World Rowing Championships 1985

The 1985 World Rowing Championships were held on the Hazewinkel regatta course near Mechelen , Belgium, under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 21 boat classes . The finals took place on August 31 and September 1, 1985.

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
One (M1x)	Finland Pertti Karppinen	6: 48.08	United States Andrew Sudduth	6: 50.96	Federal Republic of Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	6: 59.75
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Italy Ruggero Verroca	7: 05.80	Austria Raimund Haberl	7: 10.16	United States Paul Fuchs	7: 10.56
Double scull (M2x)	German Democratic Republic Thomas Lange Uwe Heppner	6: 15.49	Soviet Union Mykola Tschupryna Yuri Selikowitsch	6: 19.48	Switzerland Jürg Weitnauer Urs Steinemann	6: 22.27
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	France Luc Crispon Thierry Renault	6: 29.44	Italy Carlo Gaddi Francesco Esposito	6: 30.05	Federal Republic of Germany Hartmut Schäfer Roland Ehrenfels	6: 32.50
Sculls (M4x)	Canada Doug Hamilton Robert Mills Paul Douma Melvin LaForme	5: 44.57	German Democratic Republic Jens Köppen Rüdiger Reiche Uwe Sägling Karl-Heinz Bußert	5: 44.85	Czechoslovakia Jan Vochoska Zdeněk Bures Miloš Zarecky Jaroslav Svrcek	5: 47.42
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	Soviet Union Nikolai Pimenow Yuri Pimenow	6: 38.39	United Kingdom Adam Clift Martin Cross	6: 38.47	Spain Fernando Climent Huerta Luis María Lasúrtegui	6: 40.23
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (Stm.)	6: 53.40	Romania Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu (Stm.)	6: 56.04	German Democratic Republic Thomas Kessler Uwe Gasch Olaf Gerschau (Stm.)	6: 57.80
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	BR Germany Norbert Keßlau Volker Grabow Jörg Puttlitz Guido Grabow	6:00, 19	Soviet Union Jonas Narmontas Sergei Smirnow Viktor Pereversev Gennady Kryuchkin	6: 01.25	German Democratic Republic Hans Sennewald Thomas Greiner Thomas Bänsch Olaf Förster	6: 03.87
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	Federal Republic of Germany Alwin Otten Frank Rogall Thomas Jaeckel Wolfgang Birkner	6: 12.44	Italy Franco Pantano Dario Longhin Nerio Gainotti Mauro Torta	6: 14.97	United States Edward Gribbin Charles Cobbs Michael Morrison Fred Michini	6: 17.18
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	Soviet Union Sigitas Kučinskas Iwan Wyssotzki Wladimir Romanischin Igor Sotow Michail Sassow (Stm.)	6: 07.23	Italy Mario Lafranconi Giovanni Suarez Gino Iseppi Giuseppe Carando Siro Meli (Stm.)	6: 08.79	German Democratic Republic Dietmar Schiller Karsten Schmeling Bernd Niesecke Bernd Eichwurzel Hendrik Reiher (Stm.)	6: 08.97
Figure eight (M8 +)	Soviet Union Mykola Komarow Wiktor Diduk Jonas Pinskus Weniamin But Wiktor Omeljanowytsch Pavel Gurkovski Aleksander Voloshin Andrei Wassiljew Hryhorij Dmytrenko (st.)	5: 33.71	Italy Agostino Abbagnale Sergio Caropreso Antonio Maurogiovanni Alfredo Bollati Giovanni Miccoli Maurizio Donna Annibale Venier Pasquale Marigliano Siro Meli (stm.)	5: 34.58	United States John Strotbeck Thomas Kiefer Jon Smith Kurt Bausback Chris Penny Kevin Still Chris Huntington Michael Teti Mark Zembsch (Stm.)	5: 34.72
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Italy Maurizio Losi Michele Savoia Vittorio Torcellan Massimo Lana Stefano Spremberg Paolo Marostica Andrea Re Fabrizio Ravasi Massimo Di Deco (stm.)	5: 46.66	United States Mark Hanley Seymour Danberg Neil Olesen Michael Scott John Younger Peter Kermond Charles Butt Stephen Schmitt Jonathan Fish (stm.)	5: 48.47	Spain José Manuel Canete Lopez José Crespo Hidalgo Carlos Muniesa Ferrero Jacinto Accensi Abella Victor Llorente Rodriguez Fernando Molina Castillo Eulogio Génova Emezabel Benito Elizalde Etxezarreta Ibon Alcorta (stm.)	5: 50.88

