# Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Mei Bay, Helsinki, Finland.

## Schedule

| Date | Round |
| 20 July 1952 | Heats |
| 21 July 1952 | Repechage |
| 21 July 1952 | Semifinal |
| 22 July 1952 | Semifinal repechage |
| 23 July 1952 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt | Switzerland | 7:46.0 | Q |
| 2 | David Callender Christopher Davidge | Great Britain | 7:47.0 | |
| 3 | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | Belgium | 7:48.9 | |
| 4 | Charlie Logg Tom Price | United States | 7:50.7 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Don Palmer Vic Middleton | Australia | 8:06.4 | Q |
| 2 | Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | Denmark | 8:13.3 | |
| 3 | Bruno Gamba Antonio Saverio | Italy | 9:21.2 | |
| 3 | Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak | Poland | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze | Netherlands | 8:00.4 | Q |
| 2 | Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón | Argentina | 8:02.2 | |
| 3 | Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel | Saar | 8:09.5 | |
| 3 | Mikhail Plaksin Vasily Bagretsov | Soviet Union | 8:12.3 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson | Sweden | 7:54.5 | Q |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | France | 7:57.9 | |
| 3 | Heinz Renneberg Heinz Eichholz | Germany | 8:03.3 | |
| 4 | Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter | Finland | 8:06.7 | |

### Repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | Belgium | 7:22.8 | Q |
| 2 | Mikhail Plaksin Vasily Bagretsov | Soviet Union | 7:31.9 | |
| 3 | Bruno Gamba Antonio Saverio | Italy | 7:43.4 | |
| 4 | Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter | Finland | 7:47.9 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Charlie Logg Tom Price | United States | 7:28.4 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak | Poland | 7:39.7 | |
| 3 | Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel | Saar | DNF | |

### Semifinal

First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt | Switzerland | 7:37.7 | Q |
| 2 | Don Palmer Vic Middleton | Australia | 7:46.8 | |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | France | 7:54.7 | |
| 4 | Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón | Argentina | 7:59.8 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Callender Christopher Davidge | Great Britain | 7:45.6 | Q |
| 2 | Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze | Netherlands | 7:53.2 | |
| 3 | Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson | Sweden | 8:07.5 | |
| 4 | Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | Denmark | 8:15.7 | |

### Semifinal repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Charlie Logg Tom Price | United States | 7:36.2 | Q |
| 2 | Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | Denmark | 7:47.1 | |
| 3 | Don Palmer Vic Middleton | Australia | 7:50.5 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | Belgium | 7:35.0 | Q |
| 2 | Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón | Argentina | 7:41.0 | |
| 3 | Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze | Netherlands | 7:44.7 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | France | 7:57.1 | Q |
| 2 | Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson | Sweden | 7:58.6 | |

### Final

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Charlie Logg Tom Price | United States | 8:20.7 |
| | Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | Belgium | 8:23.5 |
| | Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt | Switzerland | 8:32.7 |
| 4 | David Callender Christopher Davidge | Great Britain | 8:37.4 |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart | France | 8:48.8 |