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1979 World Rowing Championships

International rowing event


International rowing event

FieldValue
name1979 World Rowing Championships
image1979 World Rowing Championships stamp of Yugoslavia.jpg
size200px
captionYugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1979 World Rowing Championships
venueLake Bled
locationBled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
dates30 August – 9 September
competitors
nations
prev1978 Cambridge
next1980 Hazewinkel

The 1979 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August – 9 September 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia.

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeLightweight events
M1x
Pertti Karppinen06:58.27
Peter-Michael Kolbe07:04.60
Rüdiger Reiche07:06.55
M2x
Alf Hansen (b)
Frank Hansen (s)06:26.98
Zdeněk Pecka (b)
Václav Vochoska (s)06:30.46
Uwe Heppner (b)
Martin Winter (s)06:32.01
M4x
Peter Kersten (b)
Klaus Kröppelien (2)
Karl-Heinz Bußert (3)
Joachim Dreifke (s)05:50.70
Albert Hedderich (b)
Raimund Hörmann (2)
Dieter Wiedenmann (3)
Michael Dürsch(s)05:54.16
Christian Marquis (b)
Jean-Raymond Peltier (2)
Charles Imbert (3)
Roland Weill (s)05:57.80
M2-
Bernd Landvoigt (b)
Jörg Landvoigt (s)06:42.63
Yuriy Pimenov (b)
Nikolay Pimenov (s)06:45.76
Stefan Netzle (b)
Hans Trümpler (s)06:48.67
M2+
Gert Uebeler (b)
Jürgen Pfeiffer (s)
Georg Spohr (c)07:06.35
Milan Škopek (b)
Josef Plamínek (s)
Oldřich Hejdušek (c)07:06.95
Mark Borchelt (b)
Fred Borchelt (s)
Christopher Wells (c)07:09.90
M4-
Wolfgang Mager (b)
Stefan Semmler (2)
Andreas Decker (3)
Siegfried Brietzke (s)06:00.64
Vojtěch Caska (b)
Josef Neštický (2)
Lubomír Zapletal (3)
Jiří Prudil (s)06:05.30
John Beattie (b)
Ian McNuff (2)
David Townsend (3)
Martin Cross (s)06:06.65
M4+
Bernd Schlufter (b)
Walter Dießner (2)
Jens Doberschütz (3)
Ullrich Dießner (s)
Werner Lutz (c)06:27.24
Artūrs Garonskis (b)
Dzintars Krišjānis (2)
Dimants Krišjānis (3)
Žoržs Tikmers (s)
Juris Bērziņš (c)06:29.23
Andreas Görlich (b)
Frank Schütze (2)
Wolfram Thiem (3)
Wolf-Dieter Oschlies (s)
Manfred Klein (c)06:31.32
M8+
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
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
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
LM1x
Bill Belden7:19.96
Brian Thorne7:21.78
Raimund Haberl7:25.02
LM2x
Arne Gilje
Pål Børnick6:38.08
Harald Punt
Roel Michels6:44.15
Mauro Torta
Romano Uberti6:45.90
LM4-
Ian Wilson (b)
Stuart Wilson (2)
Colin Barratt (3)
Nicholas Howe (s)06:23.46
Peter van Berkel
Willem Appeldoorn
Richard Helsloot
Paul Paulsen06:23.99
Reto Wyss
Thomas von Weissenfluh
Pierre Zentner
Pierre Kovacs06:25.12
LM8+ESP
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
Stephen Schmitt
Scott Strong
Thomas Phillips
Jeff Kroesen
Craig Drake
John Fletcher
Bryan Lewis
William Bater
Robert Brody (cox)5:53.28
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

