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Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men

Date26 – 29 August 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationLago Albano, Castel Gandolfo
Participants22 from 11 countries

Alexe Dumitru of Romania was a reigning Olympic and World Champion in the C-2 1000, but his usual partner, Simion Ismailciuc, had retired temporarily and was replaced at the 1960 Summer Olympics by Igor Lipalit. Hungary was the most recent Olympic bronze medalist, World runner-up, and European champion, but sent a new crew of András Törő and Imre Farkas to Rome, the latter of whom was an Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 10000 from 1956. The Soviet Union was the 1957 European champion and was represented at the Games by Serhiy Makarenko and Leonid Geyshtor. The Soviets were the strongest crew in the opening round, winning their heat in Olympic record time, but the Hungarians, Italians (Aldo Dezi and Francesco La Macchia), and French (Georges Turlier and Michel Picard) were all within about half a second of each other’s times. The Soviets dominated again in the final, breaking their own Olympic record and finishing nearly four seconds ahead of the runner-up Italians, who earned their first Olympic canoeing medal and their last until 1992. The Hungarians, meanwhile, settled for bronze, having missed out on silver by only 0.12 seconds, while the Romanians finished fourth and off the podium.

PosNumberPairNOCR1RepFinal
1Leonid Geyshtor / Sergey MakarenkoURS4:27.29 (1 h1)4:17.04 (1)GoldOB
2Aldo Dezi / Francesco La MacchiaITA4:29.24 (2 h1)4:20.77 (2)Silver
3Imre Farkas / András TörőHUN4:29.42 (1 h2)4:20.89 (3)Bronze
4Igor Lipalit / Dumitru AlexeROU4:31.33 (3 h1)4:22.36 (4)
5Jiří Kodeš / Václav VokálTCH4:38.59 (4 h1)4:44.20 (1)4:27.66 (5)
6Marin Gopov / Toma SokolovBUL4:39.68 (6 h1)4:48.06 (2)4:31.52 (6)
7Willi Mehlberg / Werner UlrichGER4:39.44 (5 h1)4:50.23 (3)4:31.68 (7)
8Georges Turlier / Michel PicardFRA4:29.76 (2 h2)4:35.48 (8)
9Kurt Liebhart / Herwig DirnböckAUT4:42.43 (3 h2)4:43.70 (9)
4 h1 r2/3John Beedell / Joseph DerochieCAN4:47.82 (4 h2)5:02.14 (4)
AC h1 r2/3Arnold Demus / Richard MoranUSA4:59.15 (5 h2)[5:03.83] (DQ)

Round One

Date26 August 1960 — 10:40
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final. All others advanced to the Repêchage.

Heat #1

PosLanePairNOCTime
1Leonid Geyshtor / Sergey MakarenkoURS4:27.29QOB
2Aldo Dezi / Francesco La MacchiaITA4:29.24Q
3Igor Lipalit / Dumitru AlexeROU4:31.33Q
4Jiří Kodeš / Václav VokálTCH4:38.59
5Willi Mehlberg / Werner UlrichGER4:39.44
6Marin Gopov / Toma SokolovBUL4:39.68

Heat #2

PosLanePairNOCTime
1Imre Farkas / András TörőHUN4:29.42Q
2Georges Turlier / Michel PicardFRA4:29.76Q
3Kurt Liebhart / Herwig DirnböckAUT4:42.43Q
4John Beedell / Joseph DerochieCAN4:47.82
5Arnold Demus / Richard MoranUSA4:59.15

Repêchage

Date27 August 1960 — 15:30
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.
PosLanePairNOCTime
1Jiří Kodeš / Václav VokálTCH4:44.20Q
2Marin Gopov / Toma SokolovBUL4:48.06Q
3Willi Mehlberg / Werner UlrichGER4:50.23Q
4John Beedell / Joseph DerochieCAN5:02.14
DQArnold Demus / Richard MoranUSA[5:03.83]

Final Round

Date29 August 1960 — 16:20
PosLanePairNOCTime
1Leonid Geyshtor / Sergey MakarenkoURS4:17.04OB
2Aldo Dezi / Francesco La MacchiaITA4:20.77
3Imre Farkas / András TörőHUN4:20.89
4Igor Lipalit / Dumitru AlexeROU4:22.36
5Jiří Kodeš / Václav VokálTCH4:27.66
6Marin Gopov / Toma SokolovBUL4:31.52
7Willi Mehlberg / Werner UlrichGER4:31.68
8Georges Turlier / Michel PicardFRA4:35.48
9Kurt Liebhart / Herwig DirnböckAUT4:43.70