1974 World Rowing Championships

The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the fourth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 4 to 8 September 1974 and from 29 August to 1 September 1974 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event was significantly extended from the 1970 edition, with the addition of both women's and lightweight men's events. Six women boat classes were added, three lightweight men classes, plus quad scull for men, increasing the number of boat classes from seven in 1970 to seventeen in 1974. This was also the last World Championships held on a quadrennial cycle – from this point, World Championships were held annually.

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1974 World Rowing Championships:

Medal table

Medals by country :

Finals

The following boats competed in the finals:

Event

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

M1x

M2x

M4x

M2-

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Great Britain

Event		Notes
M1x	N/A	no entry
M2x	Chris Baillieu & Michael Hart	bronze medal in A final
M4x	National squad	4th in B final
M2-	N/A	no entry
M4-	Leander	unplaced
M2+	N/A	no entry
M4+	Lady Margaret & London University	3rd in B final
M8+	Frederick Smallbone, John Yallop, Tim Crooks, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell Jim Clark, Bill Mason, Lenny Robertson, Patrick Sweeney cox,	silver medal in A Final
LM1x	Geoff Potts (Durham)	4th in A final
L4-	Graeme Hall, Christopher Drury, Nicholas Tee, Daniel Topolski	1st in B in final
L8	N/A	no entry
W1x	Ann Cork	unplaced
W2x	N/A	no entry
W4x	Jackie Darling, Pauline Bird, Liz Lorrimer, Lorraine Baker, Karen Peer, cox (St George's Ladies)	unplaced
W2-	Liz Monti & Lin Clark	3rd in B final
W4+	Chris Aistrop, Maggie Lambourn, Chris Grimes, Clare Grove, Pauline Wright, cox	5th in B final
W8+	N/A	no entry

New Zealand

The 1974 World Championships were the first that were attended by a female crew from New Zealand. The coxed four was crewed by Marion Horwell, Liz Cato, Robin Matheson, Lesley Keys, and Vicki Colville. They came third in the petite final, or ninth overall.