Men's coxed pair
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Klaus Zerta, coxswain of the gold medal team
VenueLake Albano,
Dates31 August – 3 September
Competitors54 from 18 nations
Winning time7:29.14
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Knubel
Heinz Renneberg
Klaus Zerta
 United Team of Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antanas Bagdonavičius
Zigmas Jukna
Igor Rudakov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richard Draeger
Conn Findlay
Kent Mitchell
 United States

The men's coxed pair competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy.[1] It was held from 31 August to 3 September.[2] There were 18 boats (54 competitors) from 18 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event.[2] The three nations on the podium were the same as those in 1956, though in a different order (and with only 1 of the 9 individual competitors being the same). The event was won by the United Team of Germany (bronze in 1956), with Bernhard Knubel and Heinz Renneberg rowing with Klaus Zerta the coxswain. Zerta is the youngest confirmed male gold medalist in Olympic history at 13 years and 283 days, just beating Hans Bourquin (also in the men's coxed pair, in 1928) by 9 days.[3][4][5] The 1900 men's coxed pair gold-medal-winning coxswain may have been younger (estimates range from 7 to 12 years old), but the identities and ages of most coxswains in that event, including the gold medalist, are not known. The Soviet Union, bronze in 1956, took silver this time with Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, and Igor Rudakov. Defending champions the United States took bronze; Conn Findlay was the only man from the 1956 podium to return, this time with Richard Draeger as his rowing partner and Kent Mitchell the coxswain.

Background

This was the 10th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's coxed pair was one of the original four events in 1900, but was not held in 1904, 1908, or 1912. It returned to the programme after World War I and was held every Games from 1924 to 1992, when it (along with the men's coxed four) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]

Only 1 of the 12 competitors from the 1956 coxed pair final returned: Conn Findlay from the gold-medal United States team. The United Team of Germany had been dominant the last few years other than their second-place finish to the Americans in the 1956 Games, winning four European championships with various crew compositions.[2]

Czechoslovakia, Romania, Spain, and Uruguay each made their debut in the event. The United States made its eighth appearance, matching the absent France for most among nations to that point.

Competition format

The coxed pair event featured three-person boats, with two 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 course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 (with the exception of 1948).[6]

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

  • Semifinals: Three heats. With 18 boats entered, there were six boats per heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the final; all other boats went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Three heats. With 15 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were five boats per repechage heat. The top boat in each repechage heat advanced to the final, with the remaining boats eliminated.
  • Final: The final consisted of the six boats that had won either the preliminary heats or the repechage heats.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 31 August 196010:00Semifinals
Thursday, 1 September 196015:00Repechage
Saturday, 3 September 196016:30Final

Results

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Igor Rudakov Soviet Union7:31.70Q
2Kent Mitchell United States7:39.50R
3František Staněk Czechoslovakia7:47.60R
4Josip Bujas Yugoslavia7:49.81R
5Ken Lester Great Britain7:55.59R
6Ioannis Theodorakeas Greece7:59.42R

Heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Mircea Roger Romania7:43.38Q
2Jan Just Bos Netherlands7:48.01R
3Owe Lostad Sweden7:56.06R
4Jorge Somlay Argentina8:02.36R
5Joaquín del Real Spain8:06.44R
–Gyula Lengyel HungaryDSQR

Heat 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Klaus Zerta United Team of Germany7:31.64Q
2Sven Lysholt Hansen Denmark7:36.04R
3Raúl Torrieri Uruguay7:38.17R
4Ian Johnston Australia7:49.06R
5Vincenzo Bruno Italy8:09.20R
6Étienne Pollet Belgium8:14.40R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Kent Mitchell United States7:39.00Q
2Raúl Torrieri Uruguay7:45.02
3Jorge Somlay Argentina7:59.33
4Joaquín del Real Spain8:04.63
5Étienne Pollet Belgium8:18.29

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Vincenzo Bruno Italy7:39.52Q
2František Staněk Czechoslovakia7:40.98
3Jan Just Bos Netherlands7:42.15
4Ian Johnston Australia7:47.82
5Ioannis Theodorakeas Greece7:54.75

Repechage heat 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Sven Lysholt Hansen Denmark7:39.70Q
2Josip Bujas Yugoslavia7:48.05
3Ken Lester Great Britain7:49.01
4Owe Lostad Sweden7:50.77
5Gyula Lengyel Hungary8:01.35

Final

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Klaus Zerta United Team of Germany7:29.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Igor Rudakov Soviet Union7:30.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Kent Mitchell United States7:34.58
4Sven Lysholt Hansen Denmark7:39.20
5Vincenzo Bruno Italy7:40.92
6Mircea Roger Romania7:49.57

Results summary

RankRowersCoxswainNationSemifinalsRepechageFinal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Klaus Zerta United Team of Germany7:31.64Bye7:29.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Igor Rudakov Soviet Union7:31.70Bye7:30.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Kent Mitchell United States7:39.507:39.007:34.58
4Sven Lysholt Hansen Denmark7:36.047:39.707:39.20
5Vincenzo Bruno Italy8:09.207:39.527:40.92
6Mircea Roger Romania7:43.38Bye7:49.57
7František Staněk Czechoslovakia7:47.607:40.98Did not advance
8Jan Just Bos Netherlands7:48.017:42.15
9Raúl Torrieri Uruguay7:38.177:45.02
10Ian Johnston Australia7:49.067:47.82
11Josip Bujas Yugoslavia7:49.817:48.05
12Ken Lester Great Britain7:55.597:49.01
13Owe Lostad Sweden7:56.067:50.77
14Ioannis Theodorakeas Greece7:59.427:54.75
15Jorge Somlay Argentina8:02.367:59.33
16Gyula Lengyel HungaryDSQ8:01.35
17Joaquín del Real Spain8:06.448:04.63
18Étienne Pollet Belgium8:14.408:18.29

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Coxed Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Coxed Pairs, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Oldest and Youngest Olympians (Summer Games)". 8 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hans Bourquin". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Klaus Zerta". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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