Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

See main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics.

Event:	Rowing
Games:	1960 Summer
Venue:	Lake Albano
Dates:	30 August – 3 September 1960
Competitors:	410
Nations:	33
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The competitions were held from 30 August to 3 September on the Lago di Albano.^[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

single sculls
double sculls
coxless pairs
coxed pairs	Bernhard Knubel Heinz Renneberg Klaus Zerta	Antanas Bagdonavičius Zigmas Jukna Igor Rudakov	Richard Draeger Conn Findlay Kent Mitchell
coxless fours	Arthur Ayrault Ted Nash John Sayre Rusty Wailes	Tullio Baraglia Renato Bosatta Giancarlo Crosta Giuseppe Galante	Igor Akhremchik Yuriy Bachurov Valentin Morkovkin Anatoly Tarabrin
coxed fours	Gerd Cintl Horst Effertz Klaus Riekemann Jürgen Litz Michael Obst	Robert Dumontois Claude Martin Jacques Morel Guy Nosbaum Jean Klein	Fulvio Balatti Romano Sgheiz Franco Trincavelli Giovanni Zucchi Ivo Stefanoni
eights	Manfred Rulffs Walter Schröder Frank Schepke Kraft Schepke Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Karl-Heinz Hopp Klaus Bittner Hans Lenk Willi Padge	Donald Arnold Walter D'Hondt Nelson Kuhn John Lecky David Anderson Archibald MacKinnon Bill McKerlich Glen Mervyn Sohen Biln	Bohumil Janoušek Jan Jindra Jiří Lundák Stanislav Lusk Václav Pavkovič Luděk Pojezný Jan Švéda Josef Věntus Miroslav Koníček

Participating nations

A total of 410 rowers from 33 nations competed at the Rome Games:

Notes

• Conflicting sources: Some sources list Lorne Loomer as a silver medalist in eights at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, as a member of the Canadian team.^[2] However, according to other sources Loomer competed in the coxless pair, but was replaced by substitute David Anderson in the eight.^{[3] [4] [5]}

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 August 2018.
2. http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=ROW "1960 Summer Olympics  - Rome, Italy  - Rowing"
3. Web site: Canada Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CAN/summer/1960/ROW/. dead. 17 April 2020. sports-reference. 12 January 2014.
4. Web site: David Anderson. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051958/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/david-anderson-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. sports-reference . 12 January 2014.
5. Web site: 1960 UBC-VRC Eights. BC Sports Hall of Fame. 16 August 2024.