[2] Later in 1972 the same crew was selected for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where they just failed to reach the final, finishing in fourth place in the semi-finals of the men's coxless four.

[5] He won at Henley Royal Regatta a total of eight times and was selected for the GB national team from 1970 until his retirement from competition in 1982.

During the early 1970s he was a physical education schoolmaster at Cardinal Vaughan Grammar School, where he taught and coached the future Olympic champion oarsman Martin Cross.

[8] James Clark also coached at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where his sculler Beryl Mitchell finished sixth in the final.

His wife Lin Clark was one of the most prominent international oarswomen in Britain in the 1970s and 80s, initially as a heavyweight but later (from the early 80s on) as a lightweight.