Men's coxed four
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Horst Effertz (1964), a member of the gold medal team
VenueLake Albano
Dates31 August – 3 September
Competitors105 from 21 nations
Winning time6:39.12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United Team of Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy

The men's coxed four competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Albano, Italy.[1] It was held from 31 August to 3 September.[2] There were 21 boats (105 competitors) from 21 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the competition.[2] The event was won by the United Team of Germany in its debut in the event (the rowers were from West Germany; Germany had previously won four times). Silver went to the French crew, the nation's first medal in the event since 1936. The defending champions Italy received bronze this time. In an event which saw constant turnover even from consistently strong nations, three members of the Italian team returned from the 1956 gold-medal crew to earn a second medal this Games: Romano Sgheiz, Ivo Stefanoni, and Franco Trincavelli were only the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th men to earn multiple medals in the coxed four.

Background

This was the 11th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the men's coxed pair) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]

German teams had won the last three European championships since the 1956 Games (East Germany in 1957, West Germany in 1958 and 1959). The Olympic team for the United Team of Germany was a West German crew, including three of the members of the 1959 European champion team; it was heavily favoured. Italy, the reigning champions and 1960 Olympic hosts, returned three members of their crew but had not found success since their victory in Melbourne.[2]

Romania made its debut in the event; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its ninth appearance, most among nations to that point.

Competition format

The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games.[3]

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and final), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals.

  • Quarterfinals: Four heats. With 21 boats entered, there were to be five boats per heat except the last heat, which had six. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the semifinals, all other boats went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Four heats. With 17 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were four or five boats per repechage heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinals, with the remaining boats eliminated.
  • Semifinals: A total of 12 boats reached the semifinals (4 from the heats, 8 from the repechage). They were divided into two semifinals of six boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal advanced to the final, the fourth through sixth place boats were eliminated.
  • Final: The final consisted of the remaining six boats.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 30 August 196015:00Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 31 August 196017:00Repechage
Friday, 2 September 196015:00Semifinals
Saturday, 3 September 196015:00Final

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Ivo Stefanoni Italy6:40.10Q
2Lionel Robberds Australia6:47.23R
3Mircea Roger Romania6:47.71R
4Reijo Sundén Finland6:56.70R
5Ioannis Theodorakeas Greece7:01.25R
6Armando González Spain7:07.23R

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Michael Obst United Team of Germany6:34.55Q
2Gyula Lengyel Hungary6:40.01R
3Ejgo Vejby Nielsen Denmark6:47.37R
4Rui Valença Portugal6:50.94R
5Waldemar Scovino Brazil6:57.48R

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Miroslav Koníček Czechoslovakia6:47.03Q
2Kurt Seiffert United States6:49.62R
3Marius Klumperbeek Netherlands6:50.48R
4Terrence Rosslyn-Smith Great Britain6:51.00R
5Osamu Saito Japan7:05.51R

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Igor Rudakov Soviet Union6:38.76Q
2Wolfdietrich Traugott Austria6:42.33R
3Jean Klein France6:46.75R
4Nikola Stipanicev Yugoslavia6:56.91R
5Owe Lostad Sweden8:25.34R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Jean Klein France6:47.11Q
2Lionel Robberds Australia6:47.31Q
3Terrence Rosslyn-Smith Great Britain6:48.21
4Waldemar Scovino Brazil7:09.78

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Gyula Lengyel Hungary6:51.08Q
2Mircea Roger Romania6:55.63Q
3Nikola Stipanicev Yugoslavia7:00.71
4Osamu Saito Japan7:10.50

Repechage heat 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Kurt Seiffert United States6:49.78Q
2Reijo Sundén Finland6:51.14Q
3Ejgo Vejby Nielsen Denmark6:51.70
4Owe Lostad Sweden7:05.90

Repechage heat 4

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Wolfdietrich Traugott Austria6:41.09Q
2Marius Klumperbeek Netherlands6:41.43Q
3Rui Valença Portugal6:57.87
4Ioannis Theodorakeas Greece6:57.98
5Armando González Spain7:07.50

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Ivo Stefanoni Italy7:02.86Q
2Lionel Robberds Australia7:05.04Q
3Gyula Lengyel Hungary7:05.84Q
4Wolfdietrich Traugott Austria7:06.85
5Reijo Sundén Finland7:15.12
6Miroslav Koníček Czechoslovakia7:19.71

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Michael Obst United Team of Germany7:00.47Q
2Jean Klein France7:02.95Q
3Igor Rudakov Soviet Union7:03.26Q
4Kurt Seiffert United States7:06.25
5Mircea Roger Romania7:10.58
6Marius Klumperbeek Netherlands7:12.02

Final

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Michael Obst United Team of Germany6:39.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Jean Klein France6:41.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ivo Stefanoni Italy6:43.72
4Igor Rudakov Soviet Union6:45.67
5Lionel Robberds Australia6:45.80
6Gyula Lengyel Hungary6:51.65

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Coxed Fours, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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