Year |
Winning crew |
Club |
Distance |
Runner-up |
Club |
ref |
1946 | John F. Burgess Christopher G. Burgess | Leander Club | 8.47 NRO | Ole Secher P Paerregaard | Dansk Forening, DEN | [20] |
1947 | John Pinches Edward Sturges | London Rowing Club | 8.46 2+1⁄2 L | J. R. W. Gleave D. G. Jamison | Magdalen College, Oxford | [21][22] |
1948 | Ran Laurie Jack Wilson | Leander Club | 8.30 3 L | Spencer Grace Ted Bromley | Mosman RC, NSW, AUS | [23] |
1949 | Tony Butcher Tom Christie | Thames Rowing Club | 8.20 2+1⁄2 L | R. C. Morris Alan Burrough | Thames Rowing Club | [24] |
1950 | Jos Rosa Charles Van Antwerpen | SRN Anversoise, BEL | 9.10 3⁄4 L | John Pinches Edward Sturges | London Rowing Club | [25] |
1951 | James Crowden Brian Lloyd | Pembroke College, Cm Lady Margaret BC, Cm | 8.52 E | Jos Rosa Charles Van Antwerpen | SRN Anversoise, Belgium | [26] |
1952 | Henry Chris I. Bywater Tom Christie | Westminster Hospital | 8.6 1+1⁄3 L | Tony Leadley J. N. King | Emmanuel College, Cm | |
1953 | Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen | Antwerp Sculling Club | 8.10 4 L | Herbert Kesel Klaus Hahn | Ruderclub Saar, Saarbrücken | [27][28] |
1954 | Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov | Khimik, USSR | 8.44 2 L | S. L. Blom R. Gitz | KRZHS, NED | [29] |
1955 | Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov | Club Khimik, USSR | 8.30 4 L | James Gobbo Christopher Davidge | Leander Club | [30] |
1956 | R. J. M. Thompson Geoffrey Mark Wolfson | Pembroke College, Cm | 8.45 3 L | Alan M. Clay Bill H. Findlay | Marlow Rowing Club | [31] |
1957 | Tony Leadley Christopher Davidge | Leander Club | 8.17 1⁄3 L | Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder | EKuRV Donau, Austria | [32] |
1958 | Tony Leadley Christopher Davidge | Leander Club | 8.4 3+1⁄2 L | Rolf Streuli Gottfried Kottmann | Belvoir RC, Zurich, SWI | [33] |
1959 | Richard B. Norton Hugh H. Scurfield | Hertford College, Ox | 8.20 E | Michael Beresford Colin Porter | London Rowing Club | [34] |
1960 | Ian Elliott D C Rutherford | Keble College, Ox Magdalen College, Ox | 7.58 2⁄3 L | Richard Nicholson Clive Marshall | Nottingham Britannia | [35] |
1961 | Veli Lehtelä Toimi Pitkänen | Valkeakosken V, FIN | 8.9 E | Richard C. Waite Richard J. Nicholson | Nottingham & U RC & Nottingham Britannia | [36] |
1962 | Wolfgang Neuß Klaus-Günter Jordan | RC Nassovia Hochst, FRG | 8.2 2 L | Stewart Farquharson David Lee Nicholson | Univ of London BC MH | [37] |
1963 | Christopher Davidge Stuart Mackenzie | Leander Club | 7.55 4 L | Joseph Amlong Thomas Amlong | Vesper Boat Club, USA | [38] |
1964 | John R. Kiely John Lecky | Leander Club | 7.53 2 L | Mike J. W. Hall Robert A. Napier | Leander Club | [39] |
1965 | Peter Gorny Günter Bergau | ASK Vorwaerts Rostock | 7.42 2+1⁄4 L | Herman Boelen Jaap Enters | RV Willen III, NED | [40] |
1966 | Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe | TSC, GDR | 8.31 2 L | Ray Easterling John T. McCarthy | Poplar Blackwall & Dis | [41] |
1967 | Manfred Gelpke Klaus Jacob | SCE Dresden, GDR | 8.18 E | A. Jerry Sutton Patrick J. Sharp | Sons of the Thames | [42] |
1968 | A. Jerry Sutton Patrick J. W. Sharp | Sons of the Thames | NTT E | James A. Hamilton J. Simon B. McCowen | Tideway Scullers School | [43] |
1969 | Urs Bitterli Urs Fankhauser | See-Club Lucern | 7.56 E | Richard C.Wait Mike A. Sweeney | Nottingham Union RC | [44] |
1970 | Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde | SC Dynamo, GDR | 8.17 E | George Xouris Jeff R. Watt | Corio Bay RC, AUS | [45] |
1971 | Glyn A. S. Locke Tim Crooks | Thames Tradesmen's RC Tideway Scullers School | 8.7 E | Chris J. Dalley Rob N. Winckless | Quintin Boat Club | [46] |
1972 | Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski | KK Wioslarski Bydgoszcz | 7.59 2+1⁄4 L | Nikolay Vasilyev Vladimir Poljakov | Spartak Leningrad, USSR | [47] |
