World Rowing Championships 2014

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The 2014 World Rowing Championships were held from August 24 to 31, 2014 on the Bosbaan regatta course in Amstelveen ( Netherlands ) under the rules of the World Rowing Federation (FISA). The regatta course was previously the scene of the Rowing World Championships in 1977 as well as several events of the European Rowing Championships , the Rowing World Cup and various world championships in rowing.

At the event, rowing world champions were determined in 27 boat classes, 13 of them for men, 9 for women and 5 for par-rowers . A total of over 1100 participants from 60 nations were registered. The largest contingent came from Italy (26 boat classes), followed by the USA and Germany with entries in 25 classes each.

Results

Men

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (M1x)	Czech Republic Ondřej Synek	6: 37.12	New Zealand Mahé Drysdale	6: 37.85	Cuba Angel Fournier	6: 44.31
Double scull (M2x)	Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	6: 00.52	Italy Romano Battisti Francesco Fossi	6: 04.42	Australia James McRae Alexander Belonogoff	6: 04.43
Sculls (M4x)	Ukraine Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow Oleksandr Nadtoka Ivan Dowhodko	5: 32.26	United Kingdom Graeme Thomas Sam Townsend Charles Cousins Peter Lambert	5: 32.35	Germany Karl Schulze Tim Grohmann Kai Fuhrmann Philipp Wende	5: 36.97
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond Caleb Shepherd (Stm.)	6: 33.26	United Kingdom Alan Sinclair Scott Durant Henry Fieldman (Stm.)	6: 43.45	Germany Peter Kluge Alexander Egler Jonas Wiesen (Stm.)	6: 45.85
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6: 09.34	United Kingdom James Foad Matt Langridge	6: 13.75	South Africa Vincent Breet Shaun Keeling	6: 16.85
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	United Kingdom Alex Gregory Mohamed Sbihi George Nash Andrew Triggs Hodge	5: 40.24	United States Grant James Michael Gennaro Henrik Rummel Seth Weil	5: 42.90	Australia Fergus Pragnell Joshua Dunkley-Smith Spencer Turrin Alexander Lloyd	5: 43.47
Figure eight (M8 +)	United Kingdom Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell Matthew Tarrant William Satch Matthew Gotrel Peter Reed Paul Bennett Tom Ransley Constantine Louloudis Phelan Hill (Stm.)	5: 24.11	Germany Max Planer Malte Jakschik Andreas Kuffner Felix Drahotta Richard Schmidt Eric Johannesen Maximilian Reinelt Felix Wimberger Martin Sauer (Stm.)	5: 24.77	Poland Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Marcin Brzeziński Robert Fuchs Krystian Aranowski Michał Szpakowski Mikołaj Burda Piotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski (stm.)	5: 26.90
Lightweight Single (LM1x)	Italy Marcello Miani	6: 43.37	Germany Lars Hartig	6: 46.73	Switzerland Michael Schmid	6: 50.88
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	South Africa James Thompson John Smith	6: 05.36	France Stany Delayre Jérémie Azou	6: 05.45	Norway Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	6: 05.79
Lightweight Quads (LM4x)	Greece Georgios Konsolas Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Eleftherios Konsolas	5: 42.75	Germany Daniel Lawitzke Max Röger Jost Schömann-Finck Konstantin Steinhübel	5: 45.65	People's Republic of China Tian Bin Wang Tiexin Li Hui Dong Tianfeng	5: 46.69
Lightweight twos without a helmsman (LM2-)	Switzerland Simon Niepmann Lucas Tramèr	6: 22.91	France Augustin Mouterde Thomas Baroukh	6: 25.02	United Kingdom Sam Scrimgeour Jonathan Clegg	6: 25.48
Lightweight foursome (LM4-)	Denmark Kasper Winther Jacob Larsen Jacob Barsøe Morten Jørgensen	5: 47.15	New Zealand James Hunter Alistair Bond Peter Taylor Curtis Rapley	5: 48.76	United Kingdom Mark Aldred Peter Chambers Richard Chambers Chris Bartley	5: 49.58
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	Germany Tobias Franzmann Simon Barr Torben Neumann Stefan Wallat Daniel Wisgott Jonas Kilthau Sven Keßler Can Temel Frederik Böhm (stm.)	5: 31.29	Italy Luca De Maria Vincenzo Serpico Jiri Vlcek Leone Barbaro Livio La Padula Armando Dell'Aquila Guido Gravina Giorgio Tuccinardi Gianluca Barattolo (Stm.)	5: 33.87	Turkey Mert Kaan Kartal Bayram Sonmez Burak Ozdemir Cem Yılmaz Ahmet Yumrukaya Engin Ozkan Hüseyin Kandemir Dogsah Boluk Kaan Sahin (Stm.)	5: 34.20