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
W1xROM
Sanda Toma03:35.44
Martina Schröter03:38.67
Hette Borrias03:39.61
W2x
Cornelia Linse (b)
Heidi Westphal (s)03:15.95BUL
Svetla Otsetova (b)
Sdravka Jordanova (s)03:16.31ROM
Valeria Răcilă (b)
Olga Homeghi (s)03:17.68
W4x+
Sybille Tietze (b)
Christine Röpke (2)
Jutta Lau (3)
Roswietha Zobelt (s)
Liane Buhr (c)03:06.75BUL
Anka Bakova (b)
Dolores Nakova (2)
Rumelyana Boncheva (3)
Mariana Serbezova (s)
Ani Filipova (c)03:07.04ROM
Maria Micșa (b)
Aneta Mihaly (2)
Sofia Corban (3)
Veronica Juganaru (s)
Elena Giurcă (c)03:08.06
W2-
Cornelia Bügel (b)
Ute Steindorf (s)03:27.74ROM
Florica Dospinescu (b)
Elena Oprea (s)03:30.44POL
Małgorzata Dłużewska (b)
Czesława Kościańska (s)03:32.30
W4+
Valentina Semenova (b)
Svetlana Semyonova (2)
Galina Stepanova (3)
Mariya Fadeyeva (s)
Nina Cheremisina (c)03:17.03
Marita Sandig (b)
Ute Skorupski (2)
Angelika Noack (3)
Kersten Neisser (s)
Kirsten Wenzel (c)03:18.25ROM
Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (b)
Florica Silaghi (2)
Maria Fricioiu (3)
Elena Avram (s)
Aneta Matei (c)03:19.98
W8+
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
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)02:59.36United 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.

PlaceNationTotalTotal14141442
193214
22215
3ROM1135
41001
41001
60303
70213
8BUL0202
90101
100022
110011
110011
110011
11POL0011
110011

Finals

Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6thM1xM2-M2+M2xM4-M4+M4xM8+LM1xLM2xLM4-LM8+W1xW2-W2xW4+W4x+W8+
ROMBUL
ESPBUL
BUL
ESP
ESP
ESP
ROMBUL
ROMPOLBUL
BULROMPOL
ROMBUL
BULROM
ROMBUL

Great Britain

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

M1xM2-M2+M2xM4-M4+M4xM8+LM1xLM2xLM4-LM8+W1xW2-W2xW4+W4x+W8+
Hugh Matheson5th in A final
Charles Wiggin & Malcolm Carmichael4th in A final
N/Ano entry
Chris Baillieu & Jim Clark4th in A final
Martin Cross, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, John BeattieBronze medal
James Svenson-Taylor, Peter Hope, Simon Leifer, Paul Reynolds1st in B final (7th overall)
N/Ano entry
Lenny Robertson, Eric Sims, Mark Bathurst, Neil Christie, James MacLeod
Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns (cox)6th in A final
N/Ano entry
Mark Cushway & Peter Boosey2nd in B final
Ian Wilson, Stuart Wilson, Colin Barratt, Nicholas HoweGold medal
Stephen Simpole, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Colin Cusack, John Melvin
Peter Zeun, Duncan Innes, Richard Stuart, Paul Jenkinson (cox)5th in A final
Beryl Mitchell13th place
N/Ano entry
Pauline Hart & Astrid Ayling1st in B final
Yvonne Earl, Bernadette Casey, Lin Clark, Gillian Webb, Nicky Mason (cox)4th in B final
N/Ano entry
Jean Genchi, Nicola Boyes, Stephanie Price, Liz Paton, Sue Handscomb
Rosemary Clugston, Clara Bayles, Beverly Jones, Nicky Zarach (cox)3rd in B final

References

References

  1. "1979 World Rowing Championships". [[International Rowing Federation]].
  2. "1979 World Championships—Bled Yugoslavia".
  3. "1979 WORLD ROWING LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS". World Rowing.
  4. "(M8+) Men's Eight – Final". [[International Rowing Federation]].
  5. "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". [[International Rowing Federation]].
  6. "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". [[International Rowing Federation]].
  7. "(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final". [[International Rowing Federation]].
  8. "(LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final". [[International Rowing Federation]].
  9. Ramsbottom, Mike. (7 September 1979). "Rowing". Daily Mirror.
  10. "1979 World Rowing Championships". Rowing Story.
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