Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Dates 11 – 15 October 1964
Medal Events 7

Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place in Japan’s Toda Rowing Course, which had been constructed originally for the cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics and refurbished in 1958 after the success of Tokyo’s new Olympic bid. The 1964 program remained that same as it had been since 1924 and would continue to be until 1976, when it was expanded to include women and the men’s quadruple sculls. The United States returned to its traditionally dominant position at the top of the medal rankings with four, two gold, one silver, and one bronze, while the Soviet Union was the only other nation to win more than one event, aided by Vyacheslav Ivanov’s third consecutive victory in the single sculls. Meanwhile, by entering a crew into the coxed eights event, South Korea made its Olympic rowing début at the Tokyo Games.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Single Sculls, Men Olympic 11 – 15 October 1964 13 13
Double Sculls, Men Olympic 12 – 15 October 1964 26 13
Coxless Pairs, Men Olympic 11 – 15 October 1964 28 14
Coxed Pairs, Men Olympic 11 – 15 October 1964 48 16
Coxless Fours, Men Olympic 11 – 15 October 1964 57 14
Coxed Fours, Men Olympic 11 – 15 October 1964 80 16
Eights, Men Olympic 12 – 15 October 1964 126 14
370 (370/0) 27 (27/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Vyacheslav IvanovURS Achim HillGER Göpf KottmannSUI
Double Sculls, Men Soviet UnionURS United StatesUSA CzechoslovakiaTCH
Coxless Pairs, Men CanadaCAN NetherlandsNED Unified Team of GermanyGER
Coxed Pairs, Men United StatesUSA FranceFRA NetherlandsNED
Coxless Fours, Men DenmarkDEN Great BritainGBR United StatesUSA
Coxed Fours, Men Unified Team of GermanyGER ItalyITA NetherlandsNED
Eights, Men United StatesUSA Unified Team of GermanyGER CzechoslovakiaTCH

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 2 1 1 4
Soviet Union URS 2 0 0 2
Germany GER 1 2 1 4
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 1 2 3
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 2 2
Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1