Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pair at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September 1972
Competitors	38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time	6:53.16
Medalists
Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager  East Germany Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann  Switzerland Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis  Netherlands

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.

Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	7:22.94
2	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:28.03
3	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:30.62
4	László Balogh György Sarlós	Hungary	7:49.70
5	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz	Mexico	7:59.53

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	7:20.51
2	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:24.16
3	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:26.80
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:33.16
5	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf	Austria	7:38.53

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:28.97
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:34.89
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens	Australia	7:39.03
4	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Brazil	7:42.02
5	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un	North Korea	8:04.91

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	7:20.35
2	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:25.92
3	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:40.47
4	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk	Canada	7:46.90

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:34.16
2	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:37.34
3	Kim Mackney Chris Stevens	Australia	7:45.03
4	José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz	Mexico	8:15.97

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:38.51
2	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:50.21
3	László Balogh György Sarlós	Hungary	7:59.40

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:34.77
2	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:40.78
3	Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk	Canada	7:45.71
4	Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un	North Korea	7:56.42

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:30.45
2	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:40.84
3	Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza	Brazil	7:42.63
4	Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf	Austria	7:44.45

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:42.41
2	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	7:44.91
3	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:47.77
4	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:50.26
5	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:57.27
6	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	8:06.06

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	7:40.58
2	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	7:41.86
3	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	7:45.11
4	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:46.18
5	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:56.59
6	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	8:01.58

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht	West Germany	7:31.02
2	Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev	Soviet Union	7:34.37
3	Larry Hough Dick Lyon	United States	7:38.64
4	Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand	Norway	7:40.55
5	Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić	Yugoslavia	7:43.20
6	Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper	Great Britain	7:51.01

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager	East Germany	6:53.16
	Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann	Switzerland	6:57.06
	Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis	Netherlands	6:58.70
4	Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý	Czechoslovakia	6:58.77
5	Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec	Poland	7:02.24
6	Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu	Romania	7:42.90

External links

• Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics