# Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

The men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. 36 rowers from 18 nations competed.

## Schedule

The competition was held over six days.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 24 July 2021 | 10:50 | Heats |
| Sunday, 25 July 2021 | 10:00 | Repechage |
| Wednesday, 28 July 2021 | 11:10 | Semifinals A/B* |
| Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 8:50 | Final B* |
| Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 9:50 | Final A |
| Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 11:20 | Final C* |
$^{*Eventhasbeenrescheduled.}$

## Results
### Heats

The first two of each heat qualified for the semifinals, while the remainder went to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:21.71 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:24.25 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:44.09 | R |
| 4 | 4 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev Sobirjon Safaroliyev | Uzbekistan | 6:44.98 | R |
| 5 | 6 | César Amaris José Güipe | Venezuela | 6:46.11 | R |
| 6 | 5 | Siwakorn Wongpin Nawamin Deenoi | Thailand | 7:07.05 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:23.74 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:28.10 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:31.85 | R |
| 4 | 3 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:36.05 | R |
| 5 | 6 | Arjun Lal Arvind Singh | India | 6:40.33 | R |
| 6 | 5 | Bruno Cetraro Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:42.85 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 6:25.74 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Niels van Zandweghe Tim Brys | Belgium | 6:26.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:27.54 | R |
| 4 | 3 | Caetano Horta Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:38.72 | R |
| 5 | 4 | César Abaroa Eber Sanhueza | Chile | 6:53.15 | R |
| 6 | 5 | Kamel Ait Daoud Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 6:57.32 | R |

### Repechage

The first three crews in the repechage qualified for the semifinals, while remaining crew to Final C.

#### Repechage heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:36.28 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:36.79 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Bruno Cetraro Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:36.87 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:36.95 | FC |
| 5 | 5 | César Abaroa Eber Sanhueza | Chile | 6:48.22 | FC |
| 6 | 6 | Siwakorn Wongpin Nawamin Deenoi | Thailand | 7:20.50 | FC |

#### Repechage heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:43.44 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Caetano Horta Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:45.71 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Arjun Lal Arvind Singh | India | 6:51.36 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev Sobirjon Safaroliyev | Uzbekistan | 6:56.22 | FC |
| 5 | 1 | César Amaris José Güipe | Venezuela | 7:01.46 | FC |
| 6 | 6 | Kamel Ait Daoud Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 7:12.08 | FC |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A/B 1

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:07.33 | FA |
| 2 | 1 | Bruno Cetraro Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:11:48 | FA |
| 3 | 5 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:11.88 | FA |
| 4 | 2 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:12.79 | FB |
| 5 | 6 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:18.29 | FB |
| 6 | 3 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | 12:16.25 | FB |

#### Semifinal A/B 2

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:05.33 | FA, WB, OB |
| 2 | 4 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:07.70 | FA |
| 3 | 2 | Niels van Zandweghe Tim Brys | Belgium | 6:13.07 | FA |
| 4 | 5 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:14.57 | FB |
| 5 | 1 | Caetano Horta Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:15.49 | FB |
| 6 | 6 | Arjun Lal Arvind Singh | India | 6:24.41 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final C

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time |
| 13 | 3 | Pedro Fraga Afonso Costa | Portugal | 6:24.44 |
| 14 | 5 | César Abaroa Eber Sanhueza | Chile | 6:31.97 |
| 15 | 2 | César Amaris José Güipe | Venezuela | 6:36.37 |
| 16 | 4 | Shakhboz Kholmurzaev Sobirjon Safaroliyev | Uzbekistan | 6:40.25 |
| 17 | 6 | Kamel Ait Daoud Sid Ali Boudina | Algeria | 6:41.62 |
| 18 | 1 | Siwakorn Wongpin Nawamin Deenoi | Thailand | 6:56.13 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time |
| 7 | 2 | Caetano Horta Manel Balastegui | Spain | 6:15.45 |
| 8 | 4 | Jerzy Kowalski Artur Mikołajczewski | Poland | 6:16.01 |
| 9 | 3 | Ihor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov | Ukraine | 6:16.92 |
| 10 | 5 | Patrick Keane Maxwell Lattimer | Canada | 6:17.60 |
| 11 | 1 | Arjun Lal Arvind Singh | India | 6:29.66 |
| 12 | 6 | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | Norway | DNS |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Rower | Nation | Time |
| | 3 | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | Ireland | 6:06.43 |
| | 4 | Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | Germany | 6:07.29 |
| | 2 | Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:14.30 |
| 4 | 1 | Jiří Šimánek Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:16.42 |
| 5 | 6 | Niels van Zandweghe Tim Brys | Belgium | 6:18.10 |
| 6 | 5 | Bruno Cetraro Felipe Klüver | Uruguay | 6:24.21 |