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

Men's double sculls at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Sloten
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Medalists
01 !  United States Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine 02 !  Canada Joseph Wright, Jack Guest 03 !  Austria Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl
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01 !		United States Paul Costello, Charles McIlvaine
02 !		Canada Joseph Wright, Jack Guest
03 !		Austria Leo Losert, Viktor Flessl

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.

Source: Official results; De Wael

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

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

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.

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

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

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.