Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Single sculls

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Rowing at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
Double sculls men
Coxless pair men
Coxed pair men
Coxless fours men
Coxed fours men
Eights men

The single sculls event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
Soviet Union Viacheslav Ivanov
Soviet Union (URS)		 Germany Achim Hill
Germany (EUA)		 Switzerland Gottfried Kottman
Switzerland (SUI)

[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

The top rower in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1. Germany Achim Hill (EUA) 7:40.49 QF
2. Czechoslovakia Vaclav Kozak (TCH) 7:45.75 QR
3. Netherlands Robert Groen (NED) 7:48.74 QR
4. Australia Peter Edwards (AUS) 7:53.54 QR
5. Mexico Otto Pletner (MEX) 8:03.86 QR
Heat 2
1. United States Donald Spero (USA) 7:41.94 QF
2. Soviet Union Viacheslav Ivanov (URS) 7:53.55 QR
3. Argentina Albert Demiddi (ARG) 7:55.59 QR
4. Japan Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) 8:16.96 QR
Heat 3
1. Switzerland Gottfried Kottman (SUI) 7:43.70 QF
2. New Zealand Murray Watkinson (NZL) 7:49.01 QR
3. Poland Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL) 8:08.96 QR
4. Canada Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) 8:15.30 QR

[edit] Repechages

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. The fourth place finisher, in the only repechage with that many competitors, was eliminated.

Repechage 1
1. New Zealand Murray Watkinson (NZL) 7:45.28 QF
2. Netherlands Robert Groen (NED) 7:50.58 QC
3. Japan Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) 8:13.44 QC
Repechage 2
1. Argentina Alberto Demiddi (ARG) 7:39.67 QF
2. Czechoslovakia Vaclav Kozak (TCH) 7:42.56 QC
3. Canada Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) 8:02.72 QC
Repechage 3
1. Soviet Union Viacheslav Ivanov (URS) 7:31.76 QF
2. Australia Peter Edwards (AUS) 7:37.64 QC
3. Poland Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL) 7:44.75 QC
4. Mexico Otto Plettner (MEX) 7:46.84 13th

[edit] Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7. Netherlands Robert Groen (NED) 7:17.50
8. Canada Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) 7:28.70
9. Australia Peter Edwards (AUS) 7:30.06
10. Mexico Otto Plettner (MEX) 7:33.24
11. Japan Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) 7:37.90
12. Czechoslovakia Vaclav Kozak (TCH) Did not start

[edit] Final

Image:Med 1.png Soviet Union Viacheslav Ivanov (URS) 8:22.51
Image:Med 2.png Germany Achim Hill (EUA) 8:26.24
Image:Med 3.png Switzerland Gottfried Kottman (SUI) 8:29.68
4. Argentina Alberto Demiddi (ARG) 8:31.51
5. New Zealand Murray Watkinson (NZL) 8:35.57
6. United States Donald Spero (USA) 8:37.53

[edit] Sources

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.