Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Rowing
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Rowing pictogram.svg
Venue Lake Albano
Dates30 August – 3 September 1960
Competitors410 from 33 nations
  1956
1964  

Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The competitions were held from 30 August to 3 September on the Lago di Albano. [1]

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
single sculls
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Ivanov  (URS)Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Achim Hill  (EUA)Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Teodor Kocerka  (POL)
double sculls
details
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Václav Kozák
and Pavel Schmidt  (TCH)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Berkutov
and Yuriy Tyukalov  (URS)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Ernst Hürlimann
and Rolf Larcher  (SUI)
coxless pairs
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentin Boreyko
and Oleg Golovanov  (URS)
Flag of Austria.svg  Josef Kloimstein
and Alfred Sageder  (AUT)
Flag of Finland.svg  Veli Lehtelä
and Toimi Pitkänen  (FIN)
coxed pairs
details
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Bernhard Knubel
Heinz Renneberg
Klaus Zerta
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Antanas Bagdonavičius
Zigmas Jukna
Igor Rudakov
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Richard Draeger
Conn Findlay
Kent Mitchell
coxless fours
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Arthur Ayrault
Ted Nash
John Sayre
Rusty Wailes
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Tullio Baraglia
Renato Bosatta
Giancarlo Crosta
Giuseppe Galante
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Igor Akhremchik
Yuriy Bachurov
Valentin Morkovkin
Anatoly Tarabrin
coxed fours
details
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Gerd Cintl
Horst Effertz
Klaus Riekemann
Jürgen Litz
Michael Obst
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Robert Dumontois
Claude Martin
Jacques Morel
Guy Nosbaum
Jean Klein
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Fulvio Balatti
Romano Sgheiz
Franco Trincavelli
Giovanni Zucchi
Ivo Stefanoni
eights
details
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Manfred Rulffs
Walter Schröder
Frank Schepke
Kraft Schepke
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
Karl-Heinz Hopp
Klaus Bittner
Hans Lenk
Willi Padge
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Donald Arnold
Walter D'Hondt
Nelson Kuhn
John Lecky
David Anderson
Archibald MacKinnon
Bill McKerlich
Glen Mervyn
Sohen Biln
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
Bohumil Janoušek
Jan Jindra
Jiří Lundák
Stanislav Lusk
Václav Pavkovič
Luděk Pojezný
Jan Švéda
Josef Věntus
Miroslav Koníček

Participating nations

A total of 410 rowers from 33 nations competed at the Rome Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)3104
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2215
3Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)1012
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1012
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0112
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0101
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada  (CAN)0101
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
9Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0011
Totals (11 entries)77721

Notes

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