| Date | 17 – 19 July 1912 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, Stockholm | |
| Participants | 55 from 9 countries | |
| Format | 2,000 metres. | |
In the Stewards’ Challenge Cup at the Henley Regatta, the Thames Rowing Club had won in 1909 and 1911. The European Championships had been won in 1909 and 1910 by crews from Italy, and in 1911 and 1912 by Switzerland. But neither Italy nor Switzerland entered the Olympic event.
This left the field to the British crew from the Thames Rowing Club and the somewhat unknown German crew from the Ludwigshafener Ruderverein. The Thames crew barely survived the semi-finals. Germany’s Ludwigshafener crew was not pressed in getting to the final, where they defeated the British by two lengths.
| Date | 17 July 1912 |
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| Time | 18:20 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Polyteknisk Roklub |  DEN | 7:20.0 | |||||
| Erik Bisgaard • Rasmus Frandsen • Michael Simonsen • Paul Thymann • Ejgil Clemmensen | ||||||||
| Time | 18:40 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Helsingfors R. K. |  FIN | 7:18.2 | – | Q OB | ||||
| Johan Nyholm • Oskar Forsman • Edvin Lönnberg • Emil Nylund • Valdemar Henriksson | |||||||||
| 2 | Société Nautique de Bayonne |  FRA | – | at 1½ lengths | |||||
| André Mirambeau • Louis Thomaturgé • Pierre Saintongey • Pierre Alibert • Alphonse Elichagaray | |||||||||
| Time | 19:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Kristiania Roklub |  NOR | 7:15.0 | |||||
| Henry Larsen • Mathias Torstensen • Theodor Klem • Haakon Tønsager • Ejnar Tønsager | ||||||||
| R.-V. Germania, Leitmeritz |  AUT | – | ||||||
| Fritz Krombholz • Richard Mayer • Hugo Cužna • Georg Kröder • Emil Jand | ||||||||
| Time | 19:20 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Studenternes Roklub | NOR | 7:27.4 | |||||
| Øyvin Davidsen • Leif Rode • Theodor Schjøth • Olaf Dahll • Einar Eriksen | ||||||||
| Austria 2 | AUT | – | ||||||
| Georg Hölzl • Theodor Jakobi • Karl Körber • Rudolf Krammer • Karl Meystrik • Josef Petraseck | ||||||||
| Time | 19:40 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Royal Club Nautique de Gand |  BEL | 7:15.0 | – | Q OB | ||||
| Guillaume Visser • Georges Van Den Bossche • Edmond Vanwaes • Georges Willems • Léonard Nuytens | |||||||||
| 2 | Roklubb Købnhavn | DEN | – | at 1 length | |||||
| Hans Jørgensen • Knud Gøtke • Thorolf Praem • Theodor Eyrich • Silva Smedberg | |||||||||
| Time | 20:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein |  GER | 7:06.6 | – | Q OB | ||||
| Albert Arnheiter • Hermann Wilker • Rudolf Fickeisen • Otto Fickeisen • Otto Maier | |||||||||
| 2 | Vaxholm Roddklubb |  SWE | – | at 1½ lengths | |||||
| Johan Lager • Axel Eriksson • Ernst Wetterstrand • Gunnar Lager • Carl Sundholm | |||||||||
| Time | 20:20 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Thames Rowing Club |  GBR | 7:27.0 | |||||
| Julius Beresford • Karl Vernon • Charles Rought • Bruce Logan • Geoffrey Carr | ||||||||
| Date | 18 July 1912 |
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| Time | 12:20 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Polyteknisk Roklub | DEN | 7:09.0 | |||||
| Erik Bisgaard • Rasmus Frandsen • Michael Simonsen • Paul Thymann • Ejgil Clemmensen | ||||||||
| 2 | Helsingfors R. K. | FIN | 7:12.5 | |||||
| Johan Nyholm • Oskar Forsman • Edvin Lönnberg • Emil Nylund • Valdemar Henriksson | ||||||||
| Time | 12:40 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Thames Rowing Club | GBR | 7:14.5 | – | |||||
| Julius Beresford • Karl Vernon • Charles Rought • Bruce Logan • Geoffrey Carr | |||||||||
| 2 | Studenternes Roklub | NOR | – | at 1½ lengths | |||||
| Øyvin Davidsen • Leif Rode • Theodor Schjøth • Olaf Dahll • Einar Eriksen | |||||||||
| Time | 13:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Kristiania Roklub | NOR | 7:05.0 | – | Q OB | ||||
| Henry Larsen • Mathias Torstensen • Theodor Klem • Haakon Tønsager • Ejnar Tønsager | |||||||||
| 2 | Royal Club Nautique de Gand | BEL | – | at 3 lengths | |||||
| Guillaume Visser • Georges Van Den Bossche • Edmond Vanwaes • Georges Willems • Léonard Nuytens | |||||||||
| Time | 13:20 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | GER | 7:14.4 | |||||
| Albert Arnheiter • Hermann Wilker • Rudolf Fickeisen • Otto Fickeisen • Otto Maier | ||||||||
| Date | 19 July 1912 |
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| Time | 13:30 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | GER | 6:59.0 | – | Q OB | ||||
| Albert Arnheiter • Hermann Wilker • Rudolf Fickeisen • Otto Fickeisen • Otto Maier | |||||||||
| 2 | Polyteknisk Roklub | DEN | – | at 2½ lengths | |||||
| Erik Bisgaard • Rasmus Frandsen • Michael Simonsen • Paul Thymann • Ejgil Clemmensen | |||||||||
| Time | 14:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
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| 1 | Thames Rowing Club | GBR | 7:04.4 | |||||
| Julius Beresford • Karl Vernon • Charles Rought • Bruce Logan • Geoffrey Carr | ||||||||
| 2 | Kristiania Roklub | NOR | 7:04.8 | |||||
| Henry Larsen • Mathias Torstensen • Theodor Klem • Haakon Tønsager • Ejnar Tønsager | ||||||||
| Date | 19 July 1912 — 17:30 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
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| 1 | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | GER | 6:59.4 | – | |||||
| Albert Arnheiter • Hermann Wilker • Rudolf Fickeisen • Otto Fickeisen • Otto Maier | |||||||||
| 2 | Thames Rowing Club | GBR | – | at 2 lengths | |||||
| Julius Beresford • Karl Vernon • Charles Rought • Bruce Logan • Geoffrey Carr | |||||||||
