The 8th World Rowing Championships were held in 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia.[1]
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Men's Events | ||||||
| M1x | Finland Pertti Karppinen |
06:58.27 | West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe |
07:04.60 | East Germany Ruediger Reiche |
07:06.55 |
| M2x | Norway Alf Hansen(b) Frank Hansen (s) |
06:26.98 | Czechoslovakia Zdenek Pecka (b) Vaclav Vochoska (s) |
06:30.46 | East Germany Moll (b) Martin Winter (s) |
06:32.01 |
| M4x | East Germany Peter KERSTEN(b) Klaus KROEPPELIEN(2) Karl-Heinz BUSSERT(3) Joachim DREIFKE(s) |
05:50.70 | West Germany (b) (2) (3) (s) |
05:54.16 | France (b) (2) (3) (s) |
05:57.80 |
| M2- | East Germany Bernd Landvoigt (b) Jörg Landvoigt (s) |
06:42.63 | Soviet Union Yuri Pimenov (b) Nikolay Pimenov (s) |
06:45.76 | Switzerland Stefan Netzle (b) Hans Trümpler(s) |
06:48.67 |
| M2+ | East Germany Gert UEBELER (b) Hermann PFEIFER(s) Georg SPOHR(c) |
07:06.35 | Czechoslovakia (b) (s) ] (c) |
07:06.95 | United States (b) (s) (c) |
07:09.90 |
| M4- | East Germany Wolfgang MAGER(b) Stefan SEMMLER(2) Andreas DECKER(3) Siegfried BRIETZKE(s) |
06:00.64 | Czechoslovakia (b) (2) (3) (s) |
06:05.30 | United Kingdom (b) (2) (3) (s) |
06:06.65 |
| M4+ | East Germany Bernd SCHLUFTER (b) Walter DIESSNER(2) Jens DOBERSCHUETZ(3) Ullrich DIESSNER(s) Werner LUTZ(c) |
06:27.24 | Soviet Union (b) (2) (3) (s) (c) |
06:29.23 | West Germany (b) (2) (3) (s) (c) |
06:31.32 |
| M8+ | East Germany Dietmar SCHILLER (b) Joerg FRIEDRICH(2) Werner WENZEL(3) Friedrich ULLRICH(4) Bernd HOEING(5) Ulrich KARNATZ(6) Bernd KRAUSS(7) (s) Ortwin RODEWALD(c) |
05:36.41 | New Zealand (b) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (s) (c) |
05:39.92 | Soviet Union (b) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (s) (c) |
05:40.69 |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| W1x | Romania Sandra Toma |
03:35.44 | East Germany Martina Schroeter |
03:38.67 | Netherlands Borrias |
03:39.61 |
| W2x | East Germany Cornelia Linse (b) Heidi Westphal (s) |
03:15.95 | Bulgaria Svetla Otsetova (b) Sdravka Jordanova (s) |
03:16.31 | Romania Valeria Racila (b) Olga Homeghi (s) |
03:17.68 |
| W4x+ | East Germany Sybille REINHARDT - TIETZE (b) Christine ROEPKE(2) Jutta LAU(3) Roswietha REICHEL - ZOBELT(s) Liane BUHR - WEIGEL (c) |
03:06.75 | Bulgaria NN (b) NN2 (2) NN3 (3) NN4 (s) NN5 (c) |
03:07.04 | Romania NN (b) NN2 (2) NN3 (3) NN4 (s) NN5 (c) |
03:08.06 |
| W2- | East Germany Cornelia Buegel(b) Ute Steindorf (s) |
03:27.74 | Romania Florica Dospinescu (b) Elena Oprea (s) |
03:30.44 | Poland Malgzata Dluzewska (b) Czeslawa Koscianska (s) |
03:32.30 |
| W4+ | Soviet Union Valentina SEMENOVA(b) Svetlana SEMENOVA(2) Galina STEPANOVA(3) Maria FADEJEVA(s) Nina TCHEREMISINA(c) |
03:17.03 | East Germany NN (b) NN2 (2) NN3 (3) NN4 (s) NN5 (c) |
03:18.25 | Romania NN (b) NN2 (2) NN3 (3) NN4 (s) NN5 (c) |
03:19.98 |
| W8+ | Soviet Union Nina ANTONIUK (b) Tatiana BUNJAK(2) Nadejda DERGATCHENKO(3) Valentina JERMAKOVA(4) Maria PAZJUN(5) Elena TERESHINA(6) Nina UMANETS(7) Olga PIVOVAROVA(s) Nina FROLOVA(c) |
02:58.09 | East Germany NN (b) NN2 (2) NN3 (3) NN4 (4) NN5 (5) NN6 (6) NN7 (7) NN8 (s) NN9 (c) |
02:59.36 | United States NN (b) NN2 (2) NN3 (3) NN4 (4) NN5 (5) NN6 (6) NN7 (7) NN8 (s) NN9 (c) |
02:59.91 |
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | West Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Preceded by Hamilton 1978 |
World Rowing Championships Bled 1979 |
Succeeded by Hazewinkel 1980 |