Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not included women's disciplines at the Olympics.

Medal summary

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls

Aleksandr Timoshinin
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Timoshinin is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow....


Gennadi Korshikov
Gennadi Korshikov
Gennadi Egorovich Korshikov is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Leningrad....


Frank Hansen
Frank Hansen (rower)
Frank Hansen was a World Champion and Olympic Champion rower for Norway. In 1972, he won a silver medal at the Munich Olympic Games in the Men's Double Sculls event with his then partner Svein Thøgersen....


Svein Thøgersen
Svein Thøgersen
Svein Thøgersen is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.He received a silver medal in double sculls at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Frank Hansen....


Joachim Böhmer
Joachim Böhmer
Joachim Böhmer was a German rower in the former German Democratic Republic, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo...


Hans-Ulrich Schmied
Hans-Ulrich Schmied
Hans-Ulrich "Uli" Schmied is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Meißen....

Men's coxless pairs

Siegfried Brietzke
Siegfried Brietzke
Siegfried Brietzke is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was born in Rostock....


Wolfgang Mager
Wolfgang Mager
Wolfgang Mager is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kamenz....


Heinrich Fischer
Heinrich Fischer
Heinrich "Heini" Fischer is a Swiss rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he and his partner Alfred Bachmann won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...


Alfred Bachmann
Alfred Bachmann
Alfred Bachmann is a Swiss rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he and his partner Heinrich Fischer won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...


Roel Luynenburg
Roel Luynenburg
Roelof Johan Luynenburg is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 . Four years later in Munich, West Germany, he won the bronze medal in the men's coxless pairs alongside Ruud Stokvis.-References:...


Ruud Stokvis
Ruud Stokvis
Rudolf Stokvis is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1968...

Men's coxed pairs

Wolfgang Gunkel
Wolfgang Gunkel
Wolfgang Gunkel is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Berlin....


Jörg Lucke
Jörg Lucke
Jörg Lucke is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Berlin....


Klaus-Dieter Neubert
Klaus-Dieter Neubert
Klaus-Dieter Neubert is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oberwiesenthal....


Oldřich Svojanovský
Oldrich Svojanovský
Oldřich Svojanovský is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Otrokovice and is the younger brother of Pavel Svojanovský....


Pavel Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský
Pavel Svojanovský is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Otrokovice and is the older brother of Oldřich Svojanovský....


Vladimír Petříček
Vladimír Petrícek
Vladimír Petříček is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Libiš, Mělník District....


Ştefan Tudor
Stefan Tudor
Ştefan Tudor is a Romanian rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Poienarii Burchii....


Petre Ceapura
Petre Ceapura
Petre Ceapura is a Romanian rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Jurilovca....


Ladislau Lovrenski
Ladislau Lovrenski
Ladislau Lovrenski is a Romanian Olympic rower; he was born in Timişoara.Lovrenski competed in the following Olympics:...

Men's coxless fours

Frank Forberger
Frank Forberger
Frank Forberger was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Meißen....


Frank Rühle
Frank Rühle
Frank Rühle is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Dohna....


Dieter Grahn
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Grahn is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Sobótka....


Dieter Schubert
Dieter Schubert
Dieter Schubert is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Pirna-Copitz....


Dick Tonks
Dick Tonks
Richard William Tonks is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....


Dudley Storey
Dudley Storey
Dudley Leonard Storey is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Storey won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...


Ross Collinge
Ross Collinge
Ross Hounsell Collinge is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Collinge won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie...


Noel Mills
Noel Mills
Noel Mills was a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Silver medal at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Tonks, Dudley Storey and Ross Collinge to win the Silver medal in the coxless four. He also won a Bronze medal in the eights at the 1978 World Rowing Championships at...


Joachim Ehrig
Joachim Ehrig
Joachim Werner Ehrig is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Heidelberg....


Peter Funnekötter
Peter Funnekötter
Peter Funnekötter is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Münster.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event....


Franz Held
Franz Held
Franz Held is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Passau.In 1968 he and his partner Günther Karl finished twelfth in the coxless pairs event....


Wolfgang Plottke
Wolfgang Plottke
Wolfgang Plottke is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Klein Lukow.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event....

Men's coxed fours

Peter Berger
Peter Berger (rower)
Peter Berger is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Konstanz....


Hans-Johann Färber
Hans-Johann Färber
Hans-Johann Färber is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics....


