Eli: 1. ROM 2. URS 3. SUI 4. ERG 5. NED 6. FIN EIII: 1. ITA 2. USA 3. GDR 4. YUG 5. TUR RI: 1. URS 2. NED 3. AUT 4. DEN 5. YUG RII: 1. SUI 2. USA 3. FRA 4. FIN 5. TUR RIII: 1. GDR 2. BEL 3. GBR 4. ERG 1/2 FI: 1. TCH 2. ITA 3. SUI 4. BEL 5. NED 6. FRA 1/2 FII: 1. ROM 2. URS 3. GDR 4. USA 5. GBR 6. AUT 4-: 16 started El: 1. URS 2. ROM 3. FRA 4. SUI 5. SWE 6. BUL Eli: 1. HUN 2. GDR 3. ITA 4. AUT 5. GBR EIII: 1. NED 2. ERG 3. DEN 4. USA 5. TCH RI: 1. GDR 2. FRA 3. USA 4. BUL 5. GBR RII: 1. ITA 2. ERG 3. TCH 4. SUI RIII: 1. DEN 2. ROM 3. AUT 4. SWE 1/2 FI: 1. URS 2. NED 3. ITA 4. TCH 5. FRA 1/2 FII: 1. HUN 2. GDR 3. ERG 4. DEN 5. USA 6. AUT 2x: 12 started El: 1. URS 2. AUT 3. ROM 4. POL 5. BUL 6. TUR Eli: 1. USA 2. SUI 3. GDR 4. GBR 5. ERG 6. NOR A certain Oswald, still very young, partnered the famous Burgin. RI: 1. ERG 2. SUI 3. ROM 4. POL 5. NOR RII: 1. GDR 2. AUT 3. BUL 4. GBR 5. TUR 8 +: 12 started El: 1. GDR 2. URS 3. HUN 4. YUG 5. NOR 6. RAU (EGY) A brilliant exhibition by the East German crew. Eli: 1. ERG 2. NED 3. GBR 4. USA 5. ITA 6. AUT RI: 1. NED 2. HUN 3. ITA 4. AUT 5. YUG RII: 1. URS 2. GBR 3. USA 4. NOR 5. RAU (EGY) 2-: 1. USA 2. GDR 3. DEN 4. ERG 5. POL - NED (scratched because of an oarsman’s indisposition) A very fierce battle. The Danes, unbeaten all season, the Poles, recent stars of Lucerne regatta, the West Germans from Adam’s glorious eight, the redoubtable East Ger mans, Forberger and Grahn, two from the unbeaten cox swainless four from Bled, Vichy and Mexico; all were equally justified in hoping for victory. But, thirsting for revenge after their ill luck at the Olympic Games, the ex perienced pair, Hough and Johnson, overcame all their daunting opponents. 7. URS 8. YUG 9. SUI 10. AUT 11. BUL 12.ITA lx: 1. ARG 2. GDR 3. ERG 4. GBR 5. TCH 6. NED A dazzling come-back for Alberto Demiddi, runner-up in the Olympic Games; whilst the winner of the gold me dal in Mexico was only sixth. 7. URS 8. SUI 9. USA 10. POL 11. AUT - AUS (scratched) 2 + : 1. TCH 2. ITA 3. ROM 4. SUI 5. URS 6. GDR A remorseless struggle with, on the one hand, the Czechoslovakians, Pavel and Oldrich Svojanovky, power ful, calm, the revelation of the season; and on the other, the Olympic champion, Baran, and his partner from Trevise, Risetto. The Romanians, Moldovan and Ceapura crossed the line scarcely two seconds behind the winners. 7. USA 8. BEL 9. GBR 10. AUT 11. NED 12. FRA Finals and finals 7—12 4 + : 4-: 1. URS 2. HUN 3. GDR 4. NED 5. ERG 6. ITA Favourites by virtue of their time in the semifinal, the Soviet crew led from the start but never by more than two seconds; and this was almost entirely whittled away by the Hungarians in their final sprint. The latter, second, as in Vichy and in Mexico, really deserved a gold medal, as they were one of the finest crews in the regatta. 7. DEN 8. FRA 9. ROM 10. AUT 11. TCH 12. USA 1. ERG 2. GDR 3. SUI 4. ROM 5. NED 6. URS Although they seemed to be in difficulty towards the end of the race, the formidable combination from the Ger man Federal Republic hung on to their very slight lead in spite of an impressive effort by the crew from the Ger man Democratic Republic, containing the Olympic 2- champions, Luecke and Bothe in the middle of the boat. 7. ITA 8. TCH 9. GBR 10. FRA 11. USA 12. AUT 2x: 1. USA 2. AUT 3. GDR 4. ERG 5. URS 6. SUI A clear victory for McKibbon and Van Blom. To the delight of the home crowd, their fellow countrymen, Puchinger and Krausbar, took the silver medal. Denis Oswald, the current FISA president, and Burgin could finish no higher than sixth on this occasion. 7. GBR 8. ROM 9. NOR 10. BUL 11. POL 12. TUR Part 4 151
