# 1970 World Rowing Championships

The 1970 World Rowing Championships was the 3rd World Rowing Championships. It was held in 1970 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The competition involved seven events. Prior to the 4th World Rowing Championships in 1974, only men competed.

## Background

The International Rowing Federation (FISA) held a congress in conjunction with the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, France. At that congress, it was decided that the 1970 World Championships would be held outside of Europe, and that Canada was likely to be chosen as host.

## Medal summary

Medalists at the 1970 World Rowing Championships:

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Event | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time | Country & rowers | Time |
| M1x | Argentina Alberto Demiddi | 7:16.54 | East Germany Götz Draeger | | Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Hellebrand | |
| M2x | Denmark Jørgen Engelbrecht Niels Henry Secher | 6:28.68 | East Germany Uli Schmied Joachim Böhmer | | United States John Van Blom Thomas McKibbon | |
| M2- | East Germany Peter Gorny Werner Klatt | 6:57.81 | Poland Alfons Ślusarski Jerzy Broniec | | West Germany Udo Brecht Lutz Ulbricht | |
| M2+ | Romania Ștefan Tudor Petre Ceapura Ladislau Lovrenschi | 7:25.30 | East Germany Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde Klaus-Dieter Ludwig | | Soviet Union Vladimir Eshinov Nikolay Ivanov Walentin Kostizin | |
| M4- | East Germany Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert | 6:23.15 | West Germany Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Claus Schneggenburger Wolfgang Plottke | | Denmark Erik Petersen Tom Hindsby Kurt Helmudt Poul Nielsen | |
| M4+ | West Germany Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Stefan Voncken | 6:28.55 | East Germany Bernd Meerbach [de] Rolf Zimmermann Jochen Mietzner Karl-Heinz Prudöhl Karl-Heinz Danielowski | | Norway Alf Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Peter Waerness Finn Aronsen | |
| M8+ | East Germany Ernst Otto Borchmann Rolf Jobst Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Bernd Ahrendt Klaus-Peter Foppke Hans-Joachim Puls Reinhard Zahn | 5:36.1 | Soviet Union Nikolai Sumatoshin Aleksandr Martyshkin Aleksandr Ryazankin Victor Melnikov Benjaminas Nacevičius Mindaugas Vaitkus Victor Levchin Aleksandr Visotski Viktor Mikheyev | | New Zealand Warren Cole Wybo Veldman Murray Watkinson John Hunter Dick Joyce Dudley Storey Gary Robertson Gil Cawood Simon Dickie | |

### Event codes

| | Single scull | Double scull | Coxless pair | Coxed pair | Coxless four | Coxed four | Eight |
| Men's | M1x | M2x | M2- | M2+ | M4- | M4+ | M8+ |

## Medal table

| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| East Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

## Finals

| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| M1x | Argentina | East Germany | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | West Germany | Italy | |
| M2x | Denmark | East Germany | United States | Netherlands | Switzerland | Soviet Union | |
| M2- | East Germany | Poland | West Germany | Soviet Union | Switzerland | Netherlands | |
| M2+ | Romania | East Germany | Soviet Union | Italy | West Germany | Czechoslovakia | |
| M4- | East Germany | West Germany | Denmark | Netherlands | Switzerland | Soviet Union | |
| M4+ | West Germany | East Germany | Norway | New Zealand | Argentina | Soviet Union | |
| M8+ | East Germany | Soviet Union | New Zealand | West Germany | Australia+ | Poland | Hungary |
+ 7 boat final following protest in semi finals from Australia