| 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 single sculls event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.
Contents |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Vycheslav Ivanov Soviet Union (URS) |
Achim Hill Germany (EUA) |
Gottfried Kottman Switzerland (SUI) |
The top rower in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Achim Hill (EUA) | 7:40.49 | QF |
| 2. | Vaclav Kozak (TCH) | 7:45.75 | QR |
| 3. | Robert Groen (NED) | 7:48.74 | QR |
| 4. | Peter Edwards (AUS) | 7:53.54 | QR |
| 5. | Otto Plettner (MEX) | 8:03.86 | QR |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Donald Spero (USA) | 7:41.94 | QF |
| 2. | Vycheslav Ivanov (URS) | 7:53.55 | QR |
| 3. | Alberto Demiddi (ARG) | 7:55.59 | QR |
| 4. | Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) | 8:16.96 | QR |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. | Gottfried Kottman (SUI) | 7:43.70 | QF |
| 2. | Murray Watkinson (NZL) | 7:49.01 | QR |
| 3. | Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL) | 8:08.96 | QR |
| 4. | Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) | 8:15.30 | QR |
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. | Murray Watkinson (NZL) | 7:45.28 | QF |
| 2. | Robert Groen (NED) | 7:50.58 | QC |
| 3. | Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) | 8:13.44 | QC |
| Repechage 2 | |||
| 1. | Alberto Demiddi (ARG) | 7:39.67 | QF |
| 2. | Vaclav Kozak (TCH) | 7:42.56 | QC |
| 3. | Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) | 8:02.72 | QC |
| Repechage 3 | |||
| 1. | Vycheslav Ivanov (URS) | 7:31.76 | QF |
| 2. | Peter Edwards (AUS) | 7:37.64 | QC |
| 3. | Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL) | 7:44.75 | QC |
| 4. | Otto Plettner (MEX) | 7:46.84 | 13th |
The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.
| 7. | Robert Groen (NED) | 7:17.50 |
| 8. | Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) | 7:28.70 |
| 9. | Peter Edwards (AUS) | 7:30.06 |
| 10. | Otto Plettner (MEX) | 7:33.24 |
| 11. | Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) | 7:37.90 |
| 12. | Vaclav Kozak (TCH) | Did not start |
| Vycheslav Ivanov (URS) | 8:22.51 | |
| Achim Hill (EUA) | 8:26.24 | |
| Gottfried Kottman (SUI) | 8:29.68 | |
| 4. | Alberto Demiddi (ARG) | 8:31.51 |
| 5. | Murray Watkinson (NZL) | 8:35.57 |
| 6. | Donald Spero (USA) | 8:37.53 |