# 2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 3 September 2023 | 12:54 | Heats |
| Monday 4 September 2023 | 13:05 | Repechages |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 13:18 | Quarterfinals |
| Wednesday 6 September 2023 | 16:19 | Final E |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 09:55 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 7 September 2023 | 16:45 | Semifinals C/D |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 09:37 | Final D |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 10:05 | Final C |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 11:20 | Final B |
| Saturday 9 September 2023 | 13:51 | 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 | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roman Röösli Andrin Gulich | Switzerland | 6:26.62 | QAD |
| 2 | Benjamin Taylor Phillip Wilson | New Zealand | 6:30.51 | QAD |
| 3 | Domantas Stankūnas Dovydas Stankūnas | Lithuania | 6:37.08 | QAD |
| 4 | Adrián Juhász Béla Simon | Hungary | 6:50.19 | QAD |
| 5 | Abe Wiersma Nelson Ritsema | Netherlands | 7:06.01 | R |
| 6 | Mahmoud Ammar Abouelserie Mahmoud Ahmed | Egypt | 7:17.19 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jaime Canalejo Javier García | Spain | 6:19.85 | QAD |
| 2 | Ross Corrigan Nathan Timoney | Ireland | 6:21.04 | QAD |
| 3 | John Smith Christopher Baxter | South Africa | 6:26.11 | QAD |
| 4 | Jannik Metzger Julius Christ | Germany | 6:31.05 | QAD |
| 5 | Jerzy Kaczmarek Emilian Jackowiak | Poland | 6:39.74 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Wynne-Griffith Thom George | Great Britain | 6:25.11 | QAD |
| 2 | Frederic Vystavel Joachim Sutton | Denmark | 6:29.09 | QAD |
| 3 | Davide Comini Giovanni Codato | Italy | 6:33.20 | QAD |
| 4 | Joshua King Luke Gadsdon | Canada | 6:49.27 | QAD |
| 5 | Jaka Čas Nik Krebs | Slovenia | 6:50.87 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marius Cozmiuc Sergiu Bejan | Romania | 6:25.66 | QAD |
| 2 | William Bender Evan Olson | United States | 6:26.94 | QAD |
| 3 | Siarhei Valadzko Dzmitry Furman | Individual Neutral Athletes | 6:29.09 | QAD |
| 4 | Zhang Yuanze Dou Xiaowei | China | 6:30.00 | QAD |
| 5 | Tomáš Šišma Lukáš Helešic | Czech Republic | 6:33.95 | R |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Simon Keenan Fergus Hamilton | Australia | 6:22.45 | QAD |
| 2 | Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić | Serbia | 6:25.32 | QAD |
| 3 | Patrik Lončarić Anton Lončarić | Croatia | 6:27.51 | QAD |
| 4 | Florian Ludwig Armand Pfister | France | 6:29.00 | QAD |
| 5 | Aytimur Selçuk Enes Biber | Turkey | 6:30.02 | R |

### Repechage

The four fastest boats advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final E.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jerzy Kaczmarek Emilian Jackowiak | Poland | 7:08.69 | QAD |
| 2 | Tomáš Šišma Lukáš Helešic | Czech Republic | 7:08.88 | QAD |
| 3 | Jaka Čas Nik Krebs | Slovenia | 7:09.84 | QAD |
| 4 | Abe Wiersma Nelson Ritsema | Netherlands | 7:12.13 | QAD |
| 5 | Aytimur Selçuk Enes Biber | Turkey | 7:20.87 | FE |
| 6 | Mahmoud Ammar Abouelserie Mahmoud Ahmed | Egypt | 7:45.76 | FE |

### Quarterfinals

The three fastest boats in Quarterfinal advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the CD semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roman Röösli Andrin Gulich | Switzerland | 7:06.12 | SA/B |
| 2 | Ross Corrigan Nathan Timoney | Ireland | 7:08.20 | SA/B |
| 3 | Davide Comini Giovanni Codato | Italy | 7:13.74 | SA/B |
| 4 | Zhang Yuanze Dou Xiaowei | China | 7:19.25 | SC/D |
| 5 | Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić | Serbia | 7:40.66 | SC/D |
| 6 | Jaka Čas Nik Krebs | Slovenia | 7:58.92 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jaime Canalejo Javier García | Spain | 7:02.91 | SA/B |
| 2 | William Bender Evan Olson | United States | 7:03.93 | SA/B |
| 3 | Benjamin Taylor Phillip Wilson | New Zealand | 7:08.78 | SA/B |
| 4 | Florian Ludwig Armand Pfister | France | 7:18.89 | SC/D |
| 5 | Joshua King Luke Gadsdon | Canada | 7:22.22 | SC/D |
| 6 | Jerzy Kaczmarek Emilian Jackowiak | Poland | 7:25.74 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Wynne-Griffith Thom George | Great Britain | 7:04.21 | SA/B |
| 2 | John Smith Christopher Baxter | South Africa | 7:06.43 | SA/B |
| 3 | Simon Keenan Fergus Hamilton | Australia | 7:08.30 | SA/B |
| 4 | Siarhei Valadzko Dzmitry Furman | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:13.98 | SC/D |
| 5 | Adrián Juhász Béla Simon | Hungary | 7:23.59 | SC/D |
| 6 | Abe Wiersma Nelson Ritsema | Netherlands | 7:26.21 | SC/D |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marius Cozmiuc Sergiu Bejan | Romania | 6:46.12 | SA/B |
| 2 | Frederic Vystavel Joachim Sutton | Denmark | 6:52.019 | SA/B |
| 3 | Patrik Lončarić Anton Lončarić | Croatia | 6:57.59 | SA/B |
| 4 | Domantas Stankūnas Dovydas Stankūnas | Lithuania | 7:05.80 | SC/D |
| 5 | Jannik Metzger Julius Christ | Germany | 7:06.40 | SC/D |
| 6 | Tomáš Šišma Lukáš Helešic | Czech Republic | 7:13.61 | SC/D |

