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

Men's single sculls
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue Toda Rowing Course
Date 11–15 October
Competitors 13 from 13 nations
Winning time 8:22.51
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Vyacheslav Ivanov  Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s) Achim Hill  United Team of Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gottfried Kottmann  Switzerland

The single sculls event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)  Achim Hill (EUA)  Gottfried Kottmann (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)7:40.49QF
2. Vaclav Kozak (TCH)7:45.75QR
3. Rob Groen (NED)7:48.74QR
4. Peter Edwards (AUS)7:53.54QR
5. Otto Plettner (MEX)8:03.86QR
Heat 2
1. Donald Spero (USA)7:41.94QF
2. Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)7:53.55QR
3. Alberto Demiddi (ARG)7:55.59QR
4. Satoomi Kasagi (JPN)8:16.96QR
Heat 3
1. Gottfried Kottmann (SUI)7:43.70QF
2. Murray Watkinson (NZL)7:49.01QR
3. Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL)8:08.96QR
4. Leif Gotfredsen (CAN)8:15.30QR

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)7:45.28QF
2. Rob Groen (NED)7:50.58QC
3. Kasagi Satoomi (JPN)8:13.44QC
Repechage 2
1. Alberto Demiddi (ARG)7:39.67QF
2. Vaclav Kozak (TCH)7:42.56QC
3. Leif Gotfredsen (CAN)8:02.72QC
Repechage 3
1. Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)7:31.76QF
2. Peter Edwards (AUS)7:37.64QC
3. Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL)7:44.75QC
4. Otto Plettner (MEX)7:46.8413th

Consolation final

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

7. Rob 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

 Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)8:22.51
 Achim Hill (EUA)8:26.24
 Gottfried Kottmann (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

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

Sources

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