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	German Democratic Republic Cornelia Linse	7: 48.37	Romania Valeria Răcilă	7: 45.85	United States Anne Marden	7: 48.43
Lightweight single (LW1x)	Australia Adair Ferguson	7: 59.82	Romania Maria Micșa	8: 01.58	United States Ann Martin	8: 02.74
Double scull (W2x)	German Democratic Republic Sylvia Schwabe Martina Schröter	6: 58.80	Romania Mărioara Popescu Elisabeta Lipă	7: 05.70	Bulgaria Magdalena Georgiewa Violeta Ninowa	7: 06.52
Lightweight double scull (LW2x)	United Kingdom Linda Clark Beryl Crockford	7: 30.52	BR Germany Brigitte Helmers Alrun Urbach	7: 33.31	France Desiree Decriem Isabelle Lignan	7: 38.90
Double quad (W4x)	German Democratic Republic Ramona Balthasar Birgit Peter Jutta Hampe-Behrendt Kristina Mundt-Richter	6: 22.47	Soviet Union Antonina Machina Natalia Grigorjewa Jelena Chlopzewa Jelena Matijewskaja	6: 23.99	Romania Anișoara Bălan Veronica Cochela Anișoara Sorohan Maricica Țăran	6: 29.09
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	Romania Rodica Arba Elena Florea	7: 25.08	United States Sherri Cassuto Susan Broome	7: 31.96	German Democratic Republic Kerstin Toussaint Ramona Hein	7: 34.44
Lightweight foursome without helmsman (LW4-)	BR Germany Monika Wolf Sonja Petri Claudia Engels Evelyn Herwegh	7: 05.31	United States Sandy Kendall Jennifer Marron Marise Widmer Charlotte Hollings	7: 10.38	Australia Denise Rennex Karin Riedel Amanda Cross Gayle Toogood	7: 12.84
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	German Democratic Republic Kerstin Spittler Jutta Abromeit Steffi Götzelt Carola Lichey Daniela Neunast (Stf.)	6: 50.08	Romania Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi Viorica Ioja (Stf.)	6: 53.33	Canada Lisa Robertson Barbara Crossbow Christina Clarke Patricia Smith Lesley Thompson-Willie (Stf.)	6: 55.67
Eighth (W8 +)	Soviet Union Olena Puchajewa Sarija Sakirowa Olena Teroschyna Marina Suprun Marina Snak Irina Teterina Natalija Fedorenko Lidija Awerjanowa Walentina Chochlowa (Stf.)	6: 14.00	German Democratic Republic Susann Heinicke Gerlinde Doberschütz-Mey Beatrix Lehman Martina Walther Kathrin Thurm Ute Stange Kathrin Dienstbier Carola Hornig Sylke Kretzschmar (Dep.)	6: 14.89	Romania Doina Bălan Marioara Trașcă Livia Țicanu Mihaela Armășescu Adriana Bazon Carolina Matei Camelia Diaconescu Lucia Sauca Ecaterina Oancia (Stf.)	6: 19.49

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	5	2	4th	11
2	Soviet Union	4th	3		7th
3	Italy	3	4th		7th
4th	BR Germany	3	1	2	6th
5	Romania	1	5	2	8th
6th	United Kingdom	1	1		2
7th	Australia	1		1	2
	Canada	1		1	2
	France	1		1	2
10	Finland	1			1
11	United States		4th	5	9
12	Austria		1		1
13	Spain			2	2
14th	Bulgaria			1	1
	Switzerland			1	1
	Czechoslovakia			1	1
total		21st	21st	21st	63

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of the final in the M1x at the Rowing World Championships 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. 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 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the finals in M2x at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ Result of the final in the LM2x at the Rowing World Championships 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the finals in M4x at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. 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 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. 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 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ result of the finals in the M4 at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ result of the finals in LM4- at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. 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 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. 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 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. 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 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the finals in W1x at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the finals in LW1x at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the finals in W2x at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ↑ Result of the final in the LW2x at the Rowing World Championships 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ↑ result of the finals in W4X at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the Rowing World Championships 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
19. ↑ result of the finals in LW4- at the rudder's World Cup 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
20. ↑ Result of the final in the W4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
21. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1985 near Mechelen, Belgium. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).