lx: 12 started El: 1. AUS 2. GER 3. YUG 4. FRA 5. ITA 6. POL Eli: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. AUT 4. NED 5. DEN 6. BEL RI: 1. GER 2. AUT 3. FRA 4. DEN 5. BEL RII: 1. TCH 2. NED 3. YUG 4. ITA 5. POL 2 +: 10 started El: 1. GER 2. ITA 3. ROM 4. URS 5. FIN Eli: 1. SUI 2. TCH 3. POL 4. DEN 5. YUG RI: 1. ITA 2. URS 3. POL 4. YUG RII: 1. FIN 2. ROM 3. TCH 4. DEN \ The Finns, who had qualified for the final of the 2- dur ing the previous day’s eliminators, reached their second final by winning this repechage. 4-: 13 started El: 1. ROM 2. URS 3. FIN 4. YUG 5. SWE Eli: 1. DEN 2. GBR 3. POL 4. SUI Fill: 1. GER 2. USA 3. TCH 4. NOR RI: 1. TCH 2. URS 3. SUI 4. SWE RII: 1. GBR 2. FIN 3. NOR RIII: 1. POL 2. USA 3. YUG 2x: 10 started El: 1. URS 2. GER 3. FRA 4. BEL 5. GBR Eli: 1. POL 2. SUI 3. ITA 4. DEN 5. HUN RI: 1. GER 2. BEL 3. ITA 4. HUN RII: 1. FRA 2. SUI 3. GBR 4. DEN 8 + : 10 started ELL URS 2. ITA 3. USA 4.. TCH 5. POL Eli: 1. GER 2. SUI 3. HUN 4. NED 5. GRE RI: 1. ITA 2. TCH 3. HUN 4. GRE RII: 1. USA 2. POL and SUI (6’37“3) 4. NED Jack Kelly drove his crew with great determination. Wil liam Knecht, a future important FISA official, rowed in this eight. Making amazing progress after 1,800 metres, Switzerland made up three lengths within 200 metres and appeared to finish level with Poland. An enlarge ment of the photograph of the finish confirmed Switzer land’s qualification, to the great disappointment of both the Polish oarsmen and their supporters. Gerd Ginti and Horst Effertz, and were still ahead at 250 metres. At 500 metres, the Germans produced a spurt which took them into the lead, followed by Romania and the British pair, Christopher Davidge and Tony Leadley, the holders of the tide. After 800 metres, the Finnish pair, Veil Lehtela and Toimi Pitkanen, already European champions in 4+ two years previously, slowly moved up from fourth place and at the 1,000 metre mark were one and a half lengths behind the Germans, who were strik ing 34. The drama began at 1,400 metres, with the Fin nish attack (lane 1) on Germany (lane 6). Having drawn level with them, Finland profited from the Germans’ catching a crab at 1,650 metres to gain half a length, only to hit a buoy. Germany took the lead again, then they too hit a buoy. The Finns crossed the line, just ahead, with their bowman totally exhausted and needing a quarter of an hour to recover. He had to be helped out of the boat to receive his winner’s medal. lx: 1. AUS 2. GER 3. URS 4. NED 5. AUT - TCH (excluded) MacKenzie consolidated his previous year’s victory over the same opponents. Vaclav Kozak, who finished in fourth place, was excluded by the umpire because his blades were not painted in his national colours. 2 + : 1. GER 2. ITA 3. SUI 4. ROM 5. URS - FIN (scratched) The Finns, exhausted by their win in the 2-, withdrew. Klaus Riekemann and Hans-Joachim Berendes, 19-year-old juniors but lm93 and lm96 respectively, won with consummate ease. They were using the famous boat which was built with the coxswain’s position in the bows, behind the oarsmen. 4-: 1. GER 2. ROM 3. TCH 4. DEN 5. GBR 6. POL The young Germans from Kiel-Ratzeburg replaced their compatriots from Essen on the winners’ rostrum, with nearly two lengths’ lead over the second placed crew. Watched by their fellow-countrymen, the Poles had given their all in the first part of the race. Finals 4 +: 1. GER 2. ROM 3. YUG 4. ITA 5. POL 6. SUI With an entirely new crew, all under 25 years of age, Germany held on brilliandy to the title won by the Berlin crew in Duisburg. 2-: 1. FIN 2. GER 3. ROM 4. GBR 5. URS 6. POL An exciting race. The Romanian pair, Stefan Kureska and Carol Veres, took the lead over the young Germans, 118 2x: 1. URS 2. FRA 3. GER 4. SUI 5. BEL 6. POL The Olympic and European champions, Yuri Tiukalov and Alexander Berkutov, won less easily than in preced ing. years! The young Frenchmen, Rene Duhamel and Bernard Monnereau, had given them cause for concern ever since the qualifying heats. 8 + : 1. ITA 2. USA 3. URS 4. TCH 5. GER 6. SUI There were three new members in the “Moto Guzzi” eight, but they successfully defended their title. The race earned Giuseppi Moioli his 6th European title.
