Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 4 × 500 metres
Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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Sprint | ||
C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
K-1 500 m | women | |
K-1 1000 m | men | |
K-1 4×500 m | men | |
K-2 500 m | women | |
K-2 1000 m | men | |
The men's K-1 4 × 500 metres event was a relay
Summer Olympics though it was part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 1948 to 1975.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Hungary (HUN) Imre Szöllősi Imre Kemecsey András Szente György Mészáros |
Results
Heats
The 18 crews first raced in three heats on August 26. The top two finishers in each heats advanced directly to the semifinals. One was disqualified while remaining 11 teams were relegated to the repechage heats.
Czechoslovakia was disqualified in the first heat in accordance to article 22 of the competition rules.
Repechages
Held on August 26, the top two finishers in each of the three repechages advanced to the semifinals.
Repechage 1 | |||
1. | Cesare Zilioli, Renato Ongari, Alberto Schiavi, and Annibale Berton (ITA) | 8:06.48 | QS |
2. | Dennis Green, Barry Stuart, Phil Coles, and Allan Livingstone (AUS) | 8:13.22 | QS |
3. | Walter Buchgraber, Hermann Salzner, Karl Leitner, and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) | 8:23.90 | |
Repechage 2 | |||
1. | ) | 7:58.40 | QS |
2. | Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński, Ryszard Skwarski, and Ryszard Marchlik (POL) | 8:06.80 | QS |
3. | Russell Dermond, Charles Lundmark, Robert O'Brien, and John Pagkos (USA) | 8:18.51 | |
4. | Henri Amazouze, Jean Houde, Pierre Derivery, and Jean Friquet (FRA) | 8:20.87 | |
Repechage 3 | |||
1. | Mircea Anastasescu, Aurel Vernescu, Ion Sideri, and Stavru Teodorov (ROU) | 7:58.61 | QS |
2. | Juhani Helenius, Paavo Vaskio, Torbjörn Blomqvist, and Rolf Björklund (FIN) | 8:09.43 | QS |
3. | ) | 8:11.24 | |
4. | Hans Straub, Werner Weber, Robert Zika, and Roland Huber (SUI) | 8:36.57 |
Semifinals
The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals (raced on August 27) advanced to the final. All other teams were eliminated.
Semifinal 1 | |||
1. | ) | 7:53.86 | QF |
2. | Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński, Ryszard Skwarski, and Ryszard Marchlik (POL) | 7:57.54 | QF |
3. | Ruud Knuppe, Cees Lagrand, Toon Geurts, and Guillaume Weijzen (NED) | 7:58.44 | |
4. | Cesare Zilioli, Renato Ongari, Alberto Schiavi, and Annibale Berton (ITA) | 7:59.21 | |
Semifinal 2 | |||
1. | ) | 7:43.92 | QF |
2. | ) | 7:52.29 | QF |
3. | Carl von Gerber, Åke Nilsson, Gert Fredriksson, and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE) | 7:55.05 | |
4. | Juhani Helenius, Paavo Vaskio, Torbjörn Blomqvist, and Rolf Björklund (FIN) | 8:21.25 | |
Semifinal 3 | |||
1. | Imre Szöllősi, Imre Kemecsey, András Szente, and György Mészáros (HUN) | 7:50.03 | QF |
2. | Mircea Anastasescu, Aurel Vernescu, Ion Sideri, and Stavru Teodorov (ROU) | 7:58.21 | QF |
3. | Dennis Green, Barry Stuart, Phil Coles, and Allan Livingstone (AUS) | 8:09.02 | |
4. | Ronald Rhodes, Raymond Blick, Robert Lowery, and Edward Cronk (GBR) | 8:11.52 |
Beudner replaced Knuppe for the Netherlands between the first heat and the first semifinal.
Final
The final was held on August 29.
) | 7:39.43 | |
Imre Szöllősi, Imre Kemecsey, András Szente, and György Mészáros (HUN) | 7:44.02 | |
) | 7:46.09 | |
4. | Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński, Ryszard Skwarski, and Ryszard Marchlik (POL) | 7:49.93 |
5. | ) | 7:50.72 |
6. | Mircea Anastasescu, Aurel Vernescu, Ion Sideri, and Stavru Teodorov (ROU) | 7:53.00 |
References
- ISBN 0140066322.