1974 World Rowing Championships

1974 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Rotsee
Location	Lucerne, Switzerland

The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the 4th World Rowing Championships. It was held in 1975 at 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. This was also the last World Championships held on a quadrennial cycle – from this point, World Championships were held annually.^[1][2]

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1974 World Rowing Championships:^[1][2]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x [3][4]	East Germany Wolfgang Hönig	7:20.11	United States James Willam Dietz	7:23.95	Soviet Union Nikolai Dowgan	7:24.74
M2x [5][6]	East Germany Joachim Dreifke Jürgen Bertow	6:35.95	Norway Alf Hansen Frank Hansen	6:38.34	Great Britain Chris Baillieu Michael Hart	6:43.32
M4x [7][8]	East Germany Joachim Dreifke Götz Draeger Rüdiger Reiche Jürgen Bertow	6:04.01	Soviet Union Mustafajew Kochel Juri Jakimow Gennadi Korschikow	6:05.79	Czechoslovakia Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Miroslav Laholík Jaroslav Hellebrand	6:08.12
M2- [9][10]	East Germany Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt	6:59.09	Romania Ilie Oanta Dumitru Grumecescu	7:03.99	Poland Alfons Slusarski Zbigniew Slusarski	7:04.64
M4- [11][12]	East Germany Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager	6:19.20	Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Nikolai Kusnezow Sergei Posdejew Anuschawan Gassan-Dschalalow	6:22.83	West Germany Peter van Roye Klaus Jäger Bernd Truschinski Reinhard Wendemuth	6:27.01
M2+ [13][14]	Soviet Union Wladimir Eschinow Nikolai Iwanow Alexander Lukianow	7:21.90	East Germany Wolfgang Gunkel Jörg Lucke Klaus-Dieter Neubert	7:27.86	Czechoslovakia Oldrich Svojanovsky Pavel Svojanovsky Vladimir Petricek	7:29.93
M4+ [15][16]	East Germany Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Ulrich Dießner Walter Dießner Wolfgang Groß	6:26.38	Soviet Union Gennadi Moskowski Alexander Pljuschkin Wladimir Wassiljew Anatoli Nemtyrjow Igor Rudakow	6:27.34	West Germany Hans-Johann Färber Ralph Kubail Peter-Michael Kolbe Peter Niehusen Uwe Benter	6:27.98
M8+ [17][18]	United States Alan Shealy Hugh Stevenson Richard Cashin Mark Norelius John Everett Michael Vespoli Timothy Mickelson Kenneth Brown David Weinberg	5:46.37	Great Britain Frederick John Smallbone John Yallop Timothy John Crooks Hugh Patrick Matheson David Lindsay Maxwell Jim Clark William Mason Leonard Robertson Patrick Sweeney	5:47.49	New Zealand Tony Hurt Danny Keane Lindsay Wilson Athol Earl Trevor Coker Alec McLean Dave Rodger Ross Blomfield David Simmons	5:47.84
Lightweight events
LM1x [19][20]	United States William Belden	7:33.72	Netherlands Harald Punt	7:36.80	Switzerland Reto Wyss	7:36.96
LM4- [21][22]	Australia Campbell Johnstone Andrew Michelmore Geoffrey Rees Colin Smith	6:38.12	Netherlands Los Hans Pieterman Jannes Bruyn Hans Lycklama	6:43.26	United States Andrew Washburn Barry Selick James Ehrmann Peter Huntsman	6:43.48
LM8+ [23][24]	United States Matthew Baldino Joseph Gayner Ralph Nauman David Harman Eric Aserlind Richard Ewing Mick Feld Richard Grogan John Hartigan	6:15.25	Netherlands 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	West Germany Uwe Barwig Wolfgang Fritsch Paul Lutz Julius Nick Lutz Kalmbacher Michael Speth 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 [25][26]	East Germany Christine Scheiblich	3:46.52	Soviet Union Genowaite Romashkene	3:52.38	Belgium Christine Wasterlain	3:53.08
W2x [27][28]	Soviet Union Jelena Antonowa Galina Jermolajewa	3:24.00	West Germany Astrid Hohl Regine Adam	3:26.43	East Germany Gisela Medefindt Rita Schmidt	3:28.78
W4x+ [29][30]	East Germany Roswietha Reichel Ursula Wagner Jutta Lau Sybille Tietze Liane Weigelt	3:19.81	Romania Ioana Tudoran Elisabeta Lazar Doina Bardas Teodora Boicu Elena Giurca	3:21.92	Soviet Union Nadeschda Scherbak Natalja Gorodilowa Walentina Iwtschenkowa Antonina Marischkina Irina Moisejenko	3:22.64
W2- [31][32]	Romania Marilena Ghita Cornelia Neascu	3:43.12	East Germany Renate Bänsch Bergit Heinze	3:45.18	Soviet Union Janina Tschigowskaja Ruta Weinzerga	3:45.43
W4+ [33][34]	East Germany Rosel Nitsche Angelika Noack Renate Schlenzig Sabine Dähne Christa Karnath	3:28.99	Netherlands Liesbeth Vosmaer-de Bruyn Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp Maria Steenman Louise de Graaff M. Kraayenhof	3:31.19	Romania Marlene Predescu Kabat Avram Chertic Aneta Matei	3:32.71
W8+ [35][36]	East Germany Henrietta Dobler Helma Lehmann Ilona Richter Bianka Schwede Brigitte Ahrenholz Irina Müller Gunhild Blanke Doris Mosig Sabine Brickner	3:04.82	Soviet Union Nina Bistrowa Walentina Rubkowa Nina Abramowa Sofia Schurkalowa Walentina Jermakowa Sergejewa Wera Aleksejewa Nina Filatowa Nina Frolowa	3:05.05	Romania 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 [3]	M2x [5]	M4x [7]	M2- [9]	M4- [11]	M2+ [13]	M4+ [15]	M8+ [17]
Lightweight men's	LM1x [19]				LM4- [21]			LM8+ [23]
Women's	W1x [25]	W2x [27]	W4x [29]	W2- [31]			W4+ [33]	W8+ [35]

Medals table

Medals by country (including lightweight rowing events):^[37][38]

	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	10	2	1	13
2	United States	3	1	1	5
3	Soviet Union	2	5	3	10
4	Romania	1	2	2	5
5	Australia	1	0	0	1
6	Netherlands	0	4	0	4
7	West Germany	0	1	3	4
8	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
9	Norway	0	1	0	1
10	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
11	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Total		17	17	17	51

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