Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not include women's disciplines at the Olympics.[1]

Rowing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
VenueOberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September 1972
Competitors440 from 35 nations
← 1968
1976 →

Participating nations

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A total of 440 rowers from 35 nations competed at the Munich:

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)3137
2  Soviet Union (URS)2002
3  New Zealand (NZL)1102
4  West Germany (FRG)1012
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
6  Argentina (ARG)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
  United States (USA)0101
10  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (11 entries)77721

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
single sculls
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  Yury Malyshev (URS)   Alberto Demiddi (ARG)   Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (GDR)
double sculls
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  Aleksandr Timoshinin
and Gennadi Korshikov (URS)
  Frank Hansen
and Svein Thøgersen (NOR)
  Joachim Böhmer
and Uli Schmied (GDR)
coxless pair
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  Siegfried Brietzke
and Wolfgang Mager (GDR)
  Heinrich Fischer
and Alfred Bachmann (SUI)
  Roel Luynenburg
and Ruud Stokvis (NED)
coxed pair
details
  East Germany (GDR)
Wolfgang Gunkel
Jörg Lucke
Klaus-Dieter Neubert
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Oldřich Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský
Vladimír Petříček
  Romania (ROU)
Ștefan Tudor
Petre Ceapura
Ladislau Lovrenschi
coxless four
details
  East Germany (GDR)
Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
  New Zealand (NZL)
Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
  West Germany (FRG)
Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
coxed four
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  West Germany (FRG)
Peter Berger
Hans-Johann Färber
Gerhard Auer
Alois Bierl
Uwe Benter
  East Germany (GDR)
Dietrich Zander
Reinhard Gust
Eckhard Martens
Rolf Jobst
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Otakar Mareček
Karel Neffe
Vladimír Jánoš
František Provazník
Vladimír Petříček
eight
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  New Zealand (NZL)
Tony Hurt
Wybo Veldman
Dick Joyce
John Hunter
Lindsay Wilson
Joe Earl
Trevor Coker
Gary Robertson
Simon Dickie
  United States (USA)
Lawrence Terry
Franklin Hobbs
Pete Raymond
Tim Mickelson
Gene Clapp
Bill Hobbs
Cleve Livingston
Mike Livingston
Paul Hoffman
  East Germany (GDR)
Hans-Joachim Borzym
Jörg Landvoigt
Harold Dimke
Manfred Schneider
Hartmut Schreiber
Manfred Schmorde
Bernd Landvoigt
Heinrich Mederow
Dietmar Schwarz

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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