# Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

The men's double sculls competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.
The medals for the competition were presented by Gerhard Heiberg, Norway, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Mike Tanner, Hong Kong, member of the executive committee of the International Rowing Federation.

## Results
### Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robbie Manson Chris Harris | New Zealand | 6:40.35 | SA/B |
| 2 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov | Azerbaijan | 6:40.52 | SA/B |
| 3 | Francesco Fossi Romano Battisti | Italy | 6:42.33 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jonathan Walton John Collins | Great Britain | 6:43.93 | R |
| 5 | Eduardo Rubio Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 6:52.20 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:29.11 | SA/B |
| 2 | Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte | Norway | 6:30.58 | SA/B |
| 3 | Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:31.85 | SA/B |
| 4 | Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:44.31 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:30.09 | SA/B |
| 2 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:33.03 | SA/B |
| 3 | David Watts Chris Morgan | Australia | 6:36.39 | SA/B |
| 4 | Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic | Serbia | 7:07.29 | R |

### Repechage

The first three of the repechage qualify to the semifinals
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jonathan Walton John Collins | Great Britain | 6:19.60 | SA/B |
| 2 | Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:20.56 | SA/B |
| 3 | Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic | Serbia | 6:20.62 | SA/B |
| 4 | Eduardo Rubio Adrián Oquendo | Cuba | 6:21.52 | |

### Semifinals

First three of each heat qualify to the Final A, remainder goes to the Final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:12.27 | FA |
| 2 | Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte | Norway | 6:13.50 | FA |
| 3 | Jonathan Walton John Collins | Great Britain | 6:13.83 | FA |
| 4 | Robbie Manson Chris Harris | New Zealand | 6:17.01 | FB |
| 5 | David Watts Chris Morgan | Australia | 6:19.36 | FB |
| 6 | Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 6:47.00 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:14.61 | FA |
| 2 | Francesco Fossi Romano Battisti | Italy | 6:15.24 | FA |
| 3 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 6:16.15 | FA |
| 4 | Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:18.32 | FB |
| 5 | Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic | Serbia | 6:27.66 | FB |
| 6 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov | Azerbaijan | 6:37.49 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | David Watts Chris Morgan | Australia | 6:58.11 |
| 2 | Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger | Germany | 6:58.86 |
| 3 | Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev | Bulgaria | 7:00.85 |
| 4 | Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic | Serbia | 7:03.13 |
| 5 | Robbie Manson Chris Harris | New Zealand | 7:06.80 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov | Azerbaijan | 7:24.03 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Croatia | 6:50.28 |
| | Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter | Lithuania | 6:51.39 |
| | Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte | Norway | 6:53.25 |
| 4 | Francesco Fossi Romano Battisti | Italy | 6:57.10 |
| 5 | Jonathan Walton John Collins | Great Britain | 7:01.25 |
| 6 | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias | France | 7:02.06 |