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

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

Men's double sculls
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Date31 August – 3 September
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Medalists
Václav Kozák
Pavel Schmidt
 Czechoslovakia
Aleksandr Berkutov
Yuriy Tyukalov
 Soviet Union
Ernst Hürlimann
Rolf Larcher
 Switzerland

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.

  • Heats: Three heats. With 16 boats entered, there were five or six boats per heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the final; all other boats went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Three heats. With 13 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were four or five boats per repechage heat. The top boat in each repechage heat advanced to the final, with the remaining boats eliminated.
  • Final: The final consisted of the six boats that had won either the preliminary heats or the repechage heats.

Results

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 France6:45.23Q
2 Netherlands6:48.22R
3 Yugoslavia6:49.94R
4 United States6:51.92R
5 United Team of Germany6:52.05R
6 Australia7:16.41R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Czechoslovakia6:51.47Q
2 Soviet Union6:51.98R
3 Great Britain7:00.13R
4 Norway7:11.04R
5 Denmark7:15.23R

Heat 3

Italy was disqualified for false starting twice.

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Switzerland6:54.78Q
2 Belgium6:55.31R
3 Austria7:18.13R
4 Uruguay7:38.57R
 ItalyDSQR

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Netherlands6:51.61Q
2 Norway7:02.88
3 Denmark7:09.95
4 Austria7:15.63

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Soviet Union6:55.91Q
2 Uruguay7:04.78
3 Yugoslavia7:07.61
4 Italy7:08.16
5 Australia7:12.37

Repechage heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Belgium6:49.04Q
2 Great Britain6:49.81
3 United Team of Germany6:55.15
4 United States6:55.25

Final

RankRowersNationTime
 Czechoslovakia6:47.50
 Soviet Union6:50.49
 Switzerland6:50.59
4 France6:52.22
5 Netherlands6:53.86
6 Belgium6:56.40

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.
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