Rowing World Championships 1974

The 1974 World Rowing Championships were held from September 2 to 9, 1974 on the Rotsee in Lucerne , Switzerland under the rules of the World Rowing Association (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 17 boat classes . For the first time, titles were awarded in boat classes for women and lightweight men at the fourth World Rowing Championships after 1962 , 1966 and 1970 . The rowing world championships have also been held annually since 1974.

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)	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Hönig	7: 20.11	United States James Dietz	7: 23.95	Soviet Union Mikola Dowgan	7: 24.74
Lightweight One (LM1x)	United States William Belden	7: 33.72	Netherlands Harald Punt	7: 36.80	Switzerland Reto Wyss	7: 36.96
Double scull (M2x)	German Democratic Republic Christof Kreuziger Hans-Ulrich Schmied	6: 35.95	Norway Alf John Hansen Frank Hansen	6: 38.34	United Kingdom Christopher Baillieu Michael Hart	6: 43.32
Sculls (M4x)	German Democratic Republic Joachim Dreifke Götz Draeger Rüdiger Reiche Jürgen Bertow	6: 04.01	Soviet Union Mustafayev Kochel Yuri Jakimow Gennadi Korschikow	6: 05.79	Czechoslovakia Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Miroslav Laholík Jaroslav Hellebrand	6: 08.12
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	German Democratic Republic Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt	6: 59.09	Romania Ilie Oanță Dumitru Grumezescu	7: 03.99	Poland Alfons Ślusarski Zbigniew Ślusarski	7: 04.64
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Soviet Union Vladimir Jeschinow Nikolai Ivanov Alexander Lukyanow (st.)	7: 21.90	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Gunkel Jörg Lucke Klaus-Dieter Neubert (Stm.)	7: 27.86	Czechoslovakia Oldřich Svojanovský Pavel Svojanovský Vladimír Petříček (Stm.)	7: 29.93
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager	6: 19.20	Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Nikolai Kuznetsov Sergei Posdejew Anuschawan Gassan-Jalalow	6: 22.83	Federal Republic of Germany Peter van Roye Klaus Jäger Bernd Truschinski Reinhard Wendemuth	6: 27.01
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	Australia Campbell Johnstone Andrew Michelmore Geoffrey Rees Colin Smith	6: 38.12	Netherlands Los Hans Pieterman Jannes Bruyn Hans Lycklama	6: 43.26	United States Andrew Washburn Barry Selick James Ehrmann Peter Huntsman	6: 43.48
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	German Democratic Republic Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Ullrich Dießner Walter Dießner Wolfgang Groß (Stm.)	6: 26.38	Soviet Union Gennadi Moskovsky Alexander Pljuschkin Vladimir Vasilyev Anatoly Nemtyrjow Igor Rudakow (Stm.)	6: 27.34	Federal Republic of Germany Hans-Johann Färber Ralph Kubail Peter-Michael Kolbe Peter Niehusen Uwe Benter (Stm.)	6: 27.98
Figure eight (M8 +)	United States Alan Shealy Hugh Stevenson Richard Cashin Mark Norelius John Everett Michael Vespoli Timothy Mickelson Kenneth Brown David Weinberg (Stm.)	5: 46.37	United Kingdom Frederick Smallbone John Yallop Timothy Crooks Hugh Matheson David Maxwell Jim Clark William Mason Leonard Robertson Patrick Sweeney (Stm.)	5: 47.49	New Zealand Tony Hurt Danny Keane Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Trevor Coker Alexander McLean David Rodger Ross Blomfield David Simmons (stm.)	5: 47.84
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	United States Matthew Baldino Joseph Gaynor Ralph Nauman David Harman Eric Aserlind Richard Ewing Mick Feld Richard Grogan John Hartigan (Stm.)	6: 15.25	Netherlands Cornelis Bos L. Burghgraef E. van der Snoek W. Mulder B. van Aken G. van der Werff Ch. Hoynck van Papendrecht H. Hommen M. van de Broek (st.)	6: 17.54	BR Germany Uwe Barwig Wolfgang Fritsch Paul Lutz Julius Nick Lutz Kalmbacher Michael Speth Ekkehard Braun Wolfgang Gabler Willi Seyer (Stm.)	6: 17.54

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	German Democratic Republic Christine Scheiblich	3: 46.52	Soviet Union Genovaitė Ramoškienė	3: 52.38	Belgium Christine Wasterlain	3: 53.08
Double scull (W2x)	Soviet Union Jelena Antonova Galina Yermolajewa	3: 24.00	BR Germany Astrid Hohl Regine Adam	3: 26.43	German Democratic Republic Gisela Medefindt Rita Schmidt	3: 28.78
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	German Democratic Republic Roswietha Reichel Ursula Wagner Jutta Lau Sybille Tietze Liane Buhr (Deputy)	3: 19.81	Romania Ioana Tudoran Elisabeta Lazăr Doina Bardas Teodora Boicu Elena Giurcă ( Dep .)	3: 21.92	Soviet Union Nadeschda Scherbak Natalja Gorodilowa Walentina Iwtschenkowa Antonina Marischkina Irina Moisejenko (Deputy)	3: 22.64
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	Romania Marilena Ghita Cornelia Neacșu	3: 43.12	German Democratic Republic Renate Bänsch Bergit Heinze	3: 45.18	Soviet Union Janina Tschigowskaja Ruta Weinzerga	3: 45.43
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	German Democratic Republic Rosel Nitsche Angelika Noack Renate Schlenzig Sabine Dähne Christa Karnath (Stf.)	3: 28.99	Netherlands Liesbeth de Bruin Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp Maria Steenman Louise de Graaff M. Kraayenhof (Stf.)	3: 31.19	Romania Marlene Predescu Kabat Avram Chertic Aneta Matei (Stf.)	3: 32.71
Eighth (W8 +)	German Democratic Republic Henrietta Dobler Helma Lehmann Ilona Richter Bianka Swede Brigitte Ahrenholz Irina Müller Gunhild Blanke Doris Mosig Sabine Brincker (Stf.)	3: 04.82	Soviet Union Nina Bistrowa Valentina Rubzowa Nina Abramova Sofia Schurkalowa Valentina Yermakova Sergeeva Vera Alexeyeva Nina Filatova Nina Frolova (Stf.)	3: 05.05	Romania Elena Oprea Florica Petcu Georgeta Militaru-Mașca Cristel Wiener Aurelia Marinescu Luliana Balaban Avram Chertic Aneta Matei (Stf.)	3: 08.31

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	10	2	1	13
2	United States	3	1	1	5
3	Soviet Union	2	5	3	10
4th	Romania	1	2	2	5
5	Australia	1			1
6th	Netherlands		4th		4th
7th	BR Germany		1	3	4th
8th	United Kingdom		1	1	2
9	Norway		1		1
10	Czechoslovakia			2	2
11	Belgium			1	1
	New Zealand			1	1
	Poland			1	1
	Switzerland			1	1
total		17th	17th	17th	51

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Rowing Sports Association: National and international competitions. (No longer available online.) The Federal Archives , archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; Retrieved April 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ^ Result of the final in LM1x at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ^ Result of the final in M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ^ Result of the final in M2 + at the Rowing World Championships 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ^ Result of the final in LM8 + at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the Rowing World Championships 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).