Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair
Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1 Atanas Andreev Emil Groytsev Stefan Stoykov Bulgaria 7:01.23 QA
2 Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Patrick Sweeney Great Britain 7:01.51 QA
3 Roman Kazantsev Andrey Korikov Andrey Lipsky Soviet Union 7:01.78 QA
4 Jan Kabrhel Milan Škopek Jiří Pták Czechoslovakia 7:04.20 QB
5 Ian McKerlich Dave Ross Pat Newman Canada 7:06.21 QB
6 Robert Espeseth Jr. Daniel Lyons Jon Fish United States 7:07.05 QB
Results -- Semifinals
The second semifinal was a five-way race for three spots in the `` A '' final through the halfway mark . Bulgaria had the lead from the start , with the Soviets , Brits , Americans , and Czechoslovakians fairly close behind . Canada was over 3 seconds out of fifth place at that point , and while the Canadians had a better second half than first , they would not come close to reaching the top three . In the third quarter of the race , Czechoslovakia and especially the United States fell off the pace of the lead group ; Czechoslovakia passed the Americans but saw their gap to third place Great Britain widen to 3 seconds . The Brits made a charge in the final quarter of the race , passing the Soviets and nearly catching Bulgaria ; the latter team held them off , though , and won by 0.28 seconds . Canada caught their southern neighbors in the last 500 metres , as well . [ 3 ]
The men's coxed pair competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.