1978 World Rowing Championships

International rowing event July 2026 1978 World Rowing Championships Logo of the 1978 World Rowing Championships.jpg Logo of the 1978 World Rowing Championships Lake Karapiro Cambridge, New Zealand 30 October – 5 November 28 1978 Copenhagen (Lwt) 1979 Bled The 1978 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 October to 5 November at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand.1978 World Rowing Championships http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/ International Rowing Federation 18 March 2016Rowing in New Zealand https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/rowing-in-new-zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage 22 March 2016 5 January 2016Eine überlange Saison im Rudern endet mit dem fernen WM-Treff An extra-long rowing season ends with the far-away World Cup venue http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19781016-0-6-70-0 30 September 2018 Berliner Zeitung 34 244 16 October 1978 6 de registration 30 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180930115858/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19781016-0-6-70-0 dead Twenty-eight countries were represented at the regatta. 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; the lightweight events had already been held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August. Background Lake Karapiro was formed in 1947 through a hydroelectric project on the Waikato River. It was soon recognised as the best rowing venue in New Zealand, and was used for the 1950 British Empire Games.The world comes to Karapiro https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/rowing-in-new-zealand/world-comes-to-karapiro Ministry for Culture and Heritage 9 December 2016 17 September 2014 World rowing championships had been held since 1962 by FISA, the World Rowing Federation, and in 1974 New Zealand was provisionally awarded the 1978 world event.Kilgallon Steve World Rowing Champs: story of Kiwi can-do http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/3927411/World-Rowing-Champs-story-of-Kiwi-can-do 9 December 2016 The Sunday Star-Times 18 July 2010 Don Rowlands, who had won rowing medals at British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the 1950s and would later become chairman of the 1978 World Rowing Championships organising committee, had lobbied for the event to come to New Zealand; prior to 1978, the event had always been held in the Northern Hemisphere. He found a supporter in Thomas Keller, the president of FISA. There was also some curiosity amongst the rowing fraternity how a small island nation from the South Pacific managed to win gold medals at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, in men's coxed four and men's eight, respectively. But it was not until the 1976 Summer Olympics that 1978 event was confirmed, which left only two years to organise the event. The entire event was organised by volunteers; the organising committee had no people in employment. Cyril Hilliard was the secretary of the organising committee.Guerin Andrew Foster Margot 1978 World Championships — Lake Karapiro New Zealand http://www.rowingmuseum.org.au/world-championships/1978-LakeKarapiro.html Rowingmuseum 11 December 2016 Volunteer labour erected a grandstand; all built with scaffolding. As Rowlands was a marine engineer, he designed the starting pontoon himself and the construction was carried out by James Hill, a former Olympic rower who was a joiner by trade. Hill also built the start and finish towers.Aaron Goile Ironic send-off for former Hamilton undertaker Jim Hill https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/121528231/ironic-sendoff-for-former-hamilton-undertaker-jim-hill 24 August 2020 Stuff 17 May 2020 A company donated 13 kit houses, and these were used as offices. Catering for the competitors was done by the New Zealand Army. It is estimated that in total, close to 100,000 spectators attended the four days of racing. Keller called it afterwards "the greatest regatta in living memory". Former British rower Dickie Burnell, who worked at Karapiro as a correspondent for The Times, labelled the event "the greatest show on water". Twenty-eight countries were represented by their rowers in 140 boats, and this was the largest international sports competition that the country had organised up to that time.1978 World Rowing Championships logo https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/1978-world-rowing-championships-logo Ministry for Culture and Heritage 22 March 2016 20 December 2012Im Frauenzweier ohne Vorläufe in das Finale In the women's coxless pair into the final without heats http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19781030-0-7-119-0 6 October 2018 Neues Deutschland 33 256 30 October 1978 7 de registration 6 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000531/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19781030-0-7-119-0 dead The event made a profit of NZ$155,000, which was used to fund a rowing foundation. Medal summary Medallists at the 1978 World Rowing Championships were: Men's events In the single sculls and coxless pair boat classes, the first three boats from each heat qualified for the semi-final, and three further semi-finalists were determined via a repechage. In all other boat classes, the first from each heat qualified for the final, with the other finalists determined via a repechage. Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time M1xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-single-sculls/ (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Peter-Michael Kolbe 7:06.01 Rüdiger Reiche 7:08.35 Milorad Stanulov 7:09.82 M2-http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-pair/ (M2-) Men's Pair – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Bernd Landvoigt (b) Jörg Landvoigt (s) 7:00.92 John Roberts (b) Jim Clark (s) 7:03.68 Dominique Lecointe (b) Jean-Claude Roussel (s) 7:06.32 M2+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-coxed-pair/ (M2+) Men's Coxed Pair – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Jürgen Pfeiffer (b) Gert Uebeler (s) Olaf Beyer (cox) 7:27.43 Karel Mejta Jr (b) Karel Neffe (s) Jiří Pták (cox) 7:30.49 POL 1928 Adam Tomasiak (b) Grzegorz Nowak (s) Ryszard Kubiak (cox) 7:33.73 M2xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-double-sculls/ (M2x) Men's Double Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Frank Hansen (b) Alf Hansen (s) 6:51.23 Chris Baillieu (b) Michael Hart (s) 6:53.67 Bruno Saile (b) Jürg Weitnauer (s) 6:58.43 M4-http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-four/ (M4-) Men's Four – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Vladimir Predbradzensky (b) Nikolay Kuznetsov (2) Valeriy Dolinin (3) Anatoly Nemtyryov (s) 6:19.25 Siegfried Brietzke (b) Andreas Decker (2) Stefan Semmler (3) Wolfgang Mager (s) 6:19.52 John Beattie (b) Ian McNuff (2) David Townsend (3) Martin Cross (s) 6:26.28 M4+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-coxed-four/ (M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Ullrich Dießner (b) Gottfried Döhn (2) Walter Dießner (3) Dieter Wendisch (s) Andreas Gregor (cox) 6:30.25 Wolf-Dieter Oschlies (b) Wolfram Thiem (2) Frank Schütze (3)Gabriel Konertz (s)Helmut Sassenbach (cox) 6:31.56 BUL 1971 Rumen Khristov (b) Tsvetan Petkov (2) Nasko Markov (3) Ivan Botev (s) Nenko Dobrev (cox) 6:37.06 M4xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-quadruple-sculls/ (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Joachim Dreifke (b) Karl-Heinz Bußert (2) Martin Winter (3) Frank Dundr (s) 6:08.94 Christian Marquis (b) Jean-Raymond Peltier (2) Roland Thibaut (3) Roland Weill (s) 6:11.05 Dieter Wiedenmann (b) Albert Hedderich (2) Raimund Hörmann (3) Michael Dürsch (s) 6:11.88 M8+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-eight/ (M8+) Men's Eight – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Matthias Schumann (b) Ulrich Karnatz (2) Gerd Sredzki (3) Andreas Ebert (4) Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (5) Harald Jährling (6) Uwe Dühring (7) Bernd Höing (s) Bernd Kaiser (cox) 5:54.25 Volker Sauer (b) Klaus Roloff (2) Fritz Schuster (3) Heribert Karches (4) Werner Hellwig (5) Winfried Ringwald (6) Thomas Scholl (7) Diethelm Maxrath (s) Hartmut Wenzel (cox) 5:55.17 Mark James (b)Greg Johnston (2) Dave Rodger (3) Des Lock (4) Ross Lindstrom (5) David Lindstrom (6) Ivan Sutherland (7) Noel Mills (s) Alan Cotter (cox) 5:57.16 Men's lightweight events 1978 FISA Lightweight Championships 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. The 1978 FISA Lightweight Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, during August.http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-lightweight-championships/ 1978 World Rowing Lightweight Championships International Rowing Federation 11 December 2016 Women's events thumb|Final in the women's four, with East Germany winning There were six boats nominated in the coxless pair and they went to the final without heats. In all other boat classes, the winner of each heat qualified for the final and all other finalists were determined via a repechage. Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time W1xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/womens-single-sculls/ (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Christine Scheiblich 4:12.49 Anna Kondrachina 4:14.43 Mariann Ambrus 4:16.21 W2-http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/womens-pair/ (W2-) Women's Pair – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Cornelia Klier (b) Ute Steindorf (s) 4:02.65 Elizabeth Craig (b) Susan Antoft (s) 4:02.87 Joke Dierdorp (b) Karin Abma (s) 4:05.38 W2xhttp://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/womens-double-sculls/ (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 BUL 1971 Svetla Otsetova (b) Zdravka Yordanova (s) 4:01.94 Ludmila Parphjoonova (b) Eleonora Kaminskaitė (s) 4:04.19 Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary (b) Lisa Hansen Stone (s) 4:04.77 W4+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/womens-coxed-four/ (W4+) Women's Coxed Four – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Kersten Neisser (b) Angelika Noack (2) Ute Skorupski (3) Marita Sandig (s) Kirsten Wenzel (cox) 3:48.47 Carol Brown (b) Anita DeFrantz (2) Cozema Crawford (3) Nancy Storrs (s) Hollis Hatton (cox) 3:52.42 ROM 1965 Elena Oprea (b) Florica Dospinescu (2) Florica Silaghi (3) Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (s) Aneta Matei (cox) 3:53.92 W4x+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/womens-coxed-quadruple-sculls/ (W4x+) Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 BUL 1971 Anka Bakova (b) Dolores Nakova (2) Rositsa Spasova (3) Rumelyana Boncheva (s) Anka Georgieva (cox) 3:31.16 Sabine Reuter (b) Petra Finke (2) Veronika Walterfang (3) Anne Dickmann (s) Kathrien Plückhahn (cox) 3:32.58 Reet Palm (b) Yelena Khloptseva (2) Olga Vasilchenko (3) Nadesjda Kozotshkina (s) Nadezhda Chernyshyova (cox) 3:33.30 W8+http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/womens-eight/ (W8+) Women's Eight – Final International Rowing Federation 20 March 2016 Valentina Zhulina (b) Maria Paziun (2) Nina Antoniuk (3) Tatyana Bunjak (4) Nadezhda Dergatchenko (5) Nina Umanets (6) Elena Tereshina (7) Olga Pivovarova (s) Nina Frolova (cox) 3:22.00 Silvia Arndt (b) Renate Neu (2) Dagmar Bauer (3) Gabriele Kühn (4) Petra Köhler (5) Henrietta Ebert (6) Birgit Schütz (7) Christiane Köpke (s) Marina Wilke (cox) 3:26.12 Joy Fera (b) Christine Neuland (2) Gail Cort (3) Monica Draeger (4) Elizabeth Jacklin (5) Kimberley Gordon (6) Dolores Young (7) Tricia Smith (s) Trudy Flynn (cox) 3:28.34 Event codes New Zealand officials had expected their men to win three or four medals, and Rowlands stated that he expected the men's eight to win gold. In the end, the bronze won by New Zealand's eight was the host's only medal.Die Gastgeber der Ruder-WM hoffen nun auf neue Erfolge The hosts of the World Rowing Championship are hoping for new successes http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19781101-0-7-103-0 6 October 2018 Berliner Zeitung 34 258 1 November 1978 7 de registration 6 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000307/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19781101-0-7-103-0 dead This table does not include the lightweight events.http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/medals Medal Table International Rowing Federation 12 December 2016 single sculls pair (coxless) coxed pair double sculls four (coxless) coxed four quad sculls quad sculls (coxed) eight (coxed) Men's M1x M2- M2+ M2x M4- M4+ M4x M8+ Women's W1x W2- W2x W4+ W4x+ W8+ Medal table The medal table excludes the lightweight events. 8 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Finals The Soviet Union were disqualified in the final of the women's coxed four. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS168133478/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=913a697b Burnell Richard Rowing The Times 6 November 1978 10 Times Digital Archive Event1st2nd3rd4th5th6th M1x M2- M2+ POL 1928 BUL 1971 M2x M4- M4+ BUL 1971 M4x BUL 1971 ESP 1977 M8+ BUL 1971 W1x BUL 1971 ROM 1965 W2- BUL 1971 ROM 1965 W2x BUL 1971 ROM 1965 W4+ ROM 1965 BUL 1971 (disqualified) W4x+ BUL 1971 ROM 1965 W8+ BUL 1971 Great Britain Six men's teams and only one women's team from Great Britain competed at the championships. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS168657761/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=3a3be7b4 Burnell Richard Rowing The Times 1 November 1978 10 Times Digital Archives 1978 World Rowing Championships 30 October 2017 https://rowingstory.com/year-by-year/1978-2/ Rowing Story 17 October 2020 EventNotes M1x Tim Crooks 5th in B final M2- Jim Clark & John Roberts Silver medal M2+ N/A no entry M2x Chris Baillieu & Michael Hart Silver medal M4- Martin Cross, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, John Beattie (London RC) Bronze medal M4+ N/A no entry M4x Allan Whitwell, Eric Sims, Charles Wiggin, Malcolm Carmichael 4th in B final M8+ Lenny Robertson, Allan Whitwell, Henry Clay, Malcolm McGowan, Campbell, Gordon Rankine, Robert Milligan, Colin Seymour, Robert Lee (cox) eliminated in repechage W1x N/A no entry W2- N/A no entry W2xPauline Hart & Astrid Ayling 1st in B final W4+ N/A no entry W4x+ N/A no entry W8+ N/A no entry References External links Photo of the starting tower and pontoon, taken by The New Zealand Herald Category:Rowing competitions in New Zealand Category:World Rowing Championships World Rowing Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by New Zealand Category:1978 in New Zealand sport Rowing Rowing