1966 World Rowing Championships

Host City Bled
Country YUG
Held 8 – 11 September 1966
Competitors 77
Countries 10

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Single Sculls Men Medal 3 3
Coxless Pairs Men Medal 6 3
Coxed Pairs Men Medal 9 3
Double Sculls Men Medal 6 3
Coxless Fours Men Medal 12 3
Coxed Fours Men Medal 15 3
Eights Men Medal 27 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 3 0 2 5
2 Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
3 United States USA 1 1 0 2
4 Germany GER 1 0 1 2
5 Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
6 Soviet Union URS 0 3 1 4
7 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= France FRA 0 1 0 1
9 Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Donald Spero USA Jan Wienese NED Jochen Meißner GER
Coxless Pairs, Men Peter Kremtz / Peter Kremtz GDR Dieter Losert / Dieter Losert AUT Viktor Suslin / Viktor Suslin URS
Coxed Pairs, Men Hadriaan van Nes / Hadriaan van Nes NED Jacques Morel / Jacques Morel FRA Primo Baran / Primo Baran ITA
Double Sculls, Men Melchior Bürgin / Melchior Bürgin SUI Sy Cromwell / Sy Cromwell USA Manfred Haake / Manfred Haake GDR
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Netherlands NED
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Yugoslavia YUG
Eights, Men Germany GER Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR