Olympic Regattas

TANG Bin, JIN Ziwei, XI Aihua & ZHANG Yangyang (CHN)

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.

Imperforated proofs are very rare (about 10 existing)

GDR boycotted the Olympic Games 1984 and the stamp on the left was never released. The image was used for the stamp on the right (OG Seoul 1988).
The most expensive rowing stamp in the world - less than ten are known. MI III	1988

Stamp GDR 1988 Aug. 9th - OG Seoul

       MI 3186

       SC 2693

       SG E 2889

       YV 2799
Stamp GEQ (unauthorized) depicting Zag Purchase & Mark Hunter (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners OG Beijing 2008

This LM2X pair also won the silver medal

at OG London 2012
Stamp GEQ 1972 Aug. 17th SS - OG Munich (pictogram behind the runner's left leg)

MI SS 18
Stamp GEQ 1972 July 25th OG Munich (gold-foil) - 800 issued perforated, 200 issued imperforated

       MI 106 perforated

       SC 72111

       MI A 106 imperforated

       SC 72113

MI 103 A

SC 72-109

YV PA 8-A

MI 103 B

MI 104 A

SC 72-110

YV PA 8-B

MI 104 B

Stamp GEQ 1972 July 25th SS OG Munich - Regatta course Munich-Oberschleissheim finish area with grandstand and finish tower

MI SS 15 - stamp MI 105

SC 72-111
Stamp GEQ 1972 Oct. 30th - OG Munich (gold-foil) with green overprint °Gold medal 4+ RFA° (= GER) - 800 issued perforated, 200 issued imperforated

       MI B 106 perforated

       SC 72112

       MI C 106 imperforated

       SC 72114
Stamp GEQ 1972 OG Munich on air mail cover with arrival postmark on back

Certified by Grabowski PP
Stamp GEQ 1975 Nov. 20th - OG Montreal (perforated & imperforated) with pictogram
Stamp GEQ 1976 March 5th - OG Montreal - depicting the GDR M4+ silver medal winner at OG Munich 1972 without cox


MI 784 SC 76-32 YV 84-A
	The stamp shows the GDR M4+ crew (D. Zander, R. Gust, E. Martens, R. Jobst, cox K.-D. Ludwig) who won the silver medal at OG Munich 1972. The designer eliminated the cox (only a small part of his head is visible on the original photo) changing the M4+ into a M4-.

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