Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event.[1]

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSloten
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
Joseph Wright, Jack Guest
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Austria
Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl
← 1924
1932 →

Results edit

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1 edit

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt   Germany 8:02.2 Q2
2 André Houppelyne, Achille Mengé   Belgium 8:05.6 R1
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine   United States 7:46.8 Q2
2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder   Switzerland 8:02.0 R1
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest   Canada 7:48.2 Q2
2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse   Netherlands 7:54.8 R1
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl   Austria 7:55.8 Q2
2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye   Great Britain 8:00.8 R1
Heat 5
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain   France 8:03.6 Q2
2 Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori   Italy 8:10.4 R1

Repechage 1 edit

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse   Netherlands 7:59.8 Q2
2 Adriano Tuzi, Mario Melchiori   Italy 8:10.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye   Great Britain 7:55.8 Q2
2 André Houppelyne, Achille Mengé   Belgium 7:56.6 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder   Switzerland 7:52.8 Q2

Round 2 edit

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder   Switzerland 6:55.8 Q3
2 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain   France 7:01.4 R2
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine   United States 6:48.4 Q3
2 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl   Austria 6:55.6 R2
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt   Germany 6:54.4 Q3
2 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest   Canada 6:58.6 R2
Heat 4
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse   Netherlands 6:55.8 Q3
2 Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye   Great Britain 6:59.2 elim.

Repechage 2 edit

Winners advanced to the third round, while losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest   Canada 7:21.8 Q3
2 Paul Robineau, Maurice Caplain   France 7:30.8 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl   Austria 7:32.6 Q3

Round 3 edit

The competition became single-elimination from this point, with losers being eliminated even if they had not previously had to advance through a repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine   United States 6:43.8 Q
2 Rudolf Bosshard, Maurice Rieder   Switzerland 6:53.4 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest   Canada 6:42.2 Q
2 Horst Hoeck, Gerhard Voigt   Germany 6:48.2 elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl   Austria 6:46.4 Q
2 Han Cox, Constant Pieterse   Netherlands 6:52.8 elim.

Semifinals edit

Canada had a bye and advanced to the gold medal final along with the winner of the only semifinal (the United States), with the loser (Austria) taking bronze.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Joseph Wright, Jack Guest   Canada 6:58.0 Q
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine   United States 6:45.2 Q
2 ( ) Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl   Austria 6:48.8

Finals edit

Gold medal final
Rank Rowers Nation Time
  Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine   United States 6:41.4
  Joseph Wright, Jack Guest   Canada 6:51.0

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Rowing 1928".