2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair

Men's lightweight coxless pair at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Nathan Benderson Park
Location	Sarasota, United States
Dates	24–29 September
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Winning time	6:32.42
Medalists
Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll    Ireland   Giuseppe Di Mare Alfonso Scalzone    Italy   Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton    Brazil

The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 24 September 2017	10:10	Heats
Tuesday 26 September 2017	11:48	Repechage
Friday 29 September 2017	09:00	Final B
	12:00	Final A

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:33.20	FA
2	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour	Great Britain	6:38.57	R
3	Giuseppe Di Mare Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	6:40.39	R
4	Roland Szigeti David Forrai	Hungary	7:24.30	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton	Brazil	6:36.11	FA
2	Nikita Bolozin Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	6:45.24	R
3	John Devlin Alex Twist	United States	6:53.63	R
4	Edmundo Reynoso Angy Canul	Mexico	6:57.68	R

Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppe Di Mare Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	6:40.42	FA
2	Nikita Bolozin Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	6:41.75	FA
3	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour	Great Britain	6:42.69	FA
4	John Devlin Alex Twist	United States	6:55.67	FA
5	Roland Szigeti David Forrai	Hungary	6:58.65	FB
6	Edmundo Reynoso Angy Canul	Mexico	7:08.45	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.^[4]

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Roland Szigeti David Forrai	Hungary	7:05.22
2	Edmundo Reynoso Angy Canul	Mexico	7:05.24

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:32.42
	Giuseppe Di Mare Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	6:34.20
	Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton	Brazil	6:35.30
4	Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour	Great Britain	6:37.56
5	Nikita Bolozin Aleksei Kiiashko	Russia	6:45.52
6	John Devlin Alex Twist	United States	6:59.01

References

1. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
3. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
4. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair – Final". World Rowing. Retrieved 10 June 2018.