1964 European Rowing Championships

The 1964 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Bosbaan regatta course in the Dutch capital Amsterdam.[1] Women competed from 31 July to 2 August.[2] Men competed the following week from 6 to 9 August.[3] Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+). Many of the men competed two months later at the Olympic Games in Tokyo; women would first be allowed to compete at Olympic level in 1976.

1964 European Rowing Championships
The German eight of the Ratzeburg Rowing Club after winning the final
VenueBosbaan
LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Dates31 July – 2 August 1964 (women)
6–9 August 1964 (men)

German participation

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FISA, the International Rowing Federation, did not recognise East Germany as a country and insisted on one German team per boat class. The women, where East Germany was the dominant side, held their selection trials at the Olympic regatta course in Grünau in East Berlin on 24 and 25 July 1964. West Germany did not contest the coxed four and eight boat classes, and Karen Ulrich-Wolf won the single scull competition for the west as expected. East Germany won the competition in the remaining two boat classes – double scull and coxed quad scull.[2][4]

The negotiations about the 1964 rowing competitions for men were even more protracted than usual as not only did a way forward for the 1964 European Rowing Championships had to be found, but rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics two months later was also on the agenda. The negotiations were led by Willi Daume and Heinz Schöbel, presidents of the national Olympic committees of West and East Germany, respectively. In June 1964, West Germany insisted on one set of selection trials covering both the European and Olympic competitions. The tensions eased when it was agreed on 10 July that there would be separate selection trials for the two international competitions. It was agreed that some boat classes were to compete at a West German regatta course, and the remaining boat classes would meet at an East German venue. Four boats would start per race, with two for each country. The winning country would then be free to nominate rowers of their choice for that boat class, i.e. not necessarily those rowers who had won the race.[5][6] Compared to the women, the situation was opposite, with West German rowers historically dominant; in 1963, they had won all boat classes.[7]

The trials for coxed pairs, double sculls and coxless fours were held on 1 August at the Olympic rowing venue at Grünau in East Berlin, with East Germany winning the double scull race, and West Germany the other two classes.[8] The following day, the remaining trials for single sculls, coxless pairs, coxed fours, and the eights were held in Duisburg.[9] East Germany won in the single scull (Achim Hill) and the coxed pair classes; three qualifications compared to West Germany's four was the best East German result yet.[10]

At a FISA meeting held in conjunction with the 1964 men's regatta, the East German rowing association asked for separate German teams to be allowed to compete in future. Like at the previous meeting in 1963, the motions was voted down.[11]

Medal summary – women's events

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Meike de Vlas (silver medallist in single scull) with her trainer
 
Maja Kaufmane-Pampura (left) and Daina Mallenberga (second from right) with two unidentified rowers

The Soviet Union was, once again, the most successful nation in the women's events, with three gold medals.[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
W1x[12]   Soviet Union
Galina Konstantinova
3:44.70   Netherlands
Meike de Vlas
3:45.17   Czechoslovakia
Alena Postlová
3:47.06
W2x[13]   Soviet Union
Maja Kaufmane-Pampura
Daina Mallenberga
3:32.43   Czechoslovakia
Alena Postlová
Magdalena Sarbochova
3:34.70   Hungary
Anna Domonkos
Maria Pekanovits
3:38.23
W4+[14]   Soviet Union
Nina Shamanova
Ella Sergeyeva
Valentina Terekhova
Sanna Sumilovich
Valentina Timofeyeva (cox)
3:35.19   East Germany
Brigitte Amm
Erika Wunderlich
Gesine Jansen
Ingrid Fischer
Ursula Jurga (cox)
3:39.91   Romania
Iuliana Bulugioiu
Florica Ghiuzelea
Emilia Rigard
Ana Tamas
Stefania Borisov (cox)
3:40.20
W4x+[15]   East Germany
Renate Boesler
Helga Kolbe
Antje Thiess
Hannelore Göttlich
Christa Böhm (cox)
3:22.11   Soviet Union
Aino Milodan
Nelli Chernova
Raissa Korotajewa
Vera Alexeyeva
Valentina Turkova (cox)
3:23.61   Netherlands
M.C. Bennink
M. van Beinum
A. Blom
R.D. de Kanter
D. Simons (cox)
3:28.54
W8+[16]   East Germany
Barbara Müller
Ingrid Graf
Hilde Amelang
Christiane Münzberg
Irmgard Brendenal
Jutta Dietrich
Brigitte Rintisch
Marianne Mewes
Elfriede Dietz (cox)
3:10.63   Soviet Union
Alla Pervorukova
Irena Bačiulytė
Sofija Korkutytė
Leokadija Semashko
Aldona Klimavičiūtė
Mariona Pamauskaite
Stanislava Bubulytė
Genovaite Strigulaite
Valentina Timofeyeva (cox)
3:13.77   Romania
Iuliana Bulugioiu
Florica Ghiuzelea
Ana Tamas
Maria Trinks
Mariana Limpede
Viorica Moldovan
Emilia Rigard
Olimpia Mosneaga
Angela Paunescu (cox)
3:19.96

