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Coxed Pairs, Men

Date	31 August – 3 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Lago Albano, Castel Gandolfo
Participants	54 from 18 countries

In what was normally a less predictable event, Germany had won the last four European Championships in the coxed pairs, in addition to a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Although they sent a new lineup consisting of Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg, and 13 year-old Klaus Zerta, they were still considered the favorites for the event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Indeed, this trio saw little in the way of challenge during the tournament, winning their heat with ease and finishing safely ahead of Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, and Igor Rudakov of the USSR in the final. This victory also earned Zerta a distinction as the youngest medalist of any kind at the Games. The Soviets earned silver by finishing well before the Americans, who in turn captured the bronze medal a good distance ahead of Denmark. The United States’ team was then mostly unheralded, and only advanced to the final by winning the repêchage, but included Conn Findlay, one of the defending Olympic champions.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Gold
	Bernhard Knubel • Heinz Renneberg • Klaus Zerta
2	Soviet Union	URS	Silver
	Antanas Bagdonavičius • Zigmas Jukna • Igor Rudakov
3	United States	USA	Bronze
	Dick Draeger • Conn Findlay • Kent Mitchell
4	Denmark	DEN
	Jens Berendt Jensen • Knud Nielsen • Sven Lysholt Hansen
5	Italy	ITA
	Giancarlo Piretta • Renzo Ostino • Vincenzo Bruno
6	Romania	ROU
	Ștefan Kurecska • Gheorghe Riffelt • Mircea Roger
2 h1 r2/3	Uruguay	URU
	Luis Aguiar • Gustavo Pérez • Raúl Torrieri
2 h2 r2/3	Czechoslovakia	TCH
	Václav Chalupa • Miroslav Strejček • František Staněk
2 h3 r2/3	Yugoslavia	YUG
	Paško Škarica • Ante Vrčić • Josip Bujas
3 h1 r2/3	Argentina	ARG
	Osvaldo Cavagnaro • Mario Maire • Jorge Somlay
3 h2 r2/3	Netherlands	NED
	Maarten van Dis • Arnold Wientjes • Jan-Just Bos
3 h3 r2/3	Great Britain	GBR
	Stewart Farquharson • Jeffrey Reeves • Ken Lester
4 h1 r2/3	Spain	ESP
	Joaquín del Real • José Sahuquillo • Enrique Castelló
4 h2 r2/3	Australia	AUS
	Paul Guest • Neville Howell • Ian Johnston
4 h3 r2/3	Sweden	SWE
	Gösta Eriksson • Lennart Hansson • Owe Lostad
5 h1 r2/3	Belgium	BEL
	Roland Bollenberg • Edgard Luca • Étienne Pollet
5 h2 r2/3	Greece	GRE
	Ioannis Chrysochoou • Ioannis Simponis • Ioannis Theodorakeas
5 h3 r2/3	Hungary	HUN
	Pál Wágner • László Munteán • Gyula Lengyel

Round One

Date	31 August 1960 — 10:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the final

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	7:31.70	1:45.78 (1)	3:36.59 (1)	5:31.93 (1)	1:50.81 (1)	1:55.34 (1)	1:59.77 (2)	Q
		Antanas Bagdonavičius • Zigmas Jukna • Igor Rudakov
2	–	United States	USA	7:39.50	1:53.26 (5)	3:49.64 (5)	5:47.17 (3)	1:56.38 (4)	1:57.53 (2)	1:52.33 (1)
		Conn Findlay • Dick Draeger • Kent Mitchell
3	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	7:47.60	1:48.78 (2)	3:44.94 (2)	5:46.31 (2)	1:56.16 (3)	2:01.37 (4)	2:01.29 (3)
		Václav Chalupa • Miroslav Strejček • František Staněk
4	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	7:49.81	1:52.38 (4)	3:47.80 (3)	5:48.12 (4)	1:55.42 (2)	2:00.32 (3)	2:01.69 (4)
		Paško Škarica • Ante Vrčić • Josip Bujas
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:55.59	1:51.65 (3)	3:48.33 (4)	5:50.21 (5)	1:56.68 (5)	2:01.88 (5)	2:05.38 (6)
		Stewart Farquharson • Jeffrey Reeves • Ken Lester
6	–	Greece	GRE	7:59.42	1:54.45 (6)	3:51.40 (6)	5:54.46 (6)	1:56.95 (6)	2:03.06 (6)	2:04.96 (5)
		Ioannis Chrysochoou • Ioannis Simponis • Ioannis Theodorakeas

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Romania	ROU	7:43.38	1:53.15 (1)	3:48.47 (1)	5:43.26 (1)	1:55.32 (1)	1:54.79 (3)	2:00.12 (1)	Q
		Ștefan Kurecska • Gheorghe Riffelt • Mircea Roger
2	–	Netherlands	NED	7:48.01	1:54.76 (2)	3:59.90 (2)	5:47.73 (2)	2:05.14 (5)	1:47.83 (1)	2:00.28 (2)
		Maarten van Dis • Arnold Wientjes • Jan-Just Bos
3	–	Sweden	SWE	7:56.06	1:57.02 (3)	4:00.11 (3)	5:54.26 (3)	2:03.09 (4)	1:54.15 (2)	2:01.80 (3)
		Gösta Eriksson • Lennart Hansson • Owe Lostad
4	–	Argentina	ARG	8:02.36	1:58.08 (4)	4:01.12 (4)	5:57.02 (4)	2:03.04 (3)	1:55.90 (4)	2:05.34 (5)
		Osvaldo Cavagnaro • Mario Maire • Jorge Somlay
5	–	Spain	ESP	8:06.44	2:01.31 (5)	4:02.27 (5)	6:02.74 (5)	2:00.96 (2)	2:00.47 (5)	2:03.70 (4)
		Joaquín del Real • José Sahuquillo • Enrique Castelló
DQ	–	Hungary	HUN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
		Pál Wágner • László Munteán • Gyula Lengyel

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	7:31.64	1:47.04 (1)	3:40.96 (2)	5:34.35 (1)	1:53.92 (3)	1:53.39 (1)	1:57.29 (2)	Q
		Bernhard Knubel • Heinz Renneberg • Klaus Zerta
2	–	Denmark	DEN	7:36.04	1:50.97 (4)	3:44.79 (3)	5:42.25 (3)	1:53.82 (2)	1:57.46 (2)	1:53.79 (1)
		Jens Berendt Jensen • Knud Nielsen • Sven Lysholt Hansen
3	–	Uruguay	URU	7:38.17	1:48.60 (2)	3:39.76 (1)	5:39.03 (2)	1:51.16 (1)	1:59.27 (4)	1:59.14 (3)
		Luis Aguiar • Gustavo Pérez • Raúl Torrieri
4	–	Australia	AUS	7:49.06	1:49.85 (3)	3:45.48 (4)	5:44.68 (4)	1:55.63 (4)	1:59.20 (3)	2:04.38 (4)
		Paul Guest • Neville Howell • Ian Johnston
5	–	Italy	ITA	8:09.20	1:51.98 (5)	3:49.16 (5)	5:59.46 (5)	1:57.18 (5)	2:10.30 (5)	2:09.74 (6)
		Giancarlo Piretta • Renzo Ostino • Vincenzo Bruno
6	–	Belgium	BEL	8:14.40	1:53.15 (6)	3:54.71 (6)	6:06.42 (6)	2:01.56 (6)	2:11.71 (6)	2:07.98 (5)
		Roland Bollenberg • Edgard Luca • Étienne Pollet

Round One Repêchage

Date	1 September 1960 — 15:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the final

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	United States	USA	7:39.00	1:50.72 (2)	3:45.34 (2)	5:47.29 (2)	1:54.62 (2)	2:01.95 (2)	1:51.71 (1)	Q
		Conn Findlay • Dick Draeger • Kent Mitchell
2	–	Uruguay	URU	7:45.02	1:50.04 (1)	3:42.10 (1)	5:41.70 (1)	1:52.06 (1)	1:59.60 (1)	2:03.32 (4)
		Luis Aguiar • Gustavo Pérez • Raúl Torrieri
3	–	Argentina	ARG	7:59.33	1:56.84 (4)	3:53.68 (3)	5:57.28 (3)	1:56.84 (3)	2:03.60 (3)	2:02.05 (3)
		Osvaldo Cavagnaro • Mario Maire • Jorge Somlay
4	–	Spain	ESP	8:04.63	1:58.03 (5)	3:57.12 (5)	6:03.44 (4)	1:59.09 (4)	2:06.32 (4)	2:01.19 (2)
		Joaquín del Real • José Sahuquillo • Enrique Castelló
5	–	Belgium	BEL	8:18.29	1:53.48 (3)	3:54.84 (4)	6:06.60 (5)	2:01.36 (5)	2:11.76 (5)	2:11.69 (5)
		Roland Bollenberg • Edgard Luca • Étienne Pollet

