World Rowing Championships 1987

The 1987 World Rowing Championships were held on Lake Bagsværd near Copenhagen , Denmark under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 21 boat classes . The finals took place on August 29th and 30th, 1987.

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)	German Democratic Republic Thomas Lange	7: 37.48	Federal Republic of Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	7: 40.76	Finland Pertti Karppinen	7: 40.90
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Belgium Wim van Belleghem	8: 06.10	Canada David Wright	8: 11.43	Italy Ruggero Verroca	8: 13.80
Double scull (M2x)	Bulgaria Danail Jordanow Wassil Radew	7: 03.33	Federal Republic of Germany Andreas Schmelz Ralf Thienel	7: 06.33	German Democratic Republic Uwe Sägling Uwe Heppner	7: 06.83
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Italy Enrico Gandola Giovanni Calabrese	7: 40.38	France Luc Crispon Thierry Renault	7: 40.68	United Kingdom Allan Whitwell Carl Smith	7: 52.58
Sculls (M4x)	Soviet Union Valery Dossenko Sergei Kinjakin Mikhail Ivanov Igor Kotko	6: 11.25	Norway Vetle Vinje Lars Bjønness Rolf Thorsen Alf John Hansen	6: 13.02	Canada Doug Hamilton Robert Mills Paul Douma Melvin LaForme	6: 14.40
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	United Kingdom Andrew Holmes Steven Redgrave	7: 11.20	Romania Dragoș Neagu Dănuț Dobre	7: 12.60	Soviet Union Yuri Pimenow Nikolai Pimenow	7: 15.98
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (Stm.)	7: 40.81	United Kingdom Andrew Holmes Steven Redgrave Patrick Sweeney (Stm.)	7: 42.88	Romania Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Marin Gheorghe (Stm.)	7: 44.96
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	German Democratic Republic Jens Luedecke Thomas Greiner Ralf Brudel Olaf Förster	6: 39.70	Soviet Union Weniamin But Sigitas Kučinskas Jonas Narmontas Andrei Wassiljew	6: 41.30	United States Ted Swinford Daniel Lyons John Riley Robert Espeseth	6: 42.46
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	BR Germany Thomas Palm Erik Ring Gerd Meyer Sebastian Franke	6: 42.14	United Kingdom Christopher Bates Peter Haining Neil Staite Stuart Forbes	6: 44.05	Italy Franco Pantano Dario Longhin Nerio Gainotti Mauro Torta	6: 46.10
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	German Democratic Republic Frank Klawonn Bernd Eichwurzel Bernd Niesecke Karsten Schmeling Hendrik Reiher (Stm.)	6: 41.74	Soviet Union Viktor Omeljanowytsch Mykola Komarow Wassyl Romanyschyn Valentin Gerasimenko Hryhorij Dmytrenko (Stm.)	6: 45.17	Italy Antonio Maurogiovanni Giovanni Suarez Renato Gaeta Giuseppe Carando Dino Lucchetta (Stm.)	6: 47.30
Figure eight (M8 +)	United States Michael Teti Jon Smith Ted Patton Michael Still Peter Nordell Jeffrey McLaughlin Douglas Burden John Pescatore Seth Bauer (Stm.)	5: 58.83	German Democratic Republic Mario Kliesch Dirk Rendant Thomas Bänsch Holger Rose Andreas Costrau Hans Sennewald Karsten Timm Karsten Schmeling Peter Thiede (st.)	6: 01.94	Italy Ettore Bulgarelli Giuseppe Di Palo Antonio Baldacci Piero Carletto Giovanni Miccoli Alfredo Bollati Annibale Venier Franco Zucchi Paolo Trisciani (Stm.)	6: 03.61
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Italy Maurizio Losi Alfredo Striani Vittorio Torcellan Massimo Lana Stefano Spremberg Carlo Gaddi Andrea Re Fabrizio Ravasi Sebastiano Zanetti (stm.)	6:30:04	BR Germany Bernhard Stomporowski Björn Gehlsen Alwin Otten Harald Galster Detlef Glitsch Udo Hennig Andreas Hobler Wolfgang Birkner Torsten Kreis (Stm.)	6: 36.59	United States Scott Petry Seymour Danberg Chris Berl Samuel Schuffler Michael Morrison John Irvine Kevin Clair Edward Hewitt Michael O'Gorman (Stm.)	6: 45.48

