World Rowing Championships 1981

The 1981 World Rowing Championships were held on the Oberschleißheim regatta course in Munich , Germany under the rules of the World Rowing Association (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 18 boat classes . The finals took place on September 5 and 6, 1981.

The German Peter-Michael Kolbe caused a sensation in the men's one by using a boat with roller outriggers and was able to confidently become world champion. As early as the 1982 World Rowing Championships , roll boom single units were widely used because they offered biomechanical advantages. The World Rowing Association banned the roller boom concept after the 1983 season for reasons of equal opportunities.

Results

The medal winners from the A finals are listed here. These were manned by six boats, which had to qualify for the finals through preliminary runs, hope runs and semi-finals. The length of the course was 2000 meters in all men's runs and 1000 meters in all women's runs.

Men

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (M1x)	Federal Republic of Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	7: 45.32	German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Reiche	7: 48.90	United States John Biglow	7: 51.55
Lightweight One (LM1x)	United States Scott Roop	7: 22.90	Austria Raimund Haberl	7: 25.30	Canada Brian Thorne	7: 27.16
Double scull (M2x)	German Democratic Republic Klaus Kröppelien Joachim Dreifke	6: 41.99	Finland Reima Karppinen Pertti Karppinen	6: 44.06	Norway Rolf Thorsen Alf Hansen	6: 44.61
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Italy Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca	6: 42.17	United States Paul Fuchs William Belden	6: 44.22	Denmark Leif Kruse Bjarne Eltang	6: 48.95
Sculls (M4x)	German Democratic Republic Peter Kersten Karl-Heinz Bußert Uwe Heppner Martin Winter	6: 11.37	Soviet Union Igor Yarkov Sergei Shevchenko Vladimir Koldyshkin Alexander Sdrawomyslow	6: 14.58	France Denis Gate Jean-Raymond Peltier Charles Imbert Marc Boudoux	6: 17.45
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	Soviet Union Yuri Pimenow Nikolai Pimenow	7: 15.06	Netherlands Willem Jan Atsma Ted Bosman	7: 20.04	Italy Antonio Baldacci Ezio Pacovich	7: 23.28
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (Stm.)	7: 43.73	German Democratic Republic Karsten Schmeling Jürgen Seyfarth Hendrik Reiher (Stm.)	7: 46.22	United Kingdom Thomas Cadoux-Hudson Richard Budgett Adrian Ellison (Stm.)	7: 47.03
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	Soviet Union Alexei Kamkin Valeri Dolinin Alexander Kulagin Vitaly Yelissejew	6: 35.85	Switzerland Bruno Saile Jürg Weitnauer Hans-Konrad Trümpler Stefan Netzle	6: 41.47	German Democratic Republic Klaus Büttner Hans-Peter Koppe Jens Doberschütz Uwe Gasch	6: 43.07
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	Australia Graham Gardiner Charles Bartlett Clyde Hefer Simon Gillett	6: 22.32	Netherlands Peter van Berkel Richard Helsloot Willem Appeldoorn Paul Paulsen	6: 24.04	Canada Rob Gibson Timothy Turner James Relle Patrick Turner	6: 26.60
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	German Democratic Republic Dietmar Schiller Jörg Friedrich Bernd Niesecke Harald Jahresling Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (Stm.)	6: 36.88	United States Andrew Sudduth Thomas Woodman John Everett Fred Borchelt Robert Jaugstetter (Stm.)	6: 39.68	Soviet Union Wiktor Omeljanowytsch Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš (stm.)	6: 40.52
Figure eight (M8 +)	Soviet Union Zigmantas Gudauskas Nikolai Solomachin Vladimir Krylow Wiktor Diduk Stasis Narushaitis Jonas Narmontas Jonas Pinskus Igor Maistrenko Vladimir Nischegorodow (st.)	6: 02.30	United Kingdom Mark Andrews Christopher Mahoney Colin Seymour John Bland Andrew Justice John Pritchard Malcolm McGowan Richard Stanhope Colin Moynihan (Stm.)	6: 04.31	United States Daniel Lyons John Zevenbergen Thomas Kiefer James McDougall John Phinney David Clark Charles Clapp Matthew Labine Seth Bauer (Stm.)	6: 06.13
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Denmark Torben Knudsen Jan Jensen Ivar Molgaard Arne Højlund Søren Hansson Søren Eriksen Mikael Espersen Bent Fransson Peter Klug-Andersen (st.)	5: 58.41	Italy Franco Pantano Mauro Torta Romano Uberti Lauro Zettin Renzo Borsini Lanfranco Borsini Claudio Castiglioni Leonardo Salani Davide Lanza (stm.)	5: 59.05	Spain Fernando Climent Huerta Luis Arteaga Leon Carlos Sáez Bernardos José Antonio Expósito Sánchez Francisco Goicoechea García Guillermo Müller Gascón Alberto Molina Castillo José Marti Miranda Fernando Macho (st.)	6: 01.03

