Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1 Wim Van Belleghem Alain Lewuillon Belgium 6:54.57 Q
2 Hermann Bauer Karl Sinzinger Jr Austria 6:58.96 Q
3 Ricardo de Carvalho Ronaldo de Carvalho Brazil 7:01.00 Q
4 Malcolm Batten Samuel Patten Australia 7:06.17
5 Audun Hadler-Olsen Tore Øvrebø Norway 7:20.88
Results -- Repechage
Norway made the only personnel change of the event , swapping Audun Hadler-Olsen in for Ole Andreassen . Australia started strong , leading at the 500 metre and 1000 metre marks . But the Australian rowers had the weakest third quarter of any of the five boats , dropping all the way back to fourth place as Belgium charged from fourth to first . Austria and Brazil were in the second and third places . The leading three increased their separation from fourth-place Australia and fifth-place Norway in the last 500 metres . [ 3 ]
The men's coxless pair competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.