BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Olympic rowing men's double sculls heats on Saturday (first three finishers in each heat to semifinal for qualification for final A and B, rest to repechage).

    Heat 1

    1. Rob Waddell/Nathan Cohen, New Zealand, 6 minutes 24.32 seconds

    2. Dzianis Mihal/Stanislau Shcharbachenia, Belarus, 6:27.18

    3. Clemens Wenzel/Karsten Brodowski, Germany, 6:29.60

    4. Bart Poelvoorde/Christophe Raes, 6:31.84

    5. Wes Piermarini/Elliot Hovey, United States, 6:39.37

    Heat 2

    1. Matthew Wells/Stephen Rowbotham, Britain, 6:26.33

    2. Ante Kusurin/Mario Vekic, Croatia, 6:27.38

    3. Tonu Endrekson/Juri Jaanson, Estonia, 6:27.95

    4. Alexander Kornilov/Alexey Svirin, Russia, 6:44.46

    5. Haidar Nozad/Hussein Jebur, Iraq, 7:00.46

    Heat 3

    1. David Crawshay/Scott Brennan, Austrilia, 6:21.39

    2. Baptiste Macquet/Adrien Hardy, France, 6:21.92

    3. Luka Spik/Iztok Cop, Slovenia, 6:39.49

    4. Martin Yanakiev/Ivo Yanakiev, Bulgaria, 6:45.03