1956 Olympics 1x Tech SloMo Rowing Archives/Lenny O'Donnell · May 8, 2017 Excerpts from the heats, semis and finals of the 1956 Single Sculls at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. George Y. Pocock was the U.S. boat master at the games and he filmed much of the racing. We have edited them down by event, and this is a compilation of just the rowing from the 1x. Featuring Vyacheslav Ivanov, Stuart MacKenzie, and Jack Kelly Jr. in the medal positions. This video is a technical study of the rowers of the day, with some slow motion, so we can really analyze the evolution of technique at that time.
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