Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's eights

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

The eights (plus cox) event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
Joseph Amlong
Thomas Amlong
Harold Budd
Emory Clark
Stanley Cwiklinski
Hugh Foley
William Knecht
William Stowe
Robert Zimonyi		  Germany (EUA)
Klaus Aeffke
Klaus Bittner
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht
Klaus Behrens
Jürgen Schröder
Jürgen Plagemann
Horst Meyer
Thomas Ahrens		  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Petr Čermák
Jiří Lundák
Jan Mrvík
Július Toček
Josef Věntus
Luděk Pojezný
Bohumil Janoušek
Richard Nový
Miroslav Koníček

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1
Place Team Time
1.  Germany (EUA) 5:54.02 QF
2.  United States (USA) 5:54.30 QR
3.  Italy (ITA) 6:02.13 QR
4.  Yugoslavia (YUG) 6:02.43 QR
5.  Australia (AUS) 6:06.94 QR
Heat 2
Place Team Time
1.  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 6:03.88 QF
2.  Canada (CAN) 6:07.19 QR
3.  Japan (JPN) 6:16.67 QR
4.  New Zealand (NZL) 6:20.63 QR
5.  Cuba (CUB) 6:31.76 QR
Heat 3
Place Team Time
1.  Soviet Union (URS) 6:06.15 QF
2.  France (FRA) 6:09.08 QR
3.  Egypt (EGY) 6:32.42 QR
4.  South Korea (KOR) 6:46.13 QR

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. All other crews were eliminated.

Repechage 1
Place Team Time
1.  Italy (ITA) 6:03.59 QF
2.  France (FRA) 6:07.43 QC
3.  New Zealand (NZL) 6:14.83 QC
4.  Cuba (CUB) 6:27.29
Repechage 2
Place Team Time
1.  United States (USA) 6:01.47 QF
2.  Japan (JPN) 6:10.15 QC
3.  South Korea (KOR) 6:36.24 QC
Repechage 3
Place Team Time
1.  Yugoslavia (YUG) 5:59.23 QF
2.  Canada (CAN) 6:03.86 QC
3.  Australia (AUS) 6:06.24 QC
4.  Egypt (EGY) 6:19.03

Consolation final

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

Consolation final
Place Team Time
7.  France (FRA) 5:58.57
8.  Australia (AUS) 6:02.21
9.  Canada (CAN) 6:02.69
10.  Japan (JPN) 6:05.14
11.  New Zealand (NZL) 6:07.59
12.  South Korea (KOR) 6:31.80

Final

Consolation final
Place Team Time
 United States (USA) 6:18.23
 Germany (EUA) 6:23.29
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 6:25.11
4.  Yugoslavia (YUG) 6:27.15
5.  Soviet Union (URS) 6:30.69
6.  Italy (ITA) 6:42.78

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