Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.^[1]

Men's double sculls at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September 1972
Competitors	38; (19 teams) from 19 nations
Winning time	7:01.77
Medalists
Aleksandr Timoshinin Gennadi Korshikov  Soviet Union Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen  Norway Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied  East Germany
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Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Tim Crooks Patrick Delafield	Great Britain	6:57.70
2	Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied	East Germany	7:07.94
3	Albert Heyche Claude Dehombreux	Belgium	7:16.69
4	Jorge Imaz Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina	7:18.28
5	Peter Barr John McNiven	Canada	7:21.69

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Josef Straka, Jr. Vladek Lacina	Czechoslovakia	6:56.82
2	Hans Ruckstuhl Ueli Isler	Switzerland	7:02.90
3	Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen	Norway	7:03.65
4	Thomas McKibbon John Van Blom	United States	7:08.91
5	Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski	Poland	7:21.05

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Aleksandr Timoshinin Gennadi Korshikov	Soviet Union	6:56.17
2	Jan Bruyn Paul Veenemans	Netherlands	7:02.12
3	Jochen Meißner Arthur Heyne	West Germany	7:12.03
4	Tsugio Ito Yoshio Minato	Japan	7:17.51
5	Federico Scheffler Ricardo Scheffler	Mexico	7:43.87

Heat 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Niels Henry Secher Jørgen Engelbrecht	Denmark	7:11.32
2	Jean-Noël Ribot Roland Thibaut	France	7:16.50
3	Manfred Krausbar Sepp Puchinger	Austria	7:29.13
4	Carlos Oliveira Manuel Barroso	Portugal	8:09.93

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Jean-Noël Ribot Roland Thibaut	France	7:10.45
2	Jochen Meißner Arthur Heyne	West Germany	7:11.55
3	Thomas McKibbon John Van Blom	United States	7:19.63
4	Peter Barr John McNiven	Canada	7:29.05

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen	Norway	7:03.71
2	Jan Bruyn Paul Veenemans	Netherlands	7:04.15
3	Jorge Imaz Ricardo Ibarra	Argentina	7:22.15

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Hans Ruckstuhl Ueli Isler	Switzerland	7:14.70
2	Albert Heyche Claude Dehombreux	Belgium	7:17.58
3	Federico Scheffler Ricardo Scheffler	Mexico	7:40.11
4	Carlos Oliveira Manuel Barroso	Portugal	7:44.25

Repechage 4

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied	East Germany	7:00.54
2	Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski	Poland	7:08.27
3	Tsugio Ito Yoshio Minato	Japan	7:09.73
4	Manfred Krausbar Sepp Puchinger	Austria	7:16.16

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied	East Germany	7:29.13
2	Tim Crooks Patrick Delafield	Great Britain	7:31.62
3	Josef Straka, Jr. Vladek Lacina	Czechoslovakia	7:36.83
4	Jan Bruyn Paul Veenemans	Netherlands	7:40.77
5	Hans Ruckstuhl Ueli Isler	Switzerland	7:45.42
6	Jochen Meißner Arthur Heyne	West Germany	7:46.21

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Niels Henry Secher Jørgen Engelbrecht	Denmark	7:31.32
2	Aleksandr Timoshinin Gennadi Korshikov	Soviet Union	7:35.33
3	Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen	Norway	7:35.82
4	Jean-Noël Ribot Roland Thibaut	France	7:47.68
5	Albert Heyche Claude Dehombreux	Belgium	7:55.00
6	Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski	Poland	7:59.52

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Jan Bruyn Paul Veenemans	Netherlands	7:07.25
2	Hans Ruckstuhl Ueli Isler	Switzerland	7:08.22
3	Albert Heyche Claude Dehombreux	Belgium	7:10.03
4	Jochen Meißner Arthur Heyne	West Germany	7:11.74
5	Jean-Noël Ribot Roland Thibaut	France	7:14.21
6	Roman Kowalewski Kazimierz Lewandowski	Poland	7:31.97

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Aleksandr Timoshinin Gennadi Korshikov	Soviet Union	7:01.77
	Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen	Norway	7:02.58
	Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied	East Germany	7:05.55
4	Niels Henry Secher Jørgen Engelbrecht	Denmark	7:14.19
5	Tim Crooks Patrick Delafield	Great Britain	7:16.29
6	Josef Straka, Jr. Vladek Lacina	Czechoslovakia	7:17.60