist.Iztok started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled, where Slovenia's best rowing club is located....

    ) 6:45.26 SF
  2. (Nils-Torolv Simonsen, Morten Adamsen) 6:49.90 SF
  3. (Leonid Gulov
    Leonid Gulov
    Leonid Gulov is a retired Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva....

    , Tõnu Endrekson
    Tõnu Endrekson
    Tõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson...

    ) 6:58.80 SF
  4. (Kestutis Keblys, Einaras Siaudvytis) 7:07.13 R

Repechage

The five boats that did not qualify for the semifinals directly from the heats raced in a single repechage race on August 17. The top three boats qualified for the semifinals.
  • SF denotes qualification to semifinal
  1. (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 6:15.60 SF
  2. (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 6:16.38 SF
  3. (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:16.94 SF
  4. (Michał Jeliński, Adam Wojciechowski) 6:17.51
  5. (Kestutis Keblys, Einaras Siaudvytis) 6:24.56

Semifinals

Twelve boats raced in two semifinals on August 18.
  • FA denotes qualification to final A
  • FB denotes qualification to final B


Semifinal A
  1. (Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori) 6:11.49 FA
  2. (Sebastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy) 6:12.40 FA
  3. (Aquil Abdullah, Henry Nuzum) 6:14.69 FA
  4. (Nils-Torolv Simonsen, Morten Adamsen) 6:14.69 FA
  5. (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:20.70 FB
  6. (Brendan Long, Peter Hardcastle) 6:22.69 FB


Semifinal B
  1. (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop) 6:11.96 FA
  2. (Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson) 6:12.80 FA
  3. (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondřej Synek) 6:13.65 FA
  4. (Matthew Wells, Matthew Langridge) 6:13.71 FB
  5. (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 6:23.81 FB
  6. (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 6:24.54 FB

Finals

Final B was raced on August 19 and determined placings 8-12 in the event. Final A was raced on August 21 and determined the medal winners.

Final A
  1. (Sebastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy) 6:29.00
  2. (Luka Špik, Iztok Čop) 6:31.72
  3. (Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori) 6:32.93
  4. (Leonid Gulov, Tõnu Endrekson) 6:35.30
  5. (Milan Dolecek Jr., Ondřej Synek) 6:35.81
  6. (Aquil Abdullah, Henry Nuzum) 6:36.86
  7. (Nils-Torolv Simonsen, Morten Adamsen) 6:37.25


Final B
  1. (Matthew Wells, Matthew Langridge) 6:14.40
  2. (Rene Bertram, Christian Schreiber) 6:14.97
  3. (Yosbel Martinez Hechevarria, Yoennis Hernandez Arruez) 6:15.37
  4. (Akos Haller, Gabor Bencsik) 6:15.39
  5. (Brendan Long, Peter Hardcastle) 6:22.57
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