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
1947 John Pinches Edward Sturges London Rowing Club 8.46 2+ 1 ⁄ 2 L J. R. W. Gleave D. G. Jamison Magdalen College, Oxford
1948 Ran Laurie Jack Wilson Leander Club 8.30 3 L Spencer Grace Ted Bromley Mosman RC, NSW, AUS
1949 Tony Butcher Tom Christie Thames Rowing Club 8.20 2+ 1 ⁄ 2 L R. C. MorrisAlan Burrough Thames Rowing Club
1950 Jos Rosa Charles Van Antwerpen SRN Anversoise, BEL 9.10 3 ⁄ 4 L John Pinches Edward Sturges London Rowing Club
1951 James Crowden Brian Lloyd Pembroke College, Cm Lady Margaret BC, Cm 8.52 E Jos Rosa Charles Van Antwerpen SRN Anversoise, Belgium
1952 Henry Chris I. BywaterTom Christie Westminster Hospital 8.6 1+ 1 ⁄ 3 L Tony Leadley J. N. KingEmmanuel College, Cm
1953 Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen Antwerp Sculling Club 8.10 4 L Herbert Kesel Klaus Hahn Ruderclub Saar, Saarbrücken
1954 Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov Khimik, USSR 8.44 2 L S. L. Blom R. Gitz KRZHS, NED
1955 Igor Buldakov Viktor Ivanov Club Khimik, USSR 8.30 4 L James Gobbo Christopher Davidge Leander Club
1956 R. J. M. Thompson Geoffrey Mark Wolfson Pembroke College, Cm 8.45 3 L Alan M. Clay Bill H. Findlay Marlow Rowing Club
1957 Tony Leadley Christopher Davidge Leander Club 8.17 1 ⁄ 3 L Josef Kloimstein Alfred Sageder EKuRV Donau, Austria
1958 Tony Leadley Christopher Davidge Leander Club 8.4 3+ 1 ⁄ 2 L Rolf Streuli Gottfried Kottmann Belvoir RC, Zurich, SWI
1959 Richard B. Norton Hugh H. Scurfield Hertford College, Ox 8.20 E Michael Beresford Colin Porter London Rowing Club
1960 Ian Elliott D C RutherfordKeble College, Ox Magdalen College, Ox 7.58 2 ⁄ 3 L Richard Nicholson Clive Marshall Nottingham Britannia
1961 Veli Lehtelä Toimi Pitkänen Valkeakosken V, FIN 8.9 E Richard C. WaiteRichard J. Nicholson Nottingham & U RC & Nottingham Britannia
1962 Wolfgang Neuß Klaus-Günter Jordan RC Nassovia Hochst, FRG 8.2 2 L Stewart Farquharson David Lee Nicholson Univ of London BC MH
1963 Christopher Davidge Stuart Mackenzie Leander Club 7.55 4 L Joseph Amlong Thomas Amlong Vesper Boat Club , USA
1964 John R. KielyJohn Lecky Leander Club 7.53 2 L Mike J. W. Hall Robert A. Napier Leander Club
1965 Peter Gorny Günter Bergau ASK Vorwaerts Rostock 7.42 2+ 1 ⁄ 4 L Herman Boelen Jaap Enters RV Willen III, NED
1966 Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jürgen Bothe TSC, GDR 8.31 2 L Ray Easterling John T. McCarthy Poplar Blackwall & Dis
1967 Manfred Gelpke Klaus Jacob SCE Dresden, GDR 8.18 E A. Jerry Sutton Patrick J. Sharp Sons of the Thames
1968 A. Jerry Sutton Patrick J. W. Sharp Sons of the Thames NTT E James A. Hamilton J. Simon B. McCowen Tideway Scullers School
1969 Urs Bitterli Urs Fankhauser See-Club Lucern 7.56 E Richard C.Wait Mike A. Sweeney Nottingham Union RC
1970 Hartmut Schreiber Manfred Schmorde SC Dynamo, GDR 8.17 E George Xouris Jeff R. Watt Corio Bay RC, AUS
1971 Glyn A. S. LockeTim Crooks Thames Tradesmen's RC Tideway Scullers School 8.7 E Chris J. Dalley Rob N. Winckless Quintin Boat Club
1972 Jerzy Broniec Alfons Ślusarski KK Wioslarski Bydgoszcz 7.59 2+ 1 ⁄ 4 L Nikolay Vasilyev Vladimir Poljakov Spartak Leningrad, USSR
1973 Mark Borchelt Terry Adams Potomac BC, USA 7.42 rowed in Frank Dedecker Paul De Weert Antwerpse RV, BEL
1974 Nikolay Ivanov Vladimir Eshinov Dynamo Club, USSR 7.59 E James Macleod Neil Christie Lady Margaret BC, Cm
1975 Harry Droog Roel Luynenburg ASR Nereus, NED 7.36 1 ⁄ 3 L Glyn A. S. LockeFrederick Smallbone Leander Club Thames
1976 Ian Luxford Chris Shinners Sydney Univ BC , Australia7.21 E John Lecky Richard Crooker C d'A de Boucherville, Ca
1977 Jim Clark John A Roberts Thames Tradesmen's RC 7.54 3 L James Macleod Neil Christie St Thomas Hospital London Rowing Club
1978 Jim Clark John A Roberts Thames Tradesmen's RC 8.12 E Kees J M de Veth Aart Uttenboogaard Holland
1979 Charles Wiggin Malcolm Carmichael Leander Club 8.10 E John W. Woodhouse James S. Palmer Cambridge Univ BC
1980 Mark BorcheltFred Borchelt Potomac BC, USA 8.2 E James S. PalmerHugh Laurie Eton Vikings
1981 Thomas Francis Farrell Mossop Chris J. Jones Kingston Rowing Club 8.46 1 L James Macleod Neil Christie London Rowing Club
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
1983 Mostyn Field Glen HillTyrian 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 BrowneNeptune 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
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 BermudezNatacio Banyoles, Spain
1992 David R. Gillard Nick J. ClarryGoldie 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
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
1997 Robert ThatcherBen Hunt-Davis Leander Club 7.30 E Claus P. FischerSebastian Franke Rg Hansa Hamburg, Ger
1998 Laurent Béghin Antoine Béghin CN Gontier, FRA 7.34 E Oliver Martinov Ninoslav Saraga HAVK "Mladost", Croatia
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