| Men Single Sculls | | Thomas Lange | East Germany | 6:49.86 | | Peter-Michael Kolbe | West Germany | 6:54.77 | | Eric Verdonk | New Zealand | 6:58.66 | | Men Double Sculls | | Nico Rienks and Ronald Florijn | Netherlands | 6:21.13 | | Beat Schwerzmann and Ueli Bodenmann | Switzerland | 6:22.59 | | Aleksandr Marchenko and Vasily Yakusha | Soviet Union | 6:22.87 |
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| Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. East Germany |  GDR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | 2. Italy |  ITA | 2 | | | 2 | | 3. Romania |  ROU | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | | 4. West Germany |  FRG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 5. Great Britain |  GBR | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 6. Netherlands |  NED | 1 | | | 1 | | 7. Soviet Union |  URS | | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 7. United States |  USA | | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 9. Bulgaria |  BUL | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 10.China |  CHN | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 11.Norway |  NOR | | 1 | | 1 | | 11.Switzerland |  SUI | | 1 | | 1 | | 13.New Zealand |  NZL | | | 3 | 3 | | 14.Yugoslavia |  YUG | | | 1 | 1 | | Total | 14 nat. | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
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| Women Eight | | 1. East Germany | GDR 6:15.17 | | Annegret Strauch, Judith Zeidler, Kathrin Haacker, Ute Wild, Anja Kluge, Beatrix Schröer, Ramona Balthasar, Ute Stange, Daniela Neunast, | | 2. Romania | ROU | 6:17.44 | | Doina Șnep-Bălan, Veronica Necula, Herta Anitaș, Marioara Trașcă, Adriana Bazon, Mihaela Armășescu, Rodica Arba, Olga Homeghi, Ecaterina Oancia | | 3. China | CHN | 6:21.83 | | Zhou Xiuhua, Zhang Yali, He Yanwen, Han Yaqin, Zhang Xianghua, Zhou Shouying, Yang Xiao, Hu Yadong, Li Ronghua |
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