Men's coxless pair competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

Heats

*SF denotes qualification to Semifinal. *R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1 (August 14)

Drew Ginn Drew Cameron Ginn OAM (born 20 November 1974) is an Australian five-time world champion rower, a four time Olympian and triple Olympic gold medallist. From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless f ...

, James Tomkins, 6:55.04 -> SF #:

Nikola Stojić 1998–2003 2003–2006 2007–present Nikola Stojić ( sr-cyr, Никола Стојић, born 15 December 1974 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a rower from Serbia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, ...

, Mladen Stegić, 6:58.11 -> SF #:

Toby Garbett Toby Garbett (born 14 November 1976 in Chertsey Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from He ...

Rick Dunn Richard C. E. C. Dunn (born 8 March 1976) is a British rower. He won a gold medal at the 2001 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the men's coxless four. He represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the coxless pair, where h ...

, 6:58.95 -> SF #: Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales, 7:02.29 -> R #: Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar, 7:05.36 -> R

Heat 2 (August 14)

Donovan Cech Donovan Cech (born 2 May 1974) is a South African rower. He competes in the Coxless Pairs division and his boat partner for the past few years has been Ramon di Clemente. The pair won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath ...

Ramon di Clemente Ramon di Clemente (born 2 May 1975) is a South African rower and Olympic medalist. He competes in the coxless pair event with his boat partner of the past few years, Donovan Cech. They won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

, 6:57.06 -> SF #:

Siniša Skelin Siniša Skelin (born 14 July 1974, in Split) is a Croatian rower who has won two Olympic medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the cap ...

Nikša Skelin Nikša Skelin (born 25 March 1978, in Split) is a Croatian rower who has won two Olympic medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capi ...

, 7:01.28 -> SF #:

Luke Walton Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 10 seasons in the NBA as a fo ...

, Artour Samsonov, 7:11.81 -> SF #: Adam Michálek, Petr Imre, 7:26.19 -> R

Heat 3 (August 14)

Nathan Twaddle Robert Nathan Twaddle (born 21 August 1976) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic medallist. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the coxless pair rowing with his partner George Bridgewater and won a bronze medal. The pai ...

George Bridgewater George Spencer Bridgewater (born 18 January 1983) is a former New Zealand rower who competed in the pair at international level with Nathan Twaddle. The pair began representing New Zealand together in 2004 and won bronze medals at the 2008 Su ...

, 6:54.75 -> SF #: Dave Calder, Chris Jarvis, 6:56.23 -> SF #: Giuseppe De Vita,

Dario Lari Dario Lari (born 22 October 1979 in Livorno) is a rower from Italy. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital ...

, 7:03.12 -> SF #: Tobias Kühne,

Jan Herzog Jan Herzog (born 8 August 1974 in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of ci ...

, 7:14.16 -> R

Repechage

*SF denotes qualification to Semifinal.

Repechage 1 (August 17)

#: Tobias Kühne,

, 6:28.40 -> SF #: Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales, 6:28.98 -> SF #: Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar, 6:30.89 -> SF #: Adam Michálek, Petr Imre, 6:33.24

Semifinals

*FA denotes qualification to Final A. *FB denotes qualification to Final B.

Semifinal A (August 18)

# Australia (Drew Ginn, James Tomkins) 6:22.60 FA # Croatia (Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin) 6:23.57 FA # New Zealand (Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater) 6:24.49 FA # Great Britain (Toby Garbett, Rick Dunn) 6:25.06 FB # Italy (Giuseppe de Vita, Dario Lari) 6:31.26 FB # Argentina (Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales) 7:19.57 FB

Semifinal B (August 18)

# Germany (Tobias Kühne, Jan Herzog) 6:25.47 FA # Serbia and Montenegro (Nikola Stojić, Mladen Stegić) 6:27.50 FA # South Africa (Donovan Cech, Ramon di Clemente) 6:28.48 FA # United States (Luke Walton, Artour Samsonov) 6:32.51 FB # Slovenia (Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar) 6:46.12 FB # Canada (Dave Calder, Chris Jarvis) Excluded FB Semifinal B was a close, dramatic race. 100 meters from the finishing line, there were four boats in contention for the 3 available places in the finals. Germany held a small lead followed by Canada, South Africa and Serbia and Montenegro. Canada suddenly veered off course, interfering with South Africa and allowing Serbia to pass it. South Africa protested, and Canada was excluded from the results. Canada requested that they would be allowed into the final as the seventh boat. The decision not to allow this came after the B Final had raced.

Finals

Final A (August 21)

# Australia (Drew Ginn, James Tomkins) 6:30.76 # Croatia (Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin) 6:32.64 # South Africa (Donovan Cech, Ramon di Clemente) 6:33.40 # New Zealand (Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater) 6:34.24 # Serbia and Montenegro (Nikola Stojić, Mladen Stegić) 6:39.74 # Germany (Tobias Kühne, Jan Herzog) 6:46.50 In the finals, Australia's Drew Ginn and James Tomkins established an early lead over the field which they stretched to 2 seconds at the 1000 metre mark (halfway), with Croatia in second and Serbia in third. Over the last 1000 meters, Australia maintained its margin over the rest of the field, Croatia continued to run second and South Africa rowed through to finish third. For Tomkins, it was his third gold medal and fourth overall, and for Ginn it was his second gold.

Final B (August 19)

# Great Britain (Toby Garbett, Rick Dunn) 6:22.04 # Italy (Giuseppe de Vita, Dario Lari) 6:22.08 # Slovenia (Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar) 6:27.11 # Argentina (Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales) 6:27.88 # United States (Luke Walton, Artour Samsonov) 6:30.49 # Canada (Dave Calder, Chris Jarvis) DNS

References

External links

Official Olympic Report
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