2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pair at the 2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Linz-Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25–31 August
Competitors	57 from 28 nations
Winning time	6:42.28
Medalists
Martin Sinković Valent Sinković    Croatia   Tom Murray Michael Brake    New Zealand   Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks    Australia

The men's coxless pair competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.^[1] A top-eleven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 25 August 2019	10:31	Heats
Monday 26 August 2019	12:07	Repechages
Wednesday 28 August 2019	11:13	Quarterfinals
Thursday 29 August 2019	17:35	Final E
Friday 30 August 2019	09:25	Semifinals C/D
	11:20	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 31 August 2019	09:38	Final D
	09:58	Final C
	11:12	Final B
	13:37	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Croatia	6:26.71	Q
2	Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks	Australia	6:29.13	Q
3	Joachim Sutton Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:33.15	Q
4	Ezra Carlson Anders Weiss	United States	6:34.15	Q
5	Xavier Vela Pau Vela	Brazil	6:34.93	R
6	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:50.51	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Selahattin Gürsoy Besim Şahinoğlu	Turkey	6:37.40	Q
2	Morgan Bolding Tom Jeffery	Great Britain	6:37.97	Q
3	Lukáš Helešic Jakub Podrazil	Czech Republic	6:39.07	Q
4	Bartosz Modrzyński Łukasz Posyłajka	Poland	6:39.42	Q
5	Ignacio Abraham Cristopher Kalleg	Chile	6:42.50	R
6	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Hungary	6:45.69	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino	Italy	6:33.15	Q
2	Tom Murray Michael Brake	New Zealand	6:35.50	Q
3	Valentin Onfroy Théophile Onfroy	France	6:36.35	Q
4	Wolf-Niclas Schröder Paul Gebauer	Germany	6:36.74	Q
5	Freek Robbers Michiel Mantel	Netherlands	6:52.96	R
6	Povilas Stankunas Mantas Juskevicius	Lithuania	7:03.73	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jaime Canalejo Javier Garcia	Spain	6:31.26	Q
2	Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe	Canada	6:31.75	Q
3	Dzimitry Furman Siarhei Valadzko	Belarus	6:39.36	Q
4	Cheng Xunman Cai Pengpeng	China	6:40.48	Q
5	Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos	Greece	6:43.88	R

Heat 5

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	John Smith Lawrence Brittain	South Africa	6:36.03	Q
2	Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić	Serbia	6:39.08	Q
3	Marius Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosă	Romania	6:41.96	Q
4	Agustín Díaz Axek Haack	Argentina	6:49.25	Q
5	Carlos Ajete Jesús Rodríguez	Cuba	6:59.43	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.^[4]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Xavier Vela Pau Vela	Brazil	6:43.63	Q
2	Freek Robbers Michiel Mantel	Netherlands	6:45.76	Q
3	Carlos Ajete Jesús Rodríguez	Cuba	6:49.25	FE
4	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Hungary	6:49.33	FE

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ignacio Abraham Cristopher Kalleg	Chile	6:43.70	Q
2	Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos	Greece	6:43.71	Q
3	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:44.35	FE
4	Povilas Stankunas Mantas Juskevicius	Lithuania	6:58.42	FE

Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.^[5]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Croatia	6:30.27	SA/B
2	Valentin Onfroy Théophile Onfroy	France	6:32.61	SA/B
3	Dzimitry Furman Siarhei Valadzko	Belarus	6:35.91	SA/B
4	Selahattin Gürsoy Besim Şahinoğlu	Turkey	6:36.23	SC/D
5	Agustín Díaz Axek Haack	Argentina	6:41.05	SC/D
6	Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos	Greece	6:45.44	SC/D

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino	Italy	6:37.92	SA/B
2	Marius Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosă	Romania	6:38.25	SA/B
3	Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe	Canada	6:42.49	SA/B
4	Bartosz Modrzyński Łukasz Posyłajka	Poland	6:47.82	SC/D
5	Joachim Sutton Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:48.16	SC/D
6	Ignacio Abraham Cristopher Kalleg	Chile	7:22.71	SC/D

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks	Australia	6:31.51	SA/B
2	Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić	Serbia	6:31.72	SA/B
3	Jaime Canalejo Javier Garcia	Spain	6:33.01	SA/B
4	Lukáš Helešic Jakub Podrazil	Czech Republic	6:35.04	SC/D
5	Freek Robbers Michiel Mantel	Netherlands	6:37.61	SC/D
6	Wolf-Niclas Schröder Paul Gebauer	Germany	6:46.61	SC/D

