1983 World Rowing Championships

The 12th World Rowing Championships were held in 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany.^[1]

Medal summary

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Men's Events
M1x	West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	6:49.88	East Germany Uwe Mund	6:51.70	United States Cristopher 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	East Germany Albert Hedderich (b) Raimund Hoermann Sr (2) Dieter Wiedemann (3) Michael Duersch (s)	5:45.97	West 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 Stasis Narushaitis (b) Igor Maistrenko (s) Pet Petrinitch (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 Kriutchkin (s)	6:37.92	Norway Hans Magnus Grepperud (b) Sverre Løken (s) (s)	6:39.72
M4+	New Zealand Conrad Robertson (b) Gregory 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 Sergei Frolov (b) Ionas Pinskus (2) Ionas Narmontas (3) Vladimir Semin (s) Vladimir Nizhegorodov (c)	6:16.98
M4-	West Germany Norbert Kesslau (b) Volker Grabow (2) Joerg Puttlitz (3) Guido Grabow (s)	5:57.02	Soviet Union Nikolay Pimenov (b) Aleksander Kulagin (2) Yuri Pimenov (3) Dzorzes Tikmers (s)	5:57.39	Sweden Anders Wilgotson (b) Hans Svensson (2) Lars-Åke Lindqvist (3) Anders Larsson (s)	6:01.54
M8+	New Zealand Mike Stanley (b) Andrew Stevenson (2) David M. 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 Buettner (b) Uwe Gasch (2) Gert Uebeler (3) Karsten Schmeling (4) Ralf Brudel (5) Harald Jaehrling (6) Juergen Seyfarth (7) Bernd Hoeing (s) Hendrik Reiher (c)	5:35.94	Australia Sam Patten (b) Bruce Keynes (2) Ian Edmunds (3) David Doyle (4) James Battersby (5) Tim Willoughby (6) Ion Popa (7) John Quigley (s) Gavin Threadgold (c)	5:38.04
Mens's Lightweight Events
LM1x	Denmark Bjarne Eltang	7:07.35	United Kingdom 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 Castillo (b) Luis Maria Moreno Perpina (2) Jose Maria De Marco Perez (3) Juan Maria Altuna Munoa (s)	6:16.47	United Kingdom 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 Alejandro Moya Gine (b) Jose Manuel Canete Lopez (2) Eulogio Genova Emezabel (3) Carlos Muniesa Ferrero (4) Jose Crespo Hidalgo (5) Enrique Briones Perez (6) Victor Llorente Rodriguez (7) Benito Elizalde Etxezarreta (s) Jose Roji Blanco (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 Molgaard (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
W1x	United Kingdom Beryl Mitchell	3:41.39	Belgium Anne Haesebrouck	3:41.79	Norway Lisa Scheibert	4:43.81
W2x	East Germany Jutta Schenk-Ploch (b) Martina Schröter (s)	3:13.44	Soviet Union Elena Bratishko (b) Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva (s)	3:14.28	Romania Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (b) Elisabeta Lipa-Oleniuc (s)	3:15.45
W4x+	Soviet Union Tatiana Bachkatova (b) Olga Kaspina (2) Elene Khloptseva (3) Larisa Aleksandrova-Popova (s) Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c)	3:02.48	East Germany Kerstin Kirst (b) Kerstin Foerster-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-	East Germany Marita Sandi-Gasch (b) Silvia Froehlich-Arndt (s)	3:26.68	Poland Rodica Puscatu-Arba (b) Elena Oprea-Horvath (s)	3:32.13	Canada Tricia Smith (b) Elizabeth Craig-Eaton (s)	3:33.52
W4+	East Germany Claudia Noack (b) Iris Rudoplh (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 (2) Svetlana Semenova (3) Angelina Kaolikauskaite (s) Nina Tcheremisina (c)	3:14.36
W8+	Soviet Union Sarmite Stone (b) Lidia Averianova (2) Ludmila Konopleva (3) Marina Studneva (4) Nina Umanets (5) Elene Tereshina (6) Natalia Iatsenko (7) Elena Makushkina (s) Valentina Khoklova (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) Janet 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 Goetzelt (5) Carola Lichey (6) Sabine Portius (7) Ramona Hein (s) Kirsten Strohbach (c)	2:59.06

Medals table

Place	Nation				Total
1	East Germany	7	4	1	12
2	Soviet Union	2	4	2	8
3	West Germany	2	1	2	5
4	Spain	2	0	0	2
4	New Zealand	2	0	0	2
6	United Kingdom	1	2	0	3
7	Denmark	1	0	2	3
7	Italy	1	0	2	3
9	Norway	0	1	2	3
10	Australia	0	1	1	2
10	Romania	0	1	1	2
10	United States	0	1	1	2
13	Belgium	0	1	0	1
13	France	0	1	0	1
13	Poland	0	1	0	1
16	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
16	Canada	0	0	1	1
16	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
16	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		18	18	18	54

Preceded by Lucerne 1982

World Rowing Championships Duisburg 1983

Succeeded by Montreal 1984

References

1. ^ FISA - The Official World Rowing Database. "1983 World Championships - Duisburg Wedau, Germany" (in English). http://80.83.47.230/n_results.fwx?p_idcompet=258&p_sexe=all&p_class=finalists&p_boat=oui&p_auto=1. 

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