Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair
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The men's coxed pair competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy.[1] It was held from 31 August to 3 September.[2] There were 18 boats (54 competitors) from 18 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event.[2] The three nations on the podium were the same as those in 1956, though in a different order (and with only 1 of the 9 individual competitors being the same). The event was won by the United Team of Germany (bronze in 1956), with Bernhard Knubel and Heinz Renneberg rowing with Klaus Zerta the coxswain. Zerta is the youngest confirmed male gold medalist in Olympic history at 13 years and 283 days, just beating Hans Bourquin (also in the men's coxed pair, in 1928) by 9 days.[3][4][5] The 1900 men's coxed pair gold-medal-winning coxswain may have been younger (estimates range from 7 to 12 years old), but the identities and ages of most coxswains in that event, including the gold medalist, are not known. The Soviet Union, bronze in 1956, took silver this time with Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, and Igor Rudakov. Defending champions the United States took bronze; Conn Findlay was the only man from the 1956 podium to return, this time with Richard Draeger as his rowing partner and Kent Mitchell the coxswain.
This was the 10th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900, but was not held in 1904, 1908, or 1912. It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992, when it (along with the men's coxed four) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]
Only 1 of the 12 competitors from the 1956 coxed pair final returned: Conn Findlay from the gold-medal United States team. The United Team of Germany had been dominant the last few years other than their second-place finish to the Americans in the 1956 Games, winning four European championships with various crew compositions.[2]
Czechoslovakia, Romania, Spain, and Uruguay each made their debut in the event. The United States made its eighth appearance, matching the absent France for most among nations to that point.
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The coxed pair event featured three-person boats, with two rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 (with the exception of 1948).[6]
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.
Semifinals: Three heats. With 18 boats entered, there were 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 15 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were 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.
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The men s coxed pair competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano Italy 1 It was held from 31 August to 3 September 2 There were 18 boats 54 competitors from 18 nations with each nation limited to a single boat in the event 2 The three nations on the podium were the same as those in 1956 though in a different order and with only 1 of the 9 individual competitors being the same The event was won by the United Team of Germany bronze in 1956 with Bernhard Knubel and Heinz Renneberg rowing with Klaus Zerta the coxswain Zerta is the youngest confirmed male gold medalist in Olympic history at 13 years and 283 days just beating Hans Bourquin also in the men s coxed pair in 1928 by 9 days 3 4 5 The 1900 men s coxed pair gold medal winning coxswain may have been younger estimates range from 7 to 12 years old but the identities and ages of most coxswains in that event including the gold medalist are not known The Soviet Union bronze in 1956 took silver this time with Antanas Bagdonavicius Zigmas Jukna and Igor Rudakov Defending champions the United States took bronze Conn Findlay was the only man from the 1956 podium to return this time with Richard Draeger as