# 1977 World Rowing Championships

The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Medal summary

About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed at the event. Medallists at the 1977 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 | East Germany Joachim Dreifke | 7:12.22 | Finland Pertti Karppinen | 7:15.53 | Soviet Union Mykola Dovhan | 7:20.23 |
| M2x | Great Britain Chris Baillieu Michael Hart | 6:42.83 | East Germany Rüdiger Reiche Uli Schmied | 6:44.70 | Soviet Union Evgeni Shorniy Gennadi Korshikov | 6:45.93 |
| M4x | East Germany Frank Dundr Martin Winter Karl-Heinz Bußert Wolfgang Güldenpfennig | 5:57.44 | Czechoslovakia Karel Černý Filip Koudela Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska | 6:01.37 | Bulgaria Khristo Zhelev Lyubomir Petrov Bogdan Dobrev Eftim Stoyanov | 6:04.43 |
| M2- | Soviet Union Aleksandr Kulagin Vitaliy Eliseyev | 7:06.19 | Great Britain Jim Clark John Roberts | 7:09.63 | East Germany Bernd Krauß Ortwin Rodewald | 7:13.36 |
| M4- | East Germany Wolfgang Mager Stefan Semmler Andreas Decker Siegfried Brietzke | 6:16.73 | New Zealand Dave Rodger Des Lock Ivan Sutherland David Lindstrom | 6:19.14 | Czechoslovakia Pavel Konvička Josef Neštický Vlastimil Beránek Lubomír Zapletal | 6:21.10 |
| M2+ | Bulgaria Dimitar Yanakiev Todor Mrankov Stefan Stoykov (cox) | 7:21.72 | East Germany Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Harald Jährling Georg Spohr (cox) | 7:24.60 | Czechoslovakia Karel Mejta Karel Neffe Jiří Pták (cox) | 7:28.72 |
| M4+ | East Germany Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Gottfried Döhn Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (cox) | 6:39.16 | West Germany Gabriel Konertz Wolfram Thiem Frank Schütze Klaus Meyer Helmut Sassenbach (cox) | 6:41.76 | Bulgaria Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Nasko Markov Ivan Botev Nenko Dobrev (cox) | 6:49.63 |
| M8+ | East Germany Gerd Sredzki Bernd Lindner Frank Gottschalt Ulrich Kons Hans-Joachim Lück Bernd Frieberg Ulrich Karnatz Wolfgang Gunkel Frank Jahncke (cox) | 5:45.36 | Soviet Union Raul Arnemann Mikhail Kuznetsov Valeriy Dolinin Alexander Beljaev Anatoly Ivanov Vasily Potapov Aleksandr Klepikov Vladimir Eshinov Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) | 5:50.71 | West Germany Fritz Schuster Diethelm Maxrath Thomas Scholl Klaus Roloff Gerhard Reinert Winfried Ringwald Volker Sauer Wolf-Dieter Oschlies Hartmut Wenzel (cox) | 5:52.83 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Switzerland Reto Wyss | 7:18.58 | Denmark Morten Espersen | 7:18.59 | United States Lawrence Klecatsky | 7:19.28 |
| LM4- | France André Picard Michel Picard André Coupat Francis Pelegri | 6:30.00 | Australia Colin Smith Peter Antonie Simon Gillett Geoffrey Rees | 6:31.44 | Netherlands Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Hans Pieterman Ge Schous | 6:34.11 |
| LM8+ | Great Britain Nigel Read Paul Stuart-Bennett Christopher George Stephen Simpole Colin Cusack Duncan Innes Daniel Topolski Christopher Drury Patrick Sweeney (cox) | 5:57.37 | Spain Antonio Elizalde Javier Puertas Dionisio Redondo Jose Mas Jose Marti Rafael Gomez Fernando Climent José Rojí Carmelo Lafuente (cox) | 5:57.44 | Australia Phillip Gardiner Malcolm Robertson Phillip Ainsworth Rodney Stewart Ian Porter Alan de Belin Richard Garrard John Hawkins David England (cox) | 6:00.51 |

