1960 Summer Olympics / Canoe

At the XVII. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , a total of seven canoeing competitions were held, five for men and two for women.

Like the rowing regattas, the regattas took place on Lake Albano near Castel Gandolfo . There were grandstands for 26,000 spectators, the official number of canoe and rowing visitors on all eight regatta days together was less than 24,000 spectators.

There were nine lanes each, each nine meters wide, separated by chains of buoys from start to finish. This buoy system was used here for the first time and has been called the Albano system ever since .

From the preliminary runs, the first placed canoeists came into the final or the semi-finals, the other canoeists got a second chance in hopes. The number of participants fluctuated between 23 participating boats in the two-person kayak of the men to 11 participating boats in the two-person kayak of the women.

Men

Single kayak 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	THE	Erik Hansen	3: 53.00 min
2	HUN	Imre Szöllősi	3: 54.02 min
3	SWE	Gert Fredriksson	3: 55.89 min

Final on August 29th at 3:20 pm

Two-person kayak 1000 m

The medal winners on the podium

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Gert Fredriksson Sven-Olov Sjödelius	3: 34.73 min
2	HUN	András Szente György Mészáros	3: 34.91 min
3	POLE	Stefan Kapłaniak Władysław Zieliński	3: 37.34 min

Final on August 29th at 4:00 p.m.

Single kayak 4 × 500 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	EUA	Dieter Krause Günter Perleberg Paul Lange Friedhelm Wentzke	7: 39.43 min
2	HUN	Imre Szöllősi Imre Kemeczei András Szente György Mészáros	7: 44.02 min
3	THE	Erik Hansen Helmuth Sørensen Arne Høyer Erling Jessen	7: 46.09 min

Final on August 29th at 5:00 p.m.

Single canoe 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	János Parti	4: 33.93 min
2	URS	Alexander Silayev	4: 34.41 min
3	ROU	Leon Rotman	4: 35.87 min

Final on August 29th at 3:40 pm

Two-person canoe 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	URS	Leanid Hejschtar Serhiy Makarenko	4: 17.94 min
2	ITA	Aldo Dezi Francesco La Macchia	4: 20.77 min
3	HUN	Imre Farkas András Törő	4: 20.89 min

Final on August 29th at 4:20 pm

Women

Single kayak 500 m

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	URS	Antonina Seredina	2: 08.88 min
2	EUA	Therese Zenz	2: 09.22 min
3	POLE	Daniela Walkowiak	2: 10.46 min

Final on August 29th at 3:00 p.m.

Two-person kayak 500 m

space	country	Sportswomen	time
1	URS	Marija Schubina Antonina Seredina	1: 56.95 min
2	EUA	Therese Zenz Ingrid Hartmann	1: 59.16 min
3	HUN	Klára Fried-Bánfalvi Vilma Egresi	2: 00.25 min

Final on August 29th at 4:40 pm

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .