1979 World Rowing Championships

Host City Bled
Country YUG
Held 4 – 9 September 1979
Competitors 210
Countries 19

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 Double Sculls Men — Medal 6 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
ROW-W4x+-F Women — Medal 27 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 9 3 2 14
2 Soviet Union URS 2 2 1 5
3 Norway NOR 2 0 0 2
4 Romania ROU 1 1 3 5
5 United States USA 1 1 2 4
6 Great Britain GBR 1 0 1 2
7 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
= Spain ESP 1 0 0 1
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 3 0 3
10 Netherlands NED 0 2 2 4
11 Germany GER 0 2 1 3
12 Bulgaria BUL 0 2 0 2
13 Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
15 Switzerland SUI 0 0 2 2
16 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= France FRA 0 0 1 1
= Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Pertti Karppinen FIN Peter-Michael Kolbe GER Rüdiger Reiche GDR
Coxless Pairs, Men Bernd Landvoigt / Bernd Landvoigt GDR Yury Pimenov / Yury Pimenov URS Stefan Netzle / Stefan Netzle SUI
Coxed Pairs, Men Gert Uebeler / Gert Uebeler GDR Milan Škopek / Milan Škopek TCH Mark Borchelt / Mark Borchelt USA
Double Sculls, Men Alf Hansen / Alf Hansen NOR Zdeněk Pecka / Zdeněk Pecka TCH Uwe Heppner / Uwe Heppner GDR
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany GDR Czechoslovakia TCH Great Britain GBR
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Germany GER
Quadruple Sculls, Men East Germany GDR Germany GER France FRA
Eights, Men East Germany GDR New Zealand NZL Soviet Union URS
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Bill Belden USA Brian Thorne CAN Raimund Haberl AUT
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Arne Gilje / Arne Gilje NOR Harald Punt / Harald Punt NED Mauro Torta / Mauro Torta ITA
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Great Britain GBR Netherlands NED Switzerland SUI
Lightweight Eights, Men Spain ESP United States USA Netherlands NED
Single Sculls, Women Sanda Toma ROU Martina Schröter GDR Hette Borrias NED
Coxless Pairs, Women Cornelia Krüger / Cornelia Krüger GDR Florica Petcu-Dospinescu / Florica Petcu-Dospinescu ROU Małgorzata Dłużewska / Małgorzata Dłużewska POL
Double Sculls, Women Cornelia Linse / Cornelia Linse GDR Svetla Otsetova / Svetla Otsetova BUL Valeria Roșca-Răcilă / Valeria Roșca-Răcilă ROU
Coxed Fours, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Romania ROU
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women East Germany GDR Bulgaria BUL Romania ROU
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR United States USA