1973 | Mark Borchelt Terry Adams | Potomac BC, USA | 7.42 rowed in | Frank Dedecker Paul De Weert | Antwerpse RV, BEL | [48] |
1974 | Nikolay Ivanov Vladimir Eshinov | Dynamo Club, USSR | 7.59 E | James Macleod Neil Christie | Lady Margaret BC, Cm | [49] |
1975 | Harry Droog Roel Luynenburg | ASR Nereus, NED | 7.36 1⁄3 L | Glyn A. S. Locke Frederick Smallbone | Leander Club Thames | [50] |
1976 | Ian Luxford Chris Shinners | Sydney Univ BC, Australia | 7.21 E | John Lecky Richard Crooker | C d'A de Boucherville, Ca | [51] |
1977 | Jim Clark John A Roberts | Thames Tradesmen's RC | 7.54 3 L | James Macleod Neil Christie | St Thomas Hospital London Rowing Club | [52] |
1978 | Jim Clark John A Roberts | Thames Tradesmen's RC | 8.12 E | Kees J M de Veth Aart Uttenboogaard | Holland | [53] |
1979 | Charles Wiggin Malcolm Carmichael | Leander Club | 8.10 E | John W. Woodhouse James S. Palmer | Cambridge Univ BC | |
1980 | Mark Borchelt Fred Borchelt | Potomac BC, USA | 8.2 E | James S. Palmer Hugh Laurie | Eton Vikings | [54] |
1981 | Thomas Francis Farrell Mossop Chris J. Jones | Kingston Rowing Club | 8.46 1 L | James Macleod Neil Christie | London Rowing Club | [55] |
1982 | Mirko Ivančić Zlatko Celent | Veslacki Klub Gusar, YUG | 8.11 1+1⁄2 L | Paul D. Wensley Paul L. Reynolds | University of London Kingston Rowing Club | [56] |
1983 | Mostyn Field Glen Hill | Tyrian Boat Club | 7.48 E | Allan Whitwell Martin Knight | Nottinghamshire CRA | |
1984 | Ewan Pearson C. David M. Riches | CUBC Molesey Boat Club | 7.57 | John Beattie Richard Stanhope | Thames Tradesmen's RC | |
1985 | Ewan Pearson C. David M. Riches | Molesey Boat Club | 7.49 5 L | Frank Moore Philip Browne | Neptune Rowing Club, Ireland | |
1986 | Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave | Leander Club Marlow Rowing Club | 7.39 E | Ewan Pearson C. David M. Riches | Molesey Boat Club | |
1987 | Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave | Leander Club Marlow Rowing Club | 7.48 paddled in | Yuriy Pimenov Nikolay Pimenov | Dinamo Moscow, USSR | |
1988 | Ted S. Swinford John P. Riley | Penn AC, USA | 7.48 E | Steve J. Chilmaid Andy D. J. Butt | London Rowing Club | |
1989 | Simon Berrisford Steve Redgrave | Leander Club | 7.9 E | Volker Grabow Guido Grabow | RC Witten, Germany | [57] |
1990 | Karl Sinzinger Jr. Hermann Bauer | H Kapsch Linz, AUT | 7.39 1 ft | Martin Cross Tim Foster | Thames Tradesmen's RC Star | |
1991 | Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent | Leander Club | 7.38 E | Josép Robert Manolo Bermudez | Natacio Banyoles, Spain | |
1992 | David R. Gillard Nick J. Clarry | Goldie Boat Club | 7.30 3 L | Piers P. Ashley-Carter Andy P. Murray | Leander Club | |
1993 | Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent | Leander Club | 7.22 1 L | Bill Coventry Campbell Clayton-Greene | Waikato RC, NZL | [58] |
1994 | Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent | Leander Club | 7.22 1+3⁄4 L | Jaak Van Driessche Luc Goiris | Gentse RESV, BEL | |
1995 | Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent | Leander Club | 7.18 5 L | Roger D. T. Everington Mark B. Partridge | London RC Notts RC | |
1996 | Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer | Rv Wiking Linz, Austria | 7.22 4+1⁄2 L | Benedict Schmidt Camille L. Codoni | Seeclub Zurich, Switz | [59] |
1997 | Robert Thatcher Ben Hunt-Davis | Leander Club | 7.30 E | Claus P. Fischer Sebastian Franke | Rg Hansa Hamburg, Ger | [60] |
1998 | Laurent Béghin Antoine Béghin | CN Gontier, FRA | 7.34 E | Oliver Martinov Ninoslav Saraga | HAVK "Mladost", Croatia | [61] |
1999 | Steve Williams Simon Dennis | Oxford Brookes Univ Queen's Tower | 7.25 3+1⁄4 L | David Weightman Rob Scott | NSW Inst Sport, AUS | |