World Rowing Championships 1978

The 1978 World Rowing Championships were divided into two rowing regattas and carried out under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 18 boat classes .

The title competitions in 14 boat classes of the open weight class (no weight limit for the rowers) took place on Lake Karapiro near Hamilton , New Zealand . The regatta was held from October 30th to November 5th, 1978. The finals in four lightweight boat classes had already taken place on August 6, 1978 on Lake Bagsværd near Copenhagen , Denmark . Such a division of the World Rowing Championships into two rowing regattas only existed in 1978.

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: 06.01	German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Reiche	7: 08.35	Yugoslavia Milorad Stanulov	7: 09.82
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Spain José Antonio Montosa Ortega	7: 19.54	Denmark Morten Espersen	7: 23.21	United States William Belden	7: 25.80
Double scull (M2x)	Norway Frank Hansen Alf John Hansen	6: 51.23	United Kingdom Christopher Baillieu Michael Hart	6: 53.67	Switzerland Bruno Saile Jürg Weitnauer	6: 58.43
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Norway Pal Boernick Arne Gilje	6: 47.49	Netherlands Roel Michels Ed Maan	6: 48.83	United States Stan Depman Fred Duling	6: 50.09
Sculls (M4x)	German Democratic Republic Joachim Dreifke Karl-Heinz Bußert Martin Winter Frank Dundr	6: 08.94	France Christian Marquis Jean-Raymond Peltier Roland Thibaut Roland Weill	6: 11.05	Federal Republic of Germany Dieter Wiedenmann Albert Hedderich Raimund Hörmann Michael Dürsch	6: 11.88
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	German Democratic Republic Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt	7: 00.92	United Kingdom John Roberts Jim Clark	7: 03.68	France Dominique Lecointe Jean-Claude Roussel	7: 06.32
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	German Democratic Republic Jürgen Pfeiffer Gert Uebeler Olaf Beyer (Stm.)	7: 27.43	Czechoslovakia Karel Mejta Karel's nephew Jiří Pták (Stm.)	7: 30.49	Poland Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Ryszard Kubiak (Stm.)	7: 33.73
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	Soviet Union Vladimir Predbradzensky Nikolai Kuznetsov Valery Dolinin Anatoly Nemtyrjow	6: 19.25	German Democratic Republic Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager	6: 19.52	United Kingdom Martin Cross David Townsend Ian McNuff John Beattie	6: 26.28
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	Switzerland Michael Raduner Thomas von Weissenfluh Pierre Zentner Pierre Kovacs	6: 33.90	Netherlands Peter van Berkel Willem Appeldoorn Richard Helsloot Paul Paulsen	6: 34.24	Australia Vaughan Bollen Peter Antonie Simon Gillett Geoffrey Rees	6: 38.50
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	German Democratic Republic Ullrich Dießner Gottfried Döhn Walter Dießner Dieter Wendisch Andreas Gregor (Stm.)	6: 30.25	BR Germany Wolf-Dietrich Oschlies Wolfram Thiem Frank Schütze Gabriel Konertz Helmut Sassenbach (Stm.)	6: 31.56	Bulgaria Rumen Christow Zwetan Petkow Nasko Markow Iwan Botew Nenko Dobrew (Stm.)	6: 37.06
Figure eight (M8 +)	German Democratic Republic Matthias Schumann Ulrich Karnatz Gerd Sredzki Andreas Ebert Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Harald Yearling Uwe Dühring Bernd Höing Bernd Kaiser (Stm.)	5: 54.25	BR Germany Volker Sauer Klaus Roloff Fritz Schuster Heribert Karches Werner Hellwig Winfried Ringwald Thomas Scholl Diethelm Maxrath Hartmut Wenzel (Stm.)	5: 55.17	New Zealand Mark James Gregory Johnston David Rodger Desmond Lock Ross Lindstrom David Lindstrom Ivan Sutherland Noel Mills Alan Cotter (Stm.)	5: 57.16
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	United Kingdom Stephen Simpole Nigel Read Christopher Drury Robert Downie Clive Roberts Peter Zeun John Melvin Anthony French Colin Moynihan (stm.)	5: 56.32	Netherlands Henk van der Kwast Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Bert van Baal Rob Uilenbroek Mark Emke Ton Lucassen Dick Swenne JV Prooyen (Stm.)	5: 58.76	Australia Dennis Hatcher Malcolm Robertson Phillip Gardiner Bob Cooper Lyall McCarthy Ian Porter Jeff Sykes Colin Smith Adrian Maginn (Stm.)	5: 58.89

