1979 World Rowing Championships

Medal summary

Women's events

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
W1x	ROM|1965GDRNEDGDR Medal table This table does not include the lightweight results. Great Britain Nine men's teams and four women's teams from Great Britain competed at the championships. Event Notes M1x Hugh Matheson 5th in A final M2- Charles Wiggin & Malcolm Carmichael 4th in A final M2+ N/A no entry M2x Chris Baillieu & Jim [Clark (rower)|Jim Clark] 4th in A final M4- Martin Cross, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, John Beattie Bronze medal M4+ James Svenson-Taylor, Peter Hope, Simon Leifer, Paul Reynolds 1st in B final M4x N/A no entry M8+ Lenny Robertson, Eric Sims, Mark Bathurst, Neil Christie, James MacLeod Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns 6th in A final LM1x N/A no entry LM2x Mark Cushway & Peter Boosey 2nd in B final LM4- Ian Wilson, Stuart Wilson, Colin Barratt, Nicholas Howe Gold medal LM8+ Stephen Simpole, Nigel Read, Christopher Drury, Colin Cusack, John Melvin Peter Zeun, Duncan Innes, Richard Stuart, Paul Jenkinson 5th in A final W1x Beryl Mitchell 13th place W2- N/A no entry W2x Pauline Hart & Astrid Ayling 1st in B final W4+ Yvonne Earl, Bernadette Casey, Lin Clark, Gillian Webb, Nicky Mason 4th in B final W4x+ N/A no entry W8+ Jean Genchi, Nicola Boyes, Stephanie Price, Liz Paton, Sue Handscomb Rosemary Clugston, Clara Bayles, Beverly Jones, Nicky Zarach 3rd in B final