1970 World Rowing Championships

Host City St. Catharines
Country CAN
Held 3 – 6 September 1970
Competitors 78
Countries 11

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 4 0 7
2 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
3 Denmark DEN 1 0 1 2
4 Argentina ARG 1 0 0 1
= Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
6 Soviet Union URS 0 1 1 2
7 Poland POL 0 1 0 1
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1
= Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
= United States USA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Alberto Demiddi ARG Götz Draeger GDR Jaroslav Hellebrand TCH
Coxless Pairs, Men Peter Gorny / Peter Gorny GDR Alfons Ślusarski / Alfons Ślusarski POL Udo Brecht / Udo Brecht GER
Coxed Pairs, Men Ștefan Tudor / Ștefan Tudor ROU Hartmut Schreiber / Hartmut Schreiber GDR Vladimir Yeshinov / Vladimir Yeshinov URS
Double Sculls, Men Jørgen Engelbrecht / Jørgen Engelbrecht DEN Uli Schmied / Uli Schmied GDR John Van Blom / John Van Blom USA
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany GDR Germany GER Denmark DEN
Coxed Fours, Men Germany GER East Germany GDR Norway NOR
Eights, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS New Zealand NZL