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 canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano.

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Geishtor
and Sergei Makarenko  (URS)
Flag of Italy.svg  Aldo Dezi
and Francesco La Macchia  (ITA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Imre Farkas
and András Törő  (HUN)

Results

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.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko  (URS)4:27.29QF
2.Flag of Italy.svg  Aldo Dezi and Francesco La Macchia  (ITA)4:29.24QF
3.Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Igor Lipalit and Alexe Dumitru  (ROU)4:31.33QF
4.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jiří Kodeš and Václav Vokál  (TCH)4:38.59QR
5.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Willi Mehlberg and Werner Ulrich  (EUA)4:39.44QR
6.Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Marin Gopov and Toma Sokolov  (BUL)4:39.68QR
Heat 2
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  Imre Farkas and András Törő  (HUN)4:29.42QF
2.Flag of France.svg  Georges Turlier and Michel Picard  (FRA)4:29.76QF
3.Flag of Austria.svg  Kurt Liebhart and Herwig Dirnböck  (AUT)4:42.43QF
4.Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  John Beedell and Joseph Derochie  (CAN)4:47.82QR
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Arnold Demos and Richard Moran  (USA)4:59.15QR

Repechage

The top three finishers in the repechage (raced on August 27) advanced to the final while the rest were eliminated.

1.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jiří Kodeš and Václav Vokál  (TCH)4:44.20QF
2.Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Marin Gopov and Toma Sokolov  (BUL)4:48.06QF
3.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Willi Mehlberg and Werner Ulrich  (EUA)4:50.23QF
4.Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  John Beedell and Joseph Derochie  (CAN)5:02.14
-Flag of the United States.svg  Arnold Demos and Richard Moran  (USA)5:03.83DQ

The American team was disqualified for reasons not disclosed in the official report.

Final

The final was held on August 29.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko  (URS)4:17.04
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Aldo Dezi and Francesco La Macchia  (ITA)4:20.77
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  Imre Farkas and András Törő  (HUN)4:20.89
4.Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Igor Lipalit and Alexe Dumitru  (ROU)4:22.36
5.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jiří Kodeš and Václav Vokál  (TCH)4:27.66
6.Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Marin Gopov and Toma Sokolov  (BUL)4:31.52
7.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Willi Mehlberg and Werner Ulrich  (EUA)4:31.68
8.Flag of France.svg  Georges Turlier and Michel Picard  (FRA)4:35.48
9.Flag of Austria.svg  Kurt Liebhart and Herwig Dirnböck  (AUT)4:43.70

Bulgaria's time was not listed in the official report, but was found in Wallechinsky and Loucky's reference shown below.

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