Medal summary – men's events

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FISA president Thomas Keller congratulates Vyacheslav Ivanov for his single scull title
 
Oleg Tyurin and Boris Dubrovskiy – winner of the double scull competition
 
Ernst Veenemans and Steven Blaisse – winner of the coxless pair competition
 
Günter Bergau, Karl-Heinz Danielowski, and Peter Gorny – winner of the coxed pair competition
 
Thomas Keller congratulates Günter Schroers, Horst Effertz, Albrecht Müller, and Manfred Misselhorn – winner of the coxless four competition
 
The Soviet coxed four
 
Thomas Keller congratulates the German eight

All finals were held on Sunday, 9 August. The Soviet Union had boats in all seven classes, followed by Holland (six classes). West Germany, Denmark and Poland had four boats each in the finals.[17] In the single scull event, the rowers that placed outside the medals were Murray Watkinson (NZL; fourth), Eugeniusz Kubiak (POL; fifth), and Gottfried Kottmann (SUI; sixth). In the coxless pair, the American brothers Joseph and Thomas Amlong came fourth, while the Soviet rowers Oleg Golovanov and Valentin Boreyko came fifth.[18]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time Country & rowers Time
M1x[19]   Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Ivanov
7:05.19   Netherlands
Rob Groen
7:08.02   United States
Donald Spero
7:08.62
M2x[20]   Soviet Union
Oleg Tyurin
Boris Dubrovskiy
6:28.90   Great Britain
Arnold Cooke
Peter Webb
6:30.88   Switzerland
Melchior Bürgin
Martin Studach
6:31.60
M2-[21]   Netherlands
Ernst Veenemans
Steven Blaisse
6:42.55   West Germany
Michael Schwan
Wolfgang Hottenrott
6:46.46   Denmark
Peter Christiansen
Hans Jørgen Boye
6:49.15
M2+[22]   East Germany
Peter Gorny
Günter Bergau
Karl-Heinz Danielowski (cox)
7:12.57   Soviet Union
Leonid Rakovshchik
Nikolay Safronov
Igor Rudakov (cox)
7:18.90   Poland
Kazimierz Naskręcki
Marian Siejkowski
Stanisław Kozera (cox)
7:20.89
M4-[23]   West Germany
Manfred Misselhorn
Albrecht Müller
Horst Effertz
Günter Schroers
6:15.10   Denmark
John Hansen
Erik Petersen
Kurt Helmudt
Bjørn Hasløv
6:15.19   Italy
Romano Sgheiz
Fulvio Balatti
Giovanni Zucchi
Luciano Sgheiz
6:17.33
M4+[24]   Soviet Union
Vladimir Yevseyev
Anatoly Tkachuk
Boris Kuzmin
Vitaly Kurdchenko
Anatoly Luzgin (cox)
6:14.41   West Germany
Peter Neusel
Bernhard Britting
Joachim Werner
Egbert Hirschfelder
Jürgen Oelke (cox)
6:19.61   Italy
Renato Bosatta
Emilio Trivini
Giuseppe Galante
Franco De Pedrina
Giovanni Spinola (cox)
6:19.97
M8+[25]   West Germany
Klaus Aeffke
Klaus Bittner
Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht
Klaus Behrens
Jürgen Schröder
Jürgen Plagemann
Horst Meyer
Thomas Ahrens (cox)
5:50.65   Soviet Union
Ričardas Vaitkevičius
Antanas Bagdonavičius
Zigmas Jukna
Yury Suslin
Volodymyr Sterlik
Vytautas Briedis
Petras Karla
Juozas Jagelavičius
Yuriy Lorentsson (cox)
5:50.67   Yugoslavia
Jadran Barut
Boris Klavora
Vekoslav Skalak
Jože Berc
Alojz Colja
Marko Mandič
Lucijan Kleva
Pavao Martić
Zdenko Balaš (cox)
5:58.85

Medals table

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The table shows the aggregate results for men and women with East and West Germany counted as separate countries. The overall winner was the Soviet Union with six gold medals, followed by East Germany and then West Germany with three and two gold medals, respectively.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)64010
2  East Germany (GDR)3104
3  West Germany (FRG)2204
4  Netherlands (NED)1214
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
  Denmark (DEN)0112
7  Great Britain (GBR)0101
8  Italy (ITA)0022
  Romania (ROM)0022
10  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Poland (POL)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
  United States (USA)0011
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (14 entries)12121236

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