Rowing - Summer Olympics Tokyo 1964- 1X final | Tokyo
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This film is from the collection of Peter Mallory, who is researching a comprehensive history of rowing technique. Details of what he is still looking for are at: www.rowingevolution.com 1. Vyacheslav Ivanov (sov) 8:22.51 2. Achim Hill (ger) 8:26.24 3. Gottfried Kottmann (swi) 8:29.68 4. Alberto Demiddi (arg) 8:31.51 5. Murray Watkinson (nzl) 8:35.57 6. Donald Spero (usa) 8:37.53
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it is HD??
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Sadly, just a month after winning his Olympic bronze medal, the swiss rower (Göpf Kottmann) drowned in the Rhine river, while taking part in a military exercise as a frogman...
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Very cool
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Ivanov faced the East German Hill again in the 1964 Olympics. This time he trailed Hill by 7 seconds with 500m to go, but finished so powerfully that he closed the gap and moved ahead. Ivanov made such a tremendous effort that he briefly blacked out. He regained awareness fifty meters before the finish line to find himself still in the lead and went on to win by 3.73 seconds.