Women

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
One (W1x)	New Zealand Emma Twigg	7: 14.95	Australia Kim Crow	7: 17.33	People's Republic of China Duan Jingli	7: 22.57
Double scull (W2x)	New Zealand Fiona Bourke Zoe Stevenson	6: 38.04	Poland Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska Natalia Madaj	6: 39.36	Australia Olympics Aldersey Sally Kehoe	6: 41.71
Double quad (W4x)	Germany Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla	6: 06.84	People's Republic of China Jiang Yan Shen Xiaoxing Lyu Yang Zhang Xinyue	6: 10.51	United States Grace Latz Tracy Eisser Olivia Coffey Felice Mueller	6: 12.03
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	United Kingdom Helen Glover Heather Stanning	6: 50.61	United States Megan Kalmoe Kerry Simmonds	6: 52.87	New Zealand Louise Trappitt Rebecca Scown	6: 54.79
Foursome without a helmsman (W4-)	New Zealand Kayla Pratt Kelsey Bevan Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	6: 14.36	United States Zsuzsanna Francia Emily Regan Tessa Gobbo Adrienne Martelli	6: 20.69	People's Republic of China Miao Tian Zhang Min He Sihui Zhang Huan	6: 23.31
Eighth (W8 +)	United States Victoria Opitz Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Lauren Butterfly Grace Luczak Caroline Lind Eleanor Logan Heidi Robbins Katelin Snyder (Stf.)	5: 56.83	Canada Cristy Nurse Lisa Roman Rosanne Deboef Natalie Mastracci Susanne Grainger Christine Roper Ashley Brzozowicz Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson-Willie (Stf.)	5: 59.66	People's Republic of China Zhang Dan Guo Linlin Yi Liqin Gao Qiuqiu Cui Xiaotong Ju Rui Zhang Min Zhang Huan Zhao Li (Stf.)	6: 00.52
Lightweight single (LW1x)	Belgium Eveline Peleman	7: 31.31	Greece Aikaterini Nikolaidou	7: 31.73	United States Kathleen Bertko	7: 33.97
Lightweight double scull (LW2x)	New Zealand Sophie MacKenzie Julia Edward	6: 48.56	Canada Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee	6: 50.41	People's Republic of China Huang Wenyi Pan Dandan	6: 53.40
Lightweight Quads (LW4x)	Netherlands Mirte Kraaijkamp Elisabeth Woerner Maaike Head Ilse Paulis	6: 15.95	Australia Laura Dunn Sarah Pound Maia Simmonds Hannah Every-Hall	6: 19.54	Germany Katrin Thoma Judith Anlauf Wiebke Hein Leonie Pieper	6: 22.79

Para oars

Boat class	gold		silver		bronze
ASM1x	Australia Erik Horrie	4: 50.68	United Kingdom Tom Aggar	4: 53.41	Russia Alexei Chuvashev	4: 58.96
ASW1x	Norway Birgit Skarstein	5: 22.12	Israel Moran Samuel	5: 33.86	Belarus Lyudmila Wautschok	5: 39.10
TAMix2x	Australia Gavin Bellis Kathryn Ross	4: 02.55	France pearl bouge Stéphane Tardieu	4: 05.11	Brazil Josiane Lima Michel Gomes Pessanha	4: 07.54
LTAMix2x	Ukraine Kateryna Morozova Dmytro Aleksieiev	3: 28.39	Australia Jeremy McGrath Kathleen Murdoch	3: 35.26	France Guylaine Marchand Antoine Jesel	3: 36.47
LTAMix4 +	United Kingdom Grace Clough Pamela Relph Daniel Brown James Fox Oliver James (Stm.)	3: 20.45	United States Jaclyn Smith Richard Vandegrift Zachary Burns Danielle Hansen Jennifer Sichel (Stm.)	3: 25.49	Italy Lucilla Aglioti Valentina Grassi Tommaso Schettino Omar Airolo Giuseppe Di Capua (Stm.)	3: 30.39

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	New Zealand	6th	2	1	9
2	United Kingdom	4th	4th	2	10
3	Australia	2	3	3	8th
	Germany	2	3	3	8th
5	Ukraine	2			2
6th	United States	1	4th	2	7th
7th	Italy	1	2	1	4th
8th	Greece	1	1		2
9	Norway	1		1	2
	South Africa	1		1	2
	Switzerland	1		1	2
12	Belgium	1			1
	Croatia	1			1
	Czech Republic	1			1
	Denmark	1			1
	Netherlands	1			1
17th	France		3	1	4th
18th	Canada		2		2
19th	People's Republic of China		1	5	6th
20th	Poland		1	1	2
21st	Israel		1		1
22nd	Belarus			1	1
	Brazil			1	1
	Cuba			1	1
	Russia			1	1
	Turkey			1	1
total		27	27	27	81

Note: The table includes the results from all Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic boat classes.

