Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls
| Men's single sculls at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Toda Rowing Course | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11–15 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:22.51 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
The single sculls event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.[1]
Medallists
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
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 Achim Hill (EUA)
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 Gottfried Kottmann (SUI)
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Results
Heats
The top rower in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Achim Hill (EUA) |
7:40.49 | QF |
| 2. |  Vaclav Kozak (TCH) |
7:45.75 | QR |
| 3. |  Rob Groen (NED) |
7:48.74 | QR |
| 4. |  Peter Edwards (AUS) |
7:53.54 | QR |
| 5. |  Otto Plettner (MEX) |
8:03.86 | QR |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. |  Donald Spero (USA) |
7:41.94 | QF |
| 2. | Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS) |
7:53.55 | QR |
| 3. |  Alberto Demiddi (ARG) |
7:55.59 | QR |
| 4. |  Satoomi Kasagi (JPN) |
8:16.96 | QR |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. | Gottfried Kottmann (SUI) |
7:43.70 | QF |
| 2. |  Murray Watkinson (NZL) |
7:49.01 | QR |
| 3. |  Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL) |
8:08.96 | QR |
| 4. |  Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) |
8:15.30 | QR |
Repechages
The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third-place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. The fourth-place finisher, in the only repechage with that many competitors, was eliminated.
| Repechage 1 | |||
| 1. | Murray Watkinson (NZL) |
7:45.28 | QF |
| 2. | Rob Groen (NED) |
7:50.58 | QC |
| 3. | Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) |
8:13.44 | QC |
| Repechage 2 | |||
| 1. | Alberto Demiddi (ARG) |
7:39.67 | QF |
| 2. | Vaclav Kozak (TCH) |
7:42.56 | QC |
| 3. | Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) |
8:02.72 | QC |
| Repechage 3 | |||
| 1. | Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS) |
7:31.76 | QF |
| 2. | Peter Edwards (AUS) |
7:37.64 | QC |
| 3. | Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL) |
7:44.75 | QC |
| 4. | Otto Plettner (MEX) |
7:46.84 | 13th |
Consolation final
The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.
| 7. | Rob Groen (NED) |
7:17.50 |
| 8. | Leif Gotfredsen (CAN) |
7:28.70 |
| 9. | Peter Edwards (AUS) |
7:30.06 |
| 10. | Otto Plettner (MEX) |
7:33.24 |
| 11. | Kasagi Satoomi (JPN) |
7:37.90 |
| 12. | Vaclav Kozak (TCH) |
Did not start |
Final
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Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS) |
8:22.51 |
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Achim Hill (EUA) |
8:26.24 |
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Gottfried Kottmann (SUI) |
8:29.68 |
| 4. | Alberto Demiddi (ARG) |
8:31.51 |
| 5. | Murray Watkinson (NZL) |
8:35.57 |
| 6. | Donald Spero (USA) |
8:37.53 |
References
- ^ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
Sources
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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