World Rowing Championships 1990

The 1990 World Rowing Championships were held on Lake Barrington in the state of Tasmania , Australia under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). Rowing world champions were determined in 22 boat classes . The finals took place on November 3rd and 4th, 1990; the event began on October 30th.

For Germany, despite the reunification of the GDR and the Federal Republic, two teams started for the last time and took the first two places in the medal table. About two months after the world championships, the clubs of the East German DRSV ( German Rowing Sports Association ) were incorporated into the West German DRV ( German Rowing Association ) on January 1, 1991 .

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)	Soviet Union Jueri Jaanson	7: 22.15	Czechoslovakia Václav Chalupa	7: 26.98	New Zealand Eric Verdonk	7: 31.70
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Netherlands Frans Göbel	7: 21.24	Belgium Wim van Belleghem	7: 22.49	Norway Per Sætersdal	7: 28.80
Double scull (M2x)	Austria Arnold Jonke Christoph Zerbst	6: 56.37	East German DRSV team Thomas Lange Stefan Ullrich	6: 57.08	Australia Peter Antonie Paul Reedy	7: 04.49
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	United States Robert Dreher Stephen Peterson	7: 46.15	West German DRV team Karsten Krüger Peter Müller	7: 46.38	Austria Walter Rantasa Christoph Schmölzer	7: 46.88
Sculls (M4x)	Soviet Union Valery Dossenko Sergei Kinjakin Mykola Tschupryna Guirts Vilks	5: 40.44	Switzerland Ueli Bodenmann Marc-Sven Nater Alexander Ruckstuhl Beat Schwerzmann	5: 41.81	Italy Alessandro Corona Gianluca Farina Massimo Paradiso Filippo Soffici	5: 42.18
Lightweight Quads (LM4x)	Italy Francesco Esposito Massimo Lana Paolo Pittino Massimo Guglielmi	5: 46.38	France Bruno Boucher Bruno Lebeda Laurent Porchier Thierry Renault	5: 48.58	Australia Stephen Hawkins Bruce Hick Gary Lynagh Simon Burgess	5: 48.72
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	East German DRSV team Thomas Jung Uwe Kellner	7: 07.91	Soviet Union Nikolai Pimenow Yuri Pimenow	7: 10.20	United Kingdom Matthew Pinsent Steven Redgrave	7: 12.38
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (Stm.)	6: 48.30	Spain Ibon Urbieta Zubiria José Ignacio Bugarín Pereira Gabriel Marco (Stm.)	6: 50.52	Yugoslavia Milan Janša Robert Krasovec Robert Erzen (Stm.)	6: 51.84
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	Australia Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins Samuel Patten	5: 52.20	Netherlands Niels van der Zwan Jaap Krijtenburg Bart Peters Sven Schwarz	5: 53.41	East German DRSV team Ralf Brudel Olaf Förster Thomas Greiner Jens Luedecke	5: 54.71
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	West German DRV team Klaus Altena Michael Buchheit Stephan Fahrig Bernhard Stomporowski	7: 03.68	France Stephane Guerinot Laurent Irabesta Benoit Masson Jose Oyarzabal	7: 05.57	Netherlands Frank Gerritse Pim Laken Mark Emke Han de Regt	7: 05.84
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	East German DRSV team Bernd Eichwurzel Mario Grüssel Detlef Kirchhoff Stefan Schulz Hendrik Reiher (Stm.)	6: 46.73	West German DRV team Wolfgang Klapheck Stefan Scholz Ansgar Wessling Volker Zimmermann Thomas Alt (Stm.)	6: 48.03	Soviet Union Igor Bortnizki Sigitas Kučinskas Jonas Narmontas Wladimir Romanischin Petr Petrinitsch (Stm.)	6: 49.40
Figure eight (M8 +)	West German DRV team Roland Baar Dirk Balster Frank Dietrich Christoph Korte Frank Richter Martin Steffes-Mies Matthias Ungemach Armin Weyrauch Manfred Klein (Stm.)	5: 26.62	Canada Darren Barber Andy Crosby Robert Marland Derek Porter Michael Rascher Bruce Robertson Brian Saunderson John Wallace Terry Paul (stm.)	5: 27.57	East German DRSV team Thomas Bänsch Andre Hache Frank Pawlowski Michael Peter Roland Schröder Hans Sennewald Thomas Woddow Lutz Thiede Peter Thiede (Stm.)	5: 29.88
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Italy Enrico Barbaranelli Franco Falossi Carlo Gaddi Fabrizio Ranieri Fabrizio Ravasi Andrea Re Roberto Romanini Alfredo Striani Giuseppe Lamberti (st.)	5: 35.03	Denmark Svend Blitskov Peter Madsen Flemming Meyer Vagn Nielsen Henning Bay Nielsen Lars Rasmussen Michael Sørensen Bo Vestergaard Stephen Masters (stm.)	5: 36.98	United Kingdom Christopher Bates Marysh Chmiel Peter Haining Toby Hessian Tom Kay Carl Smith Neil Staite Stephen Wright John Deakin (Stm.)	5: 37.75

