The 1980 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held in August 1980 at Hazewinkel in Heindonk, Belgium. Since 1980 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include the 14 Olympic classes scheduled for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Only the four lightweight men's event formed part of the competition, and all finals were raced on 16 August.
Medal summary
Medalists at the 1980 World Rowing Championships were:
Men's lightweight events
Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time LM1x Christian-Georg Warlich 07:00.94 Bill Belden 07:06.32 José Antonio Montosa Ortega 07:08.80 LM2x Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca 06:29.18 Scott Roop Lawrence Klecatsky 06:31.10 Kurt Steiner Reto Wyss 06:33.44 LM4- Graham Gardiner Charles Bartlett Clyde Hefer Simon Gillett 06:12.35 Mogens Rasmussen Juul Søren Christensen Jan Christensen Kim Hagsted 06:23.75 Antony Richardson Andrew Cusack Duncan Innes Colin Cusack 06:25.76 LM8+ Colin Barratt David Hosking Robert Downie Nicholas Howe Peter Zeun Clive Roberts Nigel Read Stephen Simpole Simon Jefferies (cox) 05:42.76 Bernard Gronchi Thierry Farelle Bertrand Razat Serge Grenier Jean-François Razat Gerard Avril Maxime Mantovani Laurent Fritsch Bertrand Le Cossec (cox) 05:45.62 Felix Alonso Muñoz Carlos Sáez Bernardos José Marti Miranda Francisco Goicoechea García Luis Arteaga Leon José Rojí Angel Sáez Bernardos Fernando Climent Javier Sabriá (cox) 05:45.87
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