1979 World Rowing Championships
The 1979 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August – 9 September 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia.[1][2][3]
| 1979 World Rowing Championships | |
|---|---|
 Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1979 World Rowing Championships | |
| Venue | Lake Bled |
| Location | Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
| Dates | 30 August – 9 September |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M1x |  FinlandPertti Karppinen | 06:58.27 |  West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe | 07:04.60 |  East Germany Rüdiger Reiche | 07:06.55 |
| M2x |  Norway Alf Hansen (b) Frank Hansen (s) | 06:26.98 |  Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pecka (b) Václav Vochoska (s) | 06:30.46 | East Germany Uwe Heppner (b) Martin Winter (s) | 06:32.01 |
| M4x | East Germany Peter Kersten (b) Klaus Kröppelien (2) Karl-Heinz Bußert (3) Joachim Dreifke (s) | 05:50.70 | West Germany Albert Hedderich (b) Raimund Hörmann (2) Dieter Wiedenmann (3) Michael Dürsch(s) | 05:54.16 |  France Christian Marquis (b) Jean-Raymond Peltier (2) Charles Imbert (3) Roland Weill (s) | 05:57.80 |
| M2- | East Germany Bernd Landvoigt (b) Jörg Landvoigt (s) | 06:42.63 |  Soviet Union Yuriy Pimenov (b) Nikolay Pimenov (s) | 06:45.76 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Stefan Netzle (b) Hans Trümpler (s) | 06:48.67 |
| M2+ | East Germany Gert Uebeler (b) Jürgen Pfeiffer (s) Georg Spohr (c) | 07:06.35 | Czechoslovakia Milan Škopek (b) Josef Plamínek (s) Oldřich Hejdušek (c) | 07:06.95 | .png.webp){kind=small} United States Mark Borchelt (b) Fred Borchelt (s) Christopher Wells (c) | 07:09.90 |
| M4- | East Germany Wolfgang Mager (b) Stefan Semmler (2) Andreas Decker (3) Siegfried Brietzke (s) | 06:00.64 | Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Caska (b) Josef Neštický (2) Lubomir Zapletal (3) Jiří Prudil (s) | 06:05.30 |  Great Britain Martin Cross (b) David Townsend (2) Ian McNuff (3) John Beattie (s) | 06:06.65 |
| M4+ | East Germany Bernd Schlufter (b) Walter Dießner (2) Jens Doberschütz (3) Ullrich Dießner (s) Werner Lutz (c) | 06:27.24 | Soviet Union Artūrs Garonskis (b) Dzintars Krišjānis (2) Dimants Krišjānis (3) Žoržs Tikmers (s) Juris Bērziņš (c) | 06:29.23 | West Germany Andreas Görlich (b) Frank Schütze (2) Wolfram Thiem (3) Wolf-Dieter Oschlies (s) Manfred Klein (c) | 06:31.32 |
| M8+[4] | East Germany Dietmar Schiller (b) Jörg Friedrich (2) Werner Wenzel (3) Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (4) Bernd Höing (5) Ulrich Karnatz (6) Bernd Krauß (7) Ortwin Rodewald Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c) | 05:36.41 |  New Zealand Grant McAuley (b) Tony Brook (2) Tim Logan (3) Gregory Johnston (4) Conrad Robertson (5) Peter Jansen (6) Mark James (7) Robert Robinson (s) Alan Cotter (c) | 05:39.92 | Soviet Union Viktor Kokoshina (b) Ihar Maystrenka (2) Aleksandr Manzevitch (3) Vitaliy Moroz (4) Andrey Ruditsin (5) Oleksandr Tkachenko (6) Andriy Tishchenko (7) Andrey Luhin (s) Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c) | 05:40.69 |
| Lightweight events | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM1x[5] | United States Bill Belden |
7:19.96 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada Brian Thorne |
7:21.78 |  Austria Raimund Haberl |
7:25.02 |
| LM2x[6] | Norway Arne Gilje Pål Børnick |
6:38.08 |  Netherlands Harald Punt Roel Michels |
6:44.15 |  Italy Mauro Torta Romano Uberti |
6:45.90 |
| LM4-[7] | Great Britain Ian Wilson (b) Stuart Wilson (2) Colin Barratt (3) Nicholas Howe (s) | 06:23.46 | Netherlands Peter van Berkel Willem Appeldoorn Richard Helsloot Paul Paulsen |
06:23.99 | Switzerland Reto Wyss Thomas von Weissenfluh Pierre Zentner Pierre Kovacs |
06:25.12 |
| LM8+[8] | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain Francisco Goicoechea García Luis Arteaga Leon Jaime Uriarte García José Antonio Expósito Sánchez Antonio Elizalde Dionisio Redondo González Javier Puertas Cabezudo Fernando Climent Pedro Olasagasti Arruti (cox) |
5:53.10 | United States Stephen Schmitt Scott Strong Thomas Phillips Jeff Kroesen Craig Drake John Fletcher Bryan Lewis William Bater Robert Brody (cox) |
5:53.28 | Netherlands Mark Emke Henk van der Kwast Hans Pieterman Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Bert van Baal Rob Uilenbroek Ron Velthuis Gelle Klein Ikkink (cox) |
5:55.06 |
Women's events
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} RomaniaSanda Toma |
03:35.44 | East Germany Martina Schröter |
03:38.67 | Netherlands Hette Borrias |