his rowing partner and Kent Mitchell the coxswain Men s coxed pairat the Games of the XVII OlympiadKlaus Zerta coxswain of the gold medal teamVenueLake Albano Dates31 August 3 SeptemberCompetitors54 from 18 nationsWinning time7 29 14MedalistsBernhard KnubelHeinz RennebergKlaus Zerta United Team of GermanyAntanas BagdonaviciusZigmas JuknaIgor Rudakov Soviet UnionRichard DraegerConn FindlayKent Mitchell United States 19561964 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Semifinals 4 1 1 Heat 1 4 1 2 Heat 2 4 1 3 Heat 3 4 2 Repechage 4 2 1 Repechage heat 1 4 2 2 Repechage heat 2 4 2 3 Repechage heat 3 4 3 Final 5 Results summary 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 10th appearance of the event Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather The men s coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900 but was not held in 1904 1908 or 1912 It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992 when it along with the men s coxed four was replaced with the men s lightweight double sculls and men s lightweight coxless four 2 Only 1 of the 12 competitors from the 1956 coxed pair final returned Conn Findlay from the gold medal United States team The United Team of Germany had been dominant the last few years other than their second place finish to the Americans in the 1956 Games winning four European championships with various crew compositions 2 Czechoslovakia Romania Spain and Uruguay each made their debut in the event The United States made its eighth appearance matching the absent France for most among nations to that point Competition format editThe coxed pair event featured three person boats with two rowers and a coxswain It was a sweep rowing event with the rowers each having one oar and thus each rowing on one side The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 with the exception of 1948 6 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 Semifinals Three heats With 18 boats entered there were 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 15 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats there were 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 Schedule editAll times are Central European Time UTC 1 Date Time RoundWednesday 31 August 1960 10 00 SemifinalsThursday 1 September 1960 15 00 RepechageSaturday 3 September 1960 16 30 FinalResults editSemifinals edit Heat 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Antanas BagdonaviciusZigmas Jukna Igor Rudakov nbsp Soviet Union 7 31 70 Q2 Richard DraegerConn Findlay Kent Mitchell nbsp United States 7 39 50 R3 Vaclav Chalupa Sr Miroslav Strejcek Frantisek Stanek nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 47 60 R4 Pasko SkaricaAnte Vrcic Josip Bujas nbsp Yugoslavia 7 49 81 R5 Stewart FarquharsonJeffrey Reeves Ken Lester nbsp Great Britain 7 55 59 R6 Ioannis KhrysokhoouIoannis Simbonis Ioannis Theodorakeas nbsp Greece 7 59 42 RHeat 2 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Stefan KurecskaGheorghe Riffelt Mircea Roger nbsp Romania 7 43 38 Q2 Maarten van DisArnold Wientjes Jan Just Bos nbsp Netherlands 7 48 01 R3 Gosta ErikssonLennart Hansson Owe Lostad nbsp Sweden 7 56 06 R4 Osvaldo CavagnaroMario Maire Jorge Somlay nbsp Argentina 8 02 36 R5 Enrique CastelloJose Sahuquillo Joaquin del Real nbsp Spain 8 06 44 R Laszlo MunteanPal Wagner Gyula Lengyel nbsp Hungary DSQ RHeat 3 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Bernhard KnubelHeinz Renneberg Klaus Zerta nbsp United Team of Germany 7 31 64 Q2 Jens Berendt JensenKnud Nielsen Sven Lysholt Hansen nbsp Denmark 7 36 04 R3 Luis AguiarGustavo Perez Raul Torrieri nbsp Uruguay 7 38 17 R4 Paul GuestWalter Howell Ian Johnston nbsp Australia 7 49 06 R5 Renzo OstinoGiancarlo Piretta Vincenzo Bruno nbsp Italy 8 09 20 R6 Roland BollenbergEdgard Luca Etienne Pollet nbsp Belgium 8 14 40 RRepechage edit Repechage heat 