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Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMeilahti
Date20–23 July
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay
← 1948
1956 →

The men's double sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.[1]

Heats

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First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete in the repechage for remaining spots in the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA) 7:00.1 SF
2 Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER) 7:04.3 SF
3 Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL) 7:13.2
4 Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN) 7:27.3

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:02.5 SF
2 Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU) 7:06.9 SF
3 Peter Stebler
Émile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI) 7:09.3
4 Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN) 7:19.5

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA) 7:01.3 SF
2 Pat Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA) 7:01.9 SF
3 John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:07.4
4 Bob Williams
Derek Riley
 Canada (CAN) 7:19.3

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG) 7:04.4 SF
2 Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:11.6 SF
3 John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS) 7:16.7
4 Tore Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE) 8:31.3

First repechage

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The winner in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL) 7:03.2 SF
2 Peter Stebler
Émile Knecht
 Switzerland (SUI) 7:05.8
3 Tore Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
 Sweden (SWE) 7:11.4
4 Bob Williams
Derek Riley
 Canada (CAN) 7:15.5

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS) 7:03.0 SF
2 John MacMillan
Peter Brandt
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:04.4
3 Ebbe Parsner
Åge Larsen
 Denmark (DEN) 7:09.3
4 Keijo Koivumäki
Eero Koivumäki
 Finland (FIN) 7:12.0

Semi-finals

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The winners in each heat qualified for the final, while the others must compete in the second repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Semi-final 1

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:23.5 F
2 Pat Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA) 7:24.3
3 Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:26.5
4 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA) 7:29.5

Semi-final 2

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG) 7:23.1 F
2 Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER) 7:36.3
3 Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA) 7:36.7
4 Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU) 8:04.0

Second repechage

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The winners in each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU) 7:01.7 F
2 Pat Costello
Walter Hoover
 United States (USA) 7:03.6
3 John Rogers
Murray Riley
 Australia (AUS) 7:13.1

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA) 7:06.3 F
2 Waldemar Beck
Gerhard Füssmann
 Germany (GER) 7:08.2
3 Robert George
Jos Van Stichel
 Belgium (BEL) 7:25.8

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1 Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:07.5 F
2 Silvio Bergamini
Lodovico Sommaruga
 Italy (ITA) 7:16.0

Final

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Rank Athlete Name Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
 Argentina (ARG) 7:23.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heorhiy Zhylin
Ihor Yemchuk
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:07.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Seijas
Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay (URU) 7:01.7
4 Jacques Maillet
Achille Giovannoni
 France (FRA) 7:06.3
5 Antonín Malinkovič
Jiří Vykoukal
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:23.5

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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