August 22nd 1987 — Copenhagen 82nd ordinary FISA congress Among the delegates from 46 federations was Thanos Koutsikopolos (GRE), attending his 37th consecutive congress. Two new Continental representatives joined the council: Shin Koo Huh (KOR) for Asia and Pablo Span (MEX) for North America. The former was president of both the Korean and the Asian federation, in addition to being one of his country’s most prominent economic leaders. Ever since the 1968 Olympic Games, the latter had been one of the most active promoters of rowing in Mex ico. An analysis was made of the replies received from the national federations to a questionnaire relating to immi nent decisions and, in particular, to the possibility of in troducing lightweight events into the Olympic Games at the expense of some events on the traditional programme. It was decided to summon an extraordinary congress at the beginning of 1989 for the purpose of drafting possible amendments to the proposals. To avoid regattas becoming a contest between manufac turers instead of between oarsmen and oarswomen, the use of a friction-reducing plastic film applied to the hull of boats was banned in the same way as had been mov ing riggers in 1983. Milijenko Finderle (YUG), Peter Jirka (AUT), Borge Kaas-Andersen (DEN), Bill Knecht (USA) and Elio Morille (ITA) were unanimously elected for a further four years as members of the Umpires’ Panel. A working party with “Marketing and Sponsorship” as its brief, was set up under the chairmanship of Dan Bakinowski (USA). The president of FISA, Thomas Keller, announced that he would stand for re-election in 1989, but that, if suc cessful, he would retire after the 1990 world champion ships. For the first time since 1981, a doping test had proved positive at an early season regatta. August 23rd—30th 1987 — Copenhagen 11th women’s World championships 14th men’s World championships 3rd World championships for lightweights The Danish federation, one of the most active ones, celebrated its centenary by organising the FISA world championships. Bjorn Borgen Haslov, chairman of the FISA materials commission, Borge Kaas-Andersen, a member of the umpires’ panel, together with their friends in the Danish federation and in the organising committee under the chairmanship of Villy Joergenson, prepared a welcome worthy of that of their predecessors for the European championships in 1953, 1963, 1971, or for the lightweights’ championship in 1978. The course on Lake Bagsvaerd had been improved. A new start tower had been built, and the finish tower had been modernised. The Albano buoying system had been renovated. The world championships race programme had been changed in order to give greater prominence to the wom en’s and lightweight events. From then on, all spectators would be able to enjoy a mixture of men’s, women’s and lightweights’ races. Moreover, the race programme would make it possible for a greater number of athletes to double up in events. There was just one major source of general disappoint ment: the weather, which made conditions unfair. The wind and the often very rough water made racing difficult. It has never proved possible to find a means of overcoming adverse weather conditions, and some courses, often those near the sea, are more exposed to these hazards than others. Women’s races Preliminary heats 4 +: 8 crews El: 1. GDR 2. URS 3. USA 4. BUT Eli: 1. ROM 2. CAN 3. AUS 4. KOR R: 1. USA 2. BUT 3. URS 4. CAN 5. AUS 6. KOR 2x: 10 crews El: 1. ROM 2. GDR 3. BUL 4. BEL 5. CAN Eli: 1. URS 2. USA 3. SWE 4. ITA 5. NOR RI: 1. GDR 2. SWE 3. BEL 4. NOR RII: 1. BUL 2. USA 3. ITA 4. CAN 2-: 11 crews El: 1. GDR 2. USA 3. ERG 4. CAN 5. GBR 6. POL Eli: 1. ROM 2. URS 3. BUL 4. NED 5. CBN RI: 1. BUL 2. USA 3. NED 4. GBR 5. POL RII: 1. URS 2. ERG 3. CAN 4. CBN lx: 9 crews El: 1. GDR 2. BUL 3. USA 4. NED 5. KOR Eli: 1. ROM 2. CAN 3. DEN 4. URS RI: 1. BUL 2. DEN 3. NED RII: 1. CAN 2. USA 3. URS 4. KOR 4x + : 11 crews EL 1. BUL 2. URS 3. HUN 4. FRA 5. CBN 6. SWE Eli: 1. GDR 2. ROM 3. NED 4. TCH 5. USA RI: 1. URS 2. NED 3. TCH 4. CBN 5. SWE RII: 1. ROM 2. HUN 3. USA 4. FRA 8 +: 9 crews EL 1. GDR 2. ROM 3. ERG 4. POL 5. CAN Eli: 1. URS 2. BUL 3. USA 4. GBR RI: 1. ROM 2. USA 3. POL RII: 1. BUL 2. ERG 3. CAN 4. GBR Part 5 231