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tom Murray Michael Brake	New Zealand	6:29.70	SA/B
2	John Smith Lawrence Brittain	South Africa	6:30.73	SA/B
3	Morgan Bolding Tom Jeffery	Great Britain	6:31.62	SA/B
4	Ezra Carlson Anders Weiss	United States	6:32.04	SC/D
5	Xavier Vela Pau Vela	Brazil	6:37.31	SC/D
6	Cheng Xunman Cai Pengpeng	China	6:40.17	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wolf-Niclas Schröder Paul Gebauer	Germany	6:36.68	FC
2	Freek Robbers Michiel Mantel	Netherlands	6:37.00	FC
3	Bartosz Modrzyński Łukasz Posyłajka	Poland	6:37.14	FC
4	Xavier Vela Pau Vela	Brazil	6:37.21	FD
5	Selahattin Gürsoy Besim Şahinoğlu	Turkey	6:42.69	FD
6	Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos	Greece	6:45.82	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ezra Carlson Anders Weiss	United States	6:38.47	FC
2	Joachim Sutton Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:39.95	FC
3	Agustín Díaz Axek Haack	Argentina	6:41.55	FC
4	Lukáš Helešic Jakub Podrazil	Czech Republic	6:43.37	FD
5	Cheng Xunman Cai Pengpeng	China	6:44.76	FD
6	Ignacio Abraham Cristopher Kalleg	Chile	6:46.74	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Croatia	6:50.91	FA
2	Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino	Italy	6:52.37	FA
3	Jaime Canalejo Javier Garcia	Spain	6:54.01	FA
4	John Smith Lawrence Brittain	South Africa	6:55.69	FB
5	Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić	Serbia	6:57.07	FB
6	Dzimitry Furman Siarhei Valadzko	Belarus	6:57.97	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tom Murray Michael Brake	New Zealand	6:48.49	FA
2	Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks	Australia	6:51.31	FA
3	Valentin Onfroy Théophile Onfroy	France	6:52.17	FA
4	Marius Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosă	Romania	6:53.60	FB
5	Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe	Canada	6:56.24	FB
6	Morgan Bolding Tom Jeffery	Great Britain	6:59.92	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[7]

Final E

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll	Ireland	6:36.30
2	Povilas Stankunas Martynas Džiaugys	Lithuania	6:41.53
3	Carlos Ajete Jesús Rodríguez	Cuba	6:52.49
4	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Hungary	DNS

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Cheng Xunman Cai Pengpeng	China	6:35.16
2	Xavier Vela Pau Vela	Brazil	6:37.66
3	Lukáš Helešic Jakub Podrazil	Czech Republic	6:39.41
4	Ioannis Kalandaridis Athanasios Palaiopanos	Greece	6:42.72
5	Selahattin Gürsoy Besim Şahinoğlu	Turkey	6:46.03
6	Ignacio Abraham Cristopher Kalleg	Chile	DNS

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Ezra Carlson Anders Weiss	United States	6:29.94
2	Bartosz Modrzyński Łukasz Posyłajka	Poland	6:31.36
3	Joachim Sutton Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:31.60
4	Agustín Díaz Axek Haack	Argentina	6:34.03
5	Wolf-Niclas Schröder Paul Gebauer	Germany	6:35.37
6	Freek Robbers Michiel Mantel	Netherlands	6:40.35

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić	Serbia	6:33.91
2	Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe	Canada	6:34.28
3	John Smith Lawrence Brittain	South Africa	6:35.04
4	Marius Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosă	Romania	6:35.53
5	Dzimitry Furman Siarhei Valadzko	Belarus	6:38.13
6	Morgan Bolding Tom Jeffery	Great Britain	6:40.65

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Croatia	6:42.28
	Tom Murray Michael Brake	New Zealand	6:45.47
	Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks	Australia	6:51.81
4	Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino	Italy	6:55.34
5	Jaime Canalejo Javier Garcia	Spain	6:57.40
6	Valentin Onfroy Théophile Onfroy	France	7:02.05

References

1. "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. "Australia aims to qualify 14 boats for Tokyo 2020". Rowing Australia. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
3. "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M2-) Men's Pair - Heat". World Rowing. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
4. "2019 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M2-) Men's Pair - Repechage". World Rowing. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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