Stamps by Year - 2023

Lower right corner: J. Dreifke & K. Koeppelien (GDR),

M2X gold medal winners OG Montreal 1976 and WRC

Munich 1981

 M1X result OG Montreal 1976

1. FIN (Pertti Karppinen)

2. GER (Peter-Michael Kolbe)

3. GDR (Joachim Dreifke)

Kolbe had led Karppinen by eight seconds at half way

but was caught in the final spurt.

               M1X gold medal winner

                  P. Karppinen (FIN)

              M1X gold medal winner

                   P. Karppinen (FIN)

               M1X silver medal winner

                   P.-M. Kolbe (GER)

               M1X silver medal winner

                   P.-M. Kolbe (GER)

Rob Waddell won the M1X B-final at

OG Atlanta 1996 (= 7th place),

became M1X World champion in 1998,

defended his title in 1999 and crowned

his career with the M1X gold medal win

at OG Sydney 2000.

Silken Laumann gained the W2X bronze medal

at OG Los Angeles 1984 together with her sister

Danielle. She won the W1X gold medal in 1991

and was the gold medal favourite for OG Barcelona

1992 when ten weeks prior to the Games her right

leg was shattered by an accident in the warm-up area

of regatta Essen (GER). A M4- crew had rammed into

her shell. Told that she would never row again and

after five operations she walked with a cane to her

boat and won the W1X bronze medal.

She finished her career with the W1X silver medal at

OG Atlanta 1996.

FISA introduced traffic rules for the warm-up areas

of regattas after the 1992 incident.

M1X Final A OG Atlanta 1996

Gold:      Xeno Muller (SUI)         6:44,85

Silver:     Derek Porter (CAN)      6:47,45

Bronze:  Thomas Lange (GER)   6:47,72

Mahé Drysdale won the M1X competition in a photo finish

against Damir Martin (CRO). Their race was so close that

the recorded time for each was 6:41,34, but Drysdale won

by "something less than a hair".