World Rowing Championships 1970

The 1970 World Rowing Championships were held on the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines , Canada under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in seven boat classes for men . The finals took place on September 6, 1970.

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 races.

Boat class	gold	silver	bronze	Placements
One (M1x)	Argentina Alberto Demiddi 7: 16.54 min	German Democratic Republic Götz Draeger 7: 18.21 min	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Hellebrand 7: 19.37 min	4. Juri Malyschew 7: 19.60 min 5. Jochen Meißner 7: 20.88 min 6. Giovanni Pobelli 7: 24.33 min
Double scull (M2x)	Denmark Jørgen Engelbrecht Niels Secher 6: 28.68 min	German Democratic Republic Hans-Ulrich Schmied Joachim Böhmer 6: 31.35 min	United States John Van Blom Thomas McKibbon 6: 32.68 min	4. Soviet Union 6: 33.56 min 5. Federal Republic of Germany 6: 33.77 min 6. Switzerland 6: 45.57 min
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	German Democratic Republic Peter Gorny Werner Klatt 6: 57.81 min	Poland Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec 7: 00.23 min	BR Germany Udo Brecht Lutz Ulbricht 7: 01.15 min	4. Solowigow / Pawel Iljinski 7: 03.68 min 5. Urs Fankhauser / Urs Bitterli 7: 19.79 min 8. Beeneke / Steenkist 7: 21.09 min
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Romania Ștefan Tudor Petre Ceapura Ladislau Lovrenschi (Stm.) 7: 25.30 min	German Democratic Republic Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (Stm.) 7: 26.86 min	Soviet Union Vladimir Jeschinow Nikolai Ivanov Walentin Kostizin (stm.) 7: 28.22 min	4. Italy 7: 32.17 min 5. Federal Republic of Germany 7: 36.36 min 6. Czechoslovakia 7: 36.97 min
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic (SC Unit Dresden) Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert 6: 23.15 min	Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Werner Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Claus Schneggenburger Wolfgang Plottke 6: 26.03 min	Denmark Erik Petersen Tom Hindsby Kurt Helmudt Poul Nielsen 6: 29.50 min	4. Netherlands 6: 31.86 min 5. Switzerland 6: 33.90 min 6. Soviet Union 6: 36.57 min
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	Federal Republic of Germany Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Stefan Voncken (Stm.) 6: 28.55 min	German Democratic Republic (ASK Forward Rostock) Bernd Meerbach Rolf Zimmermann Jochen Mietzner Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Karl-Heinz Danielowski (Stm.) 6: 31.32 min	Norway Alf John Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Petter Wærness Finn Aronsen (Stm.) 6: 32.26 min	4. New Zealand 6: 35.98 min 5. Argentina 6: 40.70 min 6. Soviet Union 6: 43.07 min
Figure eight (M8 +)	German Democratic Republic (SC Dynamo Berlin) Ernst-Otto Borchmann Rolf Jobst Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Bernd Ahrendt Klaus-Peter Foppke Hans-Joachim Pulse Reinhard Zahn (stm.) 5: 36.2 min	Soviet Union Nikolai Sumatichin Alexander Martyshkin Alexander Ryazankin Viktor Melnikow Beniaminas Natsevicius Mindaugas Vaitkus Viktor Levschin Alexander Wisotski Viktor Michejew (stm.)	New Zealand Warren Cole Wybo Veldman Murray Watkinson John Hunter Dick Joyce Dudley Storey Gary Robertson Gilbert Cawood Simon Dickie (stm.)	4th Federal Republic of Germany

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	3	4th		7th
2	BR Germany	1	1	1	3
3	Denmark	1		1	2
4th	Argentina	1			1
	Romania	1			1
6th	Soviet Union		1	1	2
7th	Poland		1		1
8th	Norway			1	1
	New Zealand			1	1
	Czechoslovakia			1	1
	United States			1	1
total		7th	7th	7th	21st

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl Adam : Rowing in Germany: The GDR has beaten the Federal Republic by lengths. Die Zeit , July 31, 1970, accessed April 13, 2013 . 
2. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in the M1x at the Rowing World Championships 1970 in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 
3. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in M2x at the Rowing World Championships 1970 in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 
4. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1970 in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 
5. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in M2 + at the Rowing World Championships 1970 in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 
6. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in the M4 at the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 
7. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in the M4 + at the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 
8. ↑ sport-komplett.de: Result of the final in the M8 + at the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2013 . 

Web links

• Triumphant success of the GDR rowers at the world championship. In: New Germany . September 7, 1970, accessed on September 7, 2019 (free registration required).