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Rowing At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Coxed Four
The men's coxed four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico City, Mexico. It was held from 13 to 19 October and was unexpectedly won by the team from New Zealand, which secured the country its first Olympic rowing gold medal. Thirteen teams (66 competitors, with the Soviet Union making one substitution) from 13 nations attended the competition. East Germany earned its first medal in its debut in the event, taking silver (the 1960 and 1964 Olympic tournaments had both been won by the United Team of Germany, with West German crews). Switzerland took bronze, its first medal in the men's coxed four since 1952. Background This was the 13th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgilio Uribe Rowing And Canoeing Course
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Rowing At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Coxed Four
The men's coxed four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim. There were 14 boats (70 competitors) from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by West Germany; it was the nation's first medal as a separate team, but the third time in four Games that a West German crew had won gold (with crews from West Germany winning in 1960 and 1964 under the flag of the United Team of Germany). East Germany repeated as silver medallists, though with a new crew. Bronze went to Czechoslovakia, the nation's first medal in the men's coxed four since 1952. Background This was the 14th appearance o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Italy ( es, Italia) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports. Medalists Gold * Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race * Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform * Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo ( Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs Silver * Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) * Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard * Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team * Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting Bronze * Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles * Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump * Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports. Medalists The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 29 gold and 91 total medals. Gold *Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam *Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise *Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar *Natalia Kuchinskaya, Zinaida Voronina, Larisa Petrik, Olga Karaseva, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Lyubov Burda — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition *Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault * Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk * Yanis Lusis — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw * Viktor Saneev — Athletics, Men's triple jump * Valeri Sokolov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight * Boris Lagutin — Boxing, Men's Light-middleweight * Daniel Poznyak — Boxing, Men's Light-heavyweight * Lyudmila Khvedosyuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 European Rowing Championships
The 1965 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wedau regatta course in the West German city of Duisburg. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 20 to 22 August for women, and from 26 to 29 August for men. Women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+), and 12 countries sent 36 boats. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and 22 countries sent 89 boats. East German crews did not attend the championships. German participation FISA, the International Rowing Federation, did not recognise East Germany as a country and insisted on one German team per boat class. In June 1965, the East German rowing federation put an application to the world governing body to be recognised as an independent state; this was the seventh time that they had applied for independence. There was insufficient time to discuss the issue at the congress held in Duisburg just prior to the men's competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. Medalists Gold * Christoph Höhne — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk * Margitta Gummel — Athletics, Women's Shot Put * Manfred Wolke — Boxing, Men's Welterweight * Heinz-Jürgen Bothe and Jörg Lucke — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs * Dieter Schubert, Frank Forberger, Dieter Grahn, and Frank Rühle — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours * Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke * Roland Matthes — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke * Rudolf Vesper — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight * Lothar Metz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Silver * Klaus Beer — Athletics, Men's Long Jump * Lothar Milde — Athletics, Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 World Rowing Championships
The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed in the seven Olympic boat classes. Marketing and advertising for the event were handled by Cesar Lüthi. The Australian rowing history website has the following commentary: "The superbly organized regatta was held on the magnificent lake at Bled: a fitting setting for the second world championships." Prior to the 4th World Rowing Championships in 1974, only men competed. Background Bled and the German cities of Essen and Duisburg had competed for the right to host the second World Rowing Championships. At a FISA meeting in August 1963, held in conjunction with the 1963 European Rowing Championships for men, the decision in favour of Bled was made. Medal summary Medalists at the 1966 World Rowing Championships: Men's events Event code ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Germany At The 1968 Summer Olympics
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1962 World Rowing Championships
The 1962 World Rowing Championships were the inaugural world championships in rowing. The competition was held in September 1962 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. Rowers from West Germany dominated the competition, winning five of the seven boat classes. Background The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) decided in 1961 that, like at the Olympics, rowers from the whole world should compete for a championship title; thus far, they had only organised the European Rowing Championships, although they were open to rowers from outside of Europe. Prior to the 1974 World Rowing Championships, only men competed. Seven boat classes were part of the inaugural world championships that was held from 6 to 9 September on the Swiss Rotsee. There were 401 competitors from 24 countries (counting East and West Germany as one country) with 107 boats at the competition. Between 13 (double scull) and 17 (coxless pair) competed per boat class. German rowers FISA did not r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Team Of Germany At The 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports. Medalists Nationality in brackets. Gold * Karin Balzer () — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles * Willi Holdorf () — Athletics, Men's Decathlon * Jürgen Eschert () — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canoe Singles * Roswitha Esser, Annemarie Zimmermann (both from ) — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs * Lothar Claesges, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, Karl Link, Ernst Streng (all from ) — Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit * Ingrid Engel-Krämer () — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard * Harry Boldt, Reiner Klimke, Josef Neckermann (all from ) — Equestrian, Dressage Team * Hermann Schridde, Kurt Jarasinski, Hans Günter Winkler (all from ) — Equestrian, Jumping Team * Peter Neusel, Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1964 Summer Olympics ...
Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. Medal summary Men's events Participating nations A total of 370 rowers from 27 nations competed at the Tokio Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References External links International Olympic Committee medal database {{coord, 35.8031, N, 139.6689, E, source:wikidata, display=title 1964 Summer Olympics events 1964 Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand At The 1968 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 52 competitors, 47 men and five women, who took part in 26 events across eight sports. Selection of the team for the 1968 Summer Olympics, Games in Mexico City, Mexico, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Don Oliver. The New Zealand team finished 27th on the medal table, winning a total of three medals, one of which was gold. Medal tables Athletics Track and road Field Cycling Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1968. Road ;Men's individual road race ;Men's team time trial Field hockey Men's tournament ;Team roster ;Group A ;5th–8th Classification matches ;7th / 8th Place play-off New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place. Rowing In 1968, New Zealand entered boats in two of the seven events: men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
