European Rowing Championships 1973

The 1973 European Rowing Championships were held on the Krylatskoje rowing channel in Moscow . The races in twelve boat classes took place from August 29 to September 2, 1973. The most successful rowing teams were sent by the Soviet Union with five gold medals and by the GDR with four gold medals.

In 1973 the European Championships were held for the last time with their old meaning. After the first edition in 1893, the EM developed into one of the highest quality competitions in European rowing, but in the later years numerous non-European nations also regularly took part. The EM therefore had the character of a world championship from the 1950s at the latest. The World Rowing Federation (FISA) therefore introduced the rowing world championships from 1962, initially every four years, and from 1974 annual world championships replaced the old European championships. Annual European championships have only been held again since 2007, but now in addition to the world championships.

Results

The medal winners from the A finals are listed here. These were manned by six boats, which had to qualify for the finals through preliminary runs, hope runs and semi-finals. The length of the course was 2000 meters in all men's runs and 1000 meters in all women's runs.

Men

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (M1x)	Federal Republic of Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	8: 02.77	Soviet Union Vytautas Butkus	8: 05.87	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Güldenpfennig	8: 07.09
Double scull (M2x)	German Democratic Republic Christof Kreuziger Hans-Ulrich Schmied	7: 26.95	Soviet Union Gennady Korschikow Alexander Timoshinin	7: 33.97	United Kingdom Michael Hart Christopher Baillieu	7: 41.87
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	Romania Dumitru Grumezescu Ilie Oanță	7: 39.10	New Zealand Wybo Veldman Noel Mills	7: 42.63	BR Germany Winfried Ringwald Alois Bierl	7: 43.53
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Soviet Union Nikolai Ivanov Vladimir Jeschinow Alexander Lukyanow (st.)	8: 09.83	German Democratic Republic Jörg Lucke Wolfgang Gunkel Klaus-Dieter Neubert (Stm.)	8: 13.42	Romania Petre Ceapura Ștefan Tudor Gheorghe Gheorghiu (Stm.)	8: 15.67
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic Rul Melke Henry Prochnow Gottfried Döhn Reinhard Martin	6: 56.67	Soviet Union Mindaugas Vaitkus Beniaminas Natsevicius Tiit Helmja Appolinaras Grigas	7: 00.55	Norway Rolf Andreassen Arne Bergodd Odd Sørum Ole Nafstad	7: 01.85
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	Soviet Union Gennadi Moskovsky Alexander Pljuschkin Vladimir Vasiliev Anatoly Nemtyrjow Alexander Jarow (st.)	7: 08.17	German Democratic Republic Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Reinhard Gust Dietrich Zander Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (Stm.)	7: 18.20	Czechoslovakia František Provazník Vladimír Jánoš Karel nephew Otakar Mareček Vladimír Petříček (st.)	7: 18.81
Figure eight (M8 +)	German Democratic Republic Heinrich Mederow Detlef Lamm Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Bernd Landvoigt Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Werner Klatt Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Karl-Heinz Danielowski (Stm.)	6: 19.02	Czechoslovakia Jiří Stefan Miroslav Vraštil Josef Neštický Pavel Batěk Václav Mls Pavel Konvička Petr Lakomý Lubomír Zapletal Jiří Pták (st.)	6: 33.18	Soviet Union Alexander Ryazankin Vladimir Savelov Alexander Martyshkin Nikolai Surow Sergei Koljaskin Boris Vorobjow Giwi Nikuradze Vladimir Rikkonen Juri Lorenzson (st.)	6: 36.14

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	Soviet Union Genovaitė Ramoškienė	3: 59.97	Belgium Christine Wasterlain	4: 00.36	Federal Republic of Germany Edith Eckbauer	4: 06.68
Double scull (W2x)	Soviet Union Jelena Antonowa Olga Klinischewa	3: 40.05	Netherlands Helie Klaasse Andrea Vissers	3: 42.80	BR Germany Regine Adam Astrid Hohl	3: 43.90
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	German Democratic Republic Sabine Jahn Brigitte Ahrenholz Ursula Wagner Roswietha Zobelt Monika Kurtz (Deputy)	3: 30.63	Romania Elisabeta Lazăr Maria Micșa Mărioara Singiorzan Teodora Boicu Maria Ghiata (Stf.)	3: 32.56	Soviet Union Wera Nikolskaja Ludmila Andrejewa Ludmila Parfjonowa Wera Fjodorewa Ludmila Arsakowskaja ( Dep .)	3: 33.55
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	Netherlands Liesbeth de Graaff Myriam Steenman Hette Borrias Liesbeth de Bruin Yvonne Vischschraper (Stf.)	3: 38.13	German Democratic Republic Maria Notbohm Sabine Dähne Angelika Noack Rosel Nitsche Christa Karnath (Stf.)	3: 38.89	Poland Anna Karbowiak Małgorzata Kawalska Bogusława Tomasiak Barbara Wojciechowska Maria Peleszok (Stf.)	3: 41.86
Eighth (W8 +)	Soviet Union Sofja Beketowa Larissa Sozkowa Wera Alexejewa Olga Schwezowa Nina Filatowa Nina Abramowa Valentina Rubzowa Nina Bistrowa Nina Frolowa (Stf.)	3: 21.12	German Democratic Republic Monika Mittenzwei Renate Kruska Ilona Richter Irina Müller Christa Staack Helma Moravia Henrietta Ebert Renate Schlenzig Sabine Brincker (Stf.)	3: 22.58	Romania Cornelia Neacșu Florica Petcu Elena Gawluk Aurelia Marinescu Cristel Wiener Filigonia Toll Viorica Lincaru Ecaterina Trancioveanu Aneta Matei (Stf.)	3: 23.78

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	5	3	2	10
2	German Democratic Republic	4th	4th	1	9
3	Romania	1	1	2	4th
4th	Netherlands	1	1		2
5	BR Germany	1		3	4th
6th	Czechoslovakia		1	1	2
7th	Belgium		1		1
	New Zealand		1		1
9	Poland			1	1
	United Kingdom			1	1
	Norway			1	1
total		12	12	12	36

Web links

• European Championship 1973 at the World Rowing Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: One of the men (M1x). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
2. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Men's double sculls (M2x). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
3. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Two men without a helmsman (M2-). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
4. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Two men with helmsman (M2 +). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
5. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Foursome without a helmsman (M4-). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
6. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Four-man with helmsman (M4 +). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
7. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Eighth men (M8 +). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
8. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: One of the women (W1x). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
9. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Women's double sculls (W2x). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
10. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Quadruple scull with helmswoman (W4x +). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
11. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Foursome with helmsman (W4 +). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 . 
12. ↑ European Rowing Championships 1973: Eighth women (W8 +). September 2, 1973, accessed November 16, 2014 .