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Coxless Pairs, Men

Date24 – 29 July 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationSea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
Participants27 from 13 countries

The overwhelming favourites heading into the Olympics were the Croatian brothers, Martin Sinković and Valent Sinković, looking to duplicate their gold medal performance at the 2016 Games. Since that event, they captured the European and World Championships in 2019, as well as the 2021 European Championship. Their only blemish was a runner-up performance in the 2020 European Championships, coming second to Romania. That Romanian pair of Marius Cozmiuc and Ciprian Tudosa, in qualifying for this year’s Olympics, were expected to challenge the Croatians again. Also considered to be in the mix for medals were the Danish pair, Frederic Vystavel and Joachim Sutton, runners-up at the last Olympic Qualifying Regatta, and Australia’s Sam Hardy and Joshua Hicks, bronze medallists at the 2019 World Championships.

Unsurprisingly, Croatia, Romania, and Denmark moved through to the final, but Australia failed to make the grade, with Canada, Serbia, and Spain rounding out the field. As for the race itself, as expected, Croatia soon pulled out to the lead, and although the Romanians made a strong effort, they had to settle for the silver, with New Zealand narrowly edging Canada to win the bronze. The victory was a monumental feat for the Sinković brothers, adding a pairs gold to their previous gold in double sculls at the 2016 Olympics, and a silver in quadruple sculls at the 2012 Olympic Games.

PosPairNOC
1Martin Sinković / Valent SinkovićCROGold
2Marius Cozmiuc / Ciprian TudosăROUSilver
3Frederic Vystavel / Joachim SuttonDENBronze
4Kai Langerfeld / Conlin McCabeCAN
5Martin Mačković / Miloš VasićSRB
6Jaime Canalejo / Javier GarcíaESP
7Niki van Sprang / Guillaume KrommenhoekNED
8Dzmitry Furman / Siarhei ValadzkoBLR
9Thibaud Turlan / Guillaume TurlanFRA
10Sam Hardy / Joshua HicksAUS
11Giovanni Abagnale / Vincenzo Abbagnale / Marco Di CostanzoITA
12Brook Robertson / Stephen JonesNZL
13Luc Daffarn / Jake GreenRSA

Round One

Date24 July 2021 — 9:50
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to semi-final; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

Time9:50
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Marius Cozmiuc / Ciprian TudosăROU6:33.861:35.78 (1)3:14.78 (2)4:56.24 (2)1:39.00 (2)1:41.46 (2)1:37.62 (1)SAB
2Niki van Sprang / Guillaume KrommenhoekNED6:36.421:36.13 (2)3:14.41 (1)4:55.23 (1)1:38.28 (1)1:40.82 (1)1:41.19 (2)SAB
3Martin Mačković / Miloš VasićSRB6:43.181:37.57 (5)3:16.66 (3)4:58.24 (3)1:39.09 (3)1:41.58 (3)1:44.94 (3)SAB
4Jaime Canalejo / Javier GarcíaESP6:53.331:37.17 (3)3:17.67 (4)5:01.66 (4)1:40.50 (4)1:43.99 (4)1:51.67 (4)R
5Luc Daffarn / Jake GreenRSA7:04.031:37.17 (3)3:19.60 (5)5:08.63 (5)1:42.43 (5)1:49.03 (5)1:55.40 (5)R

Heat #2

Time10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Sam Hardy / Joshua HicksAUS6:42.741:35.60 (2)3:14.68 (1)4:57.88 (1)1:39.08 (1)1:43.20 (1)1:44.86 (1)SAB
2Giovanni Abagnale / Marco Di CostanzoITA6:48.741:35.08 (1)3:15.03 (2)5:00.72 (2)1:39.95 (2)1:45.69 (2)1:48.02 (2)SAB
3Brook Robertson / Stephen JonesNZL6:56.531:36.46 (3)3:17.40 (3)5:05.90 (3)1:40.94 (3)1:48.50 (3)1:50.63 (3)SAB
4Thibaud Turlan / Guillaume TurlanFRA7:09.791:38.20 (4)3:21.84 (4)5:15.23 (4)1:43.64 (4)1:53.39 (4)1:54.56 (4)R

Heat #3

Time10:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Martin Sinković / Valent SinkovićCRO6:32.411:33.59 (2)3:11.20 (1)4:51.65 (1)1:37.61 (1)1:40.45 (1)1:40.76 (1)SAB
2Frederic Vystavel / Joachim SuttonDEN6:36.931:33.21 (1)3:12.19 (2)4:54.87 (2)1:38.98 (3)1:42.68 (3)1:42.06 (2)SAB
3Kai Langerfeld / Conlin McCabeCAN6:40.991:35.40 (3)3:13.95 (3)4:55.89 (3)1:38.55 (2)1:41.94 (2)1:45.10 (3)SAB
4Dzmitry Furman / Siarhei ValadzkoBLR7:05.651:38.06 (4)3:24.35 (4)5:15.60 (4)1:46.29 (4)1:51.25 (4)1:50.05 (4)R

Round One Repêchage

Date25 July 2021 — 9:40
FormatTop three to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time9:40
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Jaime Canalejo / Javier GarcíaESP6:47.061:37.33 (2)3:19.69 (1)5:03.33 (1)1:42.36 (1)1:43.64 (1)1:43.73 (2)SAB
2Thibaud Turlan / Guillaume TurlanFRA6:49.191:37.59 (3)3:21.52 (3)5:06.77 (2)1:43.93 (3)1:45.25 (2)1:42.42 (1)SAB
3Dzmitry Furman / Siarhei ValadzkoBLR6:52.821:37.29 (1)3:20.62 (2)5:07.17 (3)1:43.33 (2)1:46.55 (3)1:45.65 (4)SAB
4Luc Daffarn / Jake GreenRSA6:57.011:39.66 (4)3:24.24 (4)5:11.58 (4)1:44.58 (4)1:47.34 (4)1:45.43 (3)ELM

Semi-Finals

Date28 July 2021 — 12:00
FormatTop three in each heat to A Final.

