# Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls

These are the results of the Men's lightweight double sculls competition in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. It was one of eight events in men's rowing that was held.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz (POL) | Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron (FRA) | Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis (GRE) |

## Heats - 15 August

* SF denotes qualification to semifinal
* R denotes qualification to repechage

### Heat 1

| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Greece | Vasileios Polymeros, Nikolaos Skiathitis | 6:15.22 | SF |
| 2 | Italy | Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari | 6:19.82 | R |
| 3 | Slovakia | Ľuboš Podstupka and Lukáš Babač | 6:22.00 | R |
| 4 | China | Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian | 6:22.64 | R |
| 5 | Cuba | Armando Arrechavaleta and Yosvel Iglesiaso | 6:25.14 | R |
| 6 | Brazil | Thiago Gomes and José Sobral Júnior | 6:33.92 | R |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | France | Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron | 6:14.55 | SF |
| 2 | Hungary | Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga | 6:20.98 | R |
| 3 | Spain | Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans | 6:23.23 | R |
| 4 | Japan | Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda | 6:24.08 | R |
| 5 | Hong Kong | Lo Ting Wai and So Sau Wah | 6:43.49 | R |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Denmark | Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Hansen | 6:17.68 | SF |
| 2 | Poland | Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz | 6:21.45 | R |
| 3 | Germany | Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler | 6:25.22 | R |
| 4 | Australia | George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf | 6:28.94 | R |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | Sergey Bogdanov and Ruslan Naurzaliev | 6:52.34 | R |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ireland | Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey | 6:16.63 | SF |
| 2 | United States | Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman | 6:20.00 | R |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Václav Maleček and Michal Vabroušek | 6:21.82 | R |
| 4 | Belgium | Justin Gevaert and Wouter Van der Fraenen | 6:26.25 | R |
| 5 | Uruguay | Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo | 6:29.20 | R |

## Repechages - 17 August
### Repechage 1

* Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:17.26 -> Semifinal A/B
* United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:19.35 -> Semifinal A/B
* Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:21.57 -> Semifinal C/D
* Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:27.89 -> Semifinal C/D

### Repechage 2

* Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:20.90 -> Semifinal A/B
* Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:26.66 -> Semifinal A/B
* Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua 6:30.23 -> Semifinal C/D
* China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:31.87 -> Semifinal C/D

### Repechage 3

* Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:22.63 -> Semifinal A/B
* Slovakia: Lubos Podstupka and Lukáš Babač 6:25.75 -> Semifinal A/B
* Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:31.18 -> Semifinal C/D
* Uzbekistan: Sergey Bogdanov and Ruslan Naurzaliev 6:45.69 -> Semifinal C/D

### Repechage 4

* Czech Republic: Václav Maleček and Michal Vabroušek 6:19.04 -> Semifinal A/B
* Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 6:21.22 -> Semifinal A/B
* Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:26.10 -> Semifinal C/D
* Brazil: Thiago Gomes and Jose Sobral, Jr. 6:33.66 -> Semifinal C/D
* Hong Kong: Ting Wai Lo and Sau Wah So 6:41.09 -> Semifinal C/D

## Semifinals - 19 August
### Semifinal A

* Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:14.91 -> Final A
* Greece: Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis 6:17.12 -> Final A
* Denmark: Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Hansen 6:17.85 -> Final A
* United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:21.46 -> Final B
* Czech Republic: Václav Maleček and Michal Vabroušek 6:23.17 -> Final B
* Slovakia: Luboš Podstupka and Lukáš Babač 6:29.44 -> Final B

### Semifinal B

* France: Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron 6:16.33 -> Final A
* Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:18.23 -> Final A
* Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:18.51 -> Final A
* Ireland: Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey 6:19.09 -> Final B
* Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 6:23.72 -> Final B
* Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:30.15 -> Final B

### Semifinal C

* Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:23.22 -> Final C
* Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:25.34 -> Final C
* China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:25.97 -> Final C
* Brazil: Thiago Gomes and Jose Sobral, Jr. 6:26.98

### Semifinal D

* Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:27.68 -> Final C
* Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:28.09 -> Final C
* Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua 6:29.39 -> Final C
* Hong Kong: Lo Ting Wai and So Sau Wah 6:37.03
* Uzbekistan: Sergey Bogdanov and Ruslan Naurzaliev 6:45.47

## Finals
### Final A - 22 August

* Poland: Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz 6:20.93
* France: Frédéric Dufour and Pascal Touron 6:21.46
* Greece: Vasileios Polymeros and Nikolaos Skiathitis 6:23.23
* Denmark: Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Hansen 6:23.92
* Hungary: Zsolt Hirling and Tamás Varga 6:24.69
* Japan: Kazushige Ura and Daisaku Takeda 6:24.98

### Final B - 21 August

* United States: Steve Tucker and Greg Ruckman 6:45.20
* Spain: Ruben Alvarez Hoyos and Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans 6:46.48
* Czech Republic: Václav Maleček and Michal Vabroušek 6:46.77
* Ireland: Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey 6:49.26
* Slovakia: Lubos Podstupka and Lukáš Babač 6:58.78
* Italy: Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari 7:01.86

### Final C - 21 August

* Germany: Manuel Brehmer and Ingo Euler 6:45.62
* Cuba: Armando Arrechavaleta Carrera and Yosvel Iglesias Montano 6:48.50
* Belgium: Justin Gevaert and Wouter van der Fraenen 6:50.07
* Australia: George Jelbart and Cameron Wurf 6:51.32
* China: Zhu Zhifu and Yang Jian 6:58.88
* Uruguay: Rodolfo Collazo and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua 7:03.72