Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pairs competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place at Mei Bay, Helsinki, Finland.

Men's coxless pairs at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	20–23 July
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Charlie Logg Tom Price  United States Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens  Belgium Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt  Switzerland

Schedule

Date	Round
20 July 1952	Heats
21 July 1952	Repechage
21 July 1952	Semifinal
22 July 1952	Semifinal repechage
23 July 1952	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	Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt	Switzerland	7:46.0	Q
2	David Callender Christopher Davidge	Great Britain	7:47.0
3	Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens	Belgium	7:48.9
4	Charlie Logg Tom Price	United States	7:50.7

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Don Palmer Vic Middleton	Australia	8:06.4	Q
2	Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch	Denmark	8:13.3
3	Bruno Gamba Antonio Saverio	Italy	9:21.2
3	Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak	Poland	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze	Netherlands	8:00.4	Q
2	Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón	Argentina	8:02.2
3	Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel	Saar	8:09.5
3	Mikhail Plaksin Vasily Bagretsov	Soviet Union	8:12.3

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson	Sweden	7:54.5	Q
2	Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart	France	7:57.9
3	Heinz Renneberg Heinz Eichholz	Germany	8:03.3
4	Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter	Finland	8:06.7

Repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens	Belgium	7:22.8	Q
2	Mikhail Plaksin Vasily Bagretsov	Soviet Union	7:31.9
3	Bruno Gamba Antonio Saverio	Italy	7:43.4
4	Bengt Ahlström Stig Winter	Finland	7:47.9

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Charlie Logg Tom Price	United States	7:28.4	Q
2	Jan Świątkowski Stanisław Wieśniak	Poland	7:39.7
3	Klaus Hahn Herbert Kesel	Saar	DNF

Semifinal

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt	Switzerland	7:37.7	Q
2	Don Palmer Vic Middleton	Australia	7:46.8
3	Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart	France	7:54.7
4	Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón	Argentina	7:59.8

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	David Callender Christopher Davidge	Great Britain	7:45.6	Q
2	Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze	Netherlands	7:53.2
3	Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson	Sweden	8:07.5
4	Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch	Denmark	8:15.7

Semifinal repechage

First boat of each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Charlie Logg Tom Price	United States	7:36.2	Q
2	Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch	Denmark	7:47.1
3	Don Palmer Vic Middleton	Australia	7:50.5

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens	Belgium	7:35.0	Q
2	Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón	Argentina	7:41.0
3	Ben Binnendijk Carl Kuntze	Netherlands	7:44.7

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart	France	7:57.1	Q
2	Bernt Torberntsson Evert Gunnarsson	Sweden	7:58.6

Final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Charlie Logg Tom Price	United States	8:20.7
	Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens	Belgium	8:23.5
	Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt	Switzerland	8:32.7
4	David Callender Christopher Davidge	Great Britain	8:37.4
5	Jean-Pierre Souche René Guissart	France	8:48.8

External links

• Official Olympic Report