INTERNATIONAL ROWING TURNS PROFESSIONAL FISA 1964 Film Utrechtsche Studenten Roeivereeniging Triton Coxed-Pair 1964 Olympic Bronze Medal 1 USA 8:21.33, 2 FRA 8:23.15, 3 NED 8:23.42, 4 URS 8:24.85 5 CZE 8:36.21, 6 POL 8:40.00 Stroke Herman Rouwé 5’10” 179cm 176lb. 80kg, Bow Erik Hartsuiker 6’2” 189cm 185lb. 84kg, Coxswain Jan Bos 0°, +35° to -5°, 0-8, 0-8, 4-10, ferryman’s finish 2nd Generation Conibear, concurrent legs and backs, late arm draw, Schubschlag The Dutch took the early lead, working hard for the first 300 meters, at which time the Soviet Pair asserted itself. They gained two seats on Triton by the 500, with the Americans a further three seats back. The rest were already open water behind. During the middle 1,000, the Soviets pulled out to open water over the Americans and the Dutch, but it was the French (Georges Morel, 26, 6’2” 188cm 203lb. 92kg, Jacques Morel, 29, 6’4” 193cm 179lb. 81kg, with coxswain Jean-Claude Darouy) in Lane 6 who were moving the fastest, coming from two lengths behind to pass the Americans and Dutch into second place behind the Soviets. In the last 500, the Americans – the oldest, tallest, heaviest and most experienced boat in the field3158 – raised their game, and the Soviets collapsed in response. The battle on the other side of the course remained in doubt to the very end with the 3158 See Chapter 82. Morel brothers from Arcachon on the French Atlantic coast preserving a one-seat margin over Triton to gain the Silver Medal, three-quarters of a length behind the United States. Rowing: “A splendid race for the first four places, with just over a length covering all four.”3159 Jan Wienese Like many Dutch scullers in the 1960s and before, Jan Wienese was not a large athlete even by his own day’s standards. A member of De Amstel, he stood 5’11” 180cm and weighed 177lb. 80kg. Wienese: “I went swimming with my mother while in elementary school, and we’d swim in the River Amstel. The water was still clean back then. On a Wednesday – we had school off on Wednesdays – I saw a rowboat go by. He must’ve been terrible because I remember his blades slithering 3159 Rowing, Dec 1964 / Jan 1965, p. 10 885
