The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the fourth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 4 to 8 September 1974 (for men) and from 29 August to 1 September 1974 (for women) on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event was significantly extended from the 1970 edition, with the addition of both women's and lightweight men's events. Six women boat classes were added, three lightweight men classes, plus quad scull for men, increasing the number of boat classes from seven in 1970 to seventeen in 1974. This was also the last World Championships held on a quadrennial cycle – from this point, World Championships were held annually.
Medal summary
Medalists at the 1974 World Rowing Championships:
Men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Wolfgang Hönig 7:20.11 Jim Dietz 7:23.95 Mykola Dovhan 7:24.74 M2x Christof Kreuziger Uli Schmied 6:35.95 Alf Hansen Frank Hansen 6:38.34 Chris Baillieu Michael Hart 6:43.32 M4x Joachim Dreifke Götz Draeger Rüdiger Reiche Jürgen Bertow 6:04.01 Mustafajew Kochel Yuriy Yakimov Gennadi Korshikov 6:05.79 Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Miroslav Laholík Jaroslav Hellebrand 6:08.12 M2- Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt 6:59.09 Ilie Oantă Dumitru Grumecescu 7:03.99 Alfons Ślusarski Zbigniew Ślusarski 7:04.64 M4- Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager 6:19.20 Raul Arnemann Nikolay Kuznetsov Sergei Posdejew Anushavan Gassan-Dzhalalov 6:22.83 Peter van Roye Klaus Jäger Bernd Truschinski Reinhard Wendemuth 6:27.01 M2+ Vladimir Eshinov Nikolay Ivanov Aleksandr Lukyanov 7:21.90 Wolfgang Gunkel Jörg Lucke Klaus-Dieter Neubert 7:27.86 Oldřich Svojanovský Pavel Svojanovský Vladimír Petříček 7:29.93 M4+ Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Ullrich Dießner Walter Dießner Wolfgang Groß 6:26.38 Gennadi Moskowski Alexander Pljuschkin Vladimir Vasilyev Anatoli Nemtyrjow Igor Rudakov 6:27.34 Hans-Johann Färber Ralph Kubail Peter-Michael Kolbe Peter Niehusen Uwe Benter 6:27.98 M8+ Alan Shealy Hugh Stevenson Richard Cashin Mark Norelius John Everett Mike Vespoli Tim Mickelson Kenneth Brown David Weinberg 5:46.37 Frederick Smallbone John Yallop Tim Crooks Hugh Matheson David Maxwell Jim Clark Bill Mason Lenny Robertson Patrick Sweeney 5:47.49 Tony Hurt Danny Keane Lindsay Wilson Joe Earl Trevor Coker Alec McLean Dave Rodger Ross Blomfield David Simmons 5:47.84 Lightweight events LM1x Bill Belden 7:33.72 Harald Punt 7:36.80 Reto Wyss 7:36.96 LM4- Campbell Johnstone Andrew Michelmore Geoffrey Rees Colin Smith 6:38.12 Los Hans Pieterman Jannes Bruyn Hans Lycklama 6:43.26 Andrew Washburn Barry Selick James Ehrmann Peter Huntsman 6:43.48 LM8+ H. Scott Baker Joseph Gaynor Ralph Nauman David Harman Eric Aserlind Richard Ewing Mick Feld Richard Grogan John Hartigan 6:15.25 Cornelis Bos L. Burghgraef E. van der Snoek W. Mulder B. van Aken G. van der Werff Ch. Hoynck van Papendrecht H. Hommen M. van de Broek 6:17.54 Uwe Barwig Wolfgang Fritsch Paul Lutz Julius Nick Lutz Kalmbacher Ekkehard Braun Wolfgang Gabler Willi Seyer 6:17.54