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	Romania Sanda Toma	3: 54.46	United Kingdom Beryl Mitchell	3: 55.58	Soviet Union Irina Fetissova	3: 56.99
Double scull (W2x)	Soviet Union Margerita Kokarewitsch Antonina Machina	3: 40.65	German Democratic Republic Kerstin Kirst Jutta Hampe-Behrendt	3: 30.11	Bulgaria Iskra Welinowa Anka Bakowa	3: 30.21
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	Soviet Union Tatiana Danilowa Olga Kaspina Jelena Chlopzewa Larissa Popowa Maria Semskowa-Korotkowa (Dep.)	3: 19.83	German Democratic Republic Heidi Westphal Birka Brandt-Fengler Cornelia Linse Jutta Ploch Jenny Gerber (Stf.)	3: 21.65	Romania Aneta Mihaly Valeria Răcilă Sofia Corban Olga Homeghi Ecaterina Oancia (Stf.)	3: 22.89
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	German Democratic Republic Iris Rudolph Sigrid Anders	3: 45.50	Canada Elizabeth Craig Tricia Smith	3: 45.77	Romania Rodica Arba Elena Horvat	3: 50.45
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	Soviet Union Olha Pywowarowa Marina Studnewa Svetlana Semjonowa Raissa Doligaida Nina Tscheremissina (Stf.)	3: 18.75	German Democratic Republic Viola Kestler Silvia Fröhlich Marita Sandig Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel (Dep.)	3: 23.95	United States Susan Tuttle Hope Barnes Shyril O'Steen Harriet Metcalf Nanette Bernadou (Stf.)	3: 27.35
Eighth (W8 +)	Soviet Union Regina Baltutite Irina Teterina Olena Teroschyna Natalia Iatsenko Jelena Makuschkina Tatjana Schwezowa Nina Umanez Marija Pasjun Nina Frolowa (Stf.)	3: 07.58	United States Carol Bower Carol Brown Jeanne Flanagan Patricia Spratlin Kristine Norelius Carolyn Graves Elizabeth Hills-O'Leary Elizabeth Miles Valerie McClain-Ward (Stf.)	3: 10.32	Romania Rodica Frîntu Florica Bucur Luminata Furcila Maricica Țăran Cristina Onofrei Maria Naghiu Mariana Zaharia Elena Bondar Elena Dobrițoiu (Stf.)	3: 14.05

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	7th	1	2	10
2	German Democratic Republic	4th	5	1	10
3	Italy	2	1	1	4th
4th	United States	1	3	3	7th
5	Romania	1		3	4th
6th	Denmark	1		1	2
7th	Australia	1			1
	BR Germany	1			1
9	United Kingdom		2	1	3
10	Netherlands		2		2
11	Canada		1	2	3
12	Austria		1		1
	Finland		1		1
	Switzerland		1		1
15th	Bulgaria			1	1
	Spain			1	1
	France			1	1
	Norway			1	1
total		18th	18th	18th	54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ↑ Result of the final in LM1x at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ^ Result of the final in M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ↑ Result of the final in M2 + at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ↑ Result of the final in LM8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1981 in Munich, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).