1966 World Rowing Championships

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1966 World Rowing Championships
1966 World Rowing Championships stamp of Yugoslavia.jpg
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1966 World Rowing Championships
Venue Lake Bled
Location Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Dates8–11 September
Competitors613 from 32 nations

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. [1] [2] There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed in the seven Olympic boat classes. [3] [4] Marketing and advertising for the event were handled by Cesar Lüthi. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

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." [2] Prior to the 4th World Rowing Championships in 1974, only men competed. [1]

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. [8]

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1966 World Rowing Championships: [1] [2]

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Country & rowersTime [9] Country & rowersTime [9] Country & rowersTime [9]
M1x [10] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Donald Spero
7:05.92Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jan Wienese
7:08.53Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Jochen Meißner
7:09.63
M2x [11] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Melchior Bürgin
Martin Studach
6:34.89Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Seymour Cromwell
Jim Storm
6:36.23Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Manfred Haake
Jochen Brückhändler
6:38.92
M2- [12] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Peter Kremtz
Roland Göhler
6:53.96Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Dieter Losert
Dieter Ebner
6:55.35Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Viktor Suslin
Boris Fyodorov
6:57.35
M2+ [13] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Hadriaan van Nes
Jan van de Graaff
Poul de Haan
7:12.23Flag of France.svg  France
Jacques Morel
Georges Morel
Gilles Florent
7:16.97Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Primo Baran
Renzo Sambo
Enrico Pietropolli
7:17.04
M4- [14] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
6:18.41Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Zigmas Jukna
Antanas Bagdonavičius
Volodymyr Sterlik
Juozas Jagelavičius
6:19.66Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Maarten Kloosterman
Roel Luynenburg
Eric Niehe
Ruud Stokvis
6:20.33
M4+ [15] Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Hanno Melzer
Horst Bagdonat
Helmut Hänsel
Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig
6:29.54Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Anatoly Tkachuk
Vitaly Kurdchenko
Boris Kuzmin
Vladimir Yevseyev
Anatoliy Luzgin
6:31.38Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Boris Ercegović
Predrag Savić
Ivo Juginović
Frane Kazija
Ljubo Čurović
6:31.74
M8+ [16] [17] Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Horst Meyer
Dirk Schreyer
Michael Schwan
Ulrich Luhn  [ de ]
Peter Hertel
Rüdiger Henning
Lutz Ulbricht
Peter Kuhn
Peter Niehusen
5:56.28Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Yuri Chodorov
Andris Prieditis
Aleksandr Martyshkin
Arkady Kudinov
Elmārs Rubīns
Vladimir Rikkanen
Viktor Suslin
Pavel Ilyinsky
Viktor Mikheyev
5:58.68Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
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'sM1xM2xM2-M2+M4-M4+M8+

Medal table

PlaceCountryGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3025
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1113
3Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1102
4Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1012
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1001
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0314
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0101
Flag of France.svg  France 0101
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 0011
Total77721

Finals

[18]

Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
M1xFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
M2xFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
M2-Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
M2+Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
M4-Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
M4+Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
M8+Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

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