Gerhard Auer
Gerhard Auer
Gerhard Auer is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Tepl.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.-External links:...


Alois Bierl
Alois Bierl
Alois Bierl is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Waldmünchen and member of the Ludwigshafener Ruderverein....


Uwe Benter
Uwe Benter
Uwe Benter is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Frankfurt am Main and is the younger brother of Lutz Benter....


Dietrich Zander
Dietrich Zander
Dietrich Zander is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Reinhard Gust
Reinhard Gust
Reinhard Gust is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Eckhard Martens
Eckhard Martens
Eckhard Martens is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Rolf Jobst
Rolf Jobst
Rolf Jobst is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Klaus-Dieter Ludwig
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was born in Züllichau....


Otakar Mareček
Otakar Marecek
Otakar Mareček is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague....


Karel Neffe
Karel Neffe
Karel Neffe is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague and is the father of Karel Neffe, Jr....


Vladimír Jánoš
Vladimír Jánoš
Vladimír Jánoš is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague....


František Provazník
František Provazník
František Provazník is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague.In 1972 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event....


Vladimír Petříček
Vladimír Petrícek
Vladimír Petříček is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Libiš, Mělník District....

Men's eights

Tony Hurt
Tony Hurt
Tony Hurt is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...


Wybo Veldman
Wybo Veldman
Wybo Veldman is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Joyce, Tony Hurt, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...


Dick Joyce
John Hunter
Lindsay Wilson
Athol Earl
Athol Earl
Athol "Joe" Earl is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Tony Hurt, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights...


Trevor Coker
Trevor Coker
Trevor Ian Coker was a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals in his career....


Gary Robertson
Gary Robertson (rower)
Gary David Robertson is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....


Simon Dickie
Simon Dickie
Simon Dickie is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won 3 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Dickie won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Warren Cole...


Lawrence Terry
Lawrence Terry
Lawrence Terry, Jr. is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Concord, Massachusetts....


Franklin Hobbs
Franklin Hobbs
Franklin Warren "Fritz" Hobbs, IV is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and is the older brother of rower Bill Hobbs....


Pete Raymond
Pete Raymond
Peter "Pete" Harlow Raymond is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics...


Tim Mickelson
Tim Mickelson
Timothy Carl Mickelson is an American rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Deerfield, Wisconsin USA....


Gene Clapp
Gene Clapp
Eugene "Gene" Howard Clapp, IV is an American rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts and is the older brother of Charles Clapp. Gene Clapp graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 where he was a member of St...


Bill Hobbs
Bill Hobbs (rower)
William "Bill" Barton Roger Hobbs is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and is the younger brother of Franklin Hobbs....


Cleve Livingston
Cleve Livingston
John Cleve Livingston is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Los Angeles and is the older brother of Mike Livingston....


Mike Livingston
Mike Livingston (rower)
Michael "Mike" Kent Livingston is an American rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Denver and is the younger brother of Cleve Livingston....


Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman (rower)
Paul Hoffman is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in New York City.Hoffman was a member of the US Olympic Rowing Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City...


Hans-Joachim Borzym
Hans-Joachim Borzym
Hans-Joschim Borzym is an East German rower who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the eights event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....


Jörg Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt is a former East German rower. With his twin brother Bernd Landvoigt, he won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles in rowing.-Athletic career:...


Harold Dimke
Harold Dimke
Harold Dimke is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Manfred Schneider
Manfred Schneider
Manfred Schneider is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Hartmut Schreiber
Hartmut Schreiber
Hartmut Schreiber is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions....


Manfred Schmorde
Manfred Schmorde
Manfred Schmorde is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Bernd Landvoigt
Bernd Landvoigt
Bernd Landvoigt is a former German rower. He became together with his twin brother Jörg Landvoigt twice Olympic Gold winner and in four times the world champion in rowing. His first large international success he achieved at the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972. Where as members of the GDR eight won...


Heinrich Mederow
Heinrich Mederow
Heinrich Mederow is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won medals at international rowing competitions....


Dietmar Schwarz
Dietmar Schwarz
Dietmar Schwarz is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.- References :...


Medal table

1 3 1 3 7
2 2 0 0 2
3 1 1 0 2
4 1 0 1 2
5 0 1 1 2
6 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
10 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
Total 7 7 7 21
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