Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's C-2 1000 metres
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The men's C-2 1000 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoe
ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
program on Lake Albano.
The American team was disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.
Bulgaria
's time was not listed in the official report, but was found in Wallechinsky and Loucky's reference shown below.
Canoe
A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...
ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and...
program on Lake Albano.
Medalists
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Heats
Eleven teams first raced in two heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each heat advanced directly to the final and the remaining five teams were relegated to the repechage.| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | 4:27.29 | QF | |
| 2. | 4:29.24 | QF | |
| 3. | 4:31.33 | QF | |
| 4. | 4:38.59 | QR | |
| 5. | 4:39.44 | QR | |
| 6. | 4:39.68 | QR | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | 4:29.42 | QF | |
| 2. | 4:29.76 | QF | |
| 3. | 4:42.43 | QF | |
| 4. | 4:47.82 | QR | |
| 5. | 4:59.15 | QR | |
Repechage
The top three finishers in the repechage (raced on August 27) advanced to the final while the rest were eliminated.| 1. | 4:44.20 | QF | |
| 2. | 4:48.06 | QF | |
| 3. | 4:50.23 | QF | |
| 4. | 5:02.14 | ||
| - | 5:03.83 | DQ |
The American team was disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.
Final
The final was held on August 29. |
4:17.04 | |
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4:20.77 | |
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4:20.89 | |
| 4. | 4:22.36 | |
| 5. | 4:27.66 | |
| 6. | 4:31.52 | |
| 7. | 4:31.68 | |
| 8. | 4:35.48 | |
| 9. | 4:43.70 |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
's time was not listed in the official report, but was found in Wallechinsky and Loucky's reference shown below.