1976 World Rowing Championships

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1976 World Rowing Championships
Venue Lake Ossiach
Location Villach, Austria
Dates14–16 August

The 1976 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held in August 1976 at Villach in Austria. [1] Since 1976 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include the 14 Olympic classes scheduled for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Only three lightweight men's events were scheduled, and all finals were raced on 16 August. [2]

Contents

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1976 World Rowing Championships were:

Men's lightweight events

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
LM1x [3] Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Raimund Haberl 		07:18.18Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Morten Espersen 		07:19.48Flag of France.svg  France
Roland Weill 		07:22.90
LM4-Flag of France.svg  France
André Picard
Michel Picard
André Coupat
Francis Pelegri 		06:29.94Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Pål Børnick
Olaf Solberg
Per Arne Steen
Edd Hillstad 		06:34.35Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Djon Andersen
Bent Fransson
Aage Hansen
Torben Hansen 		06:36.04
LM8+Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Peter Werner
Hans-Ludwig Zimmer
Hans-Josef Büsken
Jürgen Nentwig
Lutz Neubert
Dieter Meschede
Peter Huck
Bernd Nehmer
Helmut Sassenbach (cox)		06:05.00Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Graeme Hall
Nigel Read
Christopher Drury
Colin Cusack
Stewart Fraser
Mark Harris
Brian Fentiman
Doug Carpenter
Henry Wheare (cox)		06:06.81Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Bruce Stone
Andrew Washburn
Craig Drake
Thomas Cook
John Dunn
Ralph Nauman
Scott Roop
Sean Colgan
Joseph O'Connor (cox)		06:09.16

Finals

Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
LM1xFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of France.svg  France Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
LM4-Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
LM8+Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Great Britain

EventNotes
LM1x Peter Zeun 3rd in B Final
L4- Paul Stuart-Bennett, Alastair Logie, Gavin Stoddart, Christopher George 5th in B Final
L8 Graeme Hall, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Colin Cusack, Stewart Fraser
Mark Harris, Brian Fentiman, Doug Carpenter, Henry Wheare (cox)		silver medal in A Final

References

  1. ↑ "1976 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Railton, Jim (12 August 1976). "Shock therapy for lightweight eight". The Times . p. 6 – via Times Digital Archives.
  3. ↑ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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