The men's coxless pair (M2-) competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States.

It was held from 30 July to 5 August and the outcome was wide open due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and thus the absence of the dominating team from East Germany.

[4] With both nations absent due to the Soviet Bloc boycott, the only competing nation that had won recent world championships was Norway, which had won the title in 1982.

[9] The Swiss team changed seats in the repechage and then maintained the new configuration for the rest of the competition.

[10] The Germans and the Dutch swapped seats in their semi-final and maintained the new configuration in their finals.