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Eights, Men

Date15 – 17 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationBassin d'Argenteuil, Paris
Participants90 from 10 countries

The coxed eights in Paris were the highlight of the rowing program and a total of thirteen nations entered, with Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Switzerland dropping out prior to the start. Great Britain and the United States, who were the traditional powerhouses in the event, were represented by the Thames Rowing Club and Yale University respectively. The Thames club had won the prestigious Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1923, but only four members of the victorious crew, Ian Fairbairn, Jack Godwin, Arthur Long, and Charles Rew, were present in Paris. These two nations won their heats easily, with Italy taking the third, while Canada was victorious in the repêchage. The Yale crew was the class of the final, taking the gold medal nearly sixteen seconds ahead of the Canadians, who were the runners-up. Unlike the contest for the gold medal, the race for the remaining podium spots was very close. The Italians, most of whom had been members of the 1923 European Championship-winning crew, came in third by only 3/4ths of a length, while Great Britain was only half a length behind them.

At least two of the Americans became household names in their country later in life. Babe Rockefeller, a member of the famous Rockefeller family, became a prominent banker and businessman and, when he died in 2004 at the age of 102, was the longest-lived modern Olympic champion, a title that he retained until 2016, when he was surpassed by Sándor Tarics. Ben Spock took up a career as a pediatrician and one of his books, Baby and Child Care, sold over 25 million copies, earning “Dr. Spock” a place in the national culture. He was also politically active, running as the obscure “People’s Party”’s candidate for President and Vice-President in 1972 and 1976 respectively.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
Leonard CarpenterHoward KingsburyAl LindleyJohn MillerBabe RockefellerFred SheffieldBen SpockAl WilsonChick StoddardReginald Barnard (DNS)Walter Goodwin, Jr. (DNS)Archie Quarrier (DNS)
2CanadaCANSilver
Arthur BellBob HunterWilliam LangfordHarold LittleJack SmithWarren SnyderNorman TaylorLaurie WallaceIvor CampbellBill Thompson (DNS)Bill Turner (DNS)
3ItalyITABronze
Antonio CattalinichFrancesco CattalinichSimeone CattalinichGiuseppe CrivelliLatino GalassoPietro IvanovBruno SorichCarlo ToniattiVittorio Gliubich
4Great BritainGBR
Reggie BareCecil ChandlerHorace DebenhamPeter DulleyIan FairbairnAlexander LongHarold MorphyCharles RewJack GodwinEdward Deane (DNS)Geoffrey Goddard (DNS)Syd Heap (DNS)Thomas Southgate (DNS)
2 h1 r2/3ArgentinaARG
Julio AllesAlberto AndersonFrancisco BorgonovoTomás CerruttiFederico LecotDavid NoltingCarlos SerantesArmando TrabuccoMiguel MaderoCiriaco Pellejero (DNS)Hugo Virgilio Tedín (DNS)
3 h1 r2/3AustraliaAUS
Frank CummingsHarry GraetzWally JarvisWalter PfeifferArthur ScottWilliam SladdenAlf TaeuberTed ThomasRobert CummingsGeorge Tucker (DNS)Frederick Went (DNS)
4 h1 r2/3BelgiumBEL
Arthur D'AnversGerard De GezelleRené De LandtsheerAugust GeingerLéon LippensHippolyte SchouppeRobert SwarteléMarcel WautersJean Van SilfhoutVictor Denis (DNS)Jules George (DNS)Marcel Roman (DNS)
3 h2 r1/3NetherlandsNED
Simon BonCornelis EecenAntony FennemaRoelof HommemaPaul MaaslandHenk RijndersGerrit TrompEgbertus WallerTed CremerN. Bessem (DNS)R. Meurer (DNS)J. Reineke (DNS)Bernard van Ogtrop (DNS)
3 h3 r1/3SpainESP
Leandro CollJaime GiraltJosé LasplasasRicardo MassanaEliseo MoralesJosé MartínezEnrique PérezJuan RibaLuis OmedesFrancesc Berdugo (DNS)Jordi Camps (DNS)A. Canals (DNS)
AC h1 r1/3FranceFRADQ
Maurice BaudechonLouis CarlierMichel FournyHenri GatineauAndré LancelotHenry MénardAndré OriolFernand OriolJ. BétoutP. Gabet (DNS)M. Mazet (DNS)Jean Ruffier des Aimés (DNS)
DNSHungaryHUN
László BartókBéla BlumIstván BujtorSándor HautzingerKálmán JeszeFerenc KirchknopfKároly KochLászló SebestyénIstván SzendeffyZoltán TörökDezső WawraTivadar WawraLajos Wick
DNSSwitzerlandSUI
Julien ComtesseHans HauserHeinrich HauserPaul KäserMoritz MüllerArnold RaymondHans SchöchlinKarl SchöchlinWerner StuderHans Wendling
DNSCzechoslovakiaTCH
Jan BauchJ. BoháčekStanislav BouskaJ. BuchtelBohdan KallmünzerJiří KallmünzerKarel KnopI. NovotnýEmil OrdnungAntonín SchnabelJosef ŠircVladimír Širc

