The men's double sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

[1][2] All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repeachge.

First three qualify to the semifinals.

New Zealand rower Hamish Bond watched fellow team members Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan in their final, and with 500 m to go, they were 3.5 sec down on the leaders and in fourth place; whilst they were the reigning world champions and had dominated the qualifying races, Bond was convinced that they had no chance of winning their final.

But they had the most impressive sprint and won by half a length.