# Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

## Competition format

This rowing event is a double scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. As a lightweight rowing competition, the body mass of the rowers was limited to a maximum of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.
The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.
With 19 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage must proceed to final C, which determines places 13–18. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 18 September 2000 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Wednesday, 20 September 2000 | 09:00 | Repechages |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 08:50 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 11:20 | Final B |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 12:20 | Final C |
| Sunday, 24 September 2000 | 08:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz | Poland | 6:34.28 | Q |
| 2 | Markus Gier Michael Gier | Switzerland | 6:37.88 | R |
| 3 | Ulf Lienhard Sebastián Massa | Argentina | 6:40.16 | R |
| 4 | Steve Tucker Conal Groom | United States | 6:42.08 | R |
| 5 | Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr | Sweden | 6:42.67 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick | Australia | 6:33.48 | Q |
| 2 | Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling | Germany | 6:40.53 | R |
| 3 | Raúl León Osmani Martín | Cuba | 6:42.24 | R |
| 4 | Sergey Dmitryaychev Dmitry Ovechko | Russia | 6:46.34 | R |
| 5 | Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam | Pakistan | 7:13.62 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle | France | 6:32.73 | Q |
| 2 | Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez | Spain | 6:34.89 | R |
| 3 | Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn | Netherlands | 6:38.62 | R |
| 4 | Tom Kay Tom Middleton | Great Britain | 6:41.74 | R |
| 5 | Lo Sing Yan Lui Kam Chi | Hong Kong | 7:09.75 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari | Italy | 6:24.73 | Q |
| 2 | Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda | Japan | 6:27.00 | R |
| 3 | Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis | Greece | 6:29.68 | R |
| 4 | Rómulo Bouzas Gerardo Gómez | Mexico | 6:31.24 | R |

### Repechage

First two qualify to semifinals A/B, the remainder to final C.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda | Japan | 6:33.81 | A/B |
| 2 | Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn | Netherlands | 6:36.99 | A/B |
| 3 | Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr | Sweden | 6:38.77 | C |
| 4 | Sergey Dmitryaychev Dmitri Ovetchko | Russia | 6:44.53 | WD |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez | Spain | 6:39.20 | A/B |
| 2 | Steve Tucker Conal Groom | United States | 6:39.72 | A/B |
| 3 | Raúl León Osmani Martin | Cuba | 6:44.08 | WD |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling | Germany | 6:36.26 | A/B |
| 2 | Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan | Mexico | 6:38.07 | A/B |
| 3 | Ulf Lienhard Sebastian Rodrigo Massa | Argentina | 6:41.10 | C |
| 4 | Sing Yan Lo Kam Chi Lui | Hong Kong | 7:05.05 | C |

#### Repechage 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Markus Gier Michael Gier | Switzerland | 6:35.39 | A/B |
| 2 | Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis | Greece | 6:38.78 | A/B |
| 3 | Tom Kay Tom Middleton | Great Britain | 6:43.25 | C |
| 4 | Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam | Pakistan | 7:13.98 | C |

### Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz | Poland | 6:20.60 | A |
| 2 | Markus Gier Michael Gier | Switzerland | 6:23.08 | A |
| 3 | Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling | Germany | 6:24.55 | A |
| 4 | Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick | Australia | 6:25.20 | B |
| 5 | Steve Tucker Conal Groom | United States | 6:32.86 | B |
| 6 | Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn | Netherlands | 6:43.80 | B |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle | France | 6:21.32 | A |
| 2 | Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari | Italy | 6:21.59 | A |
| 3 | Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda | Japan | 6:23.37 | A |
| 4 | Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis | Greece | 6:25.38 | B |
| 5 | Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan | Mexico | 6:33.62 | B |
| 6 | Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez | Spain | 6:39.49 | B |

### Finals
#### Final C

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Ulf Lienhard Sebastian Rodrigo Massa | Argentina | 6:29.19 |
| 2 | Tom Kay Tom Middleton | Great Britain | 6:32.67 |
| 3 | Josef Källström Anders Båtemyr | Sweden | 6:34.11 |
| 4 | Sing Yan Lo Kam Chi Lui | Hong Kong | 6:49.19 |
| 5 | Zahid Ali Pirzada Hazrat Islam | Pakistan | 6:52.12 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick | Australia | 6:26.21 |
| 2 | Vasileios Polymeros Panagiotis Miliotis | Greece | 6:27.79 |
| 3 | Juan Zunzunegui Rubén Álvarez | Spain | 6:31.49 |
| 4 | Romu Bouzas Rodriguez Gerard Gomez Counahan | Mexico | 6:31.70 |
| 5 | Steve Tucker Conal Groom | United States | 6:32.41 |
| 6 | Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn | Netherlands | 6:43.80 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz | Poland | 6:21.75 |
| | Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari | Italy | 6:23.47 |
| | Pascal Touron, Thibaud Chapelle | France | 6:24.85 |
| 4 | Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling | Germany | 6:26.54 |
| 5 | Markus Gier Michael Gier | Switzerland | 6:28.52 |
| 6 | Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda | Japan | 6:29.74 |