Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless fours
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Lake Albano
Date31 August – 3 September
Competitors64 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Arthur Ayrault
Ted Nash
John Sayre
Rusty Wailes
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Tullio Baraglia
Renato Bosatta
Giancarlo Crosta
Giuseppe Galante
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Akhremchik
Yuriy Bachurov
Valentin Morkovkin
Anatoly Tarabrin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1956
1964  

The men's coxless fours competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Albano, Italy. The event was held from August 31 until September 3. [1]

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and final), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the final. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:28.18Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:29.67R
3Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 6:34.20R
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:34.90R
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:44.20R
6Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:08.95R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:36.65Q
2Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 6:43.45R
3
  • David Lord
  • Jack Mok
  • Trevor Steyn
  • John Stocchi
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 6:46.58R
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:49.83R
5Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 6:56.32R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:29.41Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:31.84R
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 6:36.81R
4Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:43.48R
5
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 6:52.32R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:24.84Q
2Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 6:27.61
3Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 6:44.77
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:45.25

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:42.19Q
2Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 6:47.04
3Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 6:48.50
4
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 6:56.35
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS

Repechage heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:37.79Q
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:43.44
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:49.75
4
  • David Lord
  • Jack Mok
  • Trevor Steyn
  • John Stocchi
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 6:50.32

Final

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 6:26.26
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:28.78
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:29.62
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:34.30
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:36.18
6Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:38.81

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.