1972 European Rowing Championships Explained

1972 European Rowing Championships
Venue:Beetzsee
Location:Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, East Germany
Dates:10–13 August 1972
Nations:20
Prev:1971 Copenhagen
Next:1973 Moscow

The 1972 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held at the regatta course on the Beetzsee in Brandenburg, which was then located in East Germany. There were five competitions for women only; the events for men were contested at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, instead.[1] As World Rowing Championships were still held at four-year intervals at the time, the European Rowing Championships were open to nations outside of Europe and had become to be regarded as quasi-world championships.

It was only in March 1972 that the East German rowing association took on organising the championships[2] that were held from 10 to 13 August 1972 and that saw entries from 20 nations.[3] The first sixteen nations that put their nominations forward were the Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Australia, and the host East Germany.[4] Later registrations included the United States and New Zealand. The host country held its rowing championships at the same venue a month earlier not just to determine their national champions, but also to find the women that should get nominations for the European championships.[5]

Medal summary – women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Country & rowersTimeCountry & rowersTimeCountry & rowersTime
W1x[6] [7]
Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp
3:59.02
Annick Anthoine
4:01.78
Anita Kuhlke
4:05.25
W2x[8]
Galina Suslina
Elena Kondrashina
3:42.42
Truus Bauer
Toos van Akkeren
3:44.08
Marie-Claire Barnier
Renée Camu
3:44.18
W4+[9]
Nina Bystrova
Evdokia Riabova
Nina Abramova
Nina Filatova
Zoia Mironova (cox)
3:41.32
Renate Schlenzig
Sabine Dähne
Angelika Noack
Rosel Nitsche
Gudrun Apelt (cox)
3:44.69
Liesbeth de Bruin
Pauline Luynenburg
Myriam Steenman
Yvonne Jacobi
Yvonne Vischschraper (cox)
3:46.50
W4x+[10]
Teodora Boicu
Maria Micșa
Ileana Nemet
Mărioara Singiorzan
Maria Ghiata (cox)
3:31.82
Vera Fjodoreva
Ada Timofeyeva
Raissa Karatayeva
Vera Nikolskaya
Ludmila Arsakovskaya (cox)
3:32.68
Ute Meyer
Marlies Meyer
Marlies Schätze
Karola Kleinschmidt
Renate Gruenke (cox)
3:36.70
W8+[11]
Elena Morozova
Tatyana Petrova
Zoia Sitnikova
Elena Shvachko
Anna Pasokha
Nadejda Bondareva
Valentina Kulikova
Alla Kuleshova
Lidiya Krylova (cox)
3:18.53
Ecaterina Trancioveanu
Viorica Lincaru
Elena Oprea
Cristel Wiener
Florica Petcu
Elena Gawluk
Marioara Constantin
Georgeta Alexe
Aneta Sieburg (cox)
3:20.67
Ute Bahr
Maria Notbohm
Susanne Spitzer
Marita Jaschke
Sabine Schulz
Monika Mittenzwei
Regine Forkel
Irmhild Schulz
Christine Rösch (cox)
3:21.17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1972 European Championships . . 2 January 2018.
  2. News: Ruder-EM für Frauen 1972 in der DDR . 3 January 2018 . . 28 . 77 . 30 March 1972 . 8 . de .
  3. News: Hans . Allmert . Frauen-Europameisterschaften mit einem Rekordmeldeergebnis . 3 January 2018 . . 27 . 210 . 31 July 1972 . 6 . de .
  4. News: Ein lohnender Blick . 3 January 2018 . . 28 . 191 . 12 July 1972 . 11 . de .
  5. News: Um Frauen-Rudertitel auf dem Beetzsee . 3 January 2018 . . 27 . 194 . 15 July 1972 . 5 . de .
  6. Web site: (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final . 3 January 2018 . 13 August 1972.
  7. Web site: Ingrid Dusseldorp-Munneke. 3 January 2018 . 13 August 1972.
  8. Web site: (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final . 3 January 2018 . 13 August 1972.
  9. Web site: (W4+) Women's Coxed Four – Final . 3 January 2018 . 13 August 1972.
  10. Web site: (W4x+) Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls – Final . 3 January 2018 . 13 August 1972.
  11. Web site: (W8+) Women's Eight – Final . 3 January 2018 . 13 August 1972.