World Rowing Championships 1983

The 1983 World Rowing Championships were held on the Duisburg regatta course in 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 3rd and 4th, 1983.

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	6: 49.88	German Democratic Republic Uwe Mund	6: 51.70	United States Christopher Wood	6: 54.30
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Denmark Bjarne Eltang	7: 07.35	United Kingdom John Melvin	7: 09.84	Federal Republic of Germany Gerd Naujoks	7: 10.08
Double scull (M2x)	German Democratic Republic Thomas Lange Uwe Heppner	6: 20.17	Norway Rolf Thorsen Alf Hansen	6: 23.43	Federal Republic of Germany Andreas Schmelz Georg Agrikola	6: 23.63
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Italy Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca	6: 25.42	France Luc Crispon Thierry Renault	6: 30.73	Switzerland Roland Rosset Pius Z'Rotz	6: 31.92
Sculls (M4x)	Federal Republic of Germany Albert Hedderich Raimund Hörmann Dieter Wiedenmann Michael Dürsch	5: 45.97	German Democratic Republic Karl-Heinz Bußert Martin Winter Rüdiger Reiche Joachim Dreifke	5: 47.87	Italy Piero Poli Renato Gaeta Antonio Dell'Aquila Stefano Lari	5: 49.79
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	German Democratic Republic Carl Ertel Ulf Sauerbrey	6: 35.85	Soviet Union Viktor Pereversev Gennady Kryuchkin	6: 37.92	Norway Hans-Gunnar Grepperud Magnus Sverre Løken	6: 39.72
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	German Democratic Republic Thomas Greiner Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (Stm.)	6: 49.75	Soviet Union Stasis Narushaitis Igor Maistrenko Petr Petrinitsch (Stm.)	6: 53.23	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (Stm.)	6: 55.45
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	BR Germany Norbert Keßlau Volker Grabow Jörg Puttlitz Guido Grabow	5: 57.02	Soviet Union Nikolai Pimenow Alexander Kulagin Juri Pimenow Žoržs Tikmers	5: 57.39	Sweden Anders Wilgotson Hans Svensson Lars-Åke Lindqvist Anders Larson	6: 01.54
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	Spain Alberto Molina Castillo Luis María Moreno Perpiñá José María de Marco Pérez Juan María Altuna Muñoa	6: 16.47	United Kingdom Christopher Bates Carl Smith Ian Wilson Stuart Forbes	6: 19.13	Denmark Richard Biller Michael Djervig Vagn Nielsen Karsten Kobbernagel	6: 19.48
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	New Zealand Conrad Robertson Gregory Johnston Keith Trask Leslie O'Connell Brett Hollister (Stm.)	6: 13.89	German Democratic Republic Dietmar Schiller Jörg Friedrich Bernd Niesecke Bernd Eichwurzel Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (Stm.)	6: 16.29	Soviet Union Sergei Frolow Jonas Pinskus Jonas Narmontas Vladimir Semin Vladimir Nischegorodow (st.)	6: 16.98
Figure eight (M8 +)	New Zealand Mike Stanley Andrew Stevenson David Rodger Roger White-Parsons Christopher White Barrie Mabbott George Keys Nigel Atherfold Andrew Hay (stm.)	5: 34.39	German Democratic Republic Klaus Büttner Uwe Gasch Gert Uebeler Karsten Schmeling Ralf Brudel Harald Yearling Jürgen Seyfarth Bernd Höing Hendrik Reiher (Stm.)	5: 35.94	Australia Samuel Patten Bruce Keynes Ian Edmunds David Doyle James Battersby Timothy Willoughby Ion Popa John Quigley Gavin Thredgold (stm.)	5: 38.04
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Spain Alejandro Moya Giné José Manuel Canete Lopez Eulogio Génova Emezabel Carlos Muniesa Ferrero José Crespo Hidalgo Enrique Briones Pérez Victor Llorente Rodriguez Benito Elizalde Etxezarreta José Rojí Blanco (st.)	5: 45.05	Australia Brian Digby Paul Harvey Greg Raszyk Richard Hay Peter Antonie Bruce House Ian Jordan Stephen Spurling Graeme Barns (Stm.)	5: 46.75	Denmark Mikael Espersen Kim Hagsted Ivar Molgaard Leif Jacobsen Søren Hansson Flemming Jensen Jan Christensen Bent Fransson Henrik Kruse (stm.)	5: 46.86

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	German Democratic Republic Jutta Hampe-Behrendt	3: 36.51	Soviet Union Irina Fetissova	3: 37.79	United States Virginia Gilder	3: 39.05
Double scull (W2x)	German Democratic Republic Jutta Schenk Martina Schröter	3: 13.44	Soviet Union Jelena Matijewskaja Antonina Machina	3: 14.28	Romania Mărioara Popescu Elisabeta Lipă	3: 15.45
Quadruple with helmswoman (W4x +)	Soviet Union Tatiana Bashkatowa Olga Kaspina Jelena Chlopzewa Larissa Popowa Maria Semskowa-Korotkowa (Dep.)	3: 02.48	German Democratic Republic Kerstin Kirst Kerstin Pieloth Cornelia Linse Sylvia Schwabe Andrea Rost (Stf.)	3: 04.51	Bulgaria Stefka Madina Teodora Lazarowa Margarita Dobtschewa Violeta Ninowa Greta Georgjewa (Stf.)	3: 10.69
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	German Democratic Republic Marita Gasch Silvia Fröhlich	3: 26.68	Romania Rodica Arba Elena Horvat	3: 32.13	Canada Patricia Smith Elizabeth Craig	3: 33.52
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	German Democratic Republic Claudia Noack Iris Rudolph Sigrid Anders Carola Miseler Carola Richter ( Deputy )	3: 11.18	Romania Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi Viorica Ioja (Stf.)	3: 14.11	Soviet Union Feodosia Kaleinikowa Walentina Semenowa Swetlana Semjonowa Angelina Kaolikauskaite Nina Tscheremissina (Stf.)	3: 14.36
Eighth (W8 +)	Soviet Union Sarmīte Stone Lidija Awerjanowa Ludmila Konoplewa Marina Studnewa Nina Umanez Olena Teroschyna Natalia Iatsenko Jelena Makuschkina Walentina Chochlowa (Stf.)	2: 56.22	United States Kristen Thorsness Patricia Spratlin Shyril O'Steen Carolyn Graves Carol Bower Kristine Norelius Janet Harville Harriet Metcalf Valerie McClain-Ward (Stf.)	2: 58.14	German Democratic Republic Susann Heinicke Viola Kestler Annekatrin Jage Karin Metze Steffi Götzelt Carola Lichey Sabine Portius Ramona Hein Kirsten Strohbach (Stf.)	2: 59.06

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	7th	5	1	13
2	BR Germany	3		2	5
3	Soviet Union	2	5	2	9
4th	Spain	2			2
	New Zealand	2			2
6th	Denmark	1		2	3
	Italy	1		2	3
8th	Romania		2	1	3
9	United Kingdom		2		2
10	United States		1	2	3
11	Australia		1	1	2
	Norway		1	1	2
13	France		1		1
14th	Bulgaria			1	1
	Canada			1	1
	Switzerland			1	1
	Sweden			1	1
total		18th	18th	18th	54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ Result of the final in the LM1x at the Rowing World Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, 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 1983 in Duisburg, 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 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the World Rowing Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ^ Result of the final in LM8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X + at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the World Rowing Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the World Rowing Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1983 in Duisburg, Germany. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).