# Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

The men's coxless pair competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy.

## Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and final), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.
* Heats: Four heats. With 19 boats entered, there were to be five boats per heat except the last heat, which was scheduled to have four boats but had only three start. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the semifinals, all other boats went to the repechage.
* Repechage: Four heats. With 14 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were three or four boats per repechage heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinal, with the remaining boats eliminated.
* Semifinals: A total of 12 boats reached the semifinals (4 from the heats, 8 from the repechage). They were divided into two semifinals of six boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal advanced to the final, the fourth through sixth place boats were eliminated.
* Final: The final consisted of the remaining six boats.

## Results
### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jochen NeulingHeinz Weigel | United Team of Germany | 7:04.71 | Q |
| 2 | Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder | Austria | 7:06.95 | R |
| 3 | Arcadio PadillaRoberto Retolaza | Mexico | 7:25.63 | R |
| 4 | Steven BlaisseErnst Veenemans | Netherlands | 7:26.52 | R |
| 5 | Keith DonaldLorne Loomer | Canada | 7:43.82 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paolo MosettiMario Petri | Italy | 7:07.17 | Q |
| 2 | Pablo FerreroRicardo González | Argentina | 7:17.70 | R |
| 3 | Tage GrøndahlElo Tostenæs | Denmark | 7:20.58 | R |
| 4 | Ştefan KurecskaGheorghe Riffelt | Romania | 7:35.77 | R |
| 5 | Gösta ErikssonLennart Hansson | Sweden | 7:38.08 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Veli LehteläToimi Pitkänen | Finland | 7:05.00 | Q |
| 2 | Ted FrostBob Rogers | United States | 7:07.75 | R |
| 3 | Nikola ČupinAntun Ivanković | Yugoslavia | 7:08.54 | R |
| 4 | Terry DaviesJohn Hunt | Australia | 7:51.88 | R |
| 5 | Estuardo MasíasVíctor Puente | Peru | 7:55.28 | R |

#### Heat 4

Hungary was entered in this heat, but did not start.
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valentin BoreykoOleg Golovanov | Soviet Union | 7:02.88 | Q |
| 2 | Walter KnabenhansHeinrich Scherer | Switzerland | 7:14.52 | R |
| 3 | Clive MarshallRichard Nicholson | Great Britain | 7:25.32 | R |

### Repechage
#### Repechage heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder | Austria | 7:20.48 | Q |
| 2 | Terry DaviesJohn Hunt | Australia | 7:24.22 | Q |
| 3 | Clive MarshallRichard Nicholson | Great Britain | 7:25.01 | |
| – | Gösta ErikssonLennart Hansson | Sweden | DNS | |

#### Repechage heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Arcadio PadillaRoberto Retolaza | Mexico | 7:21.46 | Q |
| 2 | Pablo FerreroRicardo González | Argentina | 7:28.84 | Q |
| 3 | Estuardo MasíasVíctor Puente | Peru | 7:45.15 | |

#### Repechage heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ted FrostBob Rogers | United States | 7:14.16 | Q |
| 2 | Tage GrøndahlElo Tostenæs | Denmark | 7:17.06 | Q |
| 3 | Steven BlaisseErnst Veenemans | Netherlands | 7:21.70 | |

#### Repechage heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nikola ČupinAntun Ivanković | Yugoslavia | 7:14.20 | Q |
| 2 | Walter KnabenhansHeinrich Scherer | Switzerland | 7:22.29 | Q |
| 3 | Keith DonaldLorne Loomer | Canada | 7:42.51 | |
| 4 | Ştefan KurecskaGheorghe Riffelt | Romania | 7:59.67 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jochen NeulingHeinz Weigel | United Team of Germany | 7:30.03 | Q |
| 2 | Veli LehteläToimi Pitkänen | Finland | 7:35.50 | Q |
| 3 | Nikola ČupinAntun Ivanković | Yugoslavia | 7:38.83 | Q |
| 4 | Arcadio PadillaRoberto Retolaza | Mexico | 7:45.55 | |
| 5 | Terry DaviesJohn Hunt | Australia | 7:50.59 | |
| – | Tage GrøndahlElo Tostenæs | Denmark | DNF | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder | Austria | 7:30.10 | Q |
| 2 | Valentin BoreykoOleg Golovanov | Soviet Union | 7:31.00 | Q |
| 3 | Ted FrostBob Rogers | United States | 7:31.11 | Q |
| 4 | Paolo MosettiMario Petri | Italy | 7:40.09 | |
| 5 | Walter KnabenhansHeinrich Scherer | Switzerland | 7:42.24 | |
| 6 | Pablo FerreroRicardo González | Argentina | 7:48.48 | |

### Final

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| | Valentin BoreykoOleg Golovanov | Soviet Union | 7:02.01 |
| | Josef KloimsteinAlfred Sageder | Austria | 7:03.69 |
| | Veli LehteläToimi Pitkänen | Finland | 7:03.80 |
| 4 | Jochen NeulingHeinz Weigel | United Team of Germany | 7:08.81 |
| 5 | Ted FrostBob Rogers | United States | 7:17.08 |
| 6 | Nikola ČupinAntun Ivanković | Yugoslavia | 7:20.91 |