The men's coxless pair (M2-) competition at the

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in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 5 August and the outcome was wide open due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and thus the absence of the dominating team from East Germany. The event was won by the team from

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Background

East Germany had won the coxless pair competition at every Summer Olympics since the

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in Mexico, and they were the reigning world champion. The Soviet Union had won silver at the last Summer Olympics in this event, had won the

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, and had won silver in

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. With both nations absent due to the Eastern Bloc boycott, the only competing nation that had won recent world championships was Norway, which had won the title in

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. The competition was thus regarded as wide open.

Previous M2- competitions

Results

Heats

The heats of the opening round were rowed on 31 July. The first three of every heat would progress to the semi-finals, whilst the other teams would go to the repechage.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Repechage

The repechage was rowed on 1 August. The first three would progress to the semi-finals, whilst the other two teams were eliminated. The Swiss team changed seats in the repechage and then maintained the new configuration for the rest of the competition.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were rowed on 2 August. The first three would progress to the A final, whilst the other teams would go to the B final.

Heat 1

The Germans and the Dutch swapped seats in their semi-final and maintained the new configuration in their finals.

Heat 2

Finals

B final

The B final was rowed on 3 August.

A final

The A final was rowed on 5 August. Spain was a surprise medallist, and as of

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, their silver medal is the only Olympic rowing medal that the nation has ever won.

Notes

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