Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair
Appearance
Men's coxless pair at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Date | 13–18 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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Single sculls | men |
Double sculls | men |
Coxless pair | men |
Coxed pair | men |
Coxless four | men |
Coxed four | men |
Eight | men |
The men's coxless pair competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]
Competition format
[edit]This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.
- Heats: Three heats. With 18 boats entered, there were six boats per heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced directly to the semifinals; all other boats (12 boats) went to the repechage.
- Repechage: Two heats. There were 6 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (total of 6 boats) advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats (6 boats) were eliminated.
- Semifinals: Two heats. Each heat consisted of 6 boats. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the final; the other three boats in each heat were sent to a 7th–12th place classification race.
- Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]The first heat featured 4 of the 6 eventual finalists, including the gold and bronze medalists.
Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:14.50 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:23.51 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:30.08 | R | |
4 | ![]() |
7:36.91 | R | |
5 | ![]() |
7:42.81 | R | |
6 | ![]() |
7:45.49 | R |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:31.29 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:34.42 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:45.51 | R | |
4 | ![]() |
7:48.28 | R | |
5 | ![]() |
7:51.94 | R | |
6 | ![]() |
7:55.10 | R |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:19.92 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:24.66 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:33.31 | R | |
4 | ![]() |
7:35.61 | R | |
5 | ![]() |
7:37.34 | R | |
6 | ![]() |
7:42.35 | R |
Repechage
[edit]Repechage heat 1
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:21.92 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:23.77 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:26.39 | Q | |
4 | ![]() |
7:33.46 | ||
5 | ![]() |
7:40.50 | ||
6 | ![]() |
7:43.38 |
Repechage heat 2
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:26.33 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:31.91 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:35.81 | Q | |
4 | ![]() |
7:37.95 | ||
5 | ![]() |
7:50.88 | ||
– | ![]() |
DNF |
Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:15.51 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:15.53 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:16.09 | Q | |
4 | ![]() |
7:17.09 | C | |
5 | ![]() |
7:29.75 | C | |
6 | ![]() |
7:40.10 | C |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
7:21.50 | Q | |
2 | ![]() |
7:24.98 | Q | |
3 | ![]() |
7:32.16 | Q | |
4 | ![]() |
7:43.79 | C | |
5 | ![]() |
7:45.73 | C | |
6 | ![]() |
7:53.06 | C |
Finals
[edit]Classification 7–12
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
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7 | ![]() |
7:19.49 | |
8 | ![]() |
7:22.89 | |
9 | ![]() |
7:26.00 | |
10 | ![]() |
7:32.50 | |
11 | ![]() |
7:37.64 | |
12 | ![]() |
7:40.88 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
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7:26.56 | |
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7:26.71 | |
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7:31.84 | |
4 | ![]() |
7:41.80 | |
5 | ![]() |
7:46.79 | |
6 | ![]() |
ST |
References
[edit]- ^ "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2018.