1966 World Rowing Championships
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1966 World Rowing Championships
VenueLake Bled
LocationBled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Dates8–11 September
Competitors613 from 32 nations

The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.[1][2] There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed in the seven Olympic boat classes.[3][4] Marketing and advertising for the event were handled by Cesar Lüthi.[5][6][7]

The Australian Rowing History website has the following commentary: "The superbly organized regatta was held on the magnificent lake at Bled: a fitting setting for the second world championships."[2] Prior to the 4th World Rowing Championships in 1974, only men competed.[1]

Background

Bled and the German cities of Essen and Duisburg had competed for the right to host the second World Rowing Championships. At a FISA meeting in August 1963, held in conjunction with the 1963 European Rowing Championships for men, the decision in favour of Bled was made.[8]

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1966 World Rowing Championships:[1][2]

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time[9] Country & rowers Time[9] Country & rowers Time[9]
M1x [10]  United States
Donald Spero 		7:05.92  Netherlands
Jan Wienese 		7:08.53  West Germany
Jochen Meißner 		7:09.63
M2x [11]  Switzerland
Melchior Bürgin
Martin Studach 		6:34.89  United States
Seymour Cromwell
Jim Storm 		6:36.23  East Germany
Manfred Haake
Jochen Brückhändler 		6:38.92
M2- [12]  East Germany
Peter Kremtz
Roland Göhler 		6:53.96  Austria
Dieter Losert
Dieter Ebner 		6:55.35  Soviet Union
Viktor Suslin
Boris Fyodorov 		6:57.35
M2+ [13]  Netherlands
Hadriaan van Nes
Jan van de Graaff
Poul de Haan 		7:12.23  France
Jacques Morel
Georges Morel
Gilles Florent 		7:16.97  Italy
Primo Baran
Renzo Sambo
Enrico Pietropolli 		7:17.04
M4- [14]  East Germany
Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert 		6:18.41  Soviet Union
Zigmas Jukna
Antanas Bagdonavičius
Volodymyr Sterlik
Juozas Jagelavičius 		6:19.66  Netherlands
Maarten Kloosterman
Roel Luynenburg
Eric Niehe
Ruud Stokvis 		6:20.33
M4+ [15]  East Germany
Hanno Melzer
Horst Bagdonat
Helmut Hänsel
Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig 		6:29.54  Soviet Union
Anatoly Tkachuk
Vitaly Kurdchenko
Boris Kuzmin
Vladimir Yevseyev
Anatoliy Luzgin 		6:31.38  Yugoslavia
Boris Ercegović
Predrag Savić
Ivo Juginović
Frane Kazija
Ljubo Čurović 		6:31.74
M8+ [16][17]  West Germany
Horst Meyer
Dirk Schreyer
Michael Schwan
Ulrich Luhn [de]
Peter Hertel
Rüdiger Henning
Lutz Ulbricht
Peter Kuhn
Peter Niehusen 		5:56.28  Soviet Union
Yuri Chodorov
Andris Prieditis
Aleksandr Martyshkin
Arkady Kudinov
Elmārs Rubīns
Vladimir Rikkanen
Viktor Suslin
Pavel Ilyinsky
Viktor Mikheyev 		5:58.68  East Germany
Joachim Böhmer
Peter Schulz
Jörg Lucke
Kurt Wunderlich
Erich Wunderlich
Klaus-Dieter Bähr
Peter Hein
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
Hartmut Wenzel 		5:59.43

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

Place Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Total
1  East Germany 3 0 2 5
2  Netherlands 1 1 1 3
3  United States 1 1 0 2
4  West Germany 1 0 1 2
5  Switzerland 1 0 0 1
6  Soviet Union 0 3 1 4
7  Austria 0 1 0 1
 France 0 1 0 1
9  Italy 0 0 1 1
 Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21

Finals

[18]

Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
M1x  United States  Netherlands  West Germany  East Germany  Denmark  Soviet Union
M2x  Switzerland  United States  East Germany  Czechoslovakia  Romania  West Germany
M2-  East Germany  Austria  Soviet Union  Poland  West Germany  Italy
M2+  Netherlands  France  Italy  East Germany  United States  West Germany
M4-  East Germany  Soviet Union  Netherlands  Hungary  West Germany  Denmark
M4+  East Germany  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia  Netherlands  United States
M8+  West Germany  Soviet Union  East Germany  Great Britain  Yugoslavia  New Zealand

References

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  5. ^ "Marketing-Pionier Cesar W. Lüthi gestorben". News.ch (in German). 18 July 2002. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Cesar W. Lüthi verstorben". Hockeyfans.ch (in German). 18 July 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  7. ^ "FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT. "Chance in double sculls." Times, 6 Sept. 1966, p. 5". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ^ "Duisburg und Essen durchgefallen". Neue Zeit (in German). Vol. 19, no. 188. 15 August 1963. p. 7. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "DDR erfolgreichstes Ruderland in Bled". Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 21, no. 251. 12 September 1966. p. 5. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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