Men's coxless pair competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This rowing event was a sweep event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Two rowers crewed each boat, with no coxswain. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals. Heats SF denotes qualification to Semifinal. R denotes qualification to Repechage. Heat 1 (August 14) : Drew Ginn, James Tomkins, 6:55.04 -> SF : Nikola Stojić, Mladen Stegić, 6:58.11 -> SF : Toby Garbett, Rick Dunn, 6:58.95 -> SF : Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales, 7:02.29 -> R : Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar, 7:05.36 -> R Heat 2 (August 14) : Donovan Cech, Ramon di Clemente, 6:57.06 -> SF : Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin, 7:01.28 -> SF : Luke Walton, Artour Samsonov, 7:11.81 -> SF : Adam Michálek, Petr Imre, 7:26.19 -> R Heat 3 (August 14) : Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater, 6:54.75 -> SF : Dave Calder, Chris Jarvis, 6:56.23 -> SF : Giuseppe De Vita, Dario Lari, 7:03.12 -> SF : Tobias Kühne, Jan Herzog, 7:14.16 -> R Repechage SF denotes qualification to Semifinal. Repechage 1 (August 17) : Tobias Kühne, Jan Herzog, 6:28.40 -> SF : Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales, 6:28.98 -> SF : Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar, 6:30.89 -> SF : Adam Michálek, Petr Imre, 6:33.24 Semifinals FA denotes qualification to Final A. FB denotes qualification to Final B. Semifinal A (August 18) Australia (Drew Ginn, James Tomkins) 6:22.60 FA Croatia (Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin) 6:23.57 FA New Zealand (Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater) 6:24.49 FA Great Britain (Toby Garbett, Rick Dunn) 6:25.06 FB Italy (Giuseppe de Vita, Dario Lari) 6:31.26 FB Argentina (Walter Naneder, Marcos Morales) 7:19.57 FB Semifinal B (August 18) Germany (Tobias Kühne, Jan Herzog) 6:25.47 FA Serbia and Montenegro (Nikola Stojić, Mladen Stegić) 6:27.50 FA South Africa (Donovan Cech, Ramon di Clemente) 6:28.48 FA United States (Luke Walton, Artour Samsonov) 6:32.51 FB Slovenia (Matija Pavšič, Andrej Hrabar) 6:46.12 FB Canada (Dave Calder, Chris Jarvis) Excluded FB Semifinal B was a close, dramatic race. 100 meters from the finishing line, there were four boats in contention for the 3 available places in the finals. Germany held