[1] The regatta was held in five lanes, with rowers proceeding in the direction of the river's flow.
The women from both countries had a qualification event on the Langer See in Grünau, which had previously been used as the rowing venue for the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In the end, the regatta facility on the Templiner See in Potsdam favoured by East Germany was agreed to.
Of those, only Britain managed to get two of their boats into the finals; Penny Chuter came fourth in the single scull, and they came fifth in the coxed four.
[16] The first table shows the aggregate results for men and women with Germany counted as one country.