Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair
Introduction The men's coxed pair event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the third appearance of the event, was held from 14 to 17 July 1924 on the river Seine. Five teams, each from a different nation, competed, for a total of 15 rowers and coxswains. The event was won by Switzerland, with rowers Édouard Candeveau and Alfred Felber and coxswain Émile Lachapelle. The two Swiss rowers had earned bronze in 1920 with a different cox. Defending champion Italian rowers Ercole Olgeni and Giovanni Scatturin took silver, this time with Gino Sopracordevole as their cox. Candeveau, Felber, Olgeni, and Scatturin were the first four men with multiple medals in the event. The United States' debut in the event netted a bronze medal for rowers Leon Butler and Harold Wilson and cox Edward Jennings.
Background This was the third appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900, but was not held in 1904, 1908, or 1912.It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992, when it (along with the men's coxed four) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.Two of the four rower pairs from 1920 returned, though both had switched coxswains since the Antwerp Games: gold medalists Ercole Olgeni and Giovanni Scatturin of Italy and bronze medalists Édouard Candeveau and Alfred Felber of Switzerland. The Swiss rowers, with new cox Émile Lachapelle, had won the 1922 and 1923 European championships.The United States made its debut in the event. Belgium and France each made their third appearance, having previously competed in both prior editions in 1900 and 1920.
Competition format The coxed pair event featured three-person boats, with two rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition featured two rounds (semifinals and a final). There were two semifinals, each with 2 or 3 boats; the top two boats in each advanced to the final. As there were only five boats, the semifinal round eliminated only one team. The four-boat final determined the medals. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.
Schedule  Date Time Round Tuesday, 15 July 1924   '''Semifinals''' Thursday, 17 July 1924   '''Final'''
Results ===Semifinals===The top two boats in each semifinal advanced to the final, meaning only one team was eliminated.====Semifinal 1==== Rank  Rowers  Coxswain  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Eugène Constant  Raymond Talleux  Marcel Lepan  7:36.6   2  Leon Butler  Harold Wilson  Edward Jennings  Unknown   3  Alphonse Dewette  Eugène Gabriels  Marcel Wauters  Unknown  ====Semifinal 2==== Rank  Rowers  Coxswain  Nation  Time  Notes 1  Édouard Candeveau  Alfred Felber  Émile Lachapelle  7:49.6   2  Ercole Olgeni  Giovanni Scatturin  Gino Sopracordevole  Unknown  ===Final=== Rank  Rowers  Coxswain  Nation  Time   Édouard Candeveau  Alfred Felber  Émile Lachapelle  8:39.0   Ercole Olgeni  Giovanni Scatturin  Gino Sopracordevole  8:39.1   Leon Butler  Harold Wilson  Edward Jennings  Unknown 4  Eugène Constant  Raymond Talleux  Marcel Lepan  Unknown
Results summary  Rank  Rowers  Coxswain  Nation  Semifinals  Final   Édouard Candeveau  Alfred Felber  Émile Lachapelle  7:49.6  8:39.0   Ercole Olgeni  Giovanni Scatturin  Gino Sopracordevole  Unknown  8:39.1   Leon Butler  Harold Wilson  Edward Jennings  Unknown  Unknown 4  Eugène Constant  Raymond Talleux  Marcel Lepan  7:36.6  Unknown 5  Alphonse Dewette  Eugène Gabriels  Marcel Wauters  Unknown
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