# 1979 World Rowing Championships

The 1979 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August – 9 September 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | Finland Pertti Karppinen | 06:58.27 | West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe | 07:04.60 | East Germany Rüdiger Reiche | 07:06.55 |
| M2x | Norway Alf Hansen (b) Frank Hansen (s) | 06:26.98 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pecka (b) Václav Vochoska (s) | 06:30.46 | East Germany Uwe Heppner (b) Martin Winter (s) | 06:32.01 |
| M4x | East Germany Peter Kersten (b) Klaus Kröppelien (2) Karl-Heinz Bußert (3) Joachim Dreifke (s) | 05:50.70 | West Germany Albert Hedderich (b) Raimund Hörmann (2) Dieter Wiedenmann (3) Michael Dürsch(s) | 05:54.16 | France Christian Marquis (b) Jean-Raymond Peltier (2) Charles Imbert (3) Roland Weill (s) | 05:57.80 |
| M2- | East Germany Bernd Landvoigt (b) Jörg Landvoigt (s) | 06:42.63 | Soviet Union Yuriy Pimenov (b) Nikolay Pimenov (s) | 06:45.76 | Switzerland Stefan Netzle (b) Hans Trümpler (s) | 06:48.67 |
| M2+ | East Germany Gert Uebeler (b) Jürgen Pfeiffer (s) Georg Spohr (c) | 07:06.35 | Czechoslovakia Milan Škopek (b) Josef Plamínek (s) Oldřich Hejdušek (c) | 07:06.95 | United States Mark Borchelt (b) Fred Borchelt (s) Christopher Wells (c) | 07:09.90 |
| M4- | East Germany Wolfgang Mager (b) Stefan Semmler (2) Andreas Decker (3) Siegfried Brietzke (s) | 06:00.64 | Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Caska (b) Josef Neštický (2) Lubomir Zapletal (3) Jiří Prudil (s) | 06:05.30 | Great Britain Martin Cross (b) David Townsend (2) Ian McNuff (3) John Beattie (s) | 06:06.65 |
| M4+ | East Germany Bernd Schlufter (b) Walter Dießner (2) Jens Doberschütz (3) Ullrich Dießner (s) Werner Lutz (c) | 06:27.24 | Soviet Union Artūrs Garonskis (b) Dzintars Krišjānis (2) Dimants Krišjānis (3) Žoržs Tikmers (s) Juris Bērziņš (c) | 06:29.23 | West Germany Andreas Görlich (b) Frank Schütze (2) Wolfram Thiem (3) Wolf-Dieter Oschlies (s) Manfred Klein (c) | 06:31.32 |
| M8+ | East Germany Dietmar Schiller (b) Jörg Friedrich (2) Werner Wenzel (3) Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (4) Bernd Höing (5) Ulrich Karnatz (6) Bernd Krauß (7) Ortwin Rodewald Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c) | 05:36.41 | New Zealand Grant McAuley (b) Tony Brook (2) Tim Logan (3) Gregory Johnston (4) Conrad Robertson (5) Peter Jansen (6) Mark James (7) Robert Robinson (s) Alan Cotter (c) | 05:39.92 | Soviet Union Viktor Kokoshina (b) Ihar Maystrenka (2) Aleksandr Manzevitch (3) Vitaliy Moroz (4) Andrey Ruditsin (5) Oleksandr Tkachenko (6) Andriy Tishchenko (7) Andrey Luhin (s) Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c) | 05:40.69 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | United States Bill Belden | 7:19.96 | Canada Brian Thorne | 7:21.78 | Austria Raimund Haberl | 7:25.02 |
| LM2x | Norway Arne Gilje Pål Børnick | 6:38.08 | Netherlands Harald Punt Roel Michels | 6:44.15 | Italy Mauro Torta Romano Uberti | 6:45.90 |
| LM4- | Great Britain Ian Wilson (b) Stuart Wilson (2) Colin Barratt (3) Nicholas Howe (s) | 06:23.46 | Netherlands Peter van Berkel Willem Appeldoorn Richard Helsloot Paul Paulsen | 06:23.99 | Switzerland Reto Wyss Thomas von Weissenfluh Pierre Zentner Pierre Kovacs | 06:25.12 |
| LM8+ | Spain Francisco Goicoechea García Luis Arteaga Leon Jaime Uriarte García José Antonio Expósito Sánchez Antonio Elizalde Dionisio Redondo González Javier Puertas Cabezudo Fernando Climent Pedro Olasagasti Arruti (cox) | 5:53.10 | United States Stephen Schmitt Scott Strong Thomas Phillips Jeff Kroesen Craig Drake John Fletcher Bryan Lewis William Bater Robert Brody (cox) | 5:53.28 | Netherlands Mark Emke Henk van der Kwast Hans Pieterman Hans Lycklama Hans Povel Bert van Baal Rob Uilenbroek Ron Velthuis Gelle Klein Ikkink (cox) | 5:55.06 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Romania Sanda Toma | 03:35.44 | East Germany Martina Schröter | 03:38.67 | Netherlands Hette Borrias | 03:39.61 |
| W2x | East Germany Cornelia Linse (b) Heidi Westphal (s) | 03:15.95 | Bulgaria Svetla Otsetova (b) Sdravka Jordanova (s) | 03:16.31 | Romania Valeria Răcilă (b) Olga Homeghi (s) | 03:17.68 |
| W4x+ | East Germany Sybille Tietze (b) Christine Röpke (2) Jutta Lau (3) Roswietha Zobelt (s) Liane Buhr (c) | 03:06.75 | Bulgaria Anka Bakova (b) Dolores Nakova (2) Rumelyana Boncheva (3) Mariana Serbezova (s) Ani Filipova (c) | 03:07.04 | Romania Maria Micșa (b) Aneta Mihaly (2) Sofia Corban (3) Veronica Juganaru (s) Elena Giurcă (c) | 03:08.06 |
| W2- | East Germany Cornelia Bügel (b) Ute Steindorf (s) | 03:27.74 | Romania Florica Dospinescu (b) Elena Oprea (s) | 03:30.44 | Poland Małgorzata Dłużewska (b) Czesława Kościańska (s) | 03:32.30 |
| W4+ | Soviet Union Valentina Semenova (b) Svetlana Semyonova (2) Galina Stepanova (3) Mariya Fadeyeva (s) Nina Cheremisina (c) | 03:17.03 | East Germany Marita Sandig (b) Ute Skorupski (2) Angelika Noack (3) Kersten Neisser (s) Kirsten Wenzel (c) | 03:18.25 | Romania Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (b) Florica Silaghi (2) Maria Fricioiu (3) Elena Avram (s) Aneta Matei (c) | 03:19.98 |
| W8+ | Soviet Union Nina Antoniuk (b) Tatyana Bunjak (2) Nadezhda Dergatchenko (3) Valentina Yermakova (4) Maria Paziun (5) Elena Tereshina (6) Nina Umanets (7) Olga Pivovarova (s) Nina Frolova (c) | 02:58.09 | East Germany Martina Boesler (b) Silvia Fröhlich (2) Petra Köhler (3) Jutta Raeck (4) Renate Neu (5) Ilona Richter (6) Ramona Kapheim (7) Karin Metze (s) Marina Wilke (c) | 02:59.36 | United States Carol Brown (b) Carol Bower (2) Susan Tuttle (3) Jeanne Flanagan (4) Patricia Brink (5) Patricia Spratlin (6) Jan Harville (7) Mary O'Connor (s) Hollis Hatton (c) | 02:59.91 |

