World Rowing Championships 1997

The 1997 World Rowing Championships were held from August 31 to September 7, 1997 on Lac d'Aiguebelette near the city of Chambéry , France, under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). In 24 boat classes there were rowing world champion determined.

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)	United States James Koven	6: 44.86	Germany André Willms	6: 47.49	United Kingdom Greg Searle	6: 47.57
Lightweight One (LM1x)	Denmark Karsten Nielsen	6: 57.16	Switzerland Michael Bänninger	6: 59.62	Czech Republic Tomas Kacovsky	7: 00.92
Double scull (M2x)	Germany Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert	6: 13.35	Norway Steffen Størseth Kjetil Undset	6: 14.98	Australia Duncan Free Marcus Free	6: 16.05
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	Poland Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	6: 14.57	Italy Michelangelo Crispi Leonardo Pettinari	6: 15.98	Germany Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling	6: 18.38
Sculls (M4x)	Italy Agostino Abbagnale Giovanni Calabrese Alessandro Corona Rossano Galtarossa	5: 42.50	Germany Jens Burow Marco Geisler Marcel Hacker Stefan Roehnert	5: 45.88	Ukraine Oleh Lykow Oleksandr Martschenko Leonid Schaposchnykow Olexander Saskalko	5: 46.11
Lightweight Quads (LM4x)	Italy Stefano Basalini Paolo Pittino Franco Sancassani Massimo Guglielmi	5: 50.68	Germany Markus Baumann Oliver Ibielski Alexander Lutz Frank Mager	5: 52.90	Ireland John Armstrong Neal Byrne Brendan Dolan Emmet O'Brien	5: 55.04
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	France Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	6: 27.69	Italy Lorenzo Carboncini Mattia Trombetta	6: 31.51	United States Adam Holland Ted Murphy	6: 32.10
Lightweight twos without a helmsman (LM2-)	Switzerland Mathias Binder Beni Schmidt	6: 32.81	Ireland Neville Maxwell Tony O'Connor	6: 33.51	Denmark Jeppe Jensen Kollat Jacob Nielsen	5: 34.11
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	United States Nicholas Anderson Scott Fentress Jordan Irving (Stm.)	6: 56.30	Australia David Cameron Nick McDonald-Crowley David Colvin (Stm.)	6: 56.36	Greece Georgios Fotou Konstantinos Kariotis Lampros Rizos (Stm.)	6: 57.62
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	United Kingdom James Cracknell Timothy Foster Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave	5: 52.40	France Gilles Bosquet Daniel Fauché Olivier Moncelet Bertrand Vecten	5: 56.34	Romania Dorin Alupei Claudiu Marin Cornel Nemțoc Florian Tudor	5: 57.10
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	Denmark Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Victor Feddersen Thomas Poulsen	5: 54.35	France Xavier Dorfman Yves Hocdé Frederic Pinon Laurent Porchier	5: 54.91	Germany Roland Händle Jan Herzog Marcus Mielke Martin Weis	5: 57.87
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	France Antoine Béghin Vincent Maliszewski Bernard Roche Laurent Béghin Christophe Lattaignant (stm.)	6: 04.17	Italy Giuliano De Stabile Rosario Gioia Francesco Mattei Mario Palmisano Gaetano Iannuzzi (Stm.)	6: 05.98	United Kingdom Ed Coode Mark Johnson Garry McAdams Steve Trapmore David Chung (Stm.)	6: 09.80
Figure eight (M8 +)	United States Christian Ahrens Sebastian Bea Philip Henry Robert Kaehler Garrett Miller Timothy Richter Michael Wherley Robert Cummins Pete Cipollone (Stm.)	5: 27.20	Romania Valentin Robu Florin Corbeanu Viorel Talapan Florian Tudor Claudiu Marin Andrei Bănică Cornel Nemțoc Dorin Alupei Marin Gheorghe (st.)	5: 27.76	Australia Daniel Burke Drew Ginn Alastair Gordon David Porzig Geoffrey Stewart James Stewart Robert Walker Richard Wearne David Colvin (stm.)	5: 28.14
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Australia Darren Balmforth Jon Berney Simon Burgess Alastair Isherwood Robert Mitchell Robert Richards Michael Wiseman Tim Wright Brett Hayman (Stm.)	5: 40.00	United Kingdom Phil Baker James Brown Jim Hartland Alex Henshilwood Jason Keys Dave Lemon Jim McNiven Ben Webb John Deakin (Stm.)	5: 40.03	Canada Jon Beare Chris Davidson Jeffrey Lay Graham McLaren Anthony Shearing Ben Storey Bryan Thompson Edward Winchester Chris Taylor (Stm.)	5: 40.91

