# 1975 World Rowing Championships

The 1975 World Rowing Championships was the fifth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 21 to 30 August at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.

## Medal summary

Medalists at the 1975 World Rowing Championships were:

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
| M1x | West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe | 7:10.08 | Ireland Seán Drea | 7:12.50 | East Germany Martin Winter | 7:13.83 |
| M2x | Norway Alf Hansen Frank Hansen | 6:34.49 | East Germany Joachim Dreifke Jürgen Bertow | 6:35.10 | Great Britain Chris Baillieu Michael Hart | 6:39.61 |
| M4x | East Germany Stefan Weiße Wolfgang Güldenpfennig Wolfgang Hönig Christof Kreuziger | 5:57.44 | Czechoslovakia Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska Jaroslav Hellebrand | | Soviet Union Vytautas Butkus Yuriy Yakimov Aivars Lazdenieks Yevgeniy Duleyev | |
| M2- | East Germany Bernd Landvoigt Jörg Landvoigt | 7:06.40 | Bulgaria Georgi Georgiev Valentin Stoev | 7:10.81 | Netherlands Jan van der Horst Willem Boeschoten | 7:11.49 |
| M4- | East Germany Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Wolfgang Mager | 6:13.81 | Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Nikolay Kuznetsov Sergei Pozdeev Anushavan Gassan-Dzhalalov | 6:18.82 | Romania Nicolae Simion Ernest Gal Christian Georgescu Constantin Nistoroiu | 6:24.09 |
| M2+ | East Germany Jörg Lucke Wolfgang Gunkel Bernd Fritsch (cox) | 7:16.24 | Poland Ryszard Stadniuk Grzegorz Stellak Ryszard Kubiak (cox) | 7:19.43 | West Germany Thomas Hitzbleck Klaus Jäger Holger Hocke (cox) | 7:20.13 |
| M4+ | Soviet Union Vladimir Eshinov Nikolay Ivanov Aleksandr Sema Aleksandr Klepikov Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) | 6:31.46 | East Germany Andreas Schulz Rüdiger Kunze Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Wolfgang Groß (cox) | 6:36.47 | West Germany Hans-Johann Färber Ralph Kubail Dieter Knief Peter Niehusen Hartmut Wenzel (cox) | 6:40.93 |
| M8+ | East Germany Jürgen Arndt Gottfried Döhn Dieter Wendisch Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Werner Klatt Roland Kostulski Ulrich Karnatz Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox) | 5:39.01 | Soviet Union Igor Konnov Aleksandr Plyushkin Evgeni Iankovski Vasily Potapov Nikolay Ivanov Vladimir Vasilyev Antanas Čikotas Anatoli Nititrev Igor Rudakov (cox) | 5:41.34 | New Zealand Grant McAuley Alec McLean Dave Rodger Joe Earl Lindsay Wilson Ross Collinge Trevor Coker Peter Dignan David Simmons (cox) | 5:43.61 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Switzerland Reto Wyss | 7:41.69 | Austria Raimund Haberl | 7:48.04 | United States Bill Belden | 7:51.61 |
| LM4- | France Francis Pelegri Michel Picard André Coupat André Picard | 6:47.31 | Great Britain Nicholas Tee Graeme Hall Christopher Drury Daniel Topolski | 6:49.23 | Australia Campbell Johnstone Andrew Michelmore Geoffrey Rees Colin Smith | 6:52.13 |
| LM8+ | West Germany Hans-Hermann Meyer Paul Lutz Ekkehard Braun Gerd Maye Wolfgang Fritsch Volker Buhren Günter Lobing Bernd Kerkhoff Frank Neumeister (cox) | 6:26.09 | United States Charles Hoffman David Vogel John Dunn Eric Aserlind William Sawyer Rodney Johnson Sean Colgan Leif Soderberg Richard Grossman (cox) | 6:27.88 | Great Britain Brian Fentiman Nigel Read Stewart Fraser Thomas Moffat Mark Harris Stephen Simpole Christopher George Anthony Stocking Alan Sherman (cox) | 6:29.87 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
| W1x | East Germany Christine Scheiblich | 3:55.75 | Hungary Mariann Ambrus | 4:06.29 | Soviet Union Genovaitė Ramoškienė | 4:08.02 |
| W2x | Soviet Union Yelena Antonova Galina Yermolayeva | 3:33.70 | East Germany Sabine Jahn Petra Boesler | 3:34.99 | Bulgaria Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova | 3:37.40 |
| W4x+ | East Germany Roswietha Zobelt Ursula Unger Jutta Lau Anke Grünberg Liane Weigelt (cox) | 3:21.61 | Bulgaria Iskra Velinova Verka Aleksieva Trajanka Vladimirova Svetlana Gincheva Stanka Vakrilova (cox) | 3:24.12 | Soviet Union Nadejda Sherbak Valentina Ivgenkova Galina Beliaeva Antonina Maryskina Irina Moisseenko (cox) | 3:26.33 |
| W2- | East Germany Sabine Dähne Angelika Noack | 3:49.83 | Soviet Union Ianina Gjigowska Ruta Veinzerga | 3:50.61 | Romania Marilena Ghita Marlene Predescu | 3:54.25 |
| W4+ | East Germany Helma Lehmann Henrietta Dobler Dagmar Bauer Irina Müller Sabine Brincker (cox) | 3:24.18 | Bulgaria Mariyka Modeva Reni Jordanova Lilyana Vaseva Ginka Gyurova Kapka Georgieva (cox) | 3:27.77 | West Germany Thea Einöder Edith Eckbauer Doris Leifermann Karin Gondolatsch Susanne Thienel (cox) | 3:29.80 |
| W8+ | East Germany Viola Goretzki Christiane Knetsch Ilona Richter Bianka Schwede Monika Kallies Renate Neu Rosel Nitsche [de] Doris Mosig Marina Wilke (cox) | 3:14.53 | United States Christine Ernst Carol Brown Nancy Storrs Wiki Royden Claudia Schneider Anne Warner Gail Pierson Carie Graves Lynn Silliman (cox) | 3:16.21 | Romania Elena Avram Luliana Balaban Valeria Avram Aurelia Marinescu Cristel Wiener Filigonia Toll Florica Petcu Elena Oprea Aneta Matei (cox) | 3:18.50 |

