2 +: 10 started El: 1. GER 2. TCH 3. NED 4. SWE The Germans, Jordan and Neuss, who had toppled the Olympic champions, Knubel and Renneberg at home, made a great impression. Eli: 1. URS 2. POL 3. DEN EIII: 1. ROM 2. FRA 3. HUN RI: 1. TCH 2. HUN 3. SWE RII: 1. FRA 2. POL 3. NED 4-: 11 started EI: ,1. ITA 2. GER 3. NED 4-GBR Eli: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. USA 4. YUG EIII: 1. ROM 2. DEN 3. POL RI: 1. GER 2. USA 3. GBR 4. POL RII: 1. NED 2. TCH 3. DEN - YUG (scratched) 2x: 13 started El: 1. TCH 2. GER 3. BEL 4. USA Eli: 1. URS 2. GBR 3. ITA 4. NOR EIII: 1. SUI 2. DEN 3. FRA 4. POL 5. HUN RI: 1. GER 2. FRA 3. ITA 4. POL 5. USA RII: 1. GBR 2. BEL 3. NOR 4. DEN 5. HUN 8 +: 12 started EL 1. GER 2. URS 3. YUG 4. DEN Eli: 1. TCH 2. POL 3. ROM 4. NED EIII: 1. ITA 2. GBR 3. FRA 4. AUT RI: 1. FRA 2. URS 3. AUT 4. DEN 5. ROM RII: 1. GBR 2. YUG 3. POL 4. NED Finals 4 + : * 4-: 1. ITA 2. URS 3. GER 4. ROM 5. NED A great final for Italy, the Olympic silver medallists, who controlled the race superbly. However, the Germans, all former European or Olympic champions, were also han dicapped by upset stomachs. 2x: 1. URS 2. GBR 3. TCH 4. GER 5. SUI Y. Tiukalov and A. Berkutov were always in command, reasserting the supremacy which had deserted them the previous year. Their revenge was complete, as their con querors in the Olympic Games, Kozak and Schmidt, suffered a defeat on their own water and before their own supporters. This would be the eighth and last FISA tide for Yuri, and the sixth for Alexander. 8 + : 1. ITA 2. GER 3. FRA 4. TCH 5. GBR The Germans seemed to be cruising to victory with a two second lead at 1,500 metres, when the Italians un leashed an electrifying burst, to pip them on the line. The photofinish was required to separate the first two crews. December 1st—2nd 1961 — Montreux Extraordinary FISA congress 1. GER 2. URS 3. ITA 4. YUG 5. TCH Impressively powerful, the German crew contained the most outstanding athletes from the Olympic champion eight of the previous year. Their physical freshness at the finish was simply amazing. Their athleticism and fitness were outstanding. 2-: 1. GER 2. FIN 3. NED 4. SUI 5. DEN A victory for youth! Bender and Zumkeller increased the pressure at the finish and rowed down the former Euro pean champions from Finland, Lehtela and Pitkanen. lx: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. USA 4. NED 5. GER The young Dutchman, Groen, led superbly for more than 1,600 metres, but was unable to match the finish ing speed of the twice Olympic champion (1956 and 1960), Ivanov. 2 + : 1. URS 2. ROM 3. TCH 4. FRA 5. GER A dramatic race. The great favourites, the Germans, were in the lead at 1,000 metres,but the food poisoning from which they had been suffering during the previous night still lingered. They were too ill to continue, and stopped. The Soviet pair, Yukna and Bogdanovicus, sil ver medallists in the Olympic Games, who were not far behind, took advantage of this weakness. 126 Present: the delegates from 23 federations. New Statutes were adopted. Charles Riolo had master minded the task. He had led the working party and had drawn up the various suggested versions. Louis Patricot, Jean Rodenfuser, Charles Haussaire and others had also made a significant contribution. The consultative commission was divided into two: a technical commission (five members elected for five years) and an umpires’ commission. International regattas were classified in four categories: FISA championships (world championships and con tinental championships), international regattas on courses approved by FISA, ordinary international regat tas and international meetings by invitation. The world championships would take place every four years. Rules for junior rowing were adopted. At the end of the congress, all delegates paused for a mo ment of silent thought at the tomb of their former presi dent, Gaston Mullegg.
