World Rowing Championships 1975

The 1975 World Rowing Championships were held from August 23 to September 1, 1975 on the regatta course of the Holme Pierrepont water sports center near Nottingham , England under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 17 boat classes .

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	7: 10.08	Ireland Seán Drea	7: 12.50	German Democratic Republic Martin Winter	7: 13.83
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Switzerland Reto Wyss	7: 41.69	Austria Raimund Haberl	7: 48.04	United States William Belden	7: 51.61
Double scull (M2x)	Norway Alf John Hansen Frank Hansen	6: 34.49	German Democratic Republic Joachim Dreifke Jürgen Bertow	6: 35.10	United Kingdom Christopher Baillieu Michael Hart	6: 39.61
Sculls (M4x)	German Democratic Republic Stefan Weisse Wolfgang Güldenpfennig Wolfgang Hönig Christof Kreuziger		Czechoslovakia Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska Jaroslav Hellebrand		Soviet Union Vytautas Butkus Yuri Jakimow Aivars Lazdenieks Yevgeny Dulejew
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	German Democratic Republic Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt	7: 06.40	Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Valentin Stojew	7: 10.81	Netherlands Jan van der Horst Willem Boeschoten	7: 11.49
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	German Democratic Republic Jörg Lucke Wolfgang Gunkel Bernd Fritsch (Stm.)	7: 16.24	Poland Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak (Stm.)	7: 19.43	Federal Republic of Germany Thomas Hitzbleck Klaus Jäger Holger Hocke (Stm.)	7: 20.13
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager	6: 13.81	Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Nikolai Kuznetsov Sergei Posdejew Anuschawan Gassan-Jalalow	6: 18.82	Romania Nicolae Simion Ernest Gal Christian Georgescu Constantin Nistoroiu	6: 24.09
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	France Francis Pelegri Michel Picard André Coupat André Picard	6: 47.31	United Kingdom Nicholas Tea Graeme Hall Christopher Drury Daniel Topolski	6: 49.23	Australia Campbell Johnstone Andrew Michelmore Geoffrey Rees Colin Smith	6: 52.13
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	Soviet Union Vladimir Yeschinow Nikolai Ivanov Alexander Sema Alexander Klepikow Alexander Lukyanow (st.)	6: 31.46	German Democratic Republic Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Wolfgang Groß (Stm.)	6: 36.47	Federal Republic of Germany Hans-Johann Färber Ralph Kubail Dieter Knief Peter Niehusen Hartmut Wenzel (Stm.)	6: 40.93
Figure eight (M8 +)	German Democratic Republic Jürgen Arndt Gottfried Döhn Dieter Wendisch Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Werner Klatt Roland Kostulski Ulrich Karnatz Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (st.)	5: 39.01	Soviet Union Igor Konnow Alexander Pljuschkin Evgeni Jankowski Wassili Potapow Nikolai Ivanov Vladimir Vasilyev Antanas Čikotas Anatoli Nitritew Igor Rudakow (stm.)	5: 41.34	New Zealand Grant McAuley Alexander McLean David Rodger Athol Earl Lindsay Wilson Ross Collinge Trevor Coker Peter Dignan David Simmons (stm.)	5: 43.61
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	BR Germany Hans-Hermann Meyer Paul Lutz Ekkehard Braun Gerd Maye Wolfgang Fritsch Volker Buhren Günter Lobing Bernd Kerkhoff Frank Neumeister (Stm.)	6: 26.09	United States Charles Hoffman David Vogel John Dunn Eric Aserlind William Sawyer Rodney Johnson Sean Colgan Leif Soderberg Richard Grossman (Stm.)	6: 27.88	United Kingdom Brian Fentiman Nigel Read Stewart Fraser Thomas Moffat Mark Harris Stephen Simpole Christopher George Anthony Stocking Alan Sherman (Stm.)	6: 29.87

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	German Democratic Republic Christine Scheiblich	3: 55.75	Hungary Mariann Ambrus	4: 06.29	Soviet Union Genovaitė Ramoškienė	4: 08.02
Double scull (W2x)	Soviet Union Jelena Antonova Galina Yermolajewa	3: 33.70	German Democratic Republic Sabine Jahn Petra Boesler	3: 34.99	Bulgaria Svetla Ozetowa Sdrawka Jordanowa	3: 37.40
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	German Democratic Republic Roswietha Reichel Ursula Unger Jutta Lau Anke Grünberg Liane Buhr (Stf.)	3: 21.61	Bulgaria Iskra Welinowa Werka Alexiewa Trajanka Wladimirowa Svetlana Gintschewa Stanka Wrakilowa (Stf.)	3: 24.12	Soviet Union Nadeschda Scherbak Valentina Iwtschenkowa Galina Beljajewa Antonina Marischkina Irina Moisejenko (Dep.)	3: 26.33
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	German Democratic Republic Sabine Dähne Angelika Noack	3: 49.83	Soviet Union Janina Tschigowskaja Ruta Weinzerga	3: 50.61	Romania Marilena Ghita Marlene Predescu	3: 54.25
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	German Democratic Republic Helma Lehmann Henrietta Dobler Dagmar Bauer Irina Müller Sabine Brincker (Stf.)	3: 24.18	Bulgaria Marijka Modewa Reni Jordanowa Liljana Wassewa Ginka Gjurowa Kapka Georgiewa (Stf.)	3: 27.77	BR Germany Thea Einöder Edith Eckbauer Doris Leifermann Karin Gondolatsch Susanne Thienel (Stf.)	3: 29.80
Eighth (W8 +)	German Democratic Republic Viola Goretzki Christiane Knetsch Ilona Richter Bianka Swede Monika Kallies Renate Neu Rosel Nitsche Doris Mosig Marina Wilke (Stf.)	3: 14.53	United States Christine Ernst Carol Brown Nancy Storrs Wiki Royden Claudia Schneider Anne Warner Gail Pierson Carolyn Graves Lynn Silliman (Stf.)	3: 16.21	Romania Elena Avram Luliana Balaban Valeria Avram Aurelia Marinescu Cristel Wiener Filigonia Toll Florica Petcu Elena Oprea Aneta Matei (Stf.)	3: 18.50

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	10	3	1	14th
2	Soviet Union	2	3	3	8th
3	BR Germany	2		3	5
4th	France	1			1
	Norway	1			1
	Switzerland	1			1
7th	Bulgaria		3	1	4th
8th	United States		2	1	3
9	United Kingdom		1	2	3
10	Austria		1		1
	Hungary		1		1
	Ireland		1		1
	Poland		1		1
	Czechoslovakia		1		1
15th	Romania			3	3
16	Australia			1	1
	Netherlands			1	1
	New Zealand			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 World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ^ Result of the final in the LM1x at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ 1975 World Championships - Nottingham UK. (No longer available online.) In: www.rowinghistory-aus.info. History of Australian Rowing, archived from the original on March 13, 2016 ; accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 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.  
6. ↑ Rowing World Championships since 1962, German medal successes - gold, silver and bronze. In: www.rrk-online.de. Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
7. ^ Result of the final in M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ^ Result of the final in M2 + at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ^ Result of the final in LM8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the World Rowing Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
19. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1975 in Nottingham, England. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).