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	East German DRSV team Birgit Peter	7: 24.10	Canada Silken Laumann	7: 27.08	West German DRV team Maricica Țăran	7: 30.03
Lightweight single (LW1x)	Denmark Mette Bloch Jensen	8: 12.64	Netherlands Laurien Vermulst	8: 14.58	Belgium Rita Defauw	8: 21.20
Double scull (W2x)	East German DRSV team Kathrin Boron Beate Schramm	8: 18.63	Soviet Union Inna Frolowa Tetjana Ustyushanina	8: 23.46	United States Kristine Karlson Alison Townley	8: 29.35
Lightweight double scull (LW2x)	Denmark Ulla Jensen Regitze Siggaard	6: 57.96	United States Holly Brunkov Lindsay Burns	7: 03.24	Canada Brenda Colby Wendy Wiebe	7: 03.30
Double quad (W4x)	East German DRSV team Kerstin Köppen Claudia Krüger Sybille Schmidt Jana Sorgers	6: 14.08	Soviet Union Jelena Chlopzewa Switlana Masij Marja Omeljanowitsch Sarija Sakirowa	6: 20.25	Czechoslovakia Hana Kafková Iva Mikulová Martina Šefčíková Irena Soukupová	6: 22.33
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	West German DRV team Stefani Werremeier Ingeburg Althoff	8: 28.37	United States Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson Anna Seaton	8: 41.62	East German DRSV team Ina Justh Birte Siech	8: 44.59
Foursome without a helmsman (W4-)	Romania Doina Bălan Iulia Bobeică Marioara Traşcă Doina Ciucanu-Robu	7: 51.68	West German DRV team Sylvia Dördelmann Meike Holländer Gabriele Mehl Cerstin Petersmann	7: 52.45	East German DRSV team Jeannette Barth Antje Frank Kathrin Haacker Judith Zeidler	7: 56.54
Lightweight foursome without helmsman (LW4-)	Canada Jill Blois Colleen Miller Diana Sinnage Rachel Starr	6: 38.40	Australia Amanda Cross Rebecca Joyce Sally Ninham Pamela Westendorf-Marshall	6: 40.32	People's Republic of China Sanmei Liang Zhi-Ai Lin Meilan Zeng Huajie Zhang	6: 42.30
Eighth (W8 +)	Romania Doina Bălan Iulia Bobeică Constanța Burcică Veronica Cochela Marioara Trașcă Anișoara Oprea Mărioara Popescu Doina Ciucanu-Robu Elena Nedelcu (Stf.)	5: 59.26	United States Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Sarah Gengler Kelley Jones Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson Tracy Rude Anna Seaton Kathryn Young Yasmin Farooq (Stf.)	6: 01.67	East German DRSV team Ramona Franz Christiane Harzendorf Annette Hohn Micaela Schmidt Ute Wagner Annegret Strauch Ute Wild Heike Winkler Yvonne Illing (Stf.)	6: 03.18

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	East German DRSV team	5	1	5	11
2	West German DRV team	3	3	1	7th
3	Italy	3		1	4th
4th	Soviet Union	2	3	1	6th
5	Denmark	2	1		3
6th	Romania	2			2
7th	United States	1	3	1	5
8th	Canada	1	2	1	4th
	Netherlands	1	2	1	4th
10	Australia	1	1	2	4th
11	Austria	1		1	2
12	France		2		2
13	Belgium		1	1	2
	Czechoslovakia		1	1	2
15th	Spain		1		1
	Switzerland		1		1
17th	United Kingdom			2	2
18th	People's Republic of China			1	1
	Norway			1	1
	New Zealand			1	1
	Yugoslavia			1	1
total		22nd	22nd	22nd	66

Web links

• Website at the World Rowing Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ↑ Result of the final in LM1x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ↑ Result of the final in the LM4x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
7. ^ Result of the final in the M2- at the Rowing World Championships 1990 on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ^ Result of the final in M2 + at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ↑ result of the Finals in LM4- at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ↑ Result of the final in LM8 + at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in LW1x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ↑ result of the Finals in LW2x at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ↑ result of the Finals in W4X at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
19. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
20. ^ Result of the final in W4 at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
21. ↑ result of the Finals in LW4- at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
22. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the 1990 World Rowing Championships on Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).