## Medal table

This table does not include the lightweight results.
| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | West Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Finals

| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| M1x | Finland | West Germany | East Germany | Sweden | Great Britain | Soviet Union |
| M2- | East Germany | Soviet Union | Switzerland | Great Britain | West Germany | Denmark |
| M2+ | East Germany | Czechoslovakia | United States | Yugoslavia | Romania | Bulgaria |
| M2x | Norway | Czechoslovakia | East Germany | Great Britain | Switzerland | West Germany |
| M4- | East Germany | Czechoslovakia | Great Britain | Soviet Union | Netherlands | Switzerland |
| M4+ | East Germany | Soviet Union | West Germany | United States | Spain | Bulgaria |
| M4x | East Germany | West Germany | France | Yugoslavia | United States | Bulgaria |
| M8+ | East Germany | New Zealand | Soviet Union | Australia | United States | Great Britain |
| LM1x | United States | Canada | Austria | West Germany | Spain | Switzerland |
| LM2x | Norway | Netherlands | Italy | United States | Switzerland | Spain |
| LM4- | Great Britain | Netherlands | Switzerland | West Germany | Denmark | Australia |
| LM8+ | Spain | United States | Netherlands | West Germany | Great Britain | Australia |
| W1x | Romania | East Germany | Netherlands | Canada | United States | Bulgaria |
| W2- | East Germany | Romania | Poland | Netherlands | United States | Bulgaria |
| W2x | East Germany | Bulgaria | Romania | Soviet Union | United States | Poland |
| W4+ | Soviet Union | East Germany | Romania | Bulgaria | Australia | West Germany |
| W4x+ | East Germany | Bulgaria | Romania | Soviet Union | Hungary | United States |
| W8+ | Soviet Union | East Germany | United States | Romania | Canada | Bulgaria |

## Great Britain

Nine men's teams (three lightweight) and four women's teams from Great Britain competed at the championships.
| Event | | Notes |
| M1x | Hugh Matheson | 5th in A final |
| M2- | Charles Wiggin & Malcolm Carmichael | 4th in A final |
| M2+ | N/A | no entry |
| M2x | Chris Baillieu & Jim Clark | 4th in A final |
| M4- | Martin Cross, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, John Beattie | Bronze medal |
| M4+ | James Svenson-Taylor, Peter Hope, Simon Leifer, Paul Reynolds | 1st in B final (7th overall) |
| M4x | N/A | no entry |
| M8+ | Lenny Robertson, Eric Sims, Mark Bathurst, Neil Christie, James MacLeod Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns (cox) | 6th in A final |
| LM1x | N/A | no entry |
| LM2x | Mark Cushway & Peter Boosey | 2nd in B final |
| LM4- | Ian Wilson, Stuart Wilson, Colin Barratt, Nicholas Howe | Gold medal |
| LM8+ | Stephen Simpole, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Colin Cusack, John Melvin Peter Zeun, Duncan Innes, Richard Stuart, Paul Jenkinson (cox) | 5th in A final |
| W1x | Beryl Mitchell | 13th place |
| W2- | N/A | no entry |
| W2x | Pauline Hart & Astrid Ayling | 1st in B final |
| W4+ | Yvonne Earl, Bernadette Casey, Lin Clark, Gillian Webb, Nicky Mason (cox) | 4th in B final |
| W4x+ | N/A | no entry |
| W8+ | Jean Genchi, Nicola Boyes, Stephanie Price, Liz Paton, Sue Handscomb Rosemary Clugston, Clara Bayles, Beverly Jones, Nicky Zarach (cox) | 3rd in B final |