Dates August 25–26 Start date 1900 Venue Seine | Competitors 22 from 3 nations Location Seine, France | |
The coxed pairs was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 25 August and 26 August 1900. 7 boats, involving 22 rowers from 3 nations, competed.
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Semifinals
The top two boats in each semifinal advanced to the final.
Final
In the semi-finals, the Dutch team had been coxed by Hermanus Brockmann, who weighed 60 kg. They saw that the French teams made use of young light-weighted boys of about 25 kg, and decided to switch coxswains to reduce weight, recruiting a young Parisian boy for the job. In the final, the Dutch team took the lead from the start. In the end, the French team came very close, but the Dutch team won a tight race with the French boat sent by the Marne society.
References
Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA