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

Men's coxless pair
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Date31 August – 3 September
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentin Boreyko
Oleg Golovanov		  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Kloimstein
Alfred Sageder		  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Veli Lehtelä
Toimi Pitkänen		  Finland
← 1956
1964 →
Rowing at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

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

Competition format

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

  • Heats: Four heats. With 19 boats entered, there were to be five boats per heat except the last heat, which was scheduled to have four boats but had only three start. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the semifinals, all other boats went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Four heats. With 14 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were three or four boats per repechage heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinal, with the remaining boats eliminated.
  • Semifinals: A total of 12 boats reached the semifinals (4 from the heats, 8 from the repechage). They were divided into two semifinals of six boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal advanced to the final, the fourth through sixth place boats were eliminated.
  • Final: The final consisted of the remaining six boats.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United Team of Germany 7:04.71 Q
2
 Austria 7:06.95 R
3
 Mexico 7:25.63 R
4
 Netherlands 7:26.52 R
5
 Canada 7:43.82 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Italy 7:07.17 Q
2
 Argentina 7:17.70 R
3
 Denmark 7:20.58 R
4
 Romania 7:35.77 R
5
 Sweden 7:38.08 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Finland 7:05.00 Q
2
 United States 7:07.75 R
3
 Yugoslavia 7:08.54 R
4
 Australia 7:51.88 R
5
 Peru 7:55.28 R

Heat 4

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Hungary was entered in this heat, but did not start.

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Soviet Union 7:02.88 Q
2
 Switzerland 7:14.52 R
3
 Great Britain 7:25.32 R

Repechage

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Repechage heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Austria 7:20.48 Q
2
 Australia 7:24.22 Q
3
 Great Britain 7:25.01
–
 Sweden DNS

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Mexico 7:21.46 Q
2
 Argentina 7:28.84 Q
3
 Peru 7:45.15

Repechage heat 3

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United States 7:14.16 Q
2
 Denmark 7:17.06 Q
3
 Netherlands 7:21.70

Repechage heat 4

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Yugoslavia 7:14.20 Q
2
 Switzerland 7:22.29 Q
3
 Canada 7:42.51
4
 Romania 7:59.67

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United Team of Germany 7:30.03 Q
2
 Finland 7:35.50 Q
3
 Yugoslavia 7:38.83 Q
4
 Mexico 7:45.55
5
 Australia 7:50.59
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 Denmark DNF

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Austria 7:30.10 Q
2
 Soviet Union 7:31.00 Q
3
 United States 7:31.11 Q
4
 Italy 7:40.09
5
 Switzerland 7:42.24
6
 Argentina 7:48.48

Final

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Soviet Union 7:02.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Austria 7:03.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Finland 7:03.80
4
 United Team of Germany 7:08.81
5
 United States 7:17.08
6
 Yugoslavia 7:20.91

References

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