World Rowing Championships 1977

Princess Beatrix and her family on the Bosbaan

The 1977 World Rowing Championships were held on the Bosbaan regatta course in Amstelveen near Amsterdam , the Netherlands, under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 17 boat classes . The finals took place on August 27th and 28th, 1977.

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 Joachim Dreifke	7: 12.22	Finland Pertti Karppinen	7: 15.53	Soviet Union Mikola Dowgan	7: 20.23
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Switzerland Reto Wyss	7: 18.58	Denmark Morten Espersen	7: 18.59	United States Lawrence Klecatsky	7: 19.28
Double scull (M2x)	United Kingdom Christopher Baillieu Michael Hart	6: 42.83	German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Reiche Hans-Ulrich Schmied	6: 44.70	Soviet Union Yevgeny Chorni Gennady Korschikow	6: 45.93
Sculls (M4x)	German Democratic Republic Frank Dundr Martin Winter Karl-Heinz Bußert Wolfgang Güldenpfennig	5: 57.44	Czechoslovakia Karel Černý Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska	6: 01.37	Bulgaria Christo Jelew Lyubomir Petrow Bogdan Dobrew Eftim Stoyanow	6: 04.43
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	Soviet Union Alexander Kulagin Vitaly Yelissejew	7: 06.19	United Kingdom Jim Clark John Roberts	7: 09.63	German Democratic Republic Bernd Krause Ortwin Rodewald	7: 13.36
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Bulgaria Dimitar Janakiew Todor Mrankow Stefan Stoikow (Stm.)	7: 21.72	German Democratic Republic Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Harald yearling Georg Spohr (Stm.)	7: 24.60	Czechoslovakia Karel Mejta Karel's nephew Jiří Pták (Stm.)	7: 28.72
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Mager Stefan Semmler Andreas Decker Siegfried Brietzke	6: 16.73	New Zealand David Rodger Desmond Lock Ivan Sutherland David Lindstrom	6: 19.14	Czechoslovakia Pavel Konvička Josef Neštický Vlastimil Beránek Lubomír Zapletal	6: 21.10
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	France André Picard Michel Picard André Coupat Francis Pelegri	6:30.00	Australia Colin Smith Peter Antonie Simon Gillett Geoffrey Rees	6: 31.44	Netherlands Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Hans Pieterman Ge Schous	6: 34.11
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	German Democratic Republic Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Gottfried Döhn Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (Stm.)	6: 39.16	BR Germany Gabriel Konertz Wolfram Thiem Frank Schütze Klaus Meyer Helmut Sassenbach (Stm.)	6: 41.76	Bulgaria Zwetan Petkow Rumen Christow Nasko Markow Iwan Botew Nenko Dobrew (Stm.)	6: 49.63
Figure eight (M8 +)	German Democratic Republic Gerd Sredzki Bernd Lindner Frank Gottschalt Ulrich Kons Hans-Joachim Lück Bernd Frieberg Ulrich Karnatz Wolfgang Gunkel Frank Jahncke (st.)	5: 45.36	Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Michail Kuznetsov Valeri Dolinin Alexander Beljaew Anatoli Ivanov Vasily Potapov Alexander Klepikov Vladimir Jeschinow Alexander Lukyanov (st.)	5: 50.71	BR Germany Fritz Schuster Diethelm Maxrath Thomas Scholl Klaus Roloff Gerhard Reinert Winfried Ringwald Volker Sauer Wolf-Dietrich Oschlies Hartmut Wenzel (st.)	5: 52.83
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	United Kingdom Nigel Read Paul Stuart-Bennett Christopher George Stephen Simpole Colin Cusack Duncan Innes Daniel Topolski Christopher Drury Patrick Sweeney (Stm.)	5: 57.37	Spain Antonio Elizalde Aldabaldetrecu Javier Puertas Cabezudo Dionisio Redondo González José Mas Casanovas José Marti Miranda Rafael Gómez Pereira Fernando Climent Huerta José Rojí Blanco Carmelo Lafuente Povedano (stm.)	5: 57.44	Australia Phillip Gardiner Malcolm Robertson Phillip Ainsworth Ian Porter Alan de Belin Richard Garrard John Hawkins Rod Stewart David England (Stm.)	6: 00.51

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	German Democratic Republic Christine Scheiblich	3: 34.31	Bulgaria Iskra Velinova	3: 36.31	Hungary Mariann Ambrus	3: 37.27
Double scull (W2x)	German Democratic Republic Anke Borchmann Roswietha Reichel	3: 16.83	Bulgaria Svetla Ozetowa Sdrawka Jordanowa	3: 20.04	United States Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary Lisa Hansen Stone	3: 22.48
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	German Democratic Republic Sybille Tietze Viola Poley Petra Boesler Sabine Gust Elke Rost (Stf.)	3: 10.11	Romania Maria Mosneagu Felicia Afrăsiloaie Aneta Marin Veronica Juganaru Elena Giurcă ( Dep .)	3: 12.55	Bulgaria Rossitsa Spassowa Anka Bakowa Rumeljana Bontschewa Penka Gotschewa Stanka Georgijewa (Stf.)	3: 16.21
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	German Democratic Republic Sabine Dähne Angelika Noack	3: 27.89	Netherlands Karin Abma Joke Dierdorp	3: 30.54	Canada Elizabeth Craig Susan Antoft	3: 32.89
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	German Democratic Republic Marion Rohs Ilona Richter Katja Rothe Bärbel Bendiks Marina Wilke (Deputy)	3: 20.59	Soviet Union Raisa Tsarkowa Valentina Alexejewa Sofia Schurkalowa Nina Abramova Nina Frolowa (Stf.)	3: 23.14	Romania Florica Zamfir Georgeta Militaru-Mașca Florica Silaghi Elena Avram Elena Giurcă (Stf.)	3: 25.29
Eighth (W8 +)	German Democratic Republic Cornelia Klier Ute Steindorf Gabriele Kühn Kersten Neisser Marita Sandig Andrea Kurth Bianka Swede Karin Metze Sabine Heß (Deputy)	3: 00.23	Soviet Union Olha Pywowarowa Nina Preobrazhenska Tatiana Bunjak Nadeschda Dergatschenko Natalja Gorodilowa Nina Umanez Marija Pasjun Olga Krischewitsch Raisa Kirilowa (Stf.)	3: 02.37	Canada Joy Fera Christine Neuland Jacklin Kelly Nancy Higgins Dolores Young Patricia Smith Mazina Delure Carol Eastmore Ilona Smith (Stf.)	3: 05.72

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	11	2	1	14th
2	United Kingdom	2	1		3
3	Soviet Union	1	3	2	6th
4th	Bulgaria	1	2	3	6th
5	France	1			1
	Switzerland	1			1
7th	Czechoslovakia		1	2	3
8th	Australia		1	1	2
	BR Germany		1	1	2
	Netherlands		1	1	2
	Romania		1	1	2
12	Denmark		1		1
	Spain		1		1
	Finland		1		1
	New Zealand		1		1
16	Canada			2	2
	United States			2	2
18th	Hungary			1	1
total		17th	17th	17th	51

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ Result of the final in LM1x at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ^ Result of the final in M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ↑ Result of the final in LM8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the World Rowing Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1977 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).