Year Winning crew Club Distance Runner-up Club ref 1946 John F. Burgess Christopher G. Burgess Leander Club 8.47 NRO Ole Secher P Paerregaard Dansk Forening, DEN [ 20] 1947 John Pinches Edward Sturges London Rowing Club 8.46 2+ 1 ⁄ 2 L J. R. W. Gleave D. G. Jamison Magdalen College, Oxford [ 21] [ 22] 1948 Ran Laurie Jack Wilson Leander Club 8.30 3 L Spencer Grace Ted Bromley Mosman RC, NSW, AUS [ 23] 1949 Tony Butcher Tom Christie Thames Rowing Club 8.20 2+ 1 ⁄ 2 L R. C. Morris Alan Burrough Thames Rowing Club [ 24] 1950 Jos Rosa Charles Van Antwerpen SRN Anversoise, BEL 9.10 3 ⁄ 4 L John Pinches Edward Sturges London Rowing Club [ 25] 1951 James Crowden Brian Lloyd Pembroke College, Cm Lady Margaret BC, Cm 8.52 E Jos Rosa Charles Van Antwerpen SRN Anversoise, Belgium [ 26] 1952 Henry Chris I. Bywater Tom Christie Westminster Hospital 8.6 1+ 1 ⁄ 3 L Tony Leadley J. N. King Emmanuel College, Cm 1953 Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen Antwerp Sculling Club 8.10 4 L Herbert Kesel Klaus Hahn Ruderclub Saar, Saarbrücken [ 27] [ 28] 1954 Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov Khimik, USSR 8.44 2 L S. L. Blom R. Gitz KRZHS, NED [ 29] 1955 Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov Club Khimik, USSR 8.30 4 L James Gobbo Christopher Davidge Leander Club [ 30] 1956 R. J. M. Thompson Geoffrey Mark Wolfson Pembroke College, Cm 8.45 3 L Alan M. Clay Bill H. Findlay Marlow Rowing Club [ 31] 1957 Tony Leadley Christopher Davidge Leander Club 8.17 1 ⁄ 3 L Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder EKuRV Donau, Austria [ 32] 1958 Tony Leadley Christopher Davidge Leander Club 8.4 3+ 1 ⁄ 2 L Rolf Streuli Gottfried Kottmann Belvoir RC, Zurich, SWI [ 33] 1959 Richard B. Norton Hugh H. Scurfield Hertford College, Ox 8.20 E Michael Beresford Colin Porter London Rowing Club [ 34] 1960 Ian Elliott D C Rutherford Keble College, Ox Magdalen College, Ox 7.58 2 ⁄ 3 L Richard Nicholson Clive Marshall Nottingham Britannia [ 35] 1961 Veli Lehtelä Toimi Pitkänen Valkeakosken V, FIN 8.9 E Richard C. Waite Richard J. Nicholson Nottingham & U RC & Nottingham Britannia [ 36] 1962 Wolfgang Neuß Klaus-Günter Jordan RC Nassovia Hochst, FRG 8.2 2 L Stewart Farquharson David Lee Nicholson Univ of London BC MH [ 37] 1963 Christopher Davidge Stuart Mackenzie Leander Club 7.55 4 L Joseph Amlong Thomas Amlong Vesper Boat Club , USA [ 38] 1964 John R. Kiely John Lecky Leander Club 7.53 2 L Mike J. W. Hall Robert A. Napier Leander Club [ 39] 1965 Peter Gorny Günter Bergau ASK Vorwaerts Rostock 7.42 2+ 1 ⁄ 4 L Herman Boelen Jaap Enters RV Willen III, NED [ 40] 1966 Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe TSC, GDR 8.31 2 L Ray Easterling John T. McCarthy Poplar Blackwall & Dis [ 41] 1967 Manfred Gelpke Klaus Jacob SCE Dresden, GDR 8.18 E A. Jerry Sutton Patrick J. Sharp Sons of the Thames [ 42] 1968 A. Jerry Sutton Patrick J. W. Sharp Sons of the Thames NTT E James A. Hamilton J. Simon B. McCowen Tideway Scullers School [ 43] 1969 Urs Bitterli Urs Fankhauser See-Club Lucern 7.56 E Richard C.Wait Mike A. Sweeney Nottingham Union RC [ 44] 1970 Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde SC Dynamo, GDR 8.17 E George Xouris Jeff R. Watt Corio Bay RC, AUS [ 45] 1971 Glyn A. S. Locke Tim Crooks Thames Tradesmen's RC Tideway Scullers School 8.7 E Chris J. Dalley Rob N. Winckless Quintin Boat Club [ 46] 1972 Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski KK Wioslarski Bydgoszcz 