Heat #1

Time12:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Marius Cozmiuc / Ciprian TudosăROU6:13.511:33.36 (4)3:08.39 (3)4:42.22 (3)1:35.03 (1)1:33.83 (2)1:31.29 (1)FA
2Frederic Vystavel / Joachim SuttonDEN6:14.881:32.76 (2)3:08.02 (1)4:41.89 (1)1:35.26 (3)1:33.87 (3)1:32.99 (2)FA
3Jaime Canalejo / Javier GarcíaESP6:16.251:33.28 (3)3:08.39 (3)4:42.20 (2)1:35.11 (2)1:33.81 (1)1:34.05 (3)FA
4Sam Hardy / Joshua HicksAUS6:19.301:32.31 (1)3:08.16 (2)4:42.71 (4)1:35.85 (4)1:34.55 (4)1:36.59 (4)FB
5Dzmitry Furman / Siarhei ValadzkoBLR6:30.661:34.76 (6)3:12.28 (6)4:50.94 (5)1:37.52 (5)1:38.66 (5)1:39.72 (5)FB
6Brook Robertson / Stephen JonesNZL6:41.461:34.16 (5)3:12.04 (5)4:54.52 (6)1:37.88 (6)1:42.48 (6)1:46.94 (6)FB

Heat #2

Time12:10
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Martin Sinković / Valent SinkovićCRO6:15.631:31.89 (1)3:06.28 (1)4:41.01 (1)1:34.39 (1)1:34.73 (1)1:34.62 (4)
2Martin Mačković / Miloš VasićSRB6:17.471:34.18 (5)3:09.34 (3)4:44.62 (2)1:35.16 (2)1:35.28 (2)1:32.85 (2)FA
3Kai Langerfeld / Conlin McCabeCAN6:19.151:34.72 (6)3:10.91 (5)4:47.82 (5)1:36.19 (5)1:36.91 (4)1:31.33 (1)FA
4Niki van Sprang / Guillaume KrommenhoekNED6:19.571:33.01 (2)3:09.16 (2)4:44.69 (3)1:36.15 (4)1:35.53 (3)1:34.88 (5)FB
5Giovanni Abagnale / Vincenzo AbbagnaleITA6:20.291:33.77 (3)3:09.88 (4)4:46.84 (4)1:36.11 (3)1:36.96 (5)1:33.45 (3)FB
6Thibaud Turlan / Guillaume TurlanFRA6:52.241:33.97 (4)3:11.78 (6)4:52.45 (6)1:37.81 (6)1:40.67 (6)1:59.79 (6)FB

Final Round

Date29 July 2021 — 8:30

Final A

Time9:18
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Martin Sinković / Valent SinkovićCRO6:15.291:31.89 (1)3:07.19 (1)4:41.88 (1)1:35.30 (2)1:34.69 (2)1:33.41 (3)
2Marius Cozmiuc / Ciprian TudosăROU6:16.581:34.19 (5)3:09.30 (3)4:43.96 (2)1:35.11 (1)1:34.66 (1)1:32.62 (2)
3Frederic Vystavel / Joachim SuttonDEN6:19.881:33.05 (2)3:09.28 (2)4:45.63 (3)1:36.23 (3)1:36.35 (4)1:34.25 (4)
4Kai Langerfeld / Conlin McCabeCAN6:20.431:33.94 (3)3:11.80 (6)4:47.94 (4)1:37.86 (6)1:36.14 (3)1:32.49 (1)
5Martin Mačković / Miloš VasićSRB6:22.341:34.02 (4)3:11.40 (5)4:47.98 (5)1:37.38 (5)1:36.58 (5)1:34.36 (5)
6Jaime Canalejo / Javier GarcíaESP6:25.251:34.19 (5)3:11.31 (4)4:48.08 (6)1:37.12 (4)1:36.77 (6)1:37.17 (6)

Final B

Time8:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
1Niki van Sprang / Guillaume KrommenhoekNED6:22.751:33.48 (3)3:10.62 (1)4:46.21 (1)1:37.14 (1)1:35.59 (1)1:36.54 (1)
2Dzmitry Furman / Siarhei ValadzkoBLR6:25.881:34.06 (5)3:11.82 (3)4:48.32 (2)1:37.76 (2)1:36.50 (2)1:37.56 (3)
3Thibaud Turlan / Guillaume TurlanFRA6:28.011:32.75 (1)3:10.69 (2)4:49.42 (3)1:37.94 (3)1:38.73 (3)1:38.59 (5)
4Sam Hardy / Joshua HicksAUS6:30.201:33.16 (2)3:12.37 (4)4:51.85 (4)1:39.21 (6)1:39.48 (4)1:38.35 (4)
5Giovanni Abagnale / Vincenzo AbbagnaleITA6:31.431:34.98 (6)3:14.09 (6)4:54.01 (5)1:39.11 (5)1:39.92 (5)1:37.42 (2)
6Brook Robertson / Stephen JonesNZL6:38.301:33.96 (4)3:12.42 (5)4:54.24 (6)1:38.46 (4)1:41.82 (6)1:44.06 (6)