Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

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Men's eight
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Rowing pictogram.svg
Rowing pictogram
Venue Grünau Regatta Course
Dates12–14 August
Competitors126 from 14 nations
Winning time6:25.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
  1932
1948  

The men's eight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place at Grünau Regatta Course in Berlin, Germany. The event was held from 12 to 14 August, and was won by a United States crew from the University of Washington. [1] There were 14 boats (126 competitors) from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The victory was the fifth consecutive gold medal in the event for the United States and seventh overall; the Americans had won every time they competed (missing 1908 and 1912). Italy repeated as silver medalists. Germany earned its first medal in the men's eight since 1912 with its bronze. Canada's three-Games podium streak ended.

Rowing events were dominated by the hosts, Germany, who medaled in every event and took five of the seven gold medals. The final race, men's eights, was won by a working-class United States team from the University of Washington who, in what had become their trademark, started slow and outsprinted the competition to an exceedingly close finish, with only one second separating the top three finishers at the end of a six-and-a-half minute race. [2] [3] This event is chronicled in The Boys in the Boat written by Daniel James Brown.

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's eight has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900. [4]

The United States was the dominant nation in the event, with the nation winning the previous four Olympic men's eight competitions (as well as the other two competitions which the United States had entered). The American crew this year came from the University of Washington, which had won the 1936 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta. Switzerland had won the 1936 Grand Challenge Cup. Hungary had won the 1933, 1934, and 1935 European championships. [4] The Australian crew was all police crew from the New South Wales Policeman's Rowing Club in Sydney who had dominated at state titles for the previous two years. [5] They were selected in toto with their attendance funded by the NSW Police Federation. [6]

Yugoslavia made its debut in the event. Canada, Great Britain, and the United States each made their seventh appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.

Competition format

The "eight" event featured nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [7]

The 1936 competition had a six-boat final for the first time. The competition continued to use the three-round format used in 1932, with two main rounds (semifinals and a final) and a repechage.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 12 August 193617:15Semifinals
Thursday, 13 August 193618:15Repechage
Friday, 14 August 193618:00Final

Results

Semifinals

12 August. The first boat in each heat advanced directly to final. The other boats competed again in the repechage for remaining spots in the final.

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Robert Moch US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6:00.8Q
2 Noel Duckworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:02.1R
3 Claude Lowenstein Flag of France.svg  France 6:11.6R
4 Tadashi Shimijima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 6:12.3R
5 Bedřich Procházka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:28.6R

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Ervin Kereszthy Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 6:07.1Q
2 Cesare Milani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 6:10.1R
3 Les MacDonald Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada 6:14.3R
4 Norman Ella Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:21.9R
5 Rodolpho Rath Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 6:33.2R

Semifinal 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Rolf Spring Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:08.4Q
2 Wilhelm Mahlow Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 6:08.5R
3 Pavao Ljubičić Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 6:15.5R
4 Harry Gregersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:18.0R

Repechage

13 August. The winner of each race advanced to the final; the other boats were eliminated.

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Wilhelm Mahlow Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 6:44.9Q
2 Norman Ella Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:55.1
3 Bedřich Procházka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7:07.8
Harry Gregersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DNS

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Cesare Milani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 6:35.6Q
2 Tadashi Shimijima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 6:42.3
3 Pavao Ljubičić Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 6:47.3
4 Rodolpho Rath Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 7:06.1

Repechage heat 3

14 August.

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Noel Duckworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:29.3Q
2 Les MacDonald Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada 6:33.8
3 Claude Lowenstein Flag of France.svg  France 6:36.6

Final

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Moch US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6:25.4
Silver medal icon.svg Cesare Milani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 6:26.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Wilhelm Mahlow Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 6:26.4
4 Noel Duckworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:30.1
5 Ervin Kereszthy Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 6:30.3
6 Rolf Spring Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:35.8

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