The 1983 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 3 to 4 September 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, West Germany.
Medal summary
Men's events
EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime M1x Peter-Michael Kolbe 6:49.88 Uwe Mund 6:51.70 Christopher Wood 6:54.30 M2x Thomas Lange (b)Uwe Heppner (s) 6:20.17 Rolf Thorsen (b)Alf Hansen (s) 6:23.43 Andreas Schmelz (b)Georg Agrikola (s) 6:23.63 M4x Albert Hedderich (b)Raimund Hörmann (2)Dieter Wiedenmann (3)Michael Dürsch (s) 5:45.97 Karl-Heinz Bußert (b)Martin Winter (2)Rüdiger Reiche (3)Joachim Dreifke (s) 5:47.87 Piero Poli (b)Renato Gaeta (2)Antonio Dell'Aquila (3)Stefano Lari (s) 5:49.79 M2+ Thomas Greiner (b)Ullrich Dießner (s)Andreas Gregor (c) 6:49.75 Stasys Narušaitis (b)Ihar Maystrenka (s)Pyotr Petrinich (c) 6:53.23 Carmine Abbagnale (b)Giuseppe Abbagnale (s)Giuseppe Di Capua (c) 6:55.45 M2- Carl Ertel (b)Ulf Sauerbrey (s) 6:35.85 Viktor Pereverzev (b)Gennadi Kryuçkin (s) 6:37.92 Hans Magnus Grepperud (b)Sverre Løken (s) (s) 6:39.72 M4+ Conrad Robertson (b)Greg Johnston (2)Keith Trask (3)Les O'Connell (s)Brett Hollister (c) 6:13.89 Dietmar Schiller (b)Joerg Friedrich (2)Bernd Niesecke (3)Bernd Eichwurzel (s)Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c) 6:16.29 Sergey Frolov (b)Jonas Pinskus (2)Jonas Narmontas (3)Vladimir Semin (s)Vladimir Nizhegorodov (c) 6:16.98 M4- Norbert Keßlau (b)Volker Grabow (2)Jörg Puttlitz (3)Guido Grabow (s) 5:57.02 Nikolay Pimenov (b)Aleksandr Kulagin (2)Yuriy Pimenov (3)Žoržs Tikmers (s) 5:57.39 Anders Wilgotson (b)Hans Svensson (2)Lars-Åke Lindqvist (3)Anders Larson (s) 6:01.54 M8+ Mike Stanley (b)Andrew Stevenson (2)Dave Rodger (3)Roger White-Parsons (4)Chris White (5)Barrie Mabbott (6)George Keys (7)Nigel Atherfold (s)Andy Hay (c) 5:34.39 Klaus Büttner (b)Uwe Gasch (2)Gert Uebeler (3)Karsten Schmeling (4)Ralf Brudel (5)Harald Jährling (6)Jürgen Seyfarth (7)Bernd Höing (s)Hendrik Reiher (c) 5:35.94 Samuel Patten (b)Bruce Keynes (2)Ian Edmunds (3)David Doyle (4)James Battersby (5)Tim Willoughby (6)Ion Popa (7)John Quigley (s)Gavin Thredgold (c) 5:38.04 Lightweight events LM1x Bjarne Eltang 7:07.35 John Melvin 7:09.84 Gerd Naujoks 7:10.08 LM2x Francesco Esposito (b)Ruggero Verroca (s) 06:25.42 Luc Crispon (b)Thierry Renault (s) 6:30.73 Roland Rosset (b)Pius Z'rotz (s) 06:31.92 LM4- Alberto Molina (b)Luis María Moreno (2)José María de Marco Pérez (3)Juan María Altuna (s) 6:16.47 Christopher Bates (b)Carl Smith (2)Ian Wilson (3)Stuart Forbes (s) 6:19.13 Richard Biller (b)Michael Djervig (2)Vagn Nielsen (3)Karsten Kobbernagel (s) 6:19.48 LM8+ Alejandro Moya (b)José Manuel Cañete (2)Eulogio Génova (3)Carlos Muniesa (4)José Crespo (5)Enrique Briones (6)Víctor Llorente (7)Benito Elizalde (s)José Rojí (c) 5:45.05 Brian Digby (b)Paul Harvey (2)Greg Raszyk (3)Richard Hay (4)Peter Antonie (5)Bruce House (6)Ian Jordan (7)Stephen Spurling (s)Graeme Barns (c) 5:46.75 Mikael Espersen (b)Kim Hagsted (2)Ivar Mølgaard (3)Leif Jacobsen (4)Søren Hansson (5)Flemming Jensen (6)Jan Christensen (7)Bent Fransson (s)Henrik Kruse (c) 5:46.86
Women's events
EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime W1x Jutta Hampe 3:36.51 Irina Fetisova 3:37.79 Virginia Gilder 3:39.05 W2x Jutta Schenk (b)Martina Schröter (s) 3:13.44 Yelena Bratishko (b)Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva (s) 3:14.28 Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (b)Elisabeta Lipă (s) 3:15.45 W4x+ Tatiana Bachkatova (b)Olga Kaspina (2)Yelena Khloptseva (3)Larisa Popova (s)Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c) 3:02.48 Kerstin Kirst (b)Kerstin Pieloth (2)Cornelia Linse (3)Sylvia Schwabe (s)Andrea Rost (c) 3:04.51 Stefka Madina (b)Teodora Lazarova (2)Margarita Dobtcheva (3)Violeta Ninova (s)Greta Georgieva (c) 3:10.69 W2- Marita Sandig (b)Silvia Fröhlich (s) 3:26.68 Rodica Arba (b)Elena Horvat (s) 3:32.13 Tricia Smith (b)Elizabeth Craig-Eaton (s) 3:33.52 W4+ Claudia Noack (b)Iris Rudolph (2)Sigrid Anders (3)Carola Miseler (s)Carolina Richter (c) 3:11.18 Florica Lavric (b)Maria Tanase-Fricioiu (2)Chira Apostol (3)Olga Homegi-Bularda (s)Viorica Veres (c) 3:14.11 Feodossia Kaleinikova (b) (2)Svetlana Semyonova (3) (s)Nina Cheremisina (c) 3:14.36 W8+ Sarmīte Stone (b)Lidiya Averyanova (2)Ludmila Konopleva (3)Marina Studneva (4)Nina Umanets (5)Elena Tereshina (6)Nataliya Yatsenko (7)Elena Makushkina (s)Valentina Khokhlova (c) 2:56.22 Kristen Thorsness (b)Patricia Spratlin (2)Shyril O'Steen (3)Carie Graves (4)Carol Bower (5)Kristine Norelius (6)Jan Harville (7)Harriet Metcalf (s)Valerie McClain-Ward (c) 2:58.14 Susann Heinicke (b)Viola Kestler (2)Annekatrin Jage (3)Karin Metze-Ullbricht (4)Steffi Götzelt (5)Carola Lichey (6)Sabine Portius (7)Ramona Hein (s)Kirsten Strohbach (c) 2:59.06
Medals table Seventeen nations won medals of the championships.
Place Nation Total 1 7 5 1 13 2 3 0 2 5 3 2 5 2 9 4 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 6 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 2 3 8 0 2 1 3 9 0 2 0 2 10 0 1 2 3 11 0 1 1 2 11 0 1 1 2 13 0 1 0 1 14 0 0 1 1 14 0 0 1 1 14 0 0 1 1 14 0 0 1 1 Total 18 18 18 54
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