Coxed four, men, 2,000 m

What to remember

Vienna, final of the 1991 World Championships: the German coxed four covered 2,000 m in 5 min 58.96 s. On board were Matthias Ungemach, Armin Eichholz, Armin Weyrauch and Bahne Rabe, with Jörg Dederding as cox.

In this boat each rower pulls a single oar, two on each side, and the cox steers with a rudder, seated either at the stern facing the crew or in the bow. Since rowing recognises no world records, weather making times vary too much, the time stands as a world best time.

A year earlier Ungemach had won a world title in the eight, in Tasmania. He went on to row the final of the coxless four at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing fourth, then the coxless pair at the 1996 Atlanta Games with Colin von Ettingshausen.