1965 European Rowing Championships

The 1965 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wedau regatta course in the West German city of Duisburg. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 20 to 22 August for women, and from 26 to 29 August for men.[1] Women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+),[2] and 12 countries sent 36 boats.[1] Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and 22 countries sent 89 boats.[1] East German crews did not attend the championships.

1965 European Rowing Championships
View along the Wedau regatta course
VenueWedau
LocationDuisburg, West Germany
Dates20–22 August (women)
26–29 August (men)

German participation

FISA, the International Rowing Federation, did not recognise East Germany as a country and insisted on one German team per boat class. In June 1965, the East German rowing federation put an application to the world governing body to be recognised as an independent state;[3] this was the seventh time that they had applied for independence.[4] There was insufficient time to discuss the issue at the congress held in Duisburg just prior to the men's competition, but FISA president Thomas Keller said that an extra-ordinary congress to be held in November in Vienna would discuss the issue, and that he personally saw no problem with solving the problems.[5]

East German teams did not compete at these championships.[6][7] Helena Smalman-Smith, who maintains a website on English women's rowing, puts forward three theories about their absence: there was "the possibility of defection from an event in West Germany", "not wanting the athletes to see how much more prosperous the western part of their country" had become, and putting pressure on FISA to change their stance on a combined German team.[1]

Medal summary – women's events

The Soviet women's coxed four won gold
Unlike the previous year, the Soviet women's eight won the premier event

The finals for the women were held on 22 August.[6]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
W1x[8]  Soviet Union
Galina Konstantinova
 France
Renée Camu
 Hungary
Anna Domonkos
W2x[9]  Soviet Union
Maya Kaufmane
Daina Svejc-Mellenberg
 Czechoslovakia
Alena Postlová
Magdalena Sarbochova
 Hungary
Annemarie Rupprecht
Christl Schmidt-Lehnert
W4+[10]  Soviet Union
Galina Selifanova
Natalya Maximova
Larissa Petruchik
Valentina Skworkova
Valentina Turkova (cox)
 Romania
Ana Tamas
Florica Ghiuzelea
Doina Balasa
Emilia Rigard
Stefania Borisov (cox)
 Czechoslovakia
Marta Springlova
Jarmila Komilouskova
Venceslava Michalova
Julie Sucha
Vera Kalousova (cox)
W4x+[11]  Hungary
Maria Pekanovits
Zsuzsa Szappanos
Agnes Salamon
Maria Fekete
Margit Komornik (cox)
 Soviet Union
Aino Milodan
Nelli Chernova
Raissa Korotajewa
Vera Alexeyeva
Tamara Grony (cox)
 Czechoslovakia
Eva Krybusova
Svetla Hudeckova
Jaroslava Jezkova
Vera Hajkova
Vera Dusakova (cox)
W8+[12]  Soviet Union
Alla Pervorukova
Irena Bačiulytė
Sofija Korkutytė
Leokadija Semashko
Aldona Margenytė
Aldona Čiukšytė
Stanislava Bubulytė
Rita Tamašauskaitė
Nina Grishchenkova (cox)
 Netherlands
Willemina Bernelot-Moens
Joke Huisman
Geertruida Cornelese
Gerharda Tuitert
A. Meinardi
A.E.H. Stoffels
A.J.E. de Boer
Johanna Bosch
W. de Jongh (cox)
 Romania
Maria Forsea
Maria Hublea
Viorica Jiva
Stefania Ionescu
Lucia Ganescu
Iuliana Bulugioiu
Florica Ghiuzelea
Mariana Limpede
Stefania Borisov (cox)

Medal summary – men's events

Tyurin and Dubrovskiy won silver in the double sculls
Christiansen and Boye won gold in the pair for Denmark
The Soviet four won gold

The regatta for men was held from 26 to 29 August.[13] The Soviet Union was the only country to have boats in all finals.[14]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
M1x[15]  West Germany
Jochen Meißner
7:42.10  Soviet Union
Anatoliy Sass
7:43.35  Netherlands
Jan Wienese
7:45.59
M2x[16]   Switzerland
Melchior Bürgin
Martin Studach
7:06.42  Soviet Union
Oleg Tyurin
Boris Dubrovskiy
7:08.83  Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Hellebrand
Petr Krátký
7:11.02
M2-[17]  Denmark
Peter Christiansen
Hans Jørgen Boye
7:29.32  Austria
Dieter Losert
Dieter Ebner
7:34.21  Soviet Union
Anatoli Fedorov
Yury Suslin
7:36.55
M2+[18]  Soviet Union
Leonid Rakovshchik
Nikolay Safronov
Igor Rudakov (cox)
7:54.63  Italy
Primo Baran
Renzo Sambo
Giorgio Conte (cox)
7:56.79  Netherlands
L. Winter
Hadriaan van Nes
Roderick Rijnders (cox)
7:58,11
M4-[19]  Soviet Union
Volodymyr Sterlik
Antanas Bagdonavičius
Zigmas Jukna
Juozas Jagelavičius
6:50.99  West Germany
Detlef Damboldt
Wolfgang Hottenrott
Michael Schwan
Lutz Ulbricht
6:58.14   Switzerland
Nicolas Gobet
Peter Bolliger
Walter Weiersmüller
Adriano Bosshard
7:00.51
M4+[20]  Soviet Union
Vladimir Yevseyev
Anatoly Tkachuk
Boris Kuzmin
Vitaly Kurdchenko
Anatoly Luzgin (cox)
7:05.18  West Germany
Peter Kuhn
Peter Hertel
Ulrich Luhn
Rüdiger Henning
Uwe Trompler (cox)
7:08.13  Czechoslovakia
Jan Štefan
Jaroslav Starosta
Otakar Mareček
Václav Kozák
Arnošt Poisl (cox)
7:10.00
M8+[21]  West Germany
Klaus Aeffke
Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht
Jürgen Schröder
Dagobert Thometschek
Klaus Behrens
Christian Prey
Dirk Schreyer
Horst Meyer
Peter Niehusen (cox)
 Soviet Union
Yuri Alechin
Yuri Chodorov
Arkady Kudinov
Aleksandr Martyshkin
Guntis Niedra
Elmārs Rubīns
Michail Mahonov
Andris Prieditis
Viktor Mikheyev (cox)
 United States
William Stowe
Fargo Thompson
Boyce Budd
John Abele
Tony Johnson
Stanley Cwiklinski
Hugh Foley
Joseph Amlong
Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Medals table

FISA president Thomas Keller presented the medals

The table shows the aggregate results for men and women. The overall winner was the Soviet Union with seven gold medals, followed by West Germany with two gold medals. The Soviet Union managed to win a medal in all 12 boat classes. A total of 12 countries won medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)74112
2 West Germany (FRG)2204
3 Hungary (HUN)1023
4  Switzerland (SUI)1012
5 Denmark (DEN)1001
6 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0145
7 Netherlands (NED)0123
8 Romania (ROM)0112
9 Australia (AUS)0101
 France (FRA)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
12 United States (USA)0011
Totals (12 nations)12121236

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