1979 World Rowing Championships

International rowing event

1979 World Rowing Championships

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Venue| Lake Bled
Location| Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Dates| 30 August – 9 September

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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]

## Medal summary

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Time  | Silver  | Time  | Bronze  | Time

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M1x  |  Finland
Pertti 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  |  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  |  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)
Lubomír Zapletal (3)
Jiří Prudil (s) | 06:05.30  |  Great Britain
John Beattie (b)
Ian McNuff (2)
David Townsend (3)
Martin Cross (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 Kokoshyn (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  |  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] |  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

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Event  | Gold  | Time  | Silver  | Time  | Bronze  | Time

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W1x  |  Romania
Sanda 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  |  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  |  Poland
Małgorzata Dłużewska (b)
Czesława Kościańska (s) | 03:32.30
W4+  |  Soviet Union
Valentina Semenova (b)
Svetlana Semyonova (2)
Galina Stepanova (3)
Mariya 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

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This table does not include the lightweight results.

Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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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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Event  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | 4th  | 5th  | 6th

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M1x  |  Finland |  West Germany |  East Germany |  Sweden |  Great Britain |  Soviet Union
M2-  |  East Germany |  Soviet Union |  Switzerland |  Great Britain |  West Germany |  Denmark
M2+  |  East Germany |  Czechoslovakia |  United States |  Yugoslavia |  Romania |  Bulgaria
M2x  |  Norway |  Czechoslovakia |  East Germany |  Great Britain |  Switzerland |  West Germany
M4-  |  East Germany |  Czechoslovakia |  Great Britain |  Soviet Union |  Netherlands |  Switzerland
M4+  |  East Germany |  Soviet Union |  West Germany |  United States |  Spain |  Bulgaria
M4x  |  East Germany |  West Germany |  France |  Yugoslavia |  United States |  Bulgaria
M8+  |  East Germany |  New Zealand |  Soviet Union |  Australia |  United States |  Great Britain
LM1x  |  United States |  Canada |  Austria |  West Germany |  Spain |  Switzerland
LM2x  |  Norway |  Netherlands |  Italy |  United States |  Switzerland |  Spain
LM4-  |  Great Britain |  Netherlands |  Switzerland |  West Germany |  Denmark |  Australia
LM8+  |  Spain |  United States |  Netherlands |  West Germany |  Great Britain |  Australia
W1x  |  Romania |  East Germany |  Netherlands |  Canada |  United States |  Bulgaria
W2-  |  East Germany |  Romania |  Poland |  Netherlands |  United States |  Bulgaria
W2x  |  East Germany |  Bulgaria |  Romania |  Soviet Union |  United States |  Poland
W4+  |  Soviet Union |  East Germany |  Romania |  Bulgaria |  Australia |  West Germany
W4x+  |  East Germany |  Bulgaria |  Romania |  Soviet Union |  Hungary |  United States
W8+  |  Soviet Union |  East Germany |  United States |  Romania |  Canada |  Bulgaria

## Great Britain

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Nine men's teams (three lightweight) and four women's teams from Great Britain competed at the championships.[9][10]

Event  |  | Notes

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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

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1. ^ "1979 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
2. ^ "1979 World Championships—Bled Yugoslavia". RowingHistory-Aus.info. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
3. ^ "1979 WORLD ROWING LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS". World Rowing. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
4. ^ "(M8+) Men's Eight – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
5. ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
6. ^ "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
7. ^ "(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
8. ^ "(LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
9. ^ Ramsbottom, Mike (7 September 1979). "Rowing". Daily Mirror. p. 31 - via British Newspaper Archives.
10. ^ "1979 World Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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