1978 FISA Lightweight Championships

International rowing event February 2025 1978 FISA Lightweight Championships Lake Bagsværd Copenhagen, Denmark 3–6 August 1978 1977 Amsterdam 1978 Cambridge The 1978 FISA Lightweight Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 3 to 6 August 1978. In the history of the World Rowing Championships, 1978 was the only year when the lightweight rowing championships were not held in conjunction with the open men and women event. (Other years in which championships were held separately for lightweights were Olympic years, in which there were no openweight World Championships.) The lightweight finals were raced on 6 August.http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/ 1978 World Rowing Lightweight Championships International Rowing Federation 11 December 2016 The event was held at Lake Bagsværd.http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/event-information Event Information International Rowing Federation 27 March 2017 In 1978, a fourth boat class was added to the event: Lightweight double scull.Guerin Andrew Foster Margot 1978 World Championships — Copenhagen Denmark http://www.rowingmuseum.org.au/world-championships/1978-Copenhagen.html Rowingmuseum 11 December 2016 Later in 1978, the open event went to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time and was held at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand.1978 World Rowing Championships http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/ International Rowing Federation 18 March 2016 Medal summary Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time LM1xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/lightweight-mens-single-sculls/ (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 9 December 2016 José Antonio Montosa Ortega 7:19.54 Morten Espersen 7:23.21 William Belden 7:25.80 LM2xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/lightweight-mens-double-sculls/ (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 9 December 2016 Pål Børnick (b) Arne Gilje (s) 6:47.49 Roel Michels (b) Ed Maan (s) 6:48.83 Stan Depman (b) Fred Duling (s) 6:50.09 LM4-http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/lightweight-mens-four/ (LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final International Rowing Federation 9 December 2016 Michael Raduner (b) Thomas von Weissenfluh (2) Pierre Zentner (3) Pierre Kovacs (s) 6:33.90 Peter van Berkel (b) Willem Appeldoorn (2) Richard Helsloot (3) Paul Paulsen (s) 6:34.24 Vaughan Bollen (b) Peter Antonie (2) Simon Gillett (3) Geoffrey Rees (s) 6:38.50 LM8+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/lightweight-mens-eight/ (LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final International Rowing Federation 9 December 2016 Stephen Simpole (b) Nigel Read (2) Christopher Drury (3) Robert Downie (4) Clive Roberts (5) Peter Zeun (6) John Melvin (7) Anthony French (s) Colin Moynihan (cox) 5:56.32 Henk van der Kwast (b) Hans Lycklama (2) Hans Povel (3) Bert van Baal (4) Rob Uilenbroek (5) Mark Emke (6) Ton Lucassen (7) Dick Swenne (s) J. V. Prooyen (cox) 5:58.76 Dennis Hatcher (b) Malcolm Robertson (2) Phillip Gardiner (3) Bob Cooper (4) Lyall McCarthy (5) Ian Porter (6) Jeff Sykes (7) Colin Smith (s) Adrian Maginn (cox) 5:58.89 Finals Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th LM1x LM2x LM4- LM8+ Great Britain Three teams from Great Britain competed at the championships.https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS101024519/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=f8ebeca7 Railton Jim Rowing 7 August 1978 6 The Times Londons July 2026 InternetArchiveBot EventNotes LM1x N/A no entry LM2x Daniel Topolski & Ian Wilson 7th overall (won the B final) L4- Andrew Cusack, Colin Cusack, Roy Wikramaratna, Tony Richardson (Wallingford RC) 5th in A final L8 Stephen Simpole, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Robert Downie, Clive RobertsPeter Zeun, John Melvin, Anthony French, Colin Moynihan (cox) (London RC) gold medal in A final References Category:Rowing competitions in Denmark Category:World Rowing Championships Lightweight Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Denmark Category:1978 in Danish sport Rowing