1964 European Rowing Championships
european rowing championship rowing championship held bosbaan regatta course dutch capital amsterdam woman competed july august men competed following week august men competed seven olympic boat class mx mx woman entered five boat class wx wx wx w w many men competed two month later olympic game tokyo woman would first allowed compete olympic level fisa international rowing federation recognise east germany country insisted one german team per boat class woman east germany dominant side held selection trial olympic regatta course grünau east berlin july west germany contest coxed four eight boat class karen ulrichwolf single scull competition west expected east germany competition remaining two boat class – double scull coxed quad scull negotiation rowing competition men even protracted usual way forward european rowing championship found rowing summer olympics two month later also agenda negotiation led willi daume heinz schöbel president national olympic committee west east germany respectively june west germany insisted one set selection trial covering european olympic competition tension eased agreed july would separate selection trial two international competition agreed boat class compete west german regatta course remaining boat class would meet east german venue four boat would start per race two country winning country would free nominate rower choice boat class ie necessarily rower race compared woman situation opposite west german rower historically dominant boat class trial coxed pair double scull coxless four held august olympic rowing venue grünau east berlin east germany winning double scull race west germany two class following day remaining trial single scull coxless pair coxed four eight held duisburg east germany single scull achim hill coxed pair class three qualification compared west germany four best east german result yet fisa meeting held conjunction men regatta east german rowing association asked separate german team allowed compete future like previous meeting motion voted soviet union successful nation womens event three gold medal final held sunday august soviet union boat seven class followed holland six class west germany denmark poland four boat final single scull event rower placed outside medal murray watkinson nzl fourth eugeniusz kubiak pol fifth gottfried kottmann sui sixth coxless pair american brother joseph thomas amlong came fourth soviet rower oleg golovanov valentin boreyko came fifth table show aggregate result men woman east west germany counted separate country overall winner soviet union six gold medal followed east germany west germany three two gold medal respectively