1977 World Rowing Championships

Host City Amsterdam
Country NED
Held 24 – 28 August 1977
Competitors 203
Countries 18

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
Quadruple Sculls Men — Medal 12 3
Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Lightweight Single Sculls Men — Medal 3 3
Lightweight Coxless Fours Men — Medal 12 3
Lightweight Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Single Sculls Women — Medal 3 3
Coxless Pairs Women — Medal 6 3
Double Sculls Women — Medal 6 3
Coxed Fours Women — Medal 15 3
Coxed Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 15 3
Eights Women — Medal 27 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 11 2 1 14
2 Great Britain GBR 2 1 0 3
3 Soviet Union URS 1 3 2 6
4 Bulgaria BUL 1 2 3 6
5 France FRA 1 0 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
7 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 2 3
8 Australia AUS 0 1 1 2
= Germany GER 0 1 1 2
= Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
= Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
12 Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
= Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
16 Canada CAN 0 0 2 2
= United States USA 0 0 2 2
18 Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Joachim Dreifke GDR Pertti Karppinen FIN Nikolay Dovgan URS
Coxless Pairs, Men Aleksandr Kulagin / Vitaly Yeliseyev URS Jim Clark / John Roberts GBR Bernd Krauß / Ortwin Rodewald GDR
Coxed Pairs, Men Bulgaria BUL East Germany GDR Czechoslovakia TCH
Double Sculls, Men Chris Baillieu / Mike Hart GBR Rüdiger Reiche / Uli Schmied GDR Yevgeny Shorny / Gennady Korshikov URS
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany GDR New Zealand NZL Czechoslovakia TCH
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR Germany GER Bulgaria BUL
Quadruple Sculls, Men East Germany GDR Czechoslovakia TCH Bulgaria BUL
Eights, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Germany GER
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Reto Wyss SUI Morten Espersen DEN Lawrence Klecatsky USA
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men France FRA Australia AUS Netherlands NED
Lightweight Eights, Men Great Britain GBR Spain ESP Australia AUS
Single Sculls, Women Christine Scheiblich GDR Iskra Velinova BUL Mariann Ambrus HUN
Coxless Pairs, Women Sabine Dähne / Angelika Noack GDR Karin Abma / Joke Dierdorp NED Betty Craig / Susan Antoft CAN
Double Sculls, Women Anke Borchmann / Roswietha Zobelt GDR Svetla Otsetova / Zdravka Yordanova BUL Liz Hills / Lisa Hansen-Stone USA
Coxed Fours, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Romania ROU
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women East Germany GDR Romania ROU Bulgaria BUL
Eights, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Canada CAN