### Women's events

In the coxed four, the Bulgarian team was one of the favourites. After two false starts in the final they were disqualified.
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
| W1x | East Germany Christine Scheiblich | 3:34.31 | Bulgaria Iskra Velinova | 3:36.31 | Hungary Mariann Ambrus | 3:37.27 |
| W2x | East Germany Anke Borchmann Roswietha Zobelt | 3:16.83 | Bulgaria Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova | 3:20.04 | United States Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary Lisa Hansen | 3:22.48 |
| W4x+ | East Germany Sybille Tietze Viola Kowalschek Petra Boesler Sabine Gust Elke Rost (cox) | 3:10.11 | Romania Maria Mosneagu Felicia Afrăsiloaie Aneta Marin Veronica Juganaru Elena Giurcă (cox) | 3:12.55 | Bulgaria Rositsa Spasova Anka Bakova Rumelyana Boncheva Penka Gotcheva Stanka Georgieva (cox) | 3:16.21 |
| W2- | East Germany Sabine Dähne Angelika Noack | 3:27.89 | Netherlands Karin Abma Joke Dierdorp | 3:30.54 | Canada Elizabeth Craig Susan Antoft | 3:32.89 |
| W4+ | East Germany Marion Rohs Ilona Richter Katja Rothe Bärbel Bendiks Marina Wilke (cox) | 3:20.59 | Soviet Union Raisa Tsarkova Valentina Alekseeva Sofia Shurkalova Nina Abramova Nina Frolova (cox) | 3:23.14 | Romania Florica Zamfir Georgeta Militaru-Mașca Florica Silaghi Elena Avram Elena Giurcă (cox) | 3:25.29 |
| W8+ | East Germany Cornelia Klier Ute Steindorf Gabriele Lohs Kersten Neisser Marita Sandig Andrea Kurth Bianka Schwede Karin Metze Sabine Heß (cox) | 3:00.23 | Soviet Union Olga Pivovarova Nina Antoniuk Tatyana Bunjak Nadezhda Dergatchenko Nataliya Horodilova Nina Umanets Maria Paziun Olga Krishevich Raisa Kirilova (cox) | 3:02.37 | Canada Joy Fera Christine Neuland Jacklin Kelly Nancy Higgins Dolores Young Tricia Smith Mazina Delure Carol Eastmore Ilona Smith (cox) | 3:05.72 |

### 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+ |

## Finals

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

## Great Britain

| Event | | Notes |
| M1x | Tim Crooks | 4th in A final |
| M2x | Chris Baillieu & Michael Hart | gold medal in A final |
| M4x | Ivor Lloyd, Charles Wiggin, Graeme Mulcahy, Malcolm Carmichael | 1st in B final |
| M2- | Jim Clark & John Roberts | silver medal in A final |
| M4- | Derek Bond, Ian McNuff, John Beattie, Martin Cross | 4th in B final |
| M2+ | James MacLeod, Neil Christie, David Webb | 4th in B final |
| M4+ | N/A | no entry |
| M8+ | Lenny Robertson, Allan Whitwell, Henry Clay, William Woodward-Fisher, Phil Gregory, Gordon Rankine, Robert Milligan, Colin Seymour, Robert Lee (cox) | 5th in A final |
| LM1x | Peter Zeun | 4th in B final |
| L4- | John Hanna, Ian Hyslop, Malcolm MacLean, Jeremy Edwards | 5th in A final |
| L8 | Nigel Read, Paul Stuart-Bennett, Christopher George, Stephen Simpole, Colin Cusack Duncan Innes, Daniel Topolski, Christopher Drury, Patrick Sweeney (cox) | gold medal in A final |
| W1x | N/A | no entry |
| W2x | Pauline Hart & Astrid Ayling | 5th in A final (1st GB women's crew to reach a World final) |
| W4x | Rosie Clugston, Sue Handscomb, Stephanie Price, Beverly Jones, Liz Norman (cox) | 4th in B final |
| W2- | Lin Clark & Beryl Mitchell | 4th in B final |
| W4+ | Yvonne Earl, Maggie Phillips, Nicola Boyes, Christine Grimes, Pauline Wright (cox) | 4th in B final |
| W8+ | N/A | no entry |