# Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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

## Competition format

This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists 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 15 boats in with 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. 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. The remaining three boats are automatically eliminated from the competition.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 17 September 2000 | 10:10 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 19 September 2000 | 10:10 | Repechages |
| Thursday, 21 September 2000 | 09:10 | Semifinals |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 10:40 | Final B |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 09:30 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first three finishers of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland | France | 6:44.80 | Q |
| 2 | Luigi Sorrentino Pasquale Panzarino | Italy | 6:48.26 | Q |
| 3 | Oliver Martinov Ninoslav Saraga | Croatia | 6:52.57 | Q |
| 4 | Damian Ordás Diego Aguirregomezcorta | Argentina | 6:55.74 | R |
| 5 | Kasam Khan Inderpal Singh | India | 7:09.94 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Đorđe Višacki Nikola Stojić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:42.62 | Q |
| 2 | Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech | South Africa | 6:43.23 | Q |
| 3 | Ted Murphy Sebastian Bea | United States | 6:44.86 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff | Germany | 7:10.62 | R |
| 5 | Amir Temraz Alaa El-Din Ahmed | Egypt | 7:15.63 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edward Coode Greg Searle | Great Britain | 6:42.45 | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Long James Tomkins | Australia | 6:46.99 | Q |
| 3 | Phil Graham Henry Hering | Canada | 6:48.42 | Q |
| 4 | Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek | Slovenia | 6:55.82 | R |
| 5 | Piotr Basta Piotr Bochenek | Poland | 6:58.47 | R |

### Repechage

First three qualify for semifinals A/B, the rest are eliminated.
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff | Germany | 6:45.73 | Q |
| 2 | Piotr Basta Piotr Bochenek | Poland | 6:48.74 | Q |
| 3 | Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek | Slovenia | 6:50.49 | Q |
| 4 | Damian Ordás Diego Aguirregomezcorta | Argentina | 6:52.38 | |
| 5 | Amir Temraz Alaa El-Din Ahmed | Egypt | 7:07.35 | |
| 6 | Kasam Khan Inderpal Singh | India | 7:16.10 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland | France | 6:30.96 | A |
| 2 | Edward Coode Greg Searle | Great Britain | 6:31.08 | A |
| 3 | Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech | South Africa | 6:33.15 | A |
| 4 | Phil Graham Henry Hering | Canada | 6:33.22 | B |
| 5 | Piotr Basta Piotr Bochenek | Poland | 6:43.38 | B |
| 6 | Oliver Martinov Ninoslav Saraga | Croatia | 6:46.00 | B |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matthew Long James Tomkins | Australia | 6:34.42 | A |
| 2 | Đorđe Višacki Nikola Stojić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:34.93 | A |
| 3 | Ted Murphy Sebastian Bea | United States | 6:35.42 | A |
| 4 | Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff | Germany | 6:38.41 | B |
| 5 | Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek | Slovenia | 6:49.79 | B |
| 6 | Luigi Sorrentino Pasquale Panzarino | Italy | 6:53.57 | B |

### Finals
#### Final B

Held on 22 September 2000
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Phil Graham Henry Hering | Canada | 6:33.60 |
| 2 | Oliver Martinov Ninoslav Saraga | Croatia | 6:35.18 |
| 3 | Robert Sens Detlef Kirchhoff | Germany | 6:37.94 |
| 4 | Piotr Basta Piotr Bochenek | Poland | 6:39.44 |
| 5 | Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek | Slovenia | 6:40.23 |
| 6 | Luigi Sorrentino Pasquale Panzarino | Italy | 6:40.35 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland | France | 6:32.97 |
| | Ted Murphy Sebastian Bea | United States | 6:33.80 |
| | Matthew Long James Tomkins | Australia | 6:34.26 |
| 4 | Edward Coode Greg Searle | Great Britain | 6:34.38 |
| 5 | Đorđe Višacki Nikola Stojić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:38.70 |
| 6 | Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech | South Africa | 6:43.10 |