Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

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

Medallists

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

Results

Heats

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

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.  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

Consolation final

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

Final

 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

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