1998 World Rowing Championships

The 1998 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 9 to 18 September 1998 in Cologne, Germany. The World Rowing Championships are organized by FISA, back then International Rowing Federation (since renamed to the World Rowing Federation).

1998 World Rowing Championships
The regatta course at Fühlinger See
Venue	Fühlinger See
Location	Cologne, Germany
Dates	9 to 18 September

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
M1x	New Zealand Rob Waddell	6:39.65	Switzerland Xeno Müller	6:41.55	Czech Republic Václav Chalupa	6:43.89
M2x	Germany Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert	6:13.20	Norway Steffen Størseth Kjetil Undset	6:14.49	Poland Marek Kolbowicz Adam Korol	6:15.50
M4x	Italy Agostino Abbagnale Alessandro Corona Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori	5:51.19	Germany Marco Geisler Marcel Hacker Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert	5:56.13	Austria Raphael Hartl Norbert Lambing Andreas Nader Horst Nußbaumer	5:57.91
M2+	Australia Nick Green James Tomkins Brett Hayman (c)	6:45.01	Italy Gioacchino Cascone Rosario Gioia Gianluca Barattolo (c)	6:47.71	United States Nicholas Anderson Kurt Borcherding Phil Henry (c)	6:50.06
M2-	Germany Detlef Kirchhoff Robert Sens	6:22.32	Australia Drew Ginn Mike McKay	6:24.23	Yugoslavia Nikola Stojić Đorđe Višacki	6:25.52
M4+	Australia Drew