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Rowing At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Coxless Pair
The men's coxless pair competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... Competition format This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and final), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance. * Heats: Four heats. With 19 boats entered, there were to be five boats per heat except the last heat, which was scheduled to have four boats but had only three start. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the semifinals, all other boats went to the repechage. * Repechage: Four heats. With 14 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were three or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Boreyko
Valentin Vasilevich Boreyko (russian: Валентин Васильевич Борейко; 7 October 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. (Russian) He was born in Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i .... In 1960 he and his partner Oleg Golovanov won the gold medal in the coxless pair event. Fours years later he and Oleg Golovanov were eliminated in the repêchage of the coxless pair competition. References External links * 1933 births 2012 deaths Russian male rowers Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |