The 1971 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Bagsværd in the Danish capital Copenhagen. There were seven competitions for men and five for women, and the most successful nation was East Germany with five gold medals across the twelve boat classes. As World Rowing Championships were still held at four-year intervals at the time, the European Rowing Championships were open to nations outside of Europe and had become to be regarded as quasi-world championships. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x: 17 boats; M2x: 16 boats; M2-: 13 boats; M2+: 20 boats; M4-: 15 boats; M4+: 18 boats; M8+: 16 boats), and 120 boats were entered in total.
The women's championships were held from 12 to 15 August, and 49 boats were entered from 17 countries. The men's championships were held shortly afterwards, from 18 to 25 August. The men entered 116 boats from 27 countries.
Medal summary Medallists at the 1971 European Rowing Championships were:
Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time W1x Anita Kuhlke 4:30.75 Annick Anthoine 4:34.66 Edith Eckbauer 4:35.03 W2x Elena Kondrashina Galina Yermolayeva 4:05.55 Gisela Jäger Rita Schmidt 4:08.13 Astrid Hohl Bärbel Kornhass 4:09.55 W4x+ Doina Bardas Elisabeta Lazăr Mitana Botez Ioana Tudoran Stefania Gurau (cox) 3:48.39 Galina Mitrokhina Aleksandra Bocharova Nadeschda Pronina Tatyana Rakovshchik Ludmila Arjakovskaia (cox) 3:50.92 Josiane Fénié Jeanine Gonneaud Josiane Massiasse Jacqueline Kustner Marie-Hélène Gin (cox) 3:53.14 W4+ Anna Kuleshova Olga Ivanova Tatiana Petrova Elena Morozova Anna Sychyova (cox) 3:55.77 Doina Bălașa Mărioara Singiorzan Elena Necula Teodora Boicu Rodica Iordache (cox) 3:56.45 Irmhild Schulz Angelika Noack Ingelore Schweizer Irina Müller Christine Rösch (cox) 3:59.66 W8+ Larissa Sotskova Nina Filatova Sofia Beketova Valentina Alekseeva Nina Abramova Evdokia Riabova Valentina Rubtsova Nina Bystrova Nina Frolova (cox) 3:27.78 Ute Marten Renate Schlenzig Rosel Nitsche Christa Staack Brigitte Ahrenholz Susanne Spitzer Gunhild Blanke Renate Boesler Gudrun Apelt (cox) 3:35.52 Ecaterina Trancioveanu Elena Necula Elena Oprea Cristel Wiener Florica Petcu Elena Gawluk Marioara Constantin Viorica Lincaru Stefania Gurau (cox) 3:41.38
Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Alberto Demiddi 6:57.99 Götz Draeger 7:01.41 Murray Watkinson 7:02.34 M2x Joachim Böhmer Uli Schmied 6:15.27 Frank Hansen Svein Thøgersen 6:15.65 Nikolai Balenkov Gennadi Korshikov 6:25.20 M2- Peter Gorny Werner Klatt 6:43.40 Petr Lakomý Lubomír Zapletal 6:48.57 Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski 6:51.46 M2+ Wolfgang Gunkel Jörg Lucke Klaus-Dieter Neubert (cox) 6:56.94 Pavel Svojanovský Oldřich Svojanovský Petr Krchov (cox) 6:58.43 Nikolay Ivanov Vladimir Eshinov Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) 6:59.59 M4- Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert 6:00.72 Svein Nielsen Kjell Sverre Johansen Tom Amundsen Ole Nafstad 6:03.59 Wolfgang Plottke Franz Held Peter Funnekötter Joachim Ehrig 6:06.02 M4+ Alois Bierl Gerhard Auer Hans-Johann Färber Peter Berger Uwe Benter (cox) 6:12.82 Harold Dimke Manfred Schneider Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde Dieter Schwarz (cox) 6:14.95 Anushavan Gassan-Dzhalalov Volodymyr Sterlik Viktor Suslin Anatoli Fedorov Igor Rudakov (cox) 6:14.98 M8+ Gary Robertson Trevor Coker Joe Earl Lindsay Wilson John Hunter Dick Joyce Wybo Veldman Tony Hurt Simon Dickie (cox) 5:33.92 Dietrich Zander Hans-Joachim Puls Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Reinhard Gust Klaus-Peter Foppke Ernst Otto Borchmann Bernd Ahrendt Reinhard Zahn (cox) 5:34.32 Mindaugas Vaitkus Beniaminas Natsevicius Apolinaras Grigas Tiit Helmja Pavel Solovyev Vladimir Ilyinsky Nikolai Sumatoshin Aleksandr Martyshkin Viktor Mikheyev (cox) 5:39.74
The New Zealand eight would go on in unchanged composition to win the 1972 Olympic eight event.
Medals table
References
External links Some NZ Rowing History – the perspective of a New Zealand spectator, including a number of photos Collection of photos