1960: "Death in Regatta Week" by Charles Mason.
The hero is a rowing coach who finds himself rowing in a coxless four. He discovers a secret base in Eastern Europe and finds himself rowing against that nation (Slavonia). He survives assasination to go on to win in the finals, meanwhile the baddies die and he gets the girl.
There are good descriptions of their several heats.
Do not be unduly put off by the garish cover picture!
1960: The Grand was won by Molesey B.C. in 6:35
1960: The Diamonds was won by S.A. Mackenzie (Leander Club) in 8:03
1961: The Grand was won by Central Sports Club of U.S.S.R. Navy in 6:43
1961: The Diamonds was won by S.A. Mackenzie (Mosman R.C., Austl.) in 8:34
1962: The Grand was won by Central Sports Club of U.S.S.R. Navy in 6:40
1962: The Diamonds was won by S.A. Mackenzie (Leander Club) in 8:38
1963: The Grand was won by University of London in 6:38
1963: The Diamonds was won by G. Kottmann (Belvoir R.C., Switz.) in 8:09
Film Rain and the final of the Diamonds and the Grand
1964: The Grand was won by Club Zyalghris Vilnius, U.S.S.R. in 6:25
1964: The Diamonds was won by S. Cromwell (Nonpareil R.C., U.S.) in 8:06
1964: Fifty years after 1914, every member of the 1914 Grand winners, Harvard,
came back to Henley and rowed the course and presented a new cup (identical to the fragile original)
in memory of the "Gallant Fellows" they had rowed against.
The reserve in 1914 was also reserve in 1964 - and still didn't get a row.
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1965: The Grand was won by Ratzeburger, W.Ger. in 6:16
1965: The Diamonds was won by D.M. Spero (U.S.) in 7:42
1966: The Grand was won by Turn und Sports Club, W.Ger. in 6:35
1966: The Diamonds was won by A. Hill (E.Ger.) in 8:15
1967: The Grand was won by S.C. Wissenschaft, E.Ger. in 6:46
1967: The Diamonds was won by M. Studach (Switz.) in 8:27
1968: The Grand was won by University of London in 7:56
1968: The Diamonds was won by H. Wardell-Yerburgh (U.K.) in 10:25
1969: The Grand was won by S.C. Einheit, E.Ger. in 6:28
1969: The Diamonds was won by H.J. Bohmer (S.C. Dynamo, Berlin) in 8:06