1979 World Rowing Championships

The 1979 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August – 9 September 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia.

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeM1x Pertti Karppinen06:58.27 Peter-Michael Kolbe 07:04.60 Rüdiger Reiche07:06.55M2x Alf Hansen (b)Frank Hansen (s) 06:26.98 Zdeněk Pecka (b)Václav Vochoska (s) 06:30.46 Uwe Heppner (b)Martin Winter (s) 06:32.01M4x Peter Kersten (b) Klaus Kröppelien (2) Karl-Heinz Bußert (3) Joachim Dreifke (s) 05:50.70 Albert Hedderich (b) Raimund Hörmann (2) Dieter Wiedenmann (3) Michael Dürsch(s) 05:54.16 Christian Marquis (b) Jean-Raymond Peltier (2) Charles Imbert (3) Roland Weill (s) 05:57.80M2- Bernd Landvoigt (b) Jörg Landvoigt (s) 06:42.63 Yuriy Pimenov (b) Nikolay Pimenov (s) 06:45.76 Stefan Netzle (b) Hans Trümpler (s) 06:48.67M2+ Gert Uebeler (b) Jürgen Pfeiffer (s) Georg Spohr (c) 07:06.35 Milan Škopek (b) Josef Plamínek (s) Oldřich Hejdušek (c) 07:06.95 Mark Borchelt (b) Fred Borchelt (s) Christopher Wells (c) 07:09.90M4- Wolfgang Mager (b) Stefan Semmler (2) Andreas Decker (3) Siegfried Brietzke (s) 06:00.64 Vojtěch Caska (b) Josef Neštický (2) Lubomír Zapletal (3) Jiří Prudil (s) 06:05.30 John Beattie (b) Ian McNuff (2) David Townsend (3) Martin Cross (s) 06:06.65M4+ Bernd Schlufter (b) Walter Dießner (2) Jens Doberschütz (3) Ullrich Dießner (s) Werner Lutz (c) 06:27.24 Artūrs Garonskis (b) Dzintars Krišjānis (2) Dimants Krišjānis (3) Žoržs Tikmers (s) Juris Bērziņš (c) 06:29.23 Andreas Görlich (b) Frank Schütze (2) Wolfram Thiem (3) Wolf-Dieter Oschlies (s) Manfred Klein (c) 06:31.32M8+ Dietmar Schiller (b) Jörg Friedrich (2) Werner Wenzel (3) Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (4) Bernd Höing (5) Ulrich Karnatz (6) Bernd Krauß (7) Ortwin Rodewald Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c) 05:36.41 Grant McAuley (b) Tony Brook (2) Tim Logan (3) Gregory Johnston (4) Conrad Robertson (5) Peter Jansen (6) Mark James (7) Robert Robinson (s) Alan Cotter (c) 05:39.92 Viktor Kokoshyn (b) Ihar Maystrenka (2) Aleksandr Manzevitch (3) Vitaliy Moroz (4) Andrey Ruditsin (5) Oleksandr Tkachenko (6) Andriy Tishchenko (7) Andrey Luhin (s) Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c) 05:40.69 Lightweight events LM1x Bill Belden 7:19.96 Brian Thorne 7:21.78 Raimund Haberl 7:25.02 LM2x Arne Gilje Pål Børnick 6:38.08 Harald Punt Roel Michels 6:44.15 Mauro Torta Romano Uberti 6:45.90 LM4- Ian Wilson (b) Stuart Wilson (2) Colin Barratt (3) Nicholas Howe (s) 06:23.46 Peter van Berkel Willem Appeldoorn Richard Helsloot Paul Paulsen06:23.99 Reto Wyss Thomas von Weissenfluh Pierre Zentner Pierre Kovacs06:25.12 LM8+ Francisco Goicoechea García Luis Arteaga Leon Jaime Uriarte García José Antonio Expósito Sánchez Antonio Elizalde Dionisio Redondo González Javier Puertas Cabezudo Fernando Climent Pedro Olasagasti Arruti (cox) 5:53.10 Stephen Schmitt Scott Strong Thomas Phillips Jeff Kroesen Craig Drake John Fletcher Bryan Lewis William Bater Robert Brody (cox) 5:53.28 Mark Emke Henk van der Kwast Hans Pieterman Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Bert van Baal Rob Uilenbroek Ron Velthuis Gelle Klein Ikkink (cox) 5:55.06