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	Belarus Ekaterina Karsten	7: 29.30	Denmark Trine Hansen	7: 30.73	Sweden Maria Brandin	7: 31.39
Lightweight single (LW1x)	United States Sarah Garner	7: 38.39	France Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy	7: 42.48	Sweden Kristina Knejp Christensson	7: 46.98
Double scull (W2x)	Germany Kathrin Boron Meike Evers	6: 51.07	United Kingdom Miriam Batten Gillian Lindsay	6: 52.56	Romania Liliana Gafencu Viorica Susanu	6: 52.63
Lightweight double scull (LW2x)	Germany Angelika Brand Michelle Darvill	7: 00.93	Denmark Lene Andersson Anna Helleberg	7: 01.77	Romania Angela Alupei Camelia Macoviciuc	7: 03.86
Double quad (W4x)	Germany Kathrin Boron Kerstin Köppen Manuela Lutze Jana Thieme	6: 16.15	Denmark Ulla Hansen Werner Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen Stinne Petersen Algreen	6: 19.35	Ukraine Inna Frolowa Switlana Masij Dina Miftachutdynowa Olena Ronshyna	6: 20.16
Lightweight Quads (LW4x)	Germany Christiane Brand Nicole Faust Christine Morawitz Gunda Reimers	6: 36.63	Canada Nathalie Benzing Brie Ellard Renata Troc Samara Walbohm	6: 37.16	Netherlands Hedi Poot Brechtje van Eijck Sigrid Winkelhuis Floortje van Eijck	6: 39.38
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	Canada Alison Korn Emma Robinson	7: 08.09	Romania Veronica Cochela Georgeta Andrunache	7: 14.77	Russia Albina Ligatschowa Wera Pochitajewa	7: 17.10
Lightweight twos without helmsman (LW2-)	Australia Eliza Blair Justine Joyce	7: 18.32	United States Michelle Borkhuis Linda Muri	7: 20.34	United Kingdom Caroline Hobson Malindi Myers	7: 23.97
Foursome without a helmsman (W4-)	United Kingdom Alex Beever Lisa Eyre Elizabeth Henshilwood Sue Walker	6: 40.30	Romania Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu Doina Spîrcu Anca Tănase	6: 41.13	Germany Anna Coenen Pia Coenen Kristina Erbe Elke Hipler	6: 45.70
Eighth (W8 +)	Romania Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu Ioana Olteanu Angela Cazac Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochela Doina Ignat Anca Tănase Elena Georgescu (Stf.)	6: 02.40	Canada Buffy-Lynne Williams Laryssa Biesenthal Jessica Gonin Alison Korn Emma Robinson Dorota Urbaniak Kristen Wall Kubet Weston Lesley Thompson-Willie (Stf.)	6: 07.18	United Kingdom Alex Beever Lisa Eyre Katherine Grainger Elizabeth Henshilwood Elise Laverick Sue Walker Rachel Woolf Francesca Zino Suzie Ellis (Dep.)	6: 10.00

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	5	3	3	11
2	United States	4th	1	1	6th
3	Denmark	2	3	1	6th
4th	France	2	3		5
	Italy	2	3		5
6th	United Kingdom	2	2	4th	8th
7th	Australia	2	1	2	5
8th	Romania	1	3	3	7th
9	Canada	1	2	1	4th
10	Switzerland	1	1		2
11	Belarus	1			1
	Poland	1			1
13	Ireland		1	1	2
14th	Norway		1		1
15th	Sweden			2	2
	Ukraine			2	2
17th	Czech Republic			1	1
	Greece			1	1
	Netherlands			1	1
	Russia			1	1
total		24	24	24	72

Individual evidence

1. ↑ result of the Finals in M1x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
2. ^ Result of the final in the LM1x at the World Rowing Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ result of the Finals in M2x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ result of the Finals in LM2x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ result of the Finals in M4x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
6. ^ Result of the final in the LM4x at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. 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 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
8. ^ Result of the final in LM2 at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
9. ↑ Result of the final in M2 + at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
10. ↑ outcome of the finals in the M4 at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
11. ↑ Result of the final in LM4 at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
12. ^ Result of the final in the M4 + at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
13. ^ Result of the final in the M8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
14. ^ Result of the final in LM8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
15. ↑ result of the Finals in W1x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
16. ↑ result of the Finals in LW1x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
17. ↑ result of the Finals in W2x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
18. ↑ result of the Finals in LW2x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
19. ↑ Result of the final in the W4x at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
20. ↑ result of the Finals in LW4x at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
21. ^ Result of the final in W2 at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
22. ↑ result of the Finals in LW2- at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
23. ^ Result of the final in the W4 at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English). 
24. ^ Result of the final in the W8 + at the Rowing World Championships 1997 in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 (English).