October 11th—15th 1964 — Tokyo Games of the XVIIIth Olympiad The To da course had six lanes, each 12 metres 50 cm wide, with the Albano buoying system. This specification had proved perfectiy satisfactory in 1963 in Copenha gen. Bicycles were provided for coaches for use along the two tracks around the course. The use of launches was not allowed. The course was situated 25 kilometres from the Olympic village. As in Rome, temporary build ings had been put up near the course, to spare the com petitors tiring journeys. 1964: B. Dubrovsky and 0. Tiurin, USSR, European and Olympic champions © Archives IOC 4-: 1. GER 2. DEN 3. ITA 4. URS 5. AUT 6. NED Unlucky the previous year, the Danes were leading by half a length with 20 metres to go, when they caught two crabs and faltered. Showing great determination, the Germans crossed the finishing line a few centimetres ahead. 7. USA 8. BEL 9. GBR 10. HUN 11. ROM 12. SU1 2x: 1. URS 2. GBR 3. SUI 4. NED 5. GER 6. BEL The Doubrovski and Tiurine double, who already en joyed a fine reputation, fulfilled their promise and estab lished their dominance. On their own water, the young Dutch double, Bots and Alwin, only just failed to be amtmg the medal winners. 7. AUT 8. DEN 9. BUL 10. ROM 11. ITA 12. NZL 8 + : 1. GER 2. URS 3. YUG 4. ITA 5. POL 6. NED A titanic battle took place between the two giants. Victory seemed to be within the Soviet crew’s grasp when, with a supreme effort, the Ratzeburg crew hurled themselves at the fine. The margin was 34/100 second. Karl Heinrich von Groddeck thereby won a seventh title, having been Olympic champion in 1960 and world champion in 1962 in the 8 +, European champion in 1956 and 1957 in the 2 + , and in 1959, 1963 and 1964 in the 8 + . 7. YUG 8. POL 9. NED 10. ITA 11. SUI Preliminary heats Bad weather and a disturbing wind prevailed. There was nothing to be done about these conditions. 4 +: 16 started El: 1. GER 2. USA 3. TCH 4. AUS 5. JPN 6. CUB Eli: 1. ITA 2. NED 3. NZL 4. NOR 5. RAU (EGY) EDI: 1. URS 2. FRA 3. POL 4. FIN 5. DEN RI: 1. POL 2. USA 3. NOR 4. RAU(EGY) RII: 1. NED 2. DEN 3. TCH 4. FIN RID: 1. FRA 2. NZL 3. AUS 4. JPN 2-: 15 entered - 14 started - BUL (scratched) El: 1. NED 2. SUI 3. AUS 4. USA 5. JPN Eli: 1. CAN 2.DEN 3. ARG 4. URS - FIN (ex cluded) EIII: 1. GER 2. GBR 3. URU 4. POL RI: 1. FIN 2. SUI 3. URU 4. URS RII: 1. DEN 2. POL 3. AUS RIII: 1. GBR 2. USA 3. ARG 4. JPN lx: 13 started El: 1. GER 2. TCH 3. NED 4. AUS 5. MEX Achim Hill, second in 1960 in Rome, qualified. Eli: 1. USA 2. URS 3. ARG 4. JPN To everyone’s surprise, the holder of the title, Ivanov, offered no resistance to the American, Don Spero. EIII: 1. SUI 2. NZL 3. POL 4. CAN Kotmann qualified RI: 1. NZL 2. NED 3. JPN Another surprise: Groen seemed to be suffering from having raced too often during the season. He was elimi nated by the New Zealander, Watkinson. RII: 1. ARG 2. TCH 3. CAN Demiddi justified the hopes placed in him. RIII: 1. URS 2. AUS 3. POL 4. MEX In Contrast to his previous day’s performance, Ivanov qualified, totally unchallenged. October 7th 1964 — Tokyo FISA meeting at the Olympic games There was an informal meeting for an exchange of views about the future development of rowing. Items discussed included courses, women’s rowing, juniors, amateurism and doping. 134 2 +: 16 started El: 1. USA 2. NED 3. TCH 4. AUT 5. GER 6. SUI Eli: 1. FRA 2. URS 3. AUS 4. YUG 5. RAU (EGY) The Morel brothers (FRA) forced the Soviet European champions into a repechage.
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