| Rowing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Lake Albano |
| Dates | 30 August – 3 September 1960 |
| Competitors | 410 from 33 nations |
| Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
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]
A total of 410 rowers from 33 nations competed at the Rome Games:
Argentina (9)
Australia (25)
Austria (10)
Belgium (5)
Brazil (5)
Canada (15)
Czechoslovakia (22)
Denmark (16)
Spain (18)
Finland (12)
France (16)
Great Britain (26)
United Team of Germany (26)
Greece (6)
Hungary (9)
Italy (26)
Japan (14)
Mexico (2)
Netherlands (13)
Norway (2)
New Zealand (1)
Peru (2)
Poland (5)
Portugal (5)
Romania (8)
South Africa (5)
Switzerland (18)
Sweden (12)
Soviet Union (25)
United Arab Republic (9)
United States (26)
Uruguay (5)
Yugoslavia (12)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Denmark competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 100 competitors, 88 men and 12 women, took part in 46 events in 15 sports. Cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen died during the team time trial.
New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 37 competitors, 33 men and four women, who took part in 28 events across nine sports. Selection of the team for the Games in Rome, Italy, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Les Mills. Harold Austad was the team's Chef de Mission. The New Zealand team finished 14th on the medal table, winning a total of three medals, two of which were gold.
Peru competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 8 events in 3 sports. Peru returned to the football tournament once more after the controversial 1936 Olympics. Most of the athletes that represented Peru were part of the football squad. Peru also participated in shooting and rowing events.
Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was the eleventh appearance out of fourteen editions of the 1960 Summer Olympics. Argentina sent to the 1960 Summer Olympics its eighth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee, 91 athletes, something which had not happened since the 1932 Games in Los Angeles and which has not happened since. Ironically, the flag bearer, a woman named Cristina Hardekopf, was a diver but was not included in the delegation as a participating athlete. However, Jorge Somlay, a rower, participated as Argentina's youngest Olympic competitor at only 13 years old.
Canada competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 85 competitors, 74 men and 11 women, took part in 77 events in 14 sports.
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 116 competitors, 107 men and 9 women, took part in 64 events in 14 sports.
Poland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 185 competitors, 156 men and 29 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.
The Union of South Africa competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 55 competitors, 53 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports. After these Olympics, the International Olympic Committee banned South Africa from the Olympic Movement over the policy of apartheid, making these the last Olympics at which South Africa would compete until the repeal of apartheid and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Tokyo, the Japanese flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Spain competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. The nation returned to the Summer Olympic Games after participating in the Dutch-led boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics. 144 competitors, 133 men and 11 women, took part in 83 events in 16 sports.
Brazil competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 72 competitors, 71 men and 1 woman, took part in 35 events in 14 sports. Brazilians obtained two bronze medals in Rome. The swimmer Manuel dos Santos was a bronze medalist in men's 100 metre freestyle. The men's basketball team also won the bronze medal. Flagbearer and defending two-time Olympic champion Adhemar Ferreira da Silva could not repeat his performance and placed fourteenth in the triple jump,
Egypt and Syria, as the United Arab Republic, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Syria was a constituent of the United Arab Republic in 1960, but almost all 74 competitors for the Olympic team were from Egypt. 74 competitors, all men, took part in 34 events in 12 sports.
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The men's eight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy. It was held from 31 August to 3 September. There were 14 boats from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by the United Team of Germany in that combined team's debut; it was the first medal for any German team since the 1936 Games in Berlin and first-ever gold medal in the event for a German team. Canada repeated as silver medalists. Czechoslovakia won its first men's eight medal with a bronze. The United States, which had won the last eight times the event was held and all ten times the nation had appeared before, lost for the first time—finishing fifth, off the podium entirely, despite being among the contenders once again.
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