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Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Lake Casitas
Date 30 July – 5 August
Competitors 28 from 14 nations
Teams 14
Winning time 6:45.39
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Petru Iosub
Valer Toma
 Romania
2nd, silver medalist(s) Fernando Climent
Luis María Lasúrtegui
 Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hans Magnus Grepperud
Sverre Løken
 Norway
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1st, gold medalist(s) Petru Iosub
Valer Toma
 Romania
2nd, silver medalist(s) Fernando Climent
Luis María Lasúrtegui
 Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hans Magnus Grepperud
Sverre Løken
 Norway

The men's coxless pair (M2-) competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 5 August and the outcome was wide open due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and thus the absence of the dominating team from East Germany. The event was won by the team from Romania.

East Germany had won the coxless pair competition at every Summer Olympics since the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and they were the reigning world champion. The Soviet Union had won silver at the last Summer Olympics in this event, had won the 1981 World Rowing Championships, and had won silver in 1983. With both nations absent due to the Eastern Bloc boycott, the only competing nation that had won recent world championships was Norway, which had won the title in 1982. The competition was thus regarded as wide open.

The heats of the opening round were rowed on 31 July. The first three of every heat would progress to the semi-finals, whilst the other teams would go to the repechage.

The repechage was rowed on 1 August. The first three would progress to the semi-finals, whilst the other two teams were eliminated.

The Swiss team changed seats in the repechage and then maintained the new configuration for the rest of the competition.

The semi-finals were rowed on 2 August. The first three would progress to the A final, whilst the other teams would go to the B final.

The Germans and the Dutch swapped seats in their semi-final and maintained the new configuration in their finals.

The B final was rowed on 3 August.

The A final was rowed on 5 August. Spain was a surprise medallist, and as of 2016, their silver medal is the only Olympic rowing medal that the nation has ever won.


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