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	Bulgaria Magdalena Georgieva	8: 59.26	German Democratic Republic Martina Schröter	9: 14.26	Romania Mărioara Popescu	9: 20.29
Lightweight single (LW1x)	Romania Maria Sava	8: 57.69	Belgium Rita Defauw	8: 57.89	Italy Francesca Bentivoglio	9: 05.58
Double scull (W2x)	Bulgaria Stefka Madina Violeta Ninowa	7: 47.89	Romania Elisabeta Lipa Liliana Genes	7: 47.99	United States Anne Marden Barbara Kirch	7: 51.42
Lightweight double scull (LW2x)	Canada Janice Mason Heather Hattin	8: 36.60	Belgium Lucia Focque Marie-Anne Vandermoere	8: 41.35	United States Carey Sands-Marden Christine Ernst	8: 51.02
Double quad (W4x)	German Democratic Republic Kerstin Pieloth Birgit Peter Jutta Behrendt Jana Sorgers	6: 58.42	Bulgaria Pavlina Alexandrowa Krasimira Totschewa Galina Yahorowa Mariana Yankulova	7: 00.90	Soviet Union Switlana Masij Marina Schukowa Iryna Kalimbet Antonina Machina	7: 02.87
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	Romania Rodica Arba Olga Homeghi	8: 00.73	German Democratic Republic Kathrin Haacker Ute Wild	8: 06.54	Soviet Union Marina Pegowa Nadezhda Sugako	8: 08.78
Lightweight foursome without helmsman (LW4-)	United States Sandy Kendall Lindsay Burns Angela Herron Mandy Kowal	8: 08.32	BR Germany Evelyn Herwegh Christiane Zimmer Sonja Petri Monika Wolf	8: 08.66	People's Republic of China Dongling Yan Jun Long Hantao Luo Xiange Zhang	8: 13.81
Foursome with helmsman (W4 +)	Romania Valentina Virlan Marioara Trașcă Adriana Bazon Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia (Stf.)	7: 30.12	German Democratic Republic Birte Siech Gerlinde Doberschütz Carola Hornig Martina Walther Sylvia Müller (Deputy)	7: 34.09	Bulgaria Manuela Lashilina Olja Stoitschkowa Marijana Stojanowa Daniela Oronowa Sofia Tzwetkowa (Stf.)	7: 40.73
Eighth (W8 +)	Romania Valentina Virlan Marioara Trașcă Livia Țicanu Rodica Arba Adriana Bazon Veronica Necula Olga Homeghi Lucia Sauca Ecaterina Oancia (Stf.)	6: 55.61	United States Anna Seaton Kristen Thorsness Christine Campbell Sarah Gengler Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson Susan Broome Abigail Peck Harriet Metcalf Betsy Beard (Stf.)	6: 57.27	Soviet Union Sarmīte Stone Lidija Awerjanowa Irina Teterina Jelena Makuschkina Olena Puchajewa Sarija Sakirowa Marina Suprun Olena Teroschyna Walentina Chochlowa (Stf.)	7: 03.25

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Democratic Republic	4th	4th	1	9
2	Romania	4th	2	2	8th
3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	5
4th	Italy	3		5	8th
5	United States	2	1	4th	7th
6th	BR Germany	1	4th		5
7th	Soviet Union	1	2	4th	7th
8th	United Kingdom	1	2	1	4th
9	Belgium	1	2		3
10	Canada	1	1	1	3
11	France		1		1
	Norway		1		1
13	People's Republic of China			1	1
	Finland			1	1
total		21st	21st	21st	63

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the finals in M1x in the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ↑ Result of the final in LM1x at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the finals in M2x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the finals in LM2x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the finals in M4x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ^ Result of the final in M2- at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ↑ Result of the final in M2 + at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ↑ result of the finals in the M4 at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ result of the finals in LM4- at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ↑ Result of the final in LM8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ result of the finals in W1x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the finals in LW1x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the finals in W2x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ↑ result of the finals in LW2x at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ↑ result of the finals in W4X at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
19. ↑ result of the finals in LW4- at the rudder's World Cup 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
20. ^ Result of the final in the W4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
21. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the World Rowing Championships 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).