World Rowing Championships 1979

The 1979 World Rowing Championships were held from September 4th to 9th 1979 on Lake Bled in Bled ( Yugoslavia , now Slovenia ) under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 18 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)	Finland Pertti Karppinen	6: 58.27	Federal Republic of Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	7: 04.60	German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Reiche	7: 06.55
Lightweight One (LM1x)	United States William Belden	7: 19.96	Canada Brian Thorne	7: 21.78	Austria Raimund Haberl	7: 25.02
Double scull (M2x)	Norway Frank Hansen Alf Hansen	6: 26.98	Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska	6: 30.46	German Democratic Republic Uwe Heppner Martin Winter	6: 32.01
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Norway Arne Gilje Pal Boernick	6: 38.08	Netherlands Harald Punt Roel Michels	6: 44.15	Italy Mauro Torta Romano Uberti	6: 45.90
Sculls (M4x)	German Democratic Republic Peter Kersten Klaus Kröppelien Karl-Heinz Bußert Joachim Dreifke	5: 50.70	Federal Republic of Germany Albert Hedderich Raimund Hörmann Dieter Wiedenmann Michael Dürsch	5: 54.16	France Christian Marquis Jean-Raymond Peltier Charles Imbert Roland Weill	5: 57.80
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	German Democratic Republic Jörg Landvoigt Bernd Landvoigt	6: 42.63	Soviet Union Yuri Pimenow Nikolai Pimenow	6: 45.76	Switzerland Hans-Konrad Trümpler Stefan Netzle	6: 48.67
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	German Democratic Republic Gert Uebeler Jürgen Pfeiffer Georg Spohr (Stm.)	7: 06.35	Czechoslovakia Milan Škopek Josef Plaminek Oldřich Hejdušek (Stm.)	7: 06.95	United States Mark Borchelt Fred Borchelt Christopher Wells (Stm.)	7: 09.90
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Mager Stefan Semmler Andreas Decker Siegfried Brietzke	6: 00.64	Czechoslovakia Lubomír Zapletal Josef Neštický Jiří Prudil Vojtěch Caska	6: 05.30	United Kingdom John Beattie Ian McNuff David Townsend Martin Cross	6: 06.65
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	United Kingdom Ian Wilson Stuart Wilson Colin Barratt Nicholas Howe	6: 23.46	Netherlands Peter van Berkel Willem Appeldoorn Richard Helsloot Paul Paulsen	6: 23.99	Switzerland Reto Wyss Thomas von Weissenfluh Pierre Zentner Pierre Kovacs	6: 25.12
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	German Democratic Republic Bernd Schlufter Walter Dießner Jens Doberschütz Ullrich Dießner Werner Lutz (Stm.)	6: 27.24	Soviet Union Artūrs Garonskis Dzintars Krišjānis Dimants Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš (st.)	6: 29.23	BR Germany Andreas Görlich Frank Schütze Wolfram Thiem Wolf-Dietrich Oschlies Manfred Klein (Stm.)	6: 31.32
Figure eight (M8 +)	German Democratic Republic Dietmar Schiller Jörg Friedrich Werner Wenzel Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Bernd Höing Ulrich Karnatz Bernd Krauss Ortwin Rodewald Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (Stm.)	5: 36.41	New Zealand Grant McAuley Anthony Brook Timothy Logan Gregory Johnston Conrad Robertson Peter Jansen Mark James Robert Robinson Alan Cotter (Stm.)	5: 39.92	Soviet Union Viktor Kakoschyn Igor Maistrenko Olexander Manzewytsch Vitaly Moroz Andrei Ruditsin Oleksandr Tkachenko Andrii Tyschtschenko Andrei Lugin Hryhorij Dmytrenko (st.)	5: 40.69
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Spain Francisco Goicoechea García Luis Arteaga Leon Jaime Uriarte García José Antonio Expósito Sánchez Antonio Elizalde Aldabaldetrecu Dionisio Redondo González Javier Puertas Cabezudo Fernando Climent Huerta Pedro Olasagasti Arruti (st.)	5: 53.10	United States Stephen Schmitt Scott Strong Thomas Phillips Jeff Kroesen Craig Drake John Fletcher Bryan Lewis William Bater Robert Brody (Stm.)	5: 53.28	Netherlands Mark Emke Henk van der Kwast Hans Pieterman Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Bert van Baal Rob Uilenbroek Ron Velthuis Gelle Klein Ikkink (Stm.)	5: 55.06