Women's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time W1x Christine Scheiblich 3:46.52 Genovaitė Ramoškienė 3:52.38 Christine Wasterlain 3:53.08 W2x Yelena Antonova Galina Yermolayeva 3:24.00 Astrid Ayling Regine Adam 3:26.43 Gisela Medefindt Rita Schmidt 3:28.78 W4x+ Roswietha Reichel Ursula Wagner Jutta Lau Sybille Tietze Liane Weigelt 3:19.81 Ioana Tudoran Elisabeta Lazăr Doina Bardas Teodora Boicu Elena Giurcă 3:21.92 Nadeschda Scherbak Nataliya Horodilova Walentina Iwtschenkowa Antonina Marischkina Irina Moisejenko 3:22.64 W2- Marilena Ghita Cornelia Neascu 3:43.12 Bergit Heinze 3:45.18 Janina Tschigowskaja Ruta Weinzerga 3:45.43 W4+ Angelika Noack Renate Schlenzig Sabine Dähne 3:28.99 Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruin Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp Myriam Steenman Liesbeth de Graaff Marijke Kraayenhof 3:31.19 Marlena Predescu Kabat Avram Chertic Aneta Matei 3:32.71 W8+ Henrietta Dobler Helma Lehmann Ilona Richter Bianka Schwede Brigitte Ahrenholz Irina Müller Gunhild Blanke Doris Mosig Sabine Brincker 3:04.82 Nina Bystrova Valentina Rubtsova Nina Abramova Sofia Shurkalova Valentina Jermakova Sergejewa Vera Alexeyeva Nina Filatova Nina Frolova 3:05.05 Elena Oprea Florica Petcu Georgeta Militaru Cristel Wiener Aurelia Marinescu Luliana Balaban Avram Chertic Aneta Matei 3:08.31
Event codes single sculls double sculls quadruple sculls pair (coxless) four (coxless) coxed pair coxed four eight (coxed) Men's M1x M2x M4x M2- M4- M2+ M4+ M8+ Lightweight men's LM1x LM4- LM8+ Women's W1x W2x W4x W2- W4+ W8+
Medal table Medals by country (including lightweight rowing events):
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 10 2 1 13 2 3 1 1 5 3 2 5 3 10 4 1 2 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 4 0 4 7 0 1 3 4 8 0 1 1 2 9 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 2 2 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Total 17 17 17 51
Finals The following boats competed in the finals: Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th M1x M2x M4x M2- M4- M2+ M4+ M8+ LM1x LM4- LM8+ 4 boats only W1x W2x W4x+ W2- W4+ W8+
Great Britain
EventNotes M1x N/A no entry M2x Chris Baillieu & Michael Hart (Leander) bronze medal in A final M4x National squad 4th in B final M2- N/A no entry M4- Leander unplaced M2+ N/A no entry M4+ Lady Margaret & London University 3rd in B final M8+ Frederick Smallbone, John Yallop, Tim Crooks, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell Jim Clark, Bill Mason, Lenny Robertson, Patrick Sweeney cox, (Leander / Thames Tradesmen) silver medal in A Final LM1x Geoff Potts (Durham) 4th in A final L4- Graeme Hall, Christopher Drury, Nicholas Tee, Daniel Topolski (Leander) 1st in B in final L8 N/A no entry W1x Ann Cork unplaced W2x N/A no entry W4x Jackie Darling (Civil Service Ladies), Pauline Bird (Weybridge Ladies), Liz Lorrimer (Nottingham), Lorraine Baker (Derby), Karen Peer, cox (St George's Ladies) unplaced W2- Liz Monti & Lin Clark (Civil Service Ladies) 3rd in B final W4+ Chris Aistrop (Weybridge Ladies), Maggie Lambourn, Chris Grimes, Clare Grove, Pauline Wright, cox (all Civil Service Ladies) 5th in B final W8+ N/A no entry
New Zealand The 1974 World Championships were the first that were attended by a female crew from New Zealand. The coxed four was crewed by Marion Horwell (stroke), Liz Cato, Robin Matheson, Lesley Keys, and Vicki Colville (cox). They came third in the petite final, or ninth overall.
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