1983 World Rowing Championships

The 1983 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 3 to 4 September 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, West Germany.[1]

1983 World Rowing Championships
VenueWedau
LocationDuisburg, West Germany
Dates3 to 4 September

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
M1x   West Germany
Peter-Michael Kolbe
6:49.88   East Germany
Uwe Mund
6:51.70   United States
Christopher Wood
6:54.30
M2x   East Germany
Thomas Lange (b)
Uwe Heppner (s)
6:20.17   Norway
Rolf Thorsen (b)
Alf Hansen (s)
6:23.43   West Germany
Andreas Schmelz (b)
Georg Agrikola (s)
6:23.63
M4x   West Germany
Albert Hedderich (b)
Raimund Hörmann (2)
Dieter Wiedenmann (3)
Michael Dürsch (s)
5:45.97   East Germany
Karl-Heinz Bußert (b)
Martin Winter (2)
Rüdiger Reiche (3)
Joachim Dreifke (s)
5:47.87   Italy
Piero Poli (b)
Renato Gaeta (2)
Antonio Dell'Aquila (3)
Stefano Lari (s)
5:49.79
M2+   East Germany
Thomas Greiner (b)
Ullrich Dießner (s)
Andreas Gregor (c)
6:49.75   Soviet Union
Stasys Narušaitis (b)
Ihar Maystrenka (s)
Pyotr Petrinich (c)
6:53.23   Italy
Carmine Abbagnale (b)
Giuseppe Abbagnale (s)
Giuseppe Di Capua (c)
6:55.45
M2-   East Germany
Carl Ertel (b)
Ulf Sauerbrey (s)
6:35.85   Soviet Union
Viktor Pereverzev (b)
Gennadi Kryuçkin (s)
6:37.92   Norway
Hans Magnus Grepperud (b)
Sverre Løken (s) (s)
6:39.72
M4+   New Zealand
Conrad Robertson (b)
Greg Johnston (2)
Keith Trask (3)
Les O'Connell (s)
Brett Hollister (c)
6:13.89   East Germany
Dietmar Schiller (b)
Joerg Friedrich (2)
Bernd Niesecke (3)
Bernd Eichwurzel (s)
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c)
6:16.29   Soviet Union
Sergey Frolov (b)
Jonas Pinskus (2)
Jonas Narmontas (3)
Vladimir Semin (s)
Vladimir Nizhegorodov (c)
6:16.98
M4-   West Germany
Norbert Keßlau (b)
Volker Grabow (2)
Jörg Puttlitz (3)
Guido Grabow (s)
5:57.02   Soviet Union
Nikolay Pimenov (b)
Aleksandr Kulagin (2)
Yuriy Pimenov (3)
Žoržs Tikmers (s)
5:57.39   Sweden
Anders Wilgotson (b)
Hans Svensson (2)
Lars-Åke Lindqvist (3)
Anders Larson (s)
6:01.54
M8+[2]   New Zealand
Mike Stanley (b)
Andrew Stevenson (2)
Dave Rodger (3)
Roger White-Parsons (4)
Chris White (5)
Barrie Mabbott (6)
George Keys (7)
Nigel Atherfold (s)
Andy Hay (c)
5:34.39   East Germany
Klaus Büttner (b)
Uwe Gasch (2)
Gert Uebeler (3)
Karsten Schmeling (4)
Ralf Brudel (5)
Harald Jährling (6)
Jürgen Seyfarth (7)
Bernd Höing (s)
Hendrik Reiher (c)
5:35.94   Australia
Samuel Patten (b)
Bruce Keynes (2)
Ian Edmunds (3)
David Doyle (4)
James Battersby (5)
Tim Willoughby (6)
Ion Popa (7)
John Quigley (s)
Gavin Thredgold (c)
5:38.04
Lightweight events
LM1x   Denmark
Bjarne Eltang
7:07.35   Great Britain
John Melvin
7:09.84   West Germany
Gerd Naujoks
7:10.08
LM2x   Italy
Francesco Esposito (b)
Ruggero Verroca (s)
06:25.42   France
Luc Crispon (b)
Thierry Renault (s)
6:30.73   Switzerland
Roland Rosset (b)
Pius Z'rotz (s)
06:31.92
LM4-   Spain
Alberto Molina (b)
Luis María Moreno (2)
José María de Marco Pérez (3)
Juan María Altuna (s)
6:16.47   Great Britain
Christopher Bates (b)
Carl Smith (2)
Ian Wilson (3)
Stuart Forbes (s)
6:19.13   Denmark
Richard Biller (b)
Michael Djervig (2)
Vagn Nielsen (3)
Karsten Kobbernagel (s)
6:19.48
LM8+   Spain[3]
Alejandro Moya (b)
José Manuel Cañete (2)
Eulogio Génova (3)
Carlos Muniesa (4)
José Crespo (5)
Enrique Briones (6)
Víctor Llorente (7)
Benito Elizalde (s)
José Rojí (c)
5:45.05   Australia
Brian Digby (b)
Paul Harvey (2)
Greg Raszyk (3)
Richard Hay (4)
Peter Antonie (5)
Bruce House (6)
Ian Jordan (7)
Stephen Spurling (s)
Graeme Barns (c)
5:46.75   Denmark
Mikael Espersen (b)
Kim Hagsted (2)
Ivar Mølgaard (3)
Leif Jacobsen (4)
Søren Hansson (5)
Flemming Jensen (6)
Jan Christensen (7)
Bent Fransson (s)
Henrik Kruse (c)
5:46.86

