The 1969 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wörthersee in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 5 to 7 September for women, and a few days later for men. Women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+), and 15 countries—including the United States—sent 47 boats. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+). An innovation was that petite finals were held to determine places 7 to 12.
Background At its congress held in conjunction with the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, the International Rowing Federation (FISA) had decided that the 1969 Championships would be held on the Lake of Banyoles in Spain. Circumstances changed and the event moved to Austria.
Medal summary – women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time W1x Genovaitė Ramoškienė 3:53.01 Anita Kuhlke 3:56.16 Renate Sika 3:56.27 W2x Gisela Jäger Rita Schmidt 3:35.87 Alena Kvasilová Jana Fisakova 3:37.81 Yevgenia Vlassova Tatyana Markvo 3:39.05 W4+ Nina Bystrova Nina Burakova Nina Abramova Nadezhda Nikolaevna Olga Blagovensenskaya (cox) 3:33.25 Rosel Nitsche Sabine Dähne Martina Wunderlich Renate Weber Ulrike Skrbek (cox) 3:37.68 Ilse Lebert Bärbel Seddig Astrid Kallmayr Heike Witt Erika Rehberg (cox) 3:39.46 W4x+ Sofia Grucova Tatyana Gomolko Aleksandra Bocharova Antonina Mariskina Tamara Grony (cox) 3:24.22 Ioana Tudoran Mitana Botez Doina Bardas Ileana Nemeth Stefania Borisov (cox) 3:24.62 Dagmar Seipt Inge Schneider Ingelore Kremtz Monika Riegel Karin Bauschke (cox) 3:25.64 W8+ Marita Berndt Hanna Mitter Ursula Pankraths Gabriele Kelm Renate Schlenzig Rosemarie Lorenz Renate Boesler Barbara Behrend Gudrun Apelt (cox) 3:11.92 Valentina Baklickaya Lyudmila Resetnjak Lyubov Antonova Galina Litowec Tamara Danjilina Klawdija Marudo Valentina Barinova Natalia Sidovinova Alla Sisheva (cox) 3:13.12 Ecaterina Trancioveanu Stana Tudor Elena Necula Elena Dragomir Viorica Cretu Marioara Singiorzan Viorica Lincaru Doina Balasa Elena Giurcă (cox) 3:14.83
Medal summary – men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time M1x Alberto Demiddi 7:45.79 Joachim Böhmer 7:49/39 Jochen Meißner 7:53.47 M2x John van Blom Thomas McKibbon 7:07.82 Sepp Puchinger Manfred Krausbar 7:12.03 Jochen Brückhändler Manfred Haake 7:13.56 M2- Larry Hough Tony Johnson 7:11.73 Frank Forberger Dieter Grahn 7:12.07 Peter Christiansen Ib Larsen 7:14.24 M2+ Oldřich Svojanovský Pavel Svojanovský Vladimír Petříček (cox) 7:44.10 Primo Baran Angelo Rossetto Giorgio Sajeva (cox) 7:45.26 Gheorghe Moldoveanu Petre Ceapura Gheorghe Gheorghia (cox) 7:46.57 M4- Victor Alesin Boris Wesselow Mikhail Chekin Anatoli Fedorov 6:47.90 Antal Melis György Sarlós József Csermely Zoltán Melis 6:48.95 Werner Klatt Peter Gorny Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Bernd Meerbach 6:51.19 M4+ Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Stefan Voncken (cox) 6:43.17 Peter Hein Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe Klaus-Dieter Bähr Hartmut Wenzel (cox) 6:44.27 Hugo Waser Franz Rentsch Peter Bolliger Adolf Waser Martin Bächler (cox) 6:50.83 M8+ Dieter Schubert Manfred Wiesner Horst Walter Klaus Liefke Rolf Zimmermann Volker Thurow Wolfgang Wüst Klaus Bährwald Wolfgang Wilde (cox) 6:07.53 Zigmas Jukna Vladimir Jesinov Volodymyr Sterlik Juozas Jagelavičius Ludas Subacius Alexander Hamin Anatoly Tkachuk Vitaly Kurdchenko Igor Rudakov (cox) 6:09.63 Günther Karl Achim Wienstroer Thomas Hitzbleck Ingo Scholz Manfred Weinreich Rolf Hartung Franz Held Bernd Gördes Lutz Benter (cox) 6:09.67
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