the approval of Congress on condition that they should be held under FISA rules and supervision. The oldest delegate, Jacques Spreux (BEL) retired after 40 years association with FISA. He was elected honorary vice-president. F. Fa Hansen (DEN) and D. Lanni (ITA) were elected to fill the two vacant offices of vice-president. Jerzy Borkowski, (POL) replaced F. Fa Hansen on the technical commission. August 26th—29th 1965 — Duisburg 53rd men’s European championships Preliminary heats 4 +: 16 started El: 1. POL 2. NED 3. BUL 4. USA 5. FRA 6. NOR Eli: 1. GER 2. HUG 3. BEL 4. SUI 5. AUT EIII: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. ITA 4. DAN 5. ESP RI: 1. YUG 2. ITA 3. USA .4. FRA RII: 1. TCH 2. BUL 3. SUI 4. AUT 5. NOR RIII: 1. HL 2. BEL 3. DEN 4: ESP 2-: 11 started El: 1. AUT 2. DEN 3. GER 4. URS 5. TCH 6. SWE The experienced Losert and Ebner, who had on three occasions reached the final of the 4-, qualified without difficulty. Eli: 1. FRA 2. NED 3. SUI 4. ITA 5. NOR RI: 1. DEN 2. URS 3. SUI 4. NOR RII: 1. NED 2. GER 3. TCH 4. ITA 5. SWE lx: 14 started El: 1. GER 2. SUI 3. HUN 4. BEL Eli: 1. GBR 2. URS 3. POL 4. FRA 5. NOR EIII: 1. NED 2. YUG 3. TCH 4. USA 5. AUS RI: 1. URS 2. TCH 3. BEL RII: 1. YUG 2. NOR 3. HUN 4. FRA RIII: 1. POL 2. USA 3. SUI 4. AUS 2 +: 14 started El: 1. URS 2. NED 3. POL 4. YUG 5. ESP Eli: 1. TCH 2. DEN 3. FRA 4. ROM 5. GER EIII: 1. ITA 2. GRE 3. SWE - BUL (Not rowed out) RI: 1. YUG 2. DEN 3. SWE 4. ESP RII: 1. ROM 2. POL 3. GER 4. GRE RIII: 1. NED 2. FRA 4-: 12 started El: 1. ITA 2. NED 3. TCH 4. GBR 5. SWE 6. FRA Eli: 1. GER 2. URS 3. YUG 4. SUI 5. AUT 6. HUN A terrific battle between two great star-studded crews containing several European champions. RI: 1. NED 2. GBR 3. YUG 4. AUT RII: 1. URS 2. SUI 3. SWE 4. FRA 5. TCH 138 2x: 11 started El: 1. GER 2. AUT 3. BUL 4. URS 5. GBR 6. USA Consternation! The European and Olympic champions, Tiurine and Dubrovski, from the Soviet Union, had to prepare themselves to qualify via the repechage. Eli: 1. SUI 2. TCH 3. ROM 4. ITA 5. BEL RI: 1. TCH 2. URS 3. BUL 4. BEL RII: 1. ROM 2. AUT 3. GBR 4. ITA 5. USA 8 +: 9 started EL 1. URS 2. TCH 3. YUG 4. HUN 5. POL The newly formed Soviet eight, which had been an unknown quantity, made a sensational debut into Euro pean rowing. Eli: 1. USA 2. GER 3. ITA 4. FRA Whereas the first heat had concerned only crews from Eastern Europe, the second involved crews entirely from the West. The Olympic champions from Philadelphia caused a set-back to the German composite from Rat- zeburg-Luebeck, which was consigned to the repechage. RI: 1. GER 2. YUG 3. HUN RII: 1. ITA 2. FRA 3. TCH 4. POL Finals 30,000 spectators turned up. New oarsmen were ap pearing at this level for the first time, as many of the previous generation had retired after the 1964 Olym pics. 4 +: 1. URS 2. GER 3. TCH 4. YUG 5. POL 6. NED The young Germans had seemed full of promise, but the powerful Soviet crew maintained its supremacy 7. ITA 8. DEN 9. BUL 10. BEL 11. USA 12. SUI 2-: 1. DEN 2. AUT 3. URS 4. GER 5. FRA 6. NED The Austrians led for much of the race, but were passed at 1,500 metres by the rampant Danes, who were remarkably fresh at the finish. 7. SUI 8. TCH 9. ITA 10. NOR 11. SWE lx: 1. GER 2. URS 3. NED 4. POL 5. GBR 6. YUG A tight sprint between promising young scullers. The en thusiastic spectators thought that Sass, who was wearing the heavy mantle of Ivanov, would win. Jochen Meissner, the host country’s new star, literally hurled himself at the line. The Dutchman, Wienese, though impressively powerful, lacked a finish. 1. SUI 8. NOR 9. HUN 10. TCH 11. USA 12. BEL 2 + : 1. URS 2. ITA 3. NED 4. ROM 5. TCH 6. YUG The young Italians, Baran and Sambo, seemed about to cause an upset, but the Soviet pair, rowing with an ex traordinarily long stroke, went past them at 1,400 metres. The first three crews were engaged in a real fight, right up to the line. 7. DEN 8. POL 9. FRA 10. GER 11. GRE 12. SWE
