1977 World Rowing Championships

The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1][2]

1977 World Rowing Championships
VenueBosbaan
LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Dates19–28 August 1977
Competitors556 from 28 nations

Medal summary

About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed at the event.[3] Medallists at the 1977 World Rowing Championships were:

Men's events
The Dutch Evert Kroes and Peter van de Plas with cox Poul De Haan came fourth in the coxed pair[4]
The New Zealand coxless four with Dave Rodger, Des Lock, Ivan Sutherland, and David Lindstrom won silver
The Dutch lightweight coxless four with Ge Schous, Hans Pieterman, Hans Povel, and Hans Lycklama won bronze
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
M1x [5]  East Germany
Joachim Dreifke		 7:12.22  Finland
Pertti Karppinen		 7:15.53  Soviet Union
Mykola Dovhan		 7:20.23
M2x [6]  Great Britain
Chris Baillieu
Michael Hart		 6:42.83  East Germany
Rüdiger Reiche
Uli Schmied		 6:44.70  Soviet Union
Evgeni Shorniy
Gennadi Korshikov		 6:45.93
M4x [7]  East Germany
Frank Dundr
Martin Winter
Karl-Heinz Bußert
Wolfgang Güldenpfennig		 5:57.44  Czechoslovakia
Karel Černý
Filip Koudela
Zdeněk Pecka
Václav Vochoska		 6:01.37  Bulgaria
Khristo Zhelev
Lyubomir Petrov
Bogdan Dobrev
Eftim Stoyanov		 6:04.43
M2- [8]  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Kulagin
Vitaliy Eliseyev		 7:06.19  Great Britain
Jim Clark
John Roberts		 7:09.63  East Germany
Bernd Krauß
Ortwin Rodewald		 7:13.36
M4- [9]  East Germany
Wolfgang Mager
Stefan Semmler
Andreas Decker
Siegfried Brietzke		 6:16.73  New Zealand
Dave Rodger
Des Lock
Ivan Sutherland
David Lindstrom		 6:19.14  Czechoslovakia
Pavel Konvička
Josef Neštický
Vlastimil Beránek
Lubomír Zapletal		 6:21.10
M2+ [4]  Bulgaria
Dimitar Yanakiev
Todor Mrankov
Stefan Stoykov (cox)		 7:21.72  East Germany
Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich
Harald Jährling
Georg Spohr (cox)		 7:24.60  Czechoslovakia
Karel Mejta
Karel Neffe
Jiří Pták (cox)		 7:28.72
M4+ [10]  East Germany
Dieter Wendisch
Walter Dießner
Gottfried Döhn
Ullrich Dießner
Andreas Gregor (cox)		 6:39.16  West Germany
Gabriel Konertz
Wolfram Thiem
Frank Schütze[11]
Klaus Meyer
Helmut Sassenbach (cox)		 6:41.76  Bulgaria
Tsvetan Petkov
Rumen Khristov
Nasko Markov
Ivan Botev
Nenko Dobrev (cox)		 6:49.63
M8+ [12]  East Germany
Gerd Sredzki
Bernd Lindner
Frank Gottschalt
Ulrich Kons
Hans-Joachim Lück
Bernd Frieberg
Ulrich Karnatz
Wolfgang Gunkel
Frank Jahncke (cox)		 5:45.36  Soviet Union
Raul Arnemann
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Valeriy Dolinin
Alexander Beljaev
Anatoly Ivanov
Vasily Potapov
Aleksandr Klepikov
Vladimir Eshinov
Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)		 5:50.71  West Germany
Fritz Schuster
Diethelm Maxrath
Thomas Scholl
Klaus Roloff
Gerhard Reinert
Winfried Ringwald
Volker Sauer
Wolf-Dieter Oschlies
Hartmut Wenzel (cox)		 5:52.83
Lightweight events
LM1x [13]   Switzerland
Reto Wyss		 7:18.58  Denmark
Morten Espersen		 7:18.59  United States
Lawrence Klecatsky		 7:19.28
LM4- [14]  France
André Picard
Michel Picard
André Coupat
Francis Pelegri		 6:30.00  Australia
Colin Smith
Peter Antonie
Simon Gillett
Geoffrey Rees		 6:31.44  Netherlands
Hans Lycklama
Hans Povel
Hans Pieterman
Ge Schous		 6:34.11
LM8+ [15]  Great Britain
Nigel Read
Paul Stuart-Bennett
Christopher George
Stephen Simpole
Colin Cusack
Duncan Innes
Daniel Topolski
Christopher Drury
Patrick Sweeney (cox)		 5:57.37  Spain
Antonio Elizalde
Javier Puertas
Dionisio Redondo
Jose Mas
Jose Marti
Rafael Gomez
Fernando Climent
José Rojí
Carmelo Lafuente (cox)		 5:57.44  Australia
Phillip Gardiner
Malcolm Robertson
Phillip Ainsworth
Rodney Stewart
Ian Porter
Alan de Belin
Richard Garrard
John Hawkins
David England (cox)		 6:00.51