World best times

Due to the sometimes strong sliding wind conditions, 14 new world record times could be rowed in the context of the world championships . This applied to August 29th (Friday) and August 30th (Saturday):

• Women's double sculls: Australia with Olympia Aldersey and Sally Kehoe in 6: 37.31 (semifinals)
• Women's double foursome: Germany with Annekatrin Thiele , Carina Bär , Julia Lier and Lisa Schmidla in 6: 06.84 (final)
• Two women without a helmsman: Great Britain with Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in 6: 50.61 (final)
• Women's four without a helmsman: New Zealand with Kayla Pratt , Kelsey Bevan , Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler in 6: 14.36 (final)
• Women's lightweight double sculls: New Zealand with Sophie MacKenzie and Julia Edward in 6: 48.56 (final)
• Women's lightweight double sculls: Netherlands with Mirte Kraaijkamp , Elisabeth Woerner , Maaike Head and Ilse Paulis in 6: 15.95 (final)
• Men's double sculls: Croatia with Martin Sinković and Valent Sinković in 5: 59.72 (semifinals)
• Men's double foursome: Ukraine with Dmytro Michai , Artem Morosow , Oleksandr Nadtoka and Iwan Dowhodko in 5: 32.26 (final)
• Two men with helmsman: New Zealand with Eric Murray , Hamish Bond and Stm. Caleb Shepherd in 6: 33.26 (final)
• Men's lightweight single: Marcello Miani (Italy) in 6: 43.37 (final)
• Men's lightweight double sculls : South Africa with James Thompson and John Smith in 6: 05.36 (final)
• Men's lightweight double foursome : Greece with Georgios Konsolas , Spyridon Giannaros , Panagiotis Magdanis and Eleftherios Konsolas in 5: 42.75 (final)
• Men's lightweight two without a helmsman: Switzerland with Simon Niepmann and Lucas Tramèr in 6: 22.91 (final)
• Men's lightweight foursome without a helmsman: Denmark with Jacob Larsen , Jacob Barsøe , Kasper Winther and Morten Jørgensen in 5: 43.16 (semifinals)

On the other hand, the wind conditions occasionally caused uneven conditions on the six lanes of the regatta course.

Web links

• Host's website
• World Rowing Championships 2014 at the World Rowing Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Large entry for 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. August 13, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
2. ↑ (M1x) Men's Single Sculls - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
3. ↑ (M2x) Men's Double Sculls - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
4. ↑ (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
5. ↑ (M2 +) Men's Coxed Pair - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
6. ↑ (M2-) Men's Pair - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
7. ↑ (M4-) Men's Four - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
8. ↑ (M8 +) Men's Eight - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
9. ↑ (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
10. ↑ (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
11. ↑ (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2013 . 
12. ↑ (LM2-) Lightweight Men's Pair - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
13. ↑ (LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
14. ↑ (LM8 +) Lightweight Men's Eight - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
15. ↑ (W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
16. ↑ (W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
17. ↑ (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
18. ↑ (W2-) Women's Pair - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
19. ↑ (W4-) Women's Four - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
20. ↑ (W8 +) Women's Eight - Final. FISA, August 31, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
21. ↑ (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
22. ↑ (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final. FISA, August 30, 2014, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
23. ↑ (LW4x) Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final. FISA, August 29, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 . 
24. ↑ (ASM1x) AS Men's Single Sculls - Final. FISA, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 . 
25. ↑ (ASW1x) AS Women's Single Sculls - Final. FISA, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 . 
26. ↑ (TAMix2x) TA Mixed Double Sculls - Final. FISA, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 . 
27. ↑ (LTAMix2x) LTA Mixed Double Sculls - Final. FISA, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 . 
28. ↑ (LTAMix4 +) LTA Mixed Coxed Four - Final. FISA, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 . 
29. ↑ Medal Table 2014 World Rowing Championships. FISA, accessed August 31, 2014 . 
30. ↑ Best times: Elite. FISA, accessed September 6, 2014 .