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Richard DraegerConn Findlay Kent Mitchell nbsp United States 7 39 00 Q2 Luis AguiarGustavo Perez Raul Torrieri nbsp Uruguay 7 45 023 Osvaldo CavagnaroMario Maire Jorge Somlay nbsp Argentina 7 59 334 Enrique CastelloJose Sahuquillo Joaquin del Real nbsp Spain 8 04 635 Roland BollenbergEdgard Luca Etienne Pollet nbsp Belgium 8 18 29Repechage heat 2 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Renzo OstinoGiancarlo Piretta Vincenzo Bruno nbsp Italy 7 39 52 Q2 Vaclav Chalupa Sr Miroslav Strejcek Frantisek Stanek nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 40 983 Maarten van DisArnold Wientjes Jan Just Bos nbsp Netherlands 7 42 154 Paul GuestWalter Howell Ian Johnston nbsp Australia 7 47 825 Ioannis KhrysokhoouIoannis Simbonis Ioannis Theodorakeas nbsp Greece 7 54 75Repechage heat 3 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Jens Berendt JensenKnud Nielsen Sven Lysholt Hansen nbsp Denmark 7 39 70 Q2 Pasko SkaricaAnte Vrcic Josip Bujas nbsp Yugoslavia 7 48 053 Stewart FarquharsonJeffrey Reeves Ken Lester nbsp Great Britain 7 49 014 Gosta ErikssonLennart Hansson Owe Lostad nbsp Sweden 7 50 775 Laszlo MunteanPal Wagner Gyula Lengyel nbsp Hungary 8 01 35Final edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time nbsp Bernhard KnubelHeinz Renneberg Klaus Zerta nbsp United Team of Germany 7 29 14 nbsp Antanas BagdonaviciusZigmas Jukna Igor Rudakov nbsp Soviet Union 7 30 17 nbsp Richard DraegerConn Findlay Kent Mitchell nbsp United States 7 34 584 Jens Berendt JensenKnud Nielsen Sven Lysholt Hansen nbsp Denmark 7 39 205 Renzo OstinoGiancarlo Piretta Vincenzo Bruno nbsp Italy 7 40 926 Stefan KurecskaGheorghe Riffelt Mircea Roger nbsp Romania 7 49 57Results summary editRank Rowers Coxswain Nation Semifinals Repechage Final nbsp Bernhard KnubelHeinz Renneberg Klaus Zerta nbsp United Team of Germany 7 31 64 Bye 7 29 14 nbsp Antanas BagdonaviciusZigmas Jukna Igor Rudakov nbsp Soviet Union 7 31 70 Bye 7 30 17 nbsp Richard DraegerConn Findlay Kent Mitchell nbsp United States 7 39 50 7 39 00 7 34 584 Jens Berendt JensenKnud Nielsen Sven Lysholt Hansen nbsp Denmark 7 36 04 7 39 70 7 39 205 Renzo OstinoGiancarlo Piretta Vincenzo Bruno nbsp Italy 8 09 20 7 39 52 7 40 926 Stefan KurecskaGheorghe Riffelt Mircea Roger nbsp Romania 7 43 38 Bye 7 49 577 Vaclav Chalupa Sr Miroslav Strejcek Frantisek Stanek nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 47 60 7 40 98 Did not advance8 Maarten van DisArnold Wientjes Jan Just Bos nbsp Netherlands 7 48 01 7 42 159 Luis AguiarGustavo Perez Raul Torrieri nbsp Uruguay 7 38 17 7 45 0210 Paul GuestWalter Howell Ian Johnston nbsp Australia 7 49 06 7 47 8211 Pasko SkaricaAnte Vrcic Josip Bujas nbsp Yugoslavia 7 49 81 7 48 0512 Stewart FarquharsonJeffrey Reeves Ken Lester nbsp Great Britain 7 55 59 7 49 0113 Gosta ErikssonLennart Hansson Owe Lostad nbsp Sweden 7 56 06 7 50 7714 Ioannis KhrysokhoouIoannis Simbonis Ioannis Theodorakeas nbsp Greece 7 59 42 7 54 7515 Osvaldo CavagnaroMario Maire Jorge Somlay nbsp Argentina 8 02 36 7 59 3316 Laszlo MunteanPal Wagner Gyula Lengyel nbsp Hungary DSQ 8 01 3517 Enrique CastelloJose Sahuquillo Joaquin del Real nbsp Spain 8 06 44 8 04 6318 Roland BollenbergEdgard Luca Etienne Pollet nbsp Belgium 8 14 40 8 18 29References edit Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games Men s Coxed Pairs Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 12 August 2018 a b c d Coxed Pairs Men Olympedia Retrieved 7 May 2021 Oldest and Youngest Olympians Summer Games 8 April 2021 Retrieved 7 May 2021 Hans Bourquin Olympedia Retrieved 7 May 2021 Klaus Zerta Olympedia Retrieved 7 May 2021 Why Do We Race 2000m The History Behind the Distance World Rowing 1 May 2017 Retrieved 19 April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Men 27s coxed pair amp oldid 1047149405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
