1978 World Rowing Championships

1978 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Karapiro
Location	Cambridge, New Zealand
Dates	4 November

The 7th World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held over one week,^[1] with finals on 4 November 1978 at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand.^[2] Thirty countries were represented at the regatta.^[3]

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1978 World Rowing Championships were:

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
M1x[4]	West Germany
M2-[5]	East Germany
M2+[6]	East Germany
M2x[7]	Norway
M4-[8]	Soviet Union		East Germany		United Kingdom
M4+[9]	East Germany	6:30.25	West Germany Wolf-Dieter Oschlies Wolfram Thiem Frank Schütze Gabriel Konertz Helmut Sassenbach (cox)	6:31.56	Bulgaria	6:37.06
M4x[10]	East Germany
M8+[11]	East Germany		West Germany		New Zealand Mark James Greg Johnston Dave Rodger Des Lock Ross Lindstrom David Lindstrom Ivan Sutherland Noel Mills Alan Cotter (cox)

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x[12]	East Germany
W2-[13]	East Germany
W2x[14]	Bulgaria
W4+[15]	East Germany
W4x+[16]	Bulgaria
W8+[17]	Soviet Union

References

1. "Rowing in New Zealand". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. "1978 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
3. "1978 World Rowing Championships logo". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
4. "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
5. "(M2-) Men's Pair - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
6. "(M2+) Men's Coxed Pair - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
7. "(M2x) Men's Double Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
8. "(M4-) Men's Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
9. "(M4+) Men's Coxed Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
10. "(M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
11. "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
12. "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
13. "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
14. "(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
15. "(W4+) Women's Coxed Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
16. "(W4x+) Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
17. "(W8+) Women's Eight - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

External links

• Description of the event