Rowing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Double Sculls
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The men's double sculls competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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took place are at
Dorney Lake Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Wi ...
which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.


Schedule

All times are
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Results


Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repeachge.


Heat 1


Heat 2


Heat 3


Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.


Semifinals

First three qualify to the final.


Semifinal 1


Semifinal 2


Finals


Final B


Final A

New Zealand rower
Hamish Bond Hamish Bryon Bond (born 13 February 1986) is a retired New Zealand rower and former road cyclist. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic ...
watched fellow team members Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan in their final, and with 500 m to go, they were 3.5 sec down on the leaders and in fourth place; whilst they were the reigning world champions and had dominated the qualifying races, Bond was convinced that they had no chance of winning their final. But they had the most impressive sprint and won by half a length.


References

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