### Event codes

| | single sculls | double sculls | quadruple sculls | quad sculls (coxed) | pair (coxless) | four (coxless) | coxed pair | coxed four | eight (coxed) |
| Men's | M1x | M2x | M4x | | M2- | M4- | M2+ | M4+ | M8+ |
| Lightweight men's | LM1x | | | | | LM4- | | | LM8+ |
| Women's | W1x | W2x | | W4x+ | W2- | | | W4+ | W8+ |

## Medal table

Medals by country (including lightweight rowing events):
| | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |

## Finals

| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| M1x | West Germany | Ireland | East Germany | Finland | Argentina | Soviet Union |
| M2x | Norway | East Germany | Great Britain | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Soviet Union |
| M4x | East Germany | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | France | Bulgaria | Great Britain |
| M2- | East Germany | Bulgaria | Netherlands | Finland | Poland | Romania |
| M4- | East Germany | Soviet Union | Romania | Great Britain | Czechoslovakia | West Germany |
| M2+ | East Germany | Poland | West Germany | Soviet Union | United States | Czechoslovakia |
| M4+ | Soviet Union | East Germany | West Germany | Great Britain | Czechoslovakia | Romania |
| M8+ | East Germany | Soviet Union | New Zealand | Czechoslovakia | United States | Australia |
| LM1x | Switzerland | Austria | United States | Mexico | Netherlands | Australia |
| LM4- | France | Great Britain | Australia | United States | Netherlands | West Germany |
| LM8+ | West Germany | United States | Great Britain | Sweden | Netherlands | Canada |
| W1x | East Germany | Hungary | Soviet Union | West Germany | United States | Poland |
| W2x | Soviet Union | East Germany | Bulgaria | West Germany | Czechoslovakia | France |
| W4x+ | East Germany | Bulgaria | Soviet Union | Hungary | United States | Romania |
| W2- | East Germany | Soviet Union | Romania | Bulgaria | Poland | Czechoslovakia |
| W4+ | East Germany | Bulgaria | West Germany | Soviet Union | Netherlands | United States |
| W8+ | East Germany | United States | Romania | Netherlands | Soviet Union | West Germany |

## Great Britain

| Event | | Notes |
| M1x | N/A | no entry |
| M2x | Chris Baillieu & Michael Hart | bronze medal in A final |
| M4x | Tom Bishop, Graeme Mulcahy, Mark Hayter, Dick Findlay | 6th in A final |
| M2- | David Sturge & Henry Clay | unplaced |
| M4- | Bill Mason, Jim Clark, Lenny Robertson, John Yallop | 4th in A final |
| M2+ | N/A | no entry |
| M4+ | Richard Lester, Hugh Matheson, Tim Crooks, Richard Ayling, Patrick Sweeney (cox) | 4th in A final |
| M8+ | Ian Wilson, John Burch, Gordon Rankine, Stephen Irving, David Townsend, James MacLeod, Adrian Friend, David Sprague, Simon Jefferies (cox) | 3rd in B final |
| LM1x | Peter Zeun | 3rd in B final |
| L4- | Graeme Hall, Christopher Drury, Nicholas Tee, Daniel Topolski | silver medal in A final |
| L8 | Brian Fentiman, Nigel Read, Stewart Fraser, Thomas Moffat, Mark Harris Stephen Simpole, Christopher George, Anthony Stocking, Alan Sherman (cox) | bronze medal in A Final |
| W1x | Diana Bishop | 6th in B final |
| W2x | N/A | no entry |
| W4x | N/A | no entry |
| W2- | N/A | no entry |
| W4+ | Beryl Mitchell, Clare Grove, Lin Clark, Gill Webb, Pauline Wright (cox) | 3rd in B final |
| W8+ | Sue Handscomb, Jackie Darling, Maggie Lambourn, Jean Guppy, Ann Cork Helen McFie, Rosie Clugston, Pauline Bird, Sue Bailey (cox) | 4th in B final |