03:39.61 |
| W2x | East Germany Cornelia Linse (b) Heidi Westphal (s) |
03:15.95 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria Svetla Otsetova (b) Sdravka Jordanova (s) |
03:16.31 | Romania Valeria Răcilă (b) Olga Homeghi (s) |
03:17.68 |
| W4x+ | East Germany Sybille Tietze (b) Christine Röpke (2) Jutta Lau (3) Roswietha Zobelt (s) Liane Buhr (c) |
03:06.75 | Bulgaria Anka Bakova (b) Dolores Nakova (2) Rumelyana Boncheva (3) Mariana Serbezova (s) Ani Filipova (c) |
03:07.04 | Romania Maria Micșa (b) Aneta Mihaly (2) Sofia Corban (3) Veronica Juganaru (s) Elena Giurcă (c) |
03:08.06 |
| W2- | East Germany Cornelia Bügel (b) Ute Steindorf (s) | 03:27.74 | Romania Florica Dospinescu (b) Elena Oprea (s) | 03:30.44 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland Małgorzata Dłużewska (b) Czesława Kościańska (s) | 03:32.30 |
| W4+ | Soviet Union Valentina Semenova (b) Svetlana Semyonova (2) Galina Stepanova (3) Maria Fadeyeva (s) Nina Cheremisina (c) |
03:17.03 | East Germany Marita Sandig (b) Ute Skorupski (2) Angelika Noack (3) Kersten Neisser (s) Kirsten Wenzel (c) |
03:18.25 | Romania Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (b) Florica Silaghi (2) Maria Fricioiu (3) Elena Avram (s) Aneta Matei (c) |
03:19.98 |
| W8+ | Soviet Union Nina Antoniuk (b) Tatyana Bunjak (2) Nadezhda Dergatchenko (3) Valentina Yermakova (4) Maria Paziun (5) Elena Tereshina (6) Nina Umanets (7) Olga Pivovarova (s) Nina Frolova (c) | 02:58.09 | East Germany Martina Boesler (b) Silvia Fröhlich (2) Petra Köhler (3) Jutta Raeck (4) Renate Neu (5) Ilona Richter (6) Ramona Kapheim (7) Karin Metze (s) Marina Wilke (c) | 02:59.36 |  United States Carol Brown (b) Carol Bower (2) Susan Tuttle (3) Jeanne Flanagan (4) Patricia Brink (5) Patricia Spratlin (6) Jan Harville (7) Mary O'Connor (s) Hollis Hatton (c) | 02:59.91 |
Medal table
This table does not include the lightweight results.
| Place | Nation |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany |
9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Romania |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | West Germany |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bulgaria |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | New Zealand |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Finals
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Great Britain
Nine men's teams (three lightweight) and four women's teams from Great Britain competed at the championships.[9][10]
| Event | Notes | |
| M1x | Hugh Matheson | 5th in A final |
|---|---|---|
| M2- | Charles Wiggin & Malcolm Carmichael | 4th in A final |
| M2+ | N/A | no entry |
| M2x | Chris Baillieu & Jim Clark | 4th in A final |
| M4- | Martin Cross, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, John Beattie | Bronze medal |
| M4+ | James Svenson-Taylor, Peter Hope, Simon Leifer, Paul Reynolds | 1st in B final (7th overall) |
| M4x | N/A | no entry |
| M8+ | Lenny Robertson, Eric Sims, Mark Bathurst, Neil Christie, James MacLeod Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns (cox) |
6th in A final |
| LM1x | N/A | no entry |
| LM2x | Mark Cushway & Peter Boosey | 2nd in B final |
| LM4- | Ian Wilson, Stuart Wilson, Colin Barratt, Nicholas Howe | Gold medal |
| LM8+ | Stephen Simpole, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Colin Cusack, John Melvin Peter Zeun, Duncan Innes, Richard Stuart, Paul Jenkinson (cox) |
5th in A final |
| W1x | Beryl Mitchell | 13th place |
| W2- | N/A | no entry |
| W2x | Pauline Hart & Astrid Ayling | 1st in B final |
| W4+ | Yvonne Earl, Bernadette Casey, Lin Clark, Gillian Webb, Nicky Mason (cox) | 4th in B final |
| W4x+ | N/A | no entry |
| W8+ | Jean Genchi, Nicola Boyes, Stephanie Price, Liz Paton, Sue Handscomb Rosemary Clugston, Clara Bayles, Beverly Jones, Nicky Zarach (cox) |
3rd in B final |
References
- "1979 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- "1979 World Championships—Bled Yugoslavia". RowingHistory-Aus.info. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- "1979 WORLD ROWING LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS". World Rowing. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- "(M8+) Men's Eight – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- "(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- "(LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- Ramsbottom, Mike (7 September 1979). "Rowing". Daily Mirror. p. 31 – via British Newspaper Archives.
- "1979 World Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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