Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter of Great Britain lived upto the expectations of their fans and supporters by clinching gold in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls event. They touched the finishing line in a time of 6:10.99. The silver medal went to Dimitrios Mougios and Vasileios Polymeros of Greece who clocked 6:11.72 seconds. A minuscule difference of 0.73 seconds placed Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen and Rasmus Nicholai Quist Hansen of Denmark at the third position.