1961 European Rowing Championships

1961 European Rowing Championships
1961 European Rowing Championships
Venue	Vltava
Location	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Dates	18–20 August 1961 (women); 24–27 August 1961 (men)
Nations	9 (women) and 20 (men)
	← 1960 London 1962 East Berlin →

The 1961 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Vltava (Moldau) in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague. The event for women was held from 18 to 20 August,^[1] and 9 countries competed with 32 boats.^[2] The event for men was held from 24 to 27 August, and 20 countries entered boats. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and just three countries entered boats in all classes: the hosts Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and a combined German team.^[3] Women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+).^[1] The regatta was held in five lanes, with rowers proceeding in the direction of the river's flow.^[2]

German representation

Germany had to enter a combined team. The women from both countries had a qualification event on the Langer See in Grünau, which had previously been used as the rowing venue for the 1936 Summer Olympics. The West Germans entered the three sculling boat classes only (W1x, W2x, W4x+), and in all events, the East Germans won the competition. East German teams for the coxed four and the eight complemented a complete team.^[1]

East Germany nominated its men at the end of July, and following the West German national championships, the West Germans nominated their men's team in early August.^[4] There were difficult negotiations between West and East German representatives as to the location for the German qualifications. In the end, the regatta facility on the Templiner See in Potsdam favoured by East Germany was agreed to.^[5]^[6] The German qualifications were decided on 12 August, with West Germany winning all seven races.^[7]

Medal summary

Medallists at the 1961 European Rowing Championships were:

Women's events

Of the nine countries that were represented, only three were from western Europe: Great Britain (coxed four, double scull, single scull), Belgium and the Netherlands (both single scull). Of those, only Britain managed to get two of their boats into the finals; Penny Chuter came fourth in the single scull, and they came fifth in the coxed four.^[2] The most successful nation in the women's events was the Soviet Union, with four out of a possible five gold medals.^[8]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Event	Country & rowers	Time^[9]	Country & rowers	Time^[9]	Country & rowers	Time^[9]
W1x^[8]^[10]	Hungary Kornélia Pap	3:48.9	Czechoslovakia Alena Postlová	3:52.1	Soviet Union Zoja Rakickaja	3:53.5
W2x^[11]^[8]^[12]	Soviet Union Valentina Kalegina Galina Vecherkovskaya	3:34.9	East Germany Hannelore Göttlich Helga Kolbe	3:37.0	Romania Ana Tamas Florica Ghiuzelea	3:42.2
W4x+^[11]^[8]^[13]	Soviet Union Valentina Vassilieva Ljudmila Suslova Aino Pajusalu Nina Polyakova Tamara Ivanova (cox)	3:24.9	Czechoslovakia Marta Sipova Jarmila Plocarova Svetla Bartakova Hana Musilova Ivana Potocnikova (cox)	3:28.4	East Germany Helga Schlittermann-Fischer Ursula Pankraths Helga Ammon Helga Kolbe Karla Frister (cox)	3:28.8
W4+^[11]^[8]^[14]	Soviet Union Valentina Terekhova Nadeschda Skunkova Ella Sergeyeva Nina Shamanova Valentina Timofeyeva (cox)	3:28.1	Romania Emilia Rigard Ana Tamas Florica Ghiuzelea Iuliana Bulugioiu Stefania Borisov (cox)	3:32.1	East Germany Ingrid Graf Waltraud Dinter Hilde Amelang Marianne Mewes Elfriede Boetius (cox)	3:36.9
W8+^[11]^[8]^[15]	Soviet Union Sinaida Kirillina Vera Rebrova Valentina Sirsikova Nonna Petsernikova Nina Korobkova Lidiya Zontova Zinaida Korotova Nadeschda Gontsarova Viktoriya Dobrodeeva (cox)	3:13.6	East Germany Waltraud Böhlmann Gisela Schirmer Erika Kretschmer Ute Gabler Brigitte Amm Gerlinde Löwenstein Barbara Reichel Christa Schollain-Temeier Sigrid Laube (cox)	3:17.2	Romania Emilia Oros Maria Draghici Magda Vladut Mariana Horvath Viorica Moldovan Olimpia Bogdan Margareta Stoian Mariana Limpede Stefania Borisov (cox)	3:18.7