Women's events

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeW1xSanda Toma03:35.44 Martina Schröter03:38.67 Hette Borrias03:39.61W2x Cornelia Linse (b)Heidi Westphal (s)03:15.95 Svetla Otsetova (b)Sdravka Jordanova (s)03:16.31 Valeria Răcilă (b)Olga Homeghi (s)03:17.68W4x+ Sybille Tietze (b) Christine Röpke (2) Jutta Lau (3) Roswietha Zobelt (s) Liane Buhr (c)03:06.75 Anka Bakova (b)Dolores Nakova (2)Rumelyana Boncheva (3)Mariana Serbezova (s)Ani Filipova (c)03:07.04 Maria Micșa (b)Aneta Mihaly (2)Sofia Corban (3)Veronica Juganaru (s)Elena Giurcă (c)03:08.06W2- Cornelia Bügel (b)Ute Steindorf (s) 03:27.74 Florica Dospinescu (b)Elena Oprea (s) 03:30.44 Małgorzata Dłużewska (b)Czesława Kościańska (s) 03:32.30W4+ Valentina Semenova (b) Svetlana Semyonova (2) Galina Stepanova (3) Mariya Fadeyeva (s) Nina Cheremisina (c)03:17.03 Marita Sandig (b)Ute Skorupski (2)Angelika Noack (3)Kersten Neisser (s)Kirsten Wenzel (c)03:18.25 Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (b)Florica Silaghi (2)Maria Fricioiu (3)Elena Avram (s)Aneta Matei (c)03:19.98W8+ Nina Antoniuk (b) Tatyana Bunjak (2) Nadezhda Dergatchenko (3) Valentina Yermakova (4) Maria Paziun (5) Elena Tereshina (6) Nina Umanets (7) Olga Pivovarova (s) Nina Frolova (c) 02:58.09 Martina Boesler (b)Silvia Fröhlich (2)Petra Köhler (3)Jutta Raeck (4)Renate Neu (5)Ilona Richter (6)Ramona Kapheim (7)Karin Metze (s)Marina Wilke (c) 02:59.36 Carol Brown (b)Carol Bower (2)Susan Tuttle (3)Jeanne Flanagan (4)Patricia Brink (5)Patricia Spratlin (6)Jan Harville (7)Mary O'Connor (s)Hollis Hatton (c) 02:59.91

Medal table This table does not include the lightweight results.

Place Nation Total 1 9 3 2 14 2 2 2 1 5 3 1 1 3 5 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 6 0 3 0 3 7 0 2 1 3 8 0 2 0 2 9 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 2 2 11 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 1 1Total 14 14 14 42

Finals Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th M1x M2- M2+ M2x M4- M4+ M4x M8+ LM1x LM2x LM4- LM8+ W1x W2- W2x W4+ W4x+ W8+

Great Britain Nine men's teams (three lightweight) and four women's teams from Great Britain competed at the championships.

EventNotes M1x Hugh Matheson 5th in A final M2- Charles Wiggin & Malcolm Carmichael 4th in A final M2+ N/A no entry M2x Chris Baillieu & Jim Clark 4th in A final M4- Martin Cross, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, John Beattie Bronze medal M4+ James Svenson-Taylor, Peter Hope, Simon Leifer, Paul Reynolds 1st in B final (7th overall) M4x N/A no entry M8+ Lenny Robertson, Eric Sims, Mark Bathurst, Neil Christie, James MacLeodGordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns (cox) 6th in A final LM1x N/A no entry LM2x Mark Cushway & Peter Boosey 2nd in B final LM4- Ian Wilson, Stuart Wilson, Colin Barratt, Nicholas Howe Gold medal LM8+ Stephen Simpole, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Colin Cusack, John Melvin Peter Zeun, Duncan Innes, Richard Stuart, Paul Jenkinson (cox) 5th in A final W1x Beryl Mitchell 13th place W2- N/A no entry W2xPauline Hart & Astrid Ayling 1st in B final W4+ Yvonne Earl, Bernadette Casey, Lin Clark, Gillian Webb, Nicky Mason (cox) 4th in B final W4x+ N/A no entry W8+ Jean Genchi, Nicola Boyes, Stephanie Price, Liz Paton, Sue Handscomb Rosemary Clugston, Clara Bayles, Beverly Jones, Nicky Zarach (cox) 3rd in B final

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