In the final, the French covered the distance in 6 minutes 00.33 seconds, setting an Olympic record.
Silver medals were won by Stef Brunink and Malvin Twellar (6: 00.53) from the Netherlands.
Bronze by the Chinese Zhiyu Liu and Liang Zhang (6: 03.63).
Earlier it was reported that the Romanians won the Olympic gold medal in rowing in doubles.