Men's events

The most successful nation was the Soviet Union, which won three gold medals.^[16]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Event	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time	Country & rowers	Time
M1x^[16]^[17]	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Ivanov		Czechoslovakia Vladimír Andrs		United States Seymour Cromwell
M2x^[16]^[18]	Soviet Union Aleksandr Berkutov Yuriy Tyukalov	6:33.6	United Kingdom Nicholas Birkmyre George Justicz		Czechoslovakia Václav Kozák Pavel Schmidt
M2-^[16]^[11]^[19]	West Germany Günther Zumkeller Dieter Bender	7:01.9	Finland Veli Lehtelä Toimi Pitkänen		Netherlands Ernst Veenemans Steven Blaisse
M2+^[16]^[20]	Soviet Union Zigmas Jukna Antanas Bagdonavičius Gerdas Morhus (cox)	7:45.3	Romania Ionel Petrov Ilie Husarenco Oprea Păunescu (cox)		Czechoslovakia Václav Chalupa Miroslav Strejček Jan Dvorak (cox)
M4-^[16]^[11]^[21]	Italy Renato Bosatta Tullio Baraglia Giancarlo Crosta Giuseppe Galante	6:28.3	Soviet Union Valentin Markovkin Igor Akhremchik Anatoly Tarabrin Yuri Basurov		West Germany Klaus Wegner Manfred Uellner Klaus Riekemann Günter Schroers
M4+^[16]^[11]^[22]	West Germany Karl-Heinz Hopp Klaus Bittner Kraft Schepke Frank Schepke Reinhold Brümmer (cox)	6:33.1	Soviet Union Oleg Aleksandrov Boris Fyodorov Yury Suslin Anatoli Fedorov Igor Rudakov (cox)		Italy Vito Casalucci Michele Vertuccio Salvatore Ibba Francesco Staiti Giuseppe Giorgianni (cox)
M8+^[16]^[11]^[23]	Italy Romano Sgheiz Giovanni Zucchi Raffaele Viviani Giuseppe Palese Fulvio Balatti Gianpietro Gilardi Vinico Brondi Sereno Brunello Ivo Stefanoni (cox)	5:52.2	West Germany Wolfgang Tietenberg Detlef Raatz Joachim Schulz Peter Riff Bernd-Jürgen Marschner Peter Neusel Bernhard Britting Manfred Ross Jürgen Oelke (cox)	5:52.4	France Christian Puibaraud Jean-Pierre Bellet Joseph Moroni Robert Dumontois Gaston Mercier Bernard Meynadier Émile Clerc Michel Viaud Alain Bouffard (cox)

Medals tables

The first table shows the aggregate results for men and women with Germany counted as one country. The overall winner was the Soviet Union with seven gold medals, followed by Germany and then Italy with two gold medals each, but Germany also winning three silver medals whilst Italy did not win silver.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	2	1	10
2	Germany (GER)	2	3	3	8
3	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	3	2	5
6	Romania (ROU)	0	2	2	4
7	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		12	12	12	36

The second table shows the aggregate results for men and women with East Germany and West Germany counted as separate countries; all male German winners were West Germans while all female German winners were from the east. The overall winner remains the Soviet Union with seven gold medals, followed by West Germany and then Italy with two gold medals each, but West Germany also winning one silver medal whilst Italy did not win silver. East Germany is ranked sixth with this method of counting medals.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	2	1	10
2	West Germany (FRG)	2	1	1	4
3	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	3	2	5
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	2	4
6	Romania (ROU)	0	2	2	4
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
8	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
10	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	12	36

References

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^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Vierer m.Stfr.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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[Berechtigter_Optimismus-1] "Berechtigter Optimismus der Ruderer". Neue Zeit (in German). Vol. 17, no. 176. 1 August 1961. p. 5. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.(registration required)

[British_rowing-2] Smalman-Smith, Helena (10 March 2017). "1961 Women's European Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[3] "20 Länder gaben Meldung ab". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 17, no. 220. 11 August 1961. p. 9. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.(registration required)

[4] "Westdeutsches Ruder-Aufgebot". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 17, no. 218. 9 August 1961. p. 10. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.(registration required)

[5] "Ausscheidungen bei Potsdam". Neue Zeit (in German). Vol. 17, no. 181. 6 August 1961. p. 6. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.(registration required)

[6] "Beratungen der Ruder-Verbände". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 17, no. 213. 4 August 1961. p. 9. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.(registration required)

[7] Sydow, Waldemar (13 August 1961). "Hoffnungen blieben unerfüllt". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 17, no. 222. p. 4. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.(registration required)

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[women_time-9] "Silber für Achter und Doppelzweier". Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 16, no. 230. 21 August 1961. p. 4. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.(registration required)

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[Deutsche_Medaillenerfolge-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Ruder-Europameisterschaften seit 1913: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze" (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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[15] Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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