Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pairs

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 coxless pair event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 George Hungerford and Roger Jackson
Canada (CAN)
 Steven Blaisse and Ernst Veenemans
Netherlands (NED)
 Michael Schwan and Wolfgan Hottenrott
Germany (EUA)

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others (except the Bulgarian crew, which did not start in the heats) sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.  Steven Blaisse and Ernst Veenemans (NED) 7:21.03 QF
2.  Peter Bolliger and Nicolas Golet (SUI) 7:26.18 QR
3.  Roger Ninham and Robert Shirlaw (AUS) 7:32.75 QR
4.  James Edmonds and Philip Johnson (USA) 7:33.89 QR
5.  Kogo Takao and Kurosaki Norimasa (JPN) 7:48.15 QR
Heat 2
1.  George Hungerford and Roger Jackson (CAN) 7:19.78 QF
2.  Peter Fich and Hans Boye (DEN) 7:22.01 QR
3.  Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Duran (ARG) 7:30.76 QR
4.  Oleg Golovanov and Valentin Boreiko (URS) 7:37.35 QR
5.  Toimi Pitkänen and Veli Lehtelä (FIN) Hors course QR
Heat 3
1.  Michael Schwan and Wolfgang Hottenrott (EUA) 7:20.18 QF
2.  James Lee and Stewart Farquharson (GBR) 7:30.34 QR
3.  Mariano Caulin and Gustavo Perez (URU) 7:43.79 QR
4.  Czeslaw Nawrot and Alfons Slusarski (POL) 7:47.02 QR
 Georgi Nicolov and Atanass Mandadjiev (BUL) Did not start

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 repechages with that many competitors, was eliminated.

Repechage 1
1.  Toimi Pitkänen and Veli Lehtelä (FIN) 7:29.03 QF
2.  Peter Bolliger and Nicolas Golet (SUI) 7:34.23 QC
3.  Mariano Caulin and Gustavo Perez (URU) 7:39.43 QC
4.  Oleg Golovanov and Valentin Boreiko (URS) 7:42.54
Repechage 2
1.  Peter Fich and Hans Boye (DEN) 7:31.11 QF
2.  Czeslaw Nawrot and Alfons Slusarski (POL) 7:35.82 QC
3.  Roger Ninham and Robert Shirlaw (AUS) 7:39.18 QC
Repechage 3
1.  James Lee and Stewart Farquharson (GBR) 7:28.30 QF
2.  James Edmonds and Philip Johnson (USA) 7:30.84 QC
3.  Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Duran (ARG) 7:42.23 QC
4.  Kogo Takao and Kurosaki Norimasa (JPN) 7:54.43

Consolation final

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

7.  Peter Bolliger and Nicolas Golet (SUI) 7:05.71
8.  Czeslaw Nawrot and Alfons Slusarski (POL) 7:08.38
9.  Roger Ninham and Robert Shirlaw (AUS) 7:12.18
10.  James Edmonds and Philip Johnson (USA) 7:15.04
11.  Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Duran (ARG) Did not start
 Mariano Caulin and Gustavo Perez (URU) Did not start

Final

 George Hungerford and Roger Jackson (CAN) 7:32.94
 Steven Blaisse and Ernst Veenemans (NED) 7:33.40
 Michael Schwan and Wolfgang Hottenrott (EUA) 7:38.63
4.  James Lee and Stewart Farquharson (GBR) 7:42.00
5.  Peter Fich and Hans Boye (DEN) 7:48.13
6.  Toimi Pitkänen and Veli Lehtelä (FIN) 8:05.74

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