Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The coxless pair event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Men's coxless pair at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Toda Rowing Course
Date	11–15 October
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	7:32.94
Medalists
George Hungerford Roger Jackson  Canada Steven Blaisse Ernst Veenemans  Netherlands Michael Schwan Wolfgang Hottenrott  United Team of Germany

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
George Hungerford Roger Jackson (CAN)	Steven Blaisse Ernst Veenemans (NED)	Michael Schwan Wolfgang Hottenrott (EUA)

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others (except the Bulgarian crew, which did not start in the heats) sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.	Steven Blaisse and Ernst Veenemans (NED)	7:21.03	QF
2.	Peter Bolliger and Nicolas Gobet (SUI)	7:26.18	QR
3.	Roger Ninham and Bob Shirlaw (AUS)	7:32.75	QR
4.	James Edmonds and Tony Johnson (USA)	7:33.89	QR
5.	Takao Kogo and Norimasa Kurosaki (JPN)	7:48.15	QR
Heat 2
1.	George Hungerford and Roger Jackson (CAN)	7:19.78	QF
2.	Peter Fich and Hans Boye (DEN)	7:22.01	QR
3.	Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Durán (ARG)	7:30.76	QR
4.	Oleg Golovanov and Valentin Boreiko (URS)	7:37.35	QR
5.	Toimi Pitkänen and Veli Lehtelä (FIN)	Hors course	QR
Heat 3
1.	Michael Schwan and Wolfgang Hottenrott (EUA)	7:20.18	QF
2.	David Lee Nicholson and Stewart Farquharson (GBR)	7:30.34	QR
3.	Mariano Caulin and Gustavo Perez (URU)	7:43.79	QR
4.	Czesław Nawrot and Alfons Ślusarski (POL)	7:47.02	QR
—	Georgi Nicolov and Atanass Mandadjiev (BUL)	Did not start

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 repechages with that many competitors, was eliminated.

Repechage 1
1.	Toimi Pitkänen and Veli Lehtelä (FIN)	7:29.03	QF
2.	Peter Bolliger and Nicolas Golet (SUI)	7:34.23	QC
3.	Mariano Caulin and Gustavo Perez (URU)	7:39.43	QC
4.	Oleg Golovanov and Valentin Boreiko (URS)	7:42.54
Repechage 2
1.	Peter Fich and Hans Boye (DEN)	7:31.11	QF
2.	Czeslaw Nawrot and Alfons Ślusarski (POL)	7:35.82	QC
3.	Roger Ninham and Bob Shirlaw (AUS)	7:39.18	QC
Repechage 3
1.	James Lee and Stewart Farquharson (GBR)	7:28.30	QF
2.	James Edmonds and Tony Johnson (USA)	7:30.84	QC
3.	Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Duran (ARG)	7:42.23	QC
4.	Kogo Takao and Kurosaki Norimasa (JPN)	7:54.43

Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7.	Peter Bolliger and Nicolas Golet (SUI)	7:05.71
8.	Czeslaw Nawrot and Alfons Ślusarski (POL)	7:08.38
9.	Roger Ninham and Bob Shirlaw (AUS)	7:12.18
10.	James Edmonds and Tony Johnson (USA)	7:15.04
11.	Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Duran (ARG)	Did not start
	Mariano Caulin and Gustavo Perez (URU)	Did not start

Final

	George Hungerford and Roger Jackson (CAN)	7:32.94
	Steven Blaisse and Ernst Veenemans (NED)	7:33.40
	Michael Schwan and Wolfgang Hottenrott (EUA)	7:38.63
4.	James Lee and Stewart Farquharson (GBR)	7:42.00
5.	Peter Fich and Hans Boye (DEN)	7:48.13
6.	Toimi Pitkänen and Veli Lehtelä (FIN)	8:05.74

References

1. "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxless Pairs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.