7.59 2+ 1 ⁄ 4 L Nikolay Vasilyev Vladimir Poljakov Spartak Leningrad, USSR [ 47] 1973 Mark Borchelt Terry Adams Potomac BC, USA 7.42 rowed in Frank Dedecker Paul De Weert Antwerpse RV, BEL [ 48] 1974 Nikolay Ivanov Vladimir Eshinov Dynamo Club, USSR 7.59 E James Macleod Neil Christie Lady Margaret BC, Cm [ 49] 1975 Harry Droog Roel Luynenburg ASR Nereus, NED 7.36 1 ⁄ 3 L Glyn A. S. Locke Frederick Smallbone Leander Club Thames [ 50] 1976 Ian Luxford Chris Shinners Sydney Univ BC , Australia 7.21 E John Lecky Richard Crooker C d'A de Boucherville, Ca [ 51] 1977 Jim Clark John A Roberts Thames Tradesmen's RC 7.54 3 L James Macleod Neil Christie St Thomas Hospital London Rowing Club [ 52] 1978 Jim Clark John A Roberts Thames Tradesmen's RC 8.12 E Kees J M de Veth Aart Uttenboogaard Holland [ 53] 1979 Charles Wiggin Malcolm Carmichael Leander Club 8.10 E John W. Woodhouse James S. Palmer Cambridge Univ BC 1980 Mark Borchelt Fred Borchelt Potomac BC, USA 8.2 E James S. Palmer Hugh Laurie Eton Vikings [ 54] 1981 Thomas Francis Farrell Mossop Chris J. Jones Kingston Rowing Club 8.46 1 L James Macleod Neil Christie London Rowing Club [ 55] 1982 Mirko Ivančić Zlatko Celent Veslacki Klub Gusar, YUG 8.11 1+ 1 ⁄ 2 L Paul D. Wensley Paul L. Reynolds University of London Kingston Rowing Club [ 56] 1983 Mostyn Field Glen Hill Tyrian Boat Club 7.48 E Allan Whitwell Martin Knight Nottinghamshire CRA 1984 Ewan Pearson C. David M. Riches CUBC Molesey Boat Club 7.57 John Beattie Richard Stanhope Thames Tradesmen's RC 1985 Ewan Pearson C. David M. Riches Molesey Boat Club 7.49 5 L Frank Moore Philip Browne Neptune Rowing Club, Ireland 1986 Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Leander Club Marlow Rowing Club 7.39 E Ewan Pearson C. David M. Riches Molesey Boat Club 1987 Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Leander Club Marlow Rowing Club 7.48 paddled in Yuriy Pimenov Nikolay Pimenov Dinamo Moscow, USSR 1988 Ted S. Swinford John P. Riley Penn AC, USA 7.48 E Steve J. Chilmaid Andy D. J. Butt London Rowing Club 1989 Simon Berrisford Steve Redgrave Leander Club 7.9 E Volker Grabow Guido Grabow RC Witten, Germany [ 57] 1990 Karl Sinzinger Jr. Hermann Bauer H Kapsch Linz, AUT 7.39 1 ft Martin Cross Tim Foster Thames Tradesmen's RC Star 1991 Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent Leander Club 7.38 E Josép Robert Manolo Bermudez Natacio Banyoles, Spain 1992 David R. Gillard Nick J. Clarry Goldie Boat Club 7.30 3 L Piers P. Ashley-Carter Andy P. Murray Leander Club 1993 Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent Leander Club 7.22 1 L Bill Coventry Campbell Clayton-Greene Waikato RC, NZL [ 58] 1994 Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent Leander Club 7.22 1+ 3 ⁄ 4 L Jaak Van Driessche Luc Goiris Gentse RESV, BEL 1995 Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent Leander Club 7.18 5 L Roger D. T. Everington Mark B. Partridge London RC Notts RC 1996 Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer Rv Wiking Linz, Austria 7.22 4+ 1 ⁄ 2 L Benedict Schmidt Camille L. Codoni Seeclub Zurich, Switz [ 59] 1997 Robert Thatcher Ben Hunt-Davis Leander Club 7.30 E Claus P. Fischer Sebastian Franke Rg Hansa Hamburg, Ger [ 60] 1998 Laurent Béghin Antoine Béghin CN Gontier, FRA 7.34 E Oliver Martinov Ninoslav Saraga HAVK "Mladost", Croatia [ 61] 1999 Steve Williams Simon Dennis Oxford Brookes Univ Queen's Tower 7.25 3+ 1 ⁄ 4 L David Weightman Rob Scott NSW Inst Sport, AUS