Round One

Date15 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
13Great BritainGBR6:04.0QOB
Reggie BareCecil ChandlerHorace DebenhamPeter DulleyIan FairbairnAlexander LongHarold MorphyCharles RewJack Godwin
24BelgiumBEL
Arthur D'AnversGerard De GezelleRené De LandtsheerAugust GeingerLéon LippensHippolyte SchouppeRobert SwarteléJean Van SilfhoutMarcel Wauters
32ArgentinaARG1
Julio AllesAlberto AndersonFrancisco BorgonovoTomás CerruttiFederico LecotDavid NoltingCarlos SerantesArmando TrabuccoMiguel Madero
DQ1FranceFRA2
Maurice BaudechonLouis CarlierMichel FournyHenri GatineauAndré LancelotHenry MénardAndré OriolFernand OriolJ. Bétout

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
11United StatesUSA5:51.0Q
Leonard CarpenterFred SheffieldAl WilsonBabe RockefellerJohn MillerHoward KingsburyBen SpockAl LindleyChick Stoddard
22CanadaCAN6:06.6
Arthur BellBob HunterWilliam LangfordHarold LittleJack SmithWarren SnyderNorman TaylorLaurie WallaceIvor Campbell
33NetherlandsNED
Simon BonCornelis EecenAntony FennemaRoelof HommemaPaul MaaslandHenk RijndersGerrit TrompEgbertus WallerTed Cremer

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
13ItalyITA6:06.0Q
Antonio CattalinichFrancesco CattalinichSimeone CattalinichGiuseppe CrivelliLatino GalassoPietro IvanovBruno SorichCarlo ToniattiVittorio Gliubich
22AustraliaAUS6:12.0
Harry GraetzTed ThomasWally JarvisArthur ScottAlf TaeuberWalter PfeifferFrank CummingsWilliam SladdenRobert Cummings
31SpainESP
Leandro CollJaime GiraltJosé LasplasasRicardo MassanaEliseo MoralesEnrique PérezJuan RibaLuis OmedesJosé Martínez

Round One Repêchage

Date16 July 1924
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
11CanadaCAN6:37.0Q
Arthur BellBob HunterWilliam LangfordHarold LittleJack SmithWarren SnyderNorman TaylorLaurie WallaceIvor Campbell
24ArgentinaARG6:42.0
Julio AllesAlberto AndersonFrancisco BorgonovoTomás CerruttiFederico LecotDavid NoltingCarlos SerantesArmando TrabuccoMiguel Madero
32AustraliaAUS6:47.0
Harry GraetzTed ThomasWally JarvisArthur ScottAlf TaeuberWalter PfeifferFrank CummingsWilliam SladdenRobert Cummings
43BelgiumBEL6:52.0
Arthur D'AnversGerard De GezelleRené De LandtsheerAugust GeingerLéon LippensHippolyte SchouppeRobert SwarteléJean Van SilfhoutMarcel Wauters

Final Round

Date17 July 1924
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
12United StatesUSA6:33.4
Leonard CarpenterFred SheffieldAl WilsonBabe RockefellerJohn MillerHoward KingsburyBen SpockAl LindleyChick Stoddard
24CanadaCAN6:49.0
Arthur BellBob HunterWilliam LangfordHarold LittleJack SmithWarren SnyderNorman TaylorLaurie WallaceIvor Campbell
33ItalyITAat ¾ length to 2nd
Antonio CattalinichFrancesco CattalinichSimeone CattalinichGiuseppe CrivelliLatino GalassoPietro IvanovBruno SorichCarlo ToniattiVittorio Gliubich
41Great BritainGBRat ½ length to 3rd
Reggie BareCecil ChandlerHorace DebenhamPeter DulleyIan FairbairnAlexander LongHarold MorphyCharles RewJack Godwin