### Semifinals C/D

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Siarhei Valadzko Dzmitry Furman | Individual Neutral Athletes | 6:52.94 | FC |
| 2 | Zhang Yuanze Dou Xiaowei | China | 6:55.43 | FC |
| 3 | Jannik Metzger Julius Christ | Germany | 6:55.66 | FC |
| 4 | Tomáš Šišma Lukáš Helešic | Czech Republic | 7:05.67 | FD |
| 5 | Joshua King Luke Gadsdon | Canada | 7:09.42 | FD |
| 6 | Jaka Čas Nik Krebs | Slovenia | 7:11.77 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić | Serbia | 6:53.88 | FC |
| 2 | Domantas Stankūnas Dovydas Stankūnas | Lithuania | 6:56.65 | FC |
| 3 | Florian Ludwig Armand Pfister | France | 7:02.61 | FC |
| 4 | Abe Wiersma Nelson Ritsema | Netherlands | 7:05.65 | FD |
| 5 | Adrián Juhász Béla Simon | Hungary | 7:05.88 | FD |
| 6 | Jerzy Kaczmarek Emilian Jackowiak | Poland | 7:06.61 | FD |

### Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Wynne-Griffith Thom George | Great Britain | 6:59.61 | FA |
| 2 | Roman Röösli Andrin Gulich | Switzerland | 7:01.60 | FA |
| 3 | William Bender Evan Olson | United States | 7:03.33 | FA |
| 4 | Patrik Lončarić Anton Lončarić | Croatia | 7:10.73 | FB |
| 5 | Davide Comini Giovanni Codato | Italy | 7:15.11 | FB |
| 6 | Frederic Vystavel Joachim Sutton | Denmark | 7:23.24 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marius Cozmiuc Sergiu Bejan | Romania | 6:51.21 | FA |
| 2 | Ross Corrigan Nathan Timoney | Ireland | 6:54.70 | FA |
| 3 | John Smith Christopher Baxter | South Africa | 6:55.67 | FA |
| 4 | Jaime Canalejo Javier García | Spain | 6:59.70 | FB |
| 5 | Simon Keenan Fergus Hamilton | Australia | 7:01.85 | FB |
| 6 | Benjamin Taylor Phillip Wilson | New Zealand | 7:08.44 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final E

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Aytimur Selçuk Enes Biber | Turkey | 7:23.70 | 25 |
| 2 | Mahmoud Ammar Abouelserie Mahmoud Ahmed | Egypt | 7:51.92 | 26 |

#### Final D

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Abe Wiersma Nelson Ritsema | Netherlands | 6:34.43 | 19 |
| 2 | Adrián Juhász Béla Simon | Hungary | 6:36.00 | 20 |
| 3 | Joshua King Luke Gadsdon | Canada | 6:36.67 | 21 |
| 4 | Tomáš Šišma Lukáš Helešic | Czech Republic | 6:37.46 | 22 |
| 5 | Jaka Čas Nik Krebs | Slovenia | 6:38.74 | 23 |
| 6 | Jerzy Kaczmarek Emilian Jackowiak | Poland | 6:47.21 | 24 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Domantas Stankūnas Dovydas Stankūnas | Lithuania | 6:30.33 | 13 |
| 2 | Siarhei Valadzko Dzmitry Furman | Individual Neutral Athletes | 6:31.31 | 14 |
| 3 | Jannik Metzger Julius Christ | Germany | 6:33.08 | 15 |
| 4 | Zhang Yuanze Dou Xiaowei | China | 6:34.35 | 16 |
| 5 | Florian Ludwig Armand Pfister | France | 6:35.62 | 17 |
| 6 | Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić | Serbia | 6:50.12 | 18 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
| 1 | Jaime Canalejo Javier García | Spain | 6:35.76 | 7 |
| 2 | Simon Keenan Fergus Hamilton | Australia | 6:36.15 | 8 |
| 3 | Benjamin Taylor Phillip Wilson | New Zealand | 6:37.28 | 9 |
| 4 | Davide Comini Giovanni Codato | Italy | 6:37.45 | 10 |
| 5 | Patrik Lončarić Anton Lončarić | Croatia | 6:38.27 | 11 |
| 6 | Frederic Vystavel Joachim Sutton | Denmark | 6:38.43 | 12 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Roman Röösli Andrin Gulich | Switzerland | 6:51.09 |
| | Oliver Wynne-Griffith Thom George | Great Britain | 6:53.46 |
| | Ross Corrigan Nathan Timoney | Ireland | 6:54.22 |
| 4 | Marius Cozmiuc Sergiu Bejan | Romania | 6:56.89 |
| 5 | William Bender Evan Olson | United States | 7:02.98 |
| 6 | John Smith Christopher Baxter | South Africa | 7:08.10 |