title: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
text: # Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls
  
  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 | France | 6:47.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell | Great Britain | 6:56.9 | |
  | 3 | Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran | Italy | 6:59.2 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen | Denmark | 6:50.1 | Q |
  | 2 | Maurice Gueissaz Maurice Matthey | Switzerland | 6:58.7 | |
  | 3 | Gabriel Beaudry Fred Graves | Canada | 7:09.3 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ben Piessens Willy Collet | Belgium | 6:50.9 | Q |
  | 2 | Tom Neumeier Henk van der Meer | Netherlands | 6:56.1 | |
  | 3 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 7:14.0 | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joe Angyal Arthur Gallagher | United States | 7:01.3 | Q |
  | 2 | Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting | Argentina | 7:08.0 | |
  | 3 | Sándor Ormándi József Simó | 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 | Great Britain | ? | Q |
  | 2 | Tom Neumeier Henk van der Meer | Netherlands | 7:00.2 | |
  | 3 | Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting | Argentina | 7:07.1 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran | Italy | 6:53.9 | Q |
  | 2 | Maurice Gueissaz Maurice Matthey | Switzerland | 7:00.2 | |
  | 3 | Sándor Ormándi József Simó | Hungary | 7:09.3 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 7:02.1 | Q |
  | 2 | Gabriel Beaudry Fred Graves | 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 | Great Britain | 7:55.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Joe Angyal Arthur Gallagher | United States | 8:07.3 | |
  | 3 | Ben Piessens Willy Collet | Belgium | 8:17.2 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen | Denmark | 7:48.3 | Q |
  | 2 | Mario Ustolin Francesco Dapiran | Italy | 7:58.2 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 8:02.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Jacques Maillet Christian Guilbert | France | 8:33.2 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell | Great Britain | 6:51.3 |
  | Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen | Denmark | 6:55.3 |
  | Juan Rodríguez William Jones | Uruguay | 7:12.4 |
  