Women's events
Dutch coxless pair (silver medal) Joke Dierdorp (second from left) and Karin Abma framed by Prince Claus and Princess Beatrix

In the coxed four, the Bulgarian team was one of the favourites. After two false starts in the final they were disqualified.[16]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
W1x [17]  East Germany
Christine Scheiblich		 3:34.31  Bulgaria
Iskra Velinova		 3:36.31  Hungary
Mariann Ambrus		 3:37.27
W2x [18]  East Germany
Anke Borchmann
Roswietha Zobelt		 3:16.83  Bulgaria
Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova		 3:20.04  United States
Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary
Lisa Hansen Stone		 3:22.48
W4x+ [19]  East Germany
Sybille Tietze
Viola Kowalschek
Petra Boesler
Sabine Gust
Elke Rost (cox)		 3:10.11  Romania
Maria Mosneagu
Felicia Afrăsiloaie
Aneta Marin
Veronica Juganaru
Elena Giurcă (cox)		 3:12.55  Bulgaria
Rositsa Spasova
Anka Bakova
Rumelyana Boncheva
Penka Gotcheva
Stanka Georgieva (cox)		 3:16.21
W2- [20]  East Germany
Sabine Dähne
Angelika Noack		 3:27.89  Netherlands
Karin Abma
Joke Dierdorp		 3:30.54  Canada
Elizabeth Craig
Susan Antoft		 3:32.89
W4+ [21]  East Germany
Marion Rohs
Ilona Richter
Katja Rothe
Bärbel Bendiks
Marina Wilke (cox)		 3:20.59  Soviet Union
Raisa Tsarkova
Valentina Alekseeva
Sofia Shurkalova
Nina Abramova
Nina Frolova (cox)		 3:23.14  Romania
Florica Zamfir
Georgeta Militaru-Maşca
Florica Silaghi
Elena Avram
Elena Giurcă (cox)		 3:25.29
W8+ [22]  East Germany
Cornelia Klier
Ute Steindorf
Gabriele Lohs
Kersten Neisser
Marita Sandig
Andrea Kurth
Bianka Schwede
Karin Metze
Sabine Heß (cox)		 3:00.23  Soviet Union
Olga Pivovarova
Nina Antoniuk
Tatyana Bunjak
Nadezhda Dergatchenko
Nataliya Horodilova
Nina Umanets
Maria Paziun
Olga Krishevich
Raisa Kirilova (cox)		 3:02.37  Canada
Joy Fera
Christine Neuland
Jacklin Kelly
Nancy Higgins
Dolores Young
Tricia Smith
Mazina Delure
Carol Eastmore
Ilona Smith (cox)		 3:05.72

Event codes
single scullsdouble scullsquadruple sculls quad sculls (coxed) pair (coxless)four (coxless) coxed paircoxed foureight (coxed)
Men's M1x [5] M2x [6] M4x [7] M2- [8] M4- [9] M2+ [4] M4+ [10] M8+ [12]
Lightweight men's LM1x [13] LM4- [14] LM8+ [15]
Women's W1x [17] W2x [18] W4x+ [19] W2- [20] W4+ [21] W8+ [22]

References
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  2. "1977 World Rowing Lightweight Championships". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. "Ruder-WM wurde in Amsterdam eröffnet" [Rowing World Championship was opened in Amsterdam]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 32 (197). 20 August 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2018.(registration required)
  4. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M2+) Men's Coxed Pair – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M2x) Men's Double Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M2-) Men's Pair – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  11. "Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften seit 1962" (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  12. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M8+) Men's Eight – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  13. "1977 World Rowing Lightweight Championships: (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  14. "1977 World Rowing Lightweight Championships: (LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. "1977 World Rowing Lightweight Championships: (LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  16. "Ein glanzvoller Finaltag beschloß Ruder-Triumph" [A brilliant final day concluded rowing triumph]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 33 (204). 29 August 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 3 October 2018.(registration required)
  17. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  18. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  19. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W4x+) Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  20. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W2-) Women's Pair – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  21. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W4+) Women's Coxed Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  22. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W8+) Women's Eight – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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