Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls

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Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Date31 August – 3 September
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Václav Kozák
Pavel Schmidt
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver medal icon.svg Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernst Hürlimann
Rolf Larcher
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1956
1964  

The men's double sculls competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy. [1]

Contents

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 France.svg  France 6:45.23Q
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:48.22R
3Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 6:49.94R
4US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 6:51.92R
5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 6:52.05R
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:16.41R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:51.47Q
2Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 6:51.98R
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:00.13R
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:11.04R
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:15.23R

Heat 3

Italy was disqualified for false starting twice.

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:54.78Q
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:55.31R
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:18.13R
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7:38.57R
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DSQR

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:51.61Q
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:02.88
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:09.95
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:15.63

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 6:55.91Q
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7:04.78
3Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:07.61
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:08.16
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:12.37

Repechage heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:49.04Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:49.81
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 6:55.15
4US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 6:55.25

Final

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6:47.50
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 6:50.49
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:50.59
4Flag of France.svg  France 6:52.22
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:53.86
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:56.40

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Double Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2018.