1966 World Rowing Championships
Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1966 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Bled
Location	Bled , Slovenia , Yugoslavia
Dates	8?11 September
Competitors	613 from 32 nations
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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 Luthi . ^{[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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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

Men's events [ edit ]

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 Burgin Martin Studach	6:34.89	United States Seymour Cromwell Jim Storm	6:36.23	East Germany Manfred Haake Jochen Bruckhandler	6:38.92
M2- [12]	East Germany Peter Kremtz Roland Gohler	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 Ruhle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert	6:18.41	Soviet Union Zigmas Jukna Antanas Bagdonavi?ius Volodymyr Sterlik Juozas Jagelavi?ius	6:19.66	Netherlands Maarten Kloosterman Roel Luynenburg Eric Niehe Ruud Stokvis	6:20.33
M4+ [15]	East Germany Hanno Melzer Horst Bagdonat Helmut Hansel 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 Ercegovi? Predrag Savi? Ivo Juginovi? Frane Kazija Ljubo ?urovi?	6:31.74
M8+ [16] [17]	West Germany Horst Meyer Dirk Schreyer Michael Schwan Ulrich Luhn  [ de ] Peter Hertel Rudiger Henning Lutz Ulbricht Peter Kuhn Peter Niehusen	5:56.28	Soviet Union Yuri Chodorov Andris Prieditis Aleksandr Martyshkin Arkady Kudinov Elm?rs Rub?ns Vladimir Rikkanen Viktor Suslin Pavel Ilyinsky Viktor Mikheyev	5:58.68	East Germany Joachim Bohmer Peter Schulz Jorg Lucke Kurt Wunderlich Erich Wunderlich Klaus-Dieter Bahr Peter Hein Heinz-Jurgen Bothe Hartmut Wenzel	5:59.43

Event codes [ edit ]

Medal table [ edit ]

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	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 [ edit ]

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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 [ edit ]