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	German Democratic Republic Christine Scheiblich	4: 12.49	Soviet Union Anna Kondrashina	4: 14.43	Hungary Mariann Ambrus	4: 16.21
Double scull (W2x)	Bulgaria Svetla Ozetowa Sdrawka Jordanowa	4: 01.94	Soviet Union Ludmila Parfjonowa Eleonora Kaminskaitė	4: 04.19	United States Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary Lisa Hansen Stone	4: 04.77
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	Bulgaria Anka Bakowa Dolores Nakowa Rossitsa Spassowa Rumeljana Bontschewa Anka Georgijewa (Stf.)	3: 31.16	BR Germany Sabine Reuter Petra Finke Veronika Walterfang Anne Dickmann Kathrien Plückhahn (Stf.)	3: 32.58	Soviet Union Thatch Palm Jelena Chlopzewa Olga Wassiltschenko Nadezhda Kosotschkina Nadezhda Tschernyschowa (Dep.)	3: 33.30
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	German Democratic Republic Cornelia Klier Ute Steindorf	4: 02.65	Canada Elizabeth Craig Susan Antoft	4: 02.87	Netherlands Joke Dierdorp Karin Abma	4: 05.38
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	German Democratic Republic Kersten Neisser Angelika Noack Ute Skorupski Marita Sandig Kirsten Wenzel (Deputy)	3: 48.47	United States Carol Brown Anita DeFrantz Cozema Crawford Nancy Storrs Hollis Hatton (Dep.)	3: 52.42	Romania Elena Oprea Florica Dospinescu Florica Silaghi Georgeta Militaru-Mașca Aneta Matei (Stf.)	3: 53.92
Eighth (W8 +)	Soviet Union Valentina Yermakova Marija Pasjun Nina Preobraschenska Tatjana Bunjak Nadezhda Dergatschenko Nina Umanets Olena Teroschyna Olha Pywowarowa Nina Frolova (Stf.)	3: 22.00	German Democratic Republic Silvia Fröhlich Renate Neu Dagmar Bauer Gabriele Kühn Petra Koehler Henrietta Dobler Birgit Schütz Christiane Koepke Marina Wilke (Dep.)	3: 26.12	Canada Joy Fera Christine Neuland Gail Cort Monica Draeger Elizabeth Jacklin Kimberley Gordon Dolores Young Tricia Smith Trudy Flynn (Stf.)	3: 28.34

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	8th	3		11
2	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
3	Bulgaria	2		1	3
4th	Norway	2			2
5	BR Germany	1	3	1	5
6th	United Kingdom	1	2	1	4th
7th	Switzerland	1		1	2
8th	Spain	1			1
9	Netherlands		3	1	4th
10	United States		1	3	4th
11	Canada		1	1	2
	France		1	1	2
13	Denmark		1		1
	Czechoslovakia		1		1
15th	Australia			2	2
16	Hungary			1	1
	New Zealand			1	1
	Poland			1	1
	Romania			1	1
	Yugoslavia			1	1
total		18th	18th	18th	54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ Result of the final in the LM1x at the World Rowing Championships 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. 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 1978 in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ^ Result of the final in M2 + at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ↑ Result of the final in LM8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the World Rowing Championships 1978 in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).