# Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Meilahti, Finland. The event was held from 20 July until 23 July.

## Heats

First two rowers advanced directly to semi-finals. The others must compete in the repechage for remaining spots in the semi-finals.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni | France (FRA) | 7:00.1 | SF |
| 2 | Waldemar Beck Gerhard Füssmann | Germany (GER) | 7:04.3 | SF |
| 3 | Robert George Jos Van Stichel | Belgium (BEL) | 7:13.2 | |
| 4 | Ebbe Parsner Åge Larsen | Denmark (DEN) | 7:27.3 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:02.5 | SF |
| 2 | Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez | Uruguay (URU) | 7:06.9 | SF |
| 3 | Peter Stebler Émile Knecht | Switzerland (SUI) | 7:09.3 | |
| 4 | Keijo Koivumäki Eero Koivumäki | Finland (FIN) | 7:19.5 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Silvio Bergamini Lodovico Sommaruga | Italy (ITA) | 7:01.3 | SF |
| 2 | Pat Costello Walter Hoover | United States (USA) | 7:01.9 | SF |
| 3 | John MacMillan Peter Brandt | Great Britain (GBR) | 7:07.4 | |
| 4 | Bob Williams Derek Riley | Canada (CAN) | 7:19.3 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero | Argentina (ARG) | 7:04.4 | SF |
| 2 | Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 7:11.6 | SF |
| 3 | John Rogers Murray Riley | Australia (AUS) | 7:16.7 | |
| 4 | Tore Johansson Curt Brunnqvist | Sweden (SWE) | 8:31.3 | |

## First repechage

The winner in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robert George Jos Van Stichel | Belgium (BEL) | 7:03.2 | SF |
| 2 | Peter Stebler Émile Knecht | Switzerland (SUI) | 7:05.8 | |
| 3 | Tore Johansson Curt Brunnqvist | Sweden (SWE) | 7:11.4 | |
| 4 | Bob Williams Derek Riley | Canada (CAN) | 7:15.5 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Rogers Murray Riley | Australia (AUS) | 7:03.0 | SF |
| 2 | John MacMillan Peter Brandt | Great Britain (GBR) | 7:04.4 | |
| 3 | Ebbe Parsner Åge Larsen | Denmark (DEN) | 7:09.3 | |
| 4 | Keijo Koivumäki Eero Koivumäki | Finland (FIN) | 7:12.0 | |

## Semi-finals

The winners in each heat qualified for the final, while the others must compete in the second repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 7:23.5 | F |
| 2 | Pat Costello Walter Hoover | United States (USA) | 7:24.3 | |
| 3 | Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:26.5 | |
| 4 | Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni | France (FRA) | 7:29.5 | |

### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero | Argentina (ARG) | 7:23.1 | F |
| 2 | Waldemar Beck Gerhard Füssmann | Germany (GER) | 7:36.3 | |
| 3 | Silvio Bergamini Lodovico Sommaruga | Italy (ITA) | 7:36.7 | |
| 4 | Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez | Uruguay (URU) | 8:04.0 | |

## Second repechage

The winners in each heat qualified for the final.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez | Uruguay (URU) | 7:01.7 | F |
| 2 | Pat Costello Walter Hoover | United States (USA) | 7:03.6 | |
| 3 | John Rogers Murray Riley | Australia (AUS) | 7:13.1 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni | France (FRA) | 7:06.3 | F |
| 2 | Waldemar Beck Gerhard Füssmann | Germany (GER) | 7:08.2 | |
| 3 | Robert George Jos Van Stichel | Belgium (BEL) | 7:25.8 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:07.5 | F |
| 2 | Silvio Bergamini Lodovico Sommaruga | Italy (ITA) | 7:16.0 | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete Name | Country | Time |
| | Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero | Argentina (ARG) | 7:23.1 |
| | Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:07.5 |
| | Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez | Uruguay (URU) | 7:01.7 |
| 4 | Jacques Maillet Achille Giovannoni | France (FRA) | 7:06.3 |
| 5 | Antonín Malinkovič Jiří Vykoukal | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 7:23.5 |