World Rowing Championships 1984

The 1984 World Rowing Championships were held on the regatta course on the Île Notre-Dame in Montreal , Canada under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). The 14 Olympic boat classes were not deployed because of the Olympic rowing regatta in Los Angeles in 1984 , so that the rowing world champions were only determined in four non-Olympic lightweight boat classes for men . The finals took place on August 26, 1984.

Lightweight women were able to compete in the World Championship regatta for the first time. The four races in single , double scull , quad without helmsman and eighth were, however, referred to by the World Rowing Association as a "demonstration competition"; the winners were not world champions. With the exception of the women's lightweight eighth, these classes were included in the official World Championship program from the 1985 World Rowing Championships .

Another innovation concerned the length of the route in the women's competitions. Up to and including the 1983 World Rowing Championships , women rowed over 1000 meters, while the normal distance for men was 2000 meters. Since the World Championships in 1984, women have also been rowing over the “Olympic distance” of 2000 meters.

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 races.

Men

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
Lightweight - One (LM1x)	Denmark Bjarne Eltang	7: 02.20	United States Paul Fuchs	7: 03.55	Spain Ángel Viana Bravo	7: 07.37
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Italy Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca	6: 25.14	Federal Republic of Germany Hartmut Schäfer Roland Ehrenfels	6: 29.67	Denmark Morten Espersen Leif Kruse	6: 31.27
Lightweight foursome without a helmsman (LM4-)	Spain Fernando Molina Castillo José María de Marco Pérez Luis María Moreno Perpiñá Alberto Molina Castillo	6: 09.39	Federal Republic of Germany Wolfgang Birkner Thomas Jaeckel Frank Rogall Ansgar Wessling	6: 09.73	United Kingdom Christopher Bates Carl Smith Ian Wilson Stuart Forbes	6: 11.46
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Denmark Ivar Molgaard Leif Jacobsen Arne Højlund Søren Hansson Jan Christensen Flemming Jensen Mikael Espersen Karsten Kobbernagel Jan Rasmussen (st.)	5: 43.35	Italy Fabrizio Ravasi Michele Savoia Vittorio Torcellan Salvatore Orlando Stefano Spremberg Paolo Marostica Andrea Re Pasquale Marigliano Massimo Di Deco (Stm.)	5: 46.50	Spain Benito Elizalde Etxezarreta Eulogio Génova Emezabel Carlos Muniesa Ferrero Jacinto Accensi Abella Enrique Briones Pérez José Crespo Hidalgo José Manuel Canete Lopez Victor Llorente Rodriguez Alejandro Moya Giné (st.)	5: 46.90

Women (demonstration competitions)

Boat class	1st place		place 2		place 3
Lightweight single (LW1x, demo competition)	Federal Republic of Germany Alrun Urbach	8: 22.85	United States Barbara Trafton	8: 25.05	United States Ann Martin	8: 30.90
Lightweight double sculls (LW2x, demo competition)	Denmark Elisabeth Fraas Kirsten Jensen	7: 38.16	United States Jo Hannafin Annette Ebsen-Petersen	7: 43.84	Canada Audrey Mowchenko Ellen Gillies	7: 46.15
Lightweight foursome without a helmsman (LW4, demo competition)	BR Germany Beatriz Keller Evelyn Herwegh Regina Mayer Claudia Engels	7: 23.89	United States Cecily Croft Margaret Gordon Linda Gillett Elaine Stanley	7: 29.14	United States Gillian Hodges Sandy Kendall Drister Fowks Carey Sands-Marden	7: 29.16
Lightweight eight (LW8 +, demo competition)	United States Carin Reynolds Mary-Ellen Finney Jo Grainger Laura MacGinitie Mandy Kowal Angela Herron Marise Widmer Jennifer Marron Stacy Apfelbaum (Stf.)	6: 10.00	Australia Karin Riedel Amanda Cross Janet Sheahan Jeanette Hall Angela Maidment Brigid Cassells Debbie Cooper Gayle Toogood Megan Robertson (Stf.)	6: 13.46	Canada Diana Sinnage Wendy Wiebe Lynne Mutrie Brenda Colby Karen Smyte Wendy Davis Elen Orr Maureen Cureton Sandy Hopkinson (Stf.)	6: 15.65

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Denmark	2		1	3
2	Italy	1	1		2
3	Spain	1		2	3
4th	BR Germany		2		2
5	United States		1		1
6th	United Kingdom			1	1
total		4th	4th	4th	12

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result of the final in LM1x at the World Rowing Championships 1984 in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ^ Result of the final in LM8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1984 in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in LW1x at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ↑ result of the Finals in LW2x at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ↑ result of the Finals in LW4- at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ^ Result of the final in LW8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1984 in Montreal, Canada. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).