# 2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair

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

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| 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 |
| Friday 30 August 2019 | 11:20 | Semifinals A/B |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:38 | Final D |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 09:58 | Final C |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 11:12 | Final B |
| Saturday 31 August 2019 | 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.

#### 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.

#### 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.

#### 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.

#### 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.

#### 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.

#### 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 |