The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed in the seven Olympic boat classes. Marketing and advertising for the event were handled by Cesar Lüthi.
The Australian Rowing History website has the following commentary: "The superbly organized regatta was held on the magnificent lake at Bled: a fitting setting for the second world championships." Prior to the 4th World Rowing Championships in 1974, only men competed.
Background Bled and the German cities of Essen and Duisburg had competed for the right to host the second World Rowing Championships. At a FISA meeting in August 1963, held in conjunction with the 1963 European Rowing Championships for men, the decision in favour of Bled was made.
Medal summary
Medalists at the 1966 World Rowing Championships:
Men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Donald Spero 7:05.92 Jan Wienese 7:08.53 Jochen Meißner 7:09.63 M2x Melchior BürginMartin Studach 6:34.89 Seymour CromwellJim Storm 6:36.23 Manfred HaakeJochen Brückhändler 6:38.92 M2- Peter Kremtz Roland Göhler 6:53.96 Dieter Losert Dieter Ebner 6:55.35 Viktor Suslin Boris Fyodorov 6:57.35 M2+ Hadriaan van Nes Jan van de Graaff Poul de Haan 7:12.23 Jacques Morel Georges Morel Gilles Florent 7:16.97 Primo Baran Renzo Sambo Enrico Pietropolli 7:17.04 M4- Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert 6:18.41 Zigmas Jukna Antanas Bagdonavičius Volodymyr Sterlik Juozas Jagelavičius 6:19.66 Maarten Kloosterman Roel Luynenburg Eric Niehe Ruud Stokvis 6:20.33 M4+ Hanno Melzer Horst Bagdonat Helmut Hänsel Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna Klaus-Dieter Ludwig 6:29.54 Anatoly Tkachuk Vitaly Kurdchenko Boris Kuzmin Vladimir Yevseyev Anatoliy Luzgin 6:31.38 Boris Ercegović Predrag Savić Ivo Juginović Frane Kazija Ljubo Čuravić 6:31.74 M8+ Horst Meyer Dirk Schreyer Michael Schwan Peter Hertel Rüdiger Henning Lutz Ulbricht Peter Kuhn Peter Niehusen 5:56.28 Yuri Chodorov Andris Prieditis Aleksandr Martyshkin Arkady Kudinov Elmārs Rubīns Vladimir Rikkanen Viktor Suslin Pavel Ilyinsky Viktor Mikheyev 5:58.68 Joachim Böhmer Peter Schulz Jörg Lucke Kurt Wunderlich Erich Wunderlich Klaus-Dieter Bähr Peter Hein Heinz-Jürgen Bothe Hartmut Wenzel 5:59.43
Event codes Single scull Double scull Coxless pair Coxed pair Coxless four Coxed four Eight Men's M1x M2x M2- M2+ M4- M4+ M8+
Medal table
Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 0 2 5 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 3 1 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Total 7 7 7 21
Finals
Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th M1x M2x M2- M2+ M4- M4+ M8+
References