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Italy	ITA	7:39.52	1:52.13 (2)	3:44.00 (2)	5:43.16 (1)	1:51.87 (2)	1:59.16 (1)	1:56.36 (3)	Q
		Giancarlo Piretta • Renzo Ostino • Vincenzo Bruno
2	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	7:40.98	1:53.73 (4)	3:44.82 (3)	5:46.80 (3)	1:51.09 (1)	2:01.98 (3)	1:54.18 (2)
		Václav Chalupa • Miroslav Strejček • František Staněk
3	–	Netherlands	NED	7:42.15	1:52.84 (3)	3:47.72 (4)	5:54.07 (4)	1:54.88 (4)	2:06.35 (5)	1:48.08 (1)
		Maarten van Dis • Arnold Wientjes • Jan-Just Bos
4	–	Australia	AUS	7:47.82	1:51.14 (1)	3:43.16 (1)	5:44.32 (2)	1:52.02 (3)	2:01.16 (2)	2:03.50 (5)
		Paul Guest • Neville Howell • Ian Johnston
5	–	Greece	GRE	7:54.75	1:57.44 (5)	3:53.09 (5)	5:57.75 (5)	1:55.65 (5)	2:04.66 (4)	1:57.00 (4)
		Ioannis Chrysochoou • Ioannis Simponis • Ioannis Theodorakeas

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Denmark	DEN	7:39.70	1:48.05 (1)	3:44.66 (1)	5:44.06 (1)	1:56.61 (1)	1:59.40 (2)	1:55.64 (2)	Q
		Jens Berendt Jensen • Knud Nielsen • Sven Lysholt Hansen
2	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	7:48.05	1:53.64 (4)	3:52.40 (4)	5:51.41 (2)	1:58.76 (3)	1:59.01 (1)	1:56.64 (3)
		Paško Škarica • Ante Vrčić • Josip Bujas
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:49.01	1:51.20 (2)	3:49.84 (2)	5:52.17 (3)	1:58.64 (2)	2:02.33 (4)	1:56.84 (4)
		Stewart Farquharson • Jeffrey Reeves • Ken Lester
4	–	Sweden	SWE	7:50.77	1:55.73 (5)	3:54.82 (5)	5:55.54 (5)	1:59.09 (5)	2:00.72 (3)	1:55.23 (1)
		Gösta Eriksson • Lennart Hansson • Owe Lostad
5	–	Hungary	HUN	8:01.35	1:51.70 (3)	3:50.65 (3)	5:54.42 (4)	1:58.95 (4)	2:03.77 (5)	2:06.93 (5)
		Pál Wágner • László Munteán • Gyula Lengyel

Final Round

Date	3 September 1960 — 16:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	7:29.14	1:46.87 (2)	3:37.48 (1)	5:31.98 (1)	1:50.61 (1)	1:54.50 (1)	1:57.16 (5)
		Bernhard Knubel • Heinz Renneberg • Klaus Zerta
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	7:30.17	1:45.91 (1)	3:37.91 (2)	5:34.02 (2)	1:52.00 (2)	1:56.11 (2)	1:56.15 (4)
		Antanas Bagdonavičius • Zigmas Jukna • Igor Rudakov
3	–	United States	USA	7:34.58	1:49.45 (4)	3:48.19 (6)	5:44.61 (4)	1:58.74 (6)	1:56.42 (3)	1:49.97 (1)
		Conn Findlay • Dick Draeger • Kent Mitchell
4	–	Denmark	DEN	7:39.20	1:48.51 (3)	3:44.80 (3)	5:43.57 (3)	1:56.29 (5)	1:58.77 (4)	1:55.63 (3)
		Jens Berendt Jensen • Knud Nielsen • Sven Lysholt Hansen
5	–	Italy	ITA	7:40.92	1:51.48 (6)	3:45.72 (5)	5:45.75 (5)	1:54.24 (3)	2:00.03 (5)	1:55.17 (2)
		Giancarlo Piretta • Renzo Ostino • Vincenzo Bruno
6	–	Romania	ROU	7:49.57	1:50.22 (5)	3:45.32 (4)	5:47.51 (6)	1:55.10 (4)	2:02.19 (6)	2:02.06 (6)
		Ștefan Kurecska • Gheorghe Riffelt • Mircea Roger