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.
Medal summary
About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed at the event. Medallists at the 1977 World Rowing Championships were:
Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Joachim Dreifke 7:12.22 Pertti Karppinen 7:15.53 Mykola Dovhan 7:20.23 M2x Chris Baillieu Michael Hart 6:42.83 Rüdiger Reiche Uli Schmied 6:44.70 Evgeni Shorniy Gennadi Korshikov 6:45.93 M4x Frank Dundr Martin Winter Karl-Heinz Bußert Wolfgang Güldenpfennig 5:57.44 Karel Černý Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska 6:01.37 Khristo Zhelev Lyubomir Petrov Bogdan Dobrev Eftim Stoyanov 6:04.43 M2- Aleksandr Kulagin Vitaliy Eliseyev 7:06.19 Jim Clark John Roberts 7:09.63 Bernd Krauß Ortwin Rodewald 7:13.36 M4- Wolfgang Mager Stefan Semmler Andreas Decker Siegfried Brietzke 6:16.73 Dave Rodger Des Lock Ivan Sutherland David Lindstrom 6:19.14 Pavel Konvička Josef Neštický Vlastimil Beránek Lubomír Zapletal 6:21.10 M2+ Dimitar Yanakiev Todor Mrankov Stefan Stoykov (cox) 7:21.72 Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Harald Jährling Georg Spohr (cox) 7:24.60 Karel Mejta Karel Neffe Jiří Pták (cox) 7:28.72 M4+ Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Gottfried Döhn Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (cox) 6:39.16 Gabriel Konertz Wolfram Thiem Frank Schütze Klaus Meyer Helmut Sassenbach (cox) 6:41.76 Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Nasko Markov Ivan Botev Nenko Dobrev (cox) 6:49.63 M8+ Gerd Sredzki Bernd Lindner Frank Gottschalt Ulrich Kons Hans-Joachim Lück Bernd Frieberg Ulrich Karnatz Wolfgang Gunkel Frank Jahncke (cox) 5:45.36 Raul Arnemann Mikhail Kuznetsov Valeriy Dolinin Alexander Beljaev Anatoly Ivanov Vasily Potapov Aleksandr Klepikov Vladimir Eshinov Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) 5:50.71 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 Reto Wyss 7:18.58 Morten Espersen 7:18.59 Lawrence Klecatsky 7:19.28 LM4- André Picard Michel Picard André Coupat Francis Pelegri 6:30.00 Colin Smith Peter Antonie Simon Gillett Geoffrey Rees 6:31.44 Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Hans Pieterman Ge Schous 6:34.11 LM8+ Nigel Read Paul Stuart-Bennett Christopher George Stephen Simpole Colin Cusack Duncan Innes Daniel Topolski Christopher Drury Patrick Sweeney (cox) 5:57.37 Antonio Elizalde Javier Puertas Cabezudo Dionisio Redondo Jose Mas Jose Marti Rafael Gomez Fernando Climent José Rojí Carmelo Lafuente (cox) 5:57.44 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
In the coxed four, the Bulgarian team was one of the favourites. After two false starts in the final they were disqualified. Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time W1x Christine Scheiblich 3:34.31 Iskra Velinova 3:36.31 Mariann Ambrus 3:37.27 W2x Anke Borchmann Roswietha Zobelt 3:16.83 Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova 3:20.04 Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary Lisa Hansen 3:22.48 W4x+ Sybille Tietze Viola Kowalschek Petra Boesler Sabine Gust Elke Rost (cox) 3:10.11 Maria Mosneagu Felicia Afrăsiloaie Aneta Marin Veronica Juganaru Elena Giurcă (cox) 3:12.55 Rositsa Spasova Anka Bakova Rumelyana Boncheva Penka Gotcheva Stanka Georgieva (cox) 3:16.21 W2- Sabine Dähne Angelika Noack 3:27.89 Karin Abma Joke Dierdorp 3:30.54 Elizabeth Craig Susan Antoft 3:32.89 W4+ Marion Rohs Ilona Richter Katja Rothe Bärbel Bendiks Marina Wilke (cox) 3:20.59 Raisa Tsarkova Valentina Alekseeva Sofia Shurkalova Nina Abramova Nina Frolova (cox) 3:23.14 Florica Zamfir Georgeta Militaru-Mașca Florica Silaghi Elena Avram Elena Giurcă (cox) 3:25.29 W8+ Cornelia Klier Ute Steindorf Gabriele Lohs Kersten Neisser Marita Sandig Andrea Kurth Bianka Schwede Karin Metze Sabine Heß (cox) 3:00.23 Olga Pivovarova Nina Antoniuk Tatyana Bunjak Nadezhda Dergatchenko Nataliya Horodilova Nina Umanets Maria Paziun Olga Krishevich Raisa Kirilova (cox) 3:02.37 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 sculls double sculls quadruple sculls quad sculls (coxed) pair (coxless) four (coxless) coxed pair coxed four eight (coxed) Men's M1x M2x M4x M2- M4- M2+ M4+ M8+ Lightweight men's LM1x LM4- LM8+ Women's W1x W2x W4x+ W2- W4+ W8+
Finals Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th M1x M2x M4x M2- M4- M2+ M4+ M8+ LM1x LM4- LM8+ W1x W2x W4x+ W2- W4+ (disqualified) W8+
Great Britain
EventNotes M1x Tim Crooks 4th in A final M2x Chris Baillieu & Michael Hart gold medal in A final M4x Ivor Lloyd, Charles Wiggin, Graeme Mulcahy, Malcolm Carmichael 1st in B final M2- Jim Clark & John Roberts silver medal in A final M4- Derek Bond, Ian McNuff, John Beattie, Martin Cross 4th in B final M2+ James MacLeod, Neil Christie, David Webb 4th in B final M4+ N/A no entry M8+ Lenny Robertson, Allan Whitwell, Henry Clay, William Woodward-Fisher, Phil Gregory, Gordon Rankine, Robert Milligan, Colin Seymour, Robert Lee (cox) 5th in A final LM1x Peter Zeun 4th in B final L4- John Hanna, Ian Hyslop, Malcolm MacLean, Jeremy Edwards 5th in A final L8 Nigel Read, Paul Stuart-Bennett, Christopher George, Stephen Simpole, Colin Cusack Duncan Innes, Daniel Topolski, Christopher Drury, Patrick Sweeney (cox) gold medal in A final W1x N/A no entry W2x Pauline Hart & Astrid Ayling 5th in A final (1st GB women's crew to reach a World final) W4x Rosie Clugston, Sue Handscomb, Stephanie Price, Beverly Jones, Liz Norman (cox) 4th in B final W2- Lin Clark & Beryl Mitchell 4th in B final W4+ Yvonne Earl, Maggie Phillips, Nicola Boyes, Christine Grimes, Pauline Wright (cox) 4th in B final W8+ N/A no entry
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