Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

Men's double sculls at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Date	5–9 August
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Juan Rodríguez William Jones File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay

The men's double sculls competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Henley Royal Regatta Course on the Henley-on-Thames.

Schedule

Date	Round
5 August 1948	Heats
6 August 1948	Repechage
7 August 1948	Semifinal
9 August 1948	Final

Results

Heats

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert	File:Flag of France.svg France	6:47.8	Q
2	Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	6:56.9
3	Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	6:59.2

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	6:50.1	Q
2	Maurice Gueissaz Maurice Matthey	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	6:58.7
3	Gabriel Beaudry Fred Graves	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada	7:09.3

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ben Piessens Willy Collet	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	6:50.9	Q
2	Tom Neumeier Henk van der Meer	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	6:56.1
3	Juan Rodríguez William Jones	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	7:14.0

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joe Angyal Arthur Gallagher	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	7:01.3	Q
2	Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina	7:08.0
3	Sándor Ormándi József Simó	File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Hungary	7:12.1

Repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	?	Q
2	Tom Neumeier Henk van der Meer	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	7:00.2
3	Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina	7:07.1

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	6:53.9	Q
2	Maurice Gueissaz Maurice Matthey	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	7:00.2
3	Sándor Ormándi József Simó	File:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Hungary	7:09.3

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Juan Rodríguez William Jones	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	7:02.1	Q
2	Gabriel Beaudry Fred Graves	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada	7:08.7

Semifinal

First boat of each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	7:55.7	Q
2	Joe Angyal Arthur Gallagher	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States	8:07.3
3	Ben Piessens Willy Collet	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	8:17.2

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	7:48.3	Q
2	Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	7:58.2

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Juan Rodríguez William Jones	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	8:02.2	Q
2	Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert	File:Flag of France.svg France	8:33.2

Final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	6:51.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	6:55.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Juan Rodríguez William Jones	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	7:12.4

External links

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (PDF). Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)