# 2016 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair

The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday 22 August 2016 | 17:20 | Heats |
| Tuesday 23 August 2016 | 11:25 | Repechages |
| Thursday 25 August 2016 | 15:45 | Semifinals A/B |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 11:05 | Final C |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 11:25 | Final B |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 12:55 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen | Denmark | 6:39.71 | SA/B |
| 2 | Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton | Brazil | 6:41.86 | SA/B |
| 3 | Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho | Portugal | 6:43.41 | R |
| 4 | Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson | United States | 6:46.27 | R |
| 5 | Roland Szigeti David Forrai | Hungary | 6:52.27 | R |
| 6 | Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara | Japan | 6:54.97 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour | Great Britain | 6:37.05 | SA/B |
| 2 | Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll | Ireland | 6:38.84 | SA/B |
| 3 | Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko | Russia | 6:44.40 | R |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez | Spain | 6:45.08 | R |
| 5 | Li Lei Li Zhongwei | China | 6:59.44 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot | France | 6:40.77 | SA/B |
| 2 | Julius Peschel Sven Keßler | Germany | 6:42.89 | SA/B |
| 3 | Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi | Italy | 6:47.13 | R |
| 4 | Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec | Czech Republic | 6:52.37 | R |
| 5 | Markus Christensen Ola Larsson | Norway | 6:53.18 | R |

### Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez | Spain | 6:39.20 | SA/B |
| 2 | Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara | Japan | 6:39.30 | SA/B |
| 3 | Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi | Italy | 6:39.81 | SA/B |
| 4 | Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho | Portugal | 6:40.68 | FC |
| 5 | Markus Christensen Ola Larsson | Norway | 6:49.84 | FC |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Lei Li Zhongwei | China | 6:36.85 | SA/B |
| 2 | Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson | United States | 6:37.22 | SA/B |
| 3 | Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko | Russia | 6:38.33 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec | Czech Republic | 6:46.45 | FC |
| 5 | Roland Szigeti David Forrai | Hungary | BUW 6:42.86 | FC |

### Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour | Great Britain | 6:29.63 | FA |
| 2 | Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen | Denmark | 6:30.12 | FA |
| 3 | Li Lei Li Zhongwei | China | 6:32.81 | FA |
| 4 | Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara | Japan | 6:33.38 | FB |
| 5 | Julius Peschel Sven Keßler | Germany | 6:36.39 | FB |
| 6 | Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko | Russia | 6:38.24 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot | France | 6:30.56 | FA |
| 2 | Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll | Ireland | 6:32.18 | FA |
| 3 | Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson | United States | 6:33.19 | FA |
| 4 | Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton | Brazil | 6:35.07 | FB |
| 5 | Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi | Italy | 6:37.34 | FB |
| 6 | Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez | Spain | 6:40.82 | FB |

### Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Nuno Goncalves Coelho Jorge Correia Carvalho | Portugal | 7:29.49 |
| 2 | Jan Hájek Michael Humpolec | Czech Republic | 7:33.88 |
| 3 | Roland Szigeti David Forrai | Hungary | 7:36.03 |
| 4 | Markus Christensen Ola Larsson | Norway | 7:44.61 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Masato Kobayashi Kazuki Nara | Japan | 7:28.22 |
| 2 | Julius Peschel Sven Keßler | Germany | 7:33.77 |
| 3 | Xavier Vela Willian Giaretton | Brazil | 7:34.17 |
| 4 | Sergei Cherepkov Aleksei Kiiashko | Russia | 7:35.24 |
| 5 | Lorenzo Tedesco Giorgio Tuccinardi | Italy | 7:38.36 |
| 6 | Sergio Pérez Moreno Jesus Gonzalez | Spain | 7:49.33 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Augustin Mouterde Alexis Guérinot | France | 7:14.18 |
| | Emil Espensen Jens Vilhelmsen | Denmark | 7:15.30 |
| | Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour | Great Britain | 7:16.49 |
| 4 | Mark O'Donovan Shane O'Driscoll | Ireland | 7:24.60 |
| 5 | Li Lei Li Zhongwei | China | 7:32.48 |
| 6 | Andrew Weiland Peter Gibson | United States | 7:36.91 |