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	Romania Sanda Toma	3: 35.44	German Democratic Republic Martina Schröter	3: 38.67	Netherlands Hette Borrias	3: 39.61
Double scull (W2x)	German Democratic Republic Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal	3: 15.95	Bulgaria Svetla Ozetowa Sdrawka Jordanowa	3: 16.31	Romania Valeria Răcilă Olga Homeghi	3: 17.68
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	German Democratic Republic Sybille Tietze Christine Röpke Jutta Lau Roswietha Reichel Liane Buhr (Deputy)	3: 06.75	Bulgaria Anka Bakowa Dolores Nakowa Rumeljana Bontschewa Mariana Serbesowa Ani Filipowa (Stf.)	3: 07.04	Romania Maria Micșa Aneta Mihaly Sofia Corban Veronica Juganaru Elena Giurcă ( Dep .)	3: 08.06
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	German Democratic Republic Ute Steindorf Cornelia Temple	3: 27.74	Romania Florica Silaghi Elena Oprea	3: 30.44	Poland Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska	3: 32.30
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	Soviet Union Valentina Semenowa Swetlana Semjonowa Galina Stepanowa Marija Fadejewa Nina Cheremissina (Dep.)	3: 17.03	German Democratic Republic Marita Sandig Ute Skorupski Angelika Noack Kersten Neisser Kirsten Wenzel (Deputy)	3: 18.25	Romania Georgeta Militaru-Mașca Florica Silaghi Maria Fricioiu Elena Avram Aneta Matei (Stf.)	3: 19.98
Eighth (W8 +)	Soviet Union Nina Preobrazhenska Tatjana Bunjak Nadeschda Dergachenko Walentina Yermakowa Marija Pasjun Olena Teroschyna Nina Umanez Olha Pywowarowa Nina Frolowa (Dep.)	2: 58.09	German Democratic Republic Martina Boesler Silvia Fröhlich Petra Koehler Jutta Raeck Renate Neu Ilona Richter Ramona Kapheim Karin Metze Marina Wilke (Stf.)	2: 59.36	United States Carol Brown Carol Bower Susan Tuttle Jeanne Flanagan Patricia Brink Patricia Spratlin Janet Harville Mary O'Connor Hollis Hatton (Stf.)	2: 59.91

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	9	3	2	14th
2	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
3	Norway	2			2
4th	Romania	1	1	3	5
5	United States	1	1	2	4th
6th	United Kingdom	1		1	2
7th	Spain	1			1
	Finland	1			1
9	Czechoslovakia		3		3
10	Netherlands		2	2	4th
11	BR Germany		2	1	3
12	Bulgaria		2		2
13	Canada		1		1
	New Zealand		1		1
15th	Switzerland			2	2
16	Austria			1	1
	France			1	1
	Italy			1	1
	Poland			1	1
total		18th	18th	18th	54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ Result of the final in LM1x at the World Rowing Championships 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ Result of the final in M2x at the Rowing World Championships 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ^ Result of the final in the M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. 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 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ^ Wilfried Hoffmann: German successes in rowing world championships. In: www.rrk-online.de. Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08, accessed on September 28, 2018 . 
9. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. 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 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. 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 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ Result of the final in LM8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ Result of the final in the W2x at the Rowing World Championships 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the Rowing World Championships 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. 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 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. 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 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).