The men's

coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right ...

competition at the

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was held from 6 to 11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. The medals for the competition were presented by

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, member of the

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, and the gifts were presented by

Jean-Christophe Rolland Jean-Christophe Rolland (born 3 July 1968, in Condrieu) is a French competition rower and Olympic champion. Rolland won a gold medal in coxless pair at the 2000 Summer Olympics.France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, President of the

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Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Many of the competitors criticised that the regatta was not called off due to the challenging conditions.

Miloš Vasić Miloš Vasić ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Васић, born 10 January 1991) is a Serbian rower. He represented Serbia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's coxless pair together with Martin Mačko ...

and

Nenad Beđik Nenad Beđik ( sr-cyr, Ненад Беђик, born 14 April 1989 in Subotica, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian rower. He won 6th place in double sculls at the 2007 Junior World Championship. He represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympic ...

capsized and did not get back into the boat, but the

(FISA) ruled that despite their DNF they could compete in the

repechage Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...

Repechage

First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.

Semifinals

First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

Final B

Final A

References

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