Women's events

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
W1x   East Germany
Jutta Hampe
3:36.51   Soviet Union
Irina Fetisova
3:37.79   United States
Virginia Gilder
3:39.05
W2x   East Germany
Jutta Schenk (b)
Martina Schröter (s)
3:13.44   Soviet Union
Yelena Bratishko (b)
Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva (s)
3:14.28   Romania
Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (b)
Elisabeta Lipă (s)
3:15.45
W4x+   Soviet Union
Tatiana Bachkatova (b)
Olga Kaspina (2)
Yelena Khloptseva (3)
Larisa Popova (s)
Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c)
3:02.48   East Germany
Kerstin Kirst (b)
Kerstin Pieloth (2)
Cornelia Linse (3)
Sylvia Schwabe (s)
Andrea Rost (c)
3:04.51   Bulgaria
Stefka Madina (b)
Teodora Lazarova (2)
Margarita Dobtcheva (3)
Violeta Ninova (s)
Greta Georgieva (c)
3:10.69
W2-[4]   East Germany
Marita Sandig (b)
Silvia Fröhlich (s)
3:26.68   Romania
Rodica Arba (b)
Elena Horvat (s)
3:32.13   Canada
Tricia Smith (b)
Elizabeth Craig-Eaton (s)
3:33.52
W4+   East Germany
Claudia Noack (b)
Iris Rudolph (2)
Sigrid Anders (3)
Carola Miseler (s)
Carolina Richter (c)
3:11.18   Romania
Florica Lavric (b)
Maria Tanase-Fricioiu (2)
Chira Apostol (3)
Olga Homegi-Bularda (s)
Viorica Veres (c)
3:14.11   Soviet Union
Feodossia Kaleinikova (b)
Valentina Semenova [ru] (2)
Svetlana Semyonova (3)
Angelina Kaolikauskaite [es] (s)
Nina Cheremisina (c)
3:14.36
W8+   Soviet Union
Sarmīte Stone (b)
Lidiya Averyanova (2)
Ludmila Konopleva (3)
Marina Studneva (4)
Nina Umanets (5)
Elena Tereshina (6)
Nataliya Yatsenko (7)
Elena Makushkina (s)
Valentina Khokhlova (c)
2:56.22   United States
Kristen Thorsness (b)
Patricia Spratlin (2)
Shyril O'Steen (3)
Carie Graves (4)
Carol Bower (5)
Kristine Norelius (6)
Jan Harville (7)
Harriet Metcalf (s)
Valerie McClain-Ward (c)
2:58.14   East Germany
Susann Heinicke (b)
Viola Kestler (2)
Annekatrin Jage (3)
Karin Metze-Ullbricht (4)
Steffi Götzelt (5)
Carola Lichey (6)
Sabine Portius (7)
Ramona Hein (s)
Kirsten Strohbach (c)
2:59.06

Medals table

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Seventeen nations won medals of the championships.[5]

Place Nation       Total
1   East Germany 7 5 1 13
2   West Germany 3 0 2 5
3   Soviet Union 2 5 2 9
4   Spain 2 0 0 2
4   New Zealand 2 0 0 2
6   Denmark 1 0 2 3
6   Italy 1 0 2 3
8   Romania 0 2 1 3
9   Great Britain 0 2 0 2
10   United States 0 1 2 3
11   Australia 0 1 1 2
11   Norway 0 1 1 2
13   France 0 1 0 1
14   Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
14   Canada 0 0 1 1
14   Switzerland 0 0 1 1
14   Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 18 18 18 54

References

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  1. ^ FISA – The Official World Rowing Database. "1983 World Championships – Duisburg Wedau, Germany".
  2. ^ "(M8+) Men's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Rowing and Olympism" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. p. 941. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ^ "(W2-) Women's Pair – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Medal Table". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2017.