2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair

Men's lightweight coxless pair at the 2016 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Willem-Alexander Baan
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dates	22–27 August
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Winning time	7:14.18
Medalists
Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot    France   Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen    Denmark   Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour    Great Britain

The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 22 August 2016	17:20	Heats
Tuesday 23 August 2016	11:25	Repechages
Thursday 25 August 2016	15:45	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 27 August 2016	11:05	Final C
	11:25	Final B
	12:55	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen	Denmark	6:39.71	SA/B
2	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton	Brazil	6:41.86	SA/B
3	Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho	Portugal	6:43.41	R
4	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson	United States	6:46.27	R
5	Roland Szigeti David Forrai	Hungary	6:52.27	R
6	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara	Japan	6:54.97	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour	Great Britain	6:37.05	SA/B
2	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:38.84	SA/B
3	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	6:44.40	R
4	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez	Spain	6:45.08	R
5	Li Lei Li Zhongwei	China	6:59.44	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot	France	6:40.77	SA/B
2	Julius Peschel Sven Keßler	Germany	6:42.89	SA/B
3	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi	Italy	6:47.13	R
4	Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec	Czech Republic	6:52.37	R
5	Markus Christensen Ola Larsson	Norway	6:53.18	R

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.^[3][4]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez	Spain	6:39.20	SA/B
2	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara	Japan	6:39.30	SA/B
3	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi	Italy	6:39.81	SA/B
4	Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho	Portugal	6:40.68	FC
5	Markus Christensen Ola Larsson	Norway	6:49.84	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Lei Li Zhongwei	China	6:36.85	SA/B
2	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson	United States	6:37.22	SA/B
3	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	6:38.33	SA/B
4	Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec	Czech Republic	6:46.45	FC
5	Roland Szigeti David Forrai	Hungary	BUW 6:42.86	FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour	Great Britain	6:29.63	FA
2	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen	Denmark	6:30.12	FA
3	Li Lei Li Zhongwei	China	6:32.81	FA
4	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara	Japan	6:33.38	FB
5	Julius Peschel Sven Keßler	Germany	6:36.39	FB
6	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	6:38.24	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot	France	6:30.56	FA
2	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:32.18	FA
3	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson	United States	6:33.19	FA
4	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton	Brazil	6:35.07	FB
5	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi	Italy	6:37.34	FB
6	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez	Spain	6:40.82	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[6]

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho	Portugal	7:29.49
2	Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec	Czech Republic	7:33.88
3	Roland Szigeti David Forrai	Hungary	7:36.03
4	Markus Christensen Ola Larsson	Norway	7:44.61

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara	Japan	7:28.22
2	Julius Peschel Sven Keßler	Germany	7:33.77
3	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton	Brazil	7:34.17
4	Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	7:35.24
5	Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi	Italy	7:38.36
6	Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez	Spain	7:49.33

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot	France	7:14.18
	Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen	Denmark	7:15.30
	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour	Great Britain	7:16.49
4	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	7:24.60
5	Li Lei Li Zhongwei	China	7:32.48
6	Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson	United States	7:36.91

References

1. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
2. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
3. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
4. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage 2" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
5. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Semifinal". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
6. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 June 2018.