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Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men

Date22 – 25 October 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationPista Olímpico Virgilio Uribe, Canal de Cuemanco, Xochimilco
Participants26 from 13 countries

Romania was the reigning World Champion in the C-2 1000 and sent one of its victors, Serghei Covaliov to the 1968 Summer Olympics to compete in the event alongside Ivan Patzaichin. The nation was, with a different crew, also the runner-up at the most recent European Championships, an event that was won by Hungary’s Tamás Wichmann and Gyula Petrikovics. The defending Olympic, and 1965 European, champion was the Soviet Union, represented in Mexico City by Naum Prokupets and Mikhail Zamotin, the latter of whom was a 1963 World and 1965 European runner-up. The only other recent medalist from a major international tournament at the Games was Sweden, who sent its 1966 World runners-up Bernt Lindelöf and Eric Zeidlitz. Sweden and the Soviet Union squared off the first opening heat, with the latter emerging victorious, while Romania and Hungary battled in the second, with the former finishing in Olympic record time. The Romanians continued their dominance in the medal round, winning gold with ease, although their margin of victory, nearly 1.6 seconds, was the smallest of all the podium finishers. Hungary took silver over two and a half seconds prior to the arrival of the Soviet Union, who were in turn nearly four seconds faster than Mexico in capturing bronze.

PosNumberPairNOCR1RepFinal
1Ivan Patzaichin / Serghei CovaliovROU4:03.4 (1 h2)4:07.18 (1)Gold
2Tamás Wichmann / Gyula PetrikovicsHUN4:04.4 (2 h2)4:08.77 (2)Silver
3Naum Prokupets / Mikhail ZamotinURS4:09.9 (1 h1)4:11.30 (3)Bronze
4Juan Martínez / Félix AltamiranoMEX4:11.9 (4 h1)4:15.01 (1)4:15.24 (4)
5Bernt Lindelöf / Eric ZeidlitzSWE4:10.5 (2 h1)4:16.60 (5)
6Jürgen Harpke / Helmut WagnerGDR4:21.8 (3 h2)4:22.53 (6)
7Roland Kapf / Klaus LewandowskyFRG4:11.4 (3 h1)4:26.36 (7)
8Ivan Valov / Aleksandar DamyanovBUL4:26.1 (4 h2)4:22.17 (3)4:26.74 (8)
AC r3/3Rudolf Pěnkava / Svatopluk SkarupskýTCH4:31.3 (6 h1)4:20.19 (2)– (DQ)
4 h1 r2/3Bernard Bouffinier / Jean-François MillotFRA4:13.1 (5 h1)4:22.76 (4)
5 h1 r2/3Tetsumasa Yamaguchi / Nobuatsu YoshinoJPN4:30.9 (5 h2)4:29.54 (5)
6 h1 r2/3William Gates / Malcolm HickoxUSA4:37.0 (7 h1)4:33.49 (6)
AC h2 r1/3John Wood / Scott LeeCAN– (DQ h2)

Round One

Date22 October 1968
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m500-1,000 m
12Naum Prokupets / Mikhail ZamotinURS4:09.92:01.5 (1)2:08.4 (3)Q
26Bernt Lindelöf / Eric ZeidlitzSWE4:10.52:03.5 (4)2:07.0 (1)Q
31Roland Kapf / Klaus LewandowskyFRG4:11.42:04.1 (=5)2:07.3 (2)Q
43Juan Martínez / Félix AltamiranoMEX4:11.92:01.8 (2)2:10.1 (5)
54Bernard Bouffinier / Jean-François MillotFRA4:13.12:04.1 (=5)2:09.0 (4)
65Rudolf Pěnkava / Svatopluk SkarupskýTCH4:31.32:02.7 (3)2:28.6 (7)
77William Gates / Malcolm HickoxUSA4:37.02:12.3 (7)2:24.7 (6)

Heat #2

Time10:45
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m500-1,000 m
12Ivan Patzaichin / Serghei CovaliovROU4:03.41:58.52 (1)2:04.8 (1)QOB
21Tamás Wichmann / Gyula PetrikovicsHUN4:04.41:58.85 (2)2:05.5 (2)Q
36Jürgen Harpke / Helmut WagnerGDR4:21.82:07.84 (4)2:13.9 (3)Q
44Ivan Valov / Aleksandar DamyanovBUL4:26.12:07.54 (3)2:18.5 (4)
53Tetsumasa Yamaguchi / Nobuatsu YoshinoJPN4:30.92:10.70 (6)2:20.2 (5)
DQ5John Wood / Scott LeeCAN[2:09.07] ([5])– (–)

Repêchage

Date24 October 1968 — 11:00
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m500-1,000 m
14Juan Martínez / Félix AltamiranoMEX4:15.012:07.01 (1)2:08.00 (1)Q
28Rudolf Pěnkava / Svatopluk SkarupskýTCH4:20.192:08.17 (2)2:12.02 (3)Q
39Ivan Valov / Aleksandar DamyanovBUL4:22.172:10.96 (5)2:11.21 (2)Q
45Bernard Bouffinier / Jean-François MillotFRA4:22.762:09.16 (3)2:13.60 (4)
57Tetsumasa Yamaguchi / Nobuatsu YoshinoJPN4:29.542:09.95 (4)2:19.59 (6)
66William Gates / Malcolm HickoxUSA4:33.492:14.56 (6)2:18.93 (5)

Final Round

Date25 October 1968 — 12:00
PosLanePairNOCTime500 m500-1,000 m
14Ivan Patzaichin / Serghei CovaliovROU4:07.181:57.74 (1)2:09.44 (2)
22Tamás Wichmann / Gyula PetrikovicsHUN4:08.771:59.34 (2)2:09.43 (1)
35Naum Prokupets / Mikhail ZamotinURS4:11.302:00.35 (3)2:10.95 (3)
43Juan Martínez / Félix AltamiranoMEX4:15.242:01.84 (4)2:13.40 (4)
57Bernt Lindelöf / Eric ZeidlitzSWE4:16.602:02.72 (5)2:13.88 (5)
68Jürgen Harpke / Helmut WagnerGDR4:22.532:04.96 (7)2:17.57 (7)
71Roland Kapf / Klaus LewandowskyFRG4:26.362:06.27 (8)2:20.09 (8)
89Ivan Valov / Aleksandar DamyanovBUL4:26.742:09.55 (9)2:17.19 (6)
DQ6Rudolf Pěnkava / Svatopluk SkarupskýTCH[2:03.95] ([6])– (–)