# Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August – 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.

## Results
### Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht | West Germany | 7:22.94 |
| 2 | Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu | Romania | 7:28.03 |
| 3 | Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper | Great Britain | 7:30.62 |
| 4 | László Balogh György Sarlós | Hungary | 7:49.70 |
| 5 | José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz | Mexico | 7:59.53 |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann | Switzerland | 7:20.51 |
| 2 | Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec | Poland | 7:24.16 |
| 3 | Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis | Netherlands | 7:26.80 |
| 4 | Larry Hough Dick Lyon | United States | 7:33.16 |
| 5 | Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf | Austria | 7:38.53 |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev | Soviet Union | 7:28.97 |
| 2 | Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand | Norway | 7:34.89 |
| 3 | Kim Mackney Chris Stevens | Australia | 7:39.03 |
| 4 | Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza | Brazil | 7:42.02 |
| 5 | Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un | North Korea | 8:04.91 |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager | East Germany | 7:20.35 |
| 2 | Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý | Czechoslovakia | 7:25.92 |
| 3 | Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić | Yugoslavia | 7:40.47 |
| 4 | Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk | Canada | 7:46.90 |

### Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý | Czechoslovakia | 7:34.16 |
| 2 | Larry Hough Dick Lyon | United States | 7:37.34 |
| 3 | Kim Mackney Chris Stevens | Australia | 7:45.03 |
| 4 | José Luis Rion Miguel Ruiz | Mexico | 8:15.97 |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis | Netherlands | 7:38.51 |
| 2 | Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand | Norway | 7:50.21 |
| 3 | László Balogh György Sarlós | Hungary | 7:59.40 |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec | Poland | 7:34.77 |
| 2 | Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper | Great Britain | 7:40.78 |
| 3 | Andrew van Ruyven Richard Symsyk | Canada | 7:45.71 |
| 4 | Ri Jong-hui Li Jong-un | North Korea | 7:56.42 |

#### Repechage 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu | Romania | 7:30.45 |
| 2 | Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić | Yugoslavia | 7:40.84 |
| 3 | Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza | Brazil | 7:42.63 |
| 4 | Hans Fortmüller Ulli Wolf | Austria | 7:44.45 |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

##### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec | Poland | 7:42.41 |
| 2 | Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann | Switzerland | 7:44.91 |
| 3 | Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu | Romania | 7:47.77 |
| 4 | Larry Hough Dick Lyon | United States | 7:50.26 |
| 5 | Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand | Norway | 7:57.27 |
| 6 | Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht | West Germany | 8:06.06 |

##### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager | East Germany | 7:40.58 |
| 2 | Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis | Netherlands | 7:41.86 |
| 3 | Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý | Czechoslovakia | 7:45.11 |
| 4 | Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev | Soviet Union | 7:46.18 |
| 5 | Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper | Great Britain | 7:56.59 |
| 6 | Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić | Yugoslavia | 8:01.58 |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Erwin Haas Lutz Ulbricht | West Germany | 7:31.02 |
| 2 | Vladimir Polyakov Nikolai Vasilyev | Soviet Union | 7:34.37 |
| 3 | Larry Hough Dick Lyon | United States | 7:38.64 |
| 4 | Erik Erichsen Åke Fiskerstrand | Norway | 7:40.55 |
| 5 | Duško Mrduljaš Nikola Mardešić | Yugoslavia | 7:43.20 |
| 6 | Jeremiah McCarthy Matthew Cooper | Great Britain | 7:51.01 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Siegfried Brietzke Wolfgang Mager | East Germany | 6:53.16 |
| | Heinrich Fischer Alfred Bachmann | Switzerland | 6:57.06 |
| | Roel Luynenburg Ruud Stokvis | Netherlands | 6:58.70 |
| 4 | Lubomír Zapletal Petr Lakomý | Czechoslovakia | 6:58.77 |
| 5 | Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec | Poland | 7:02.24 |
| 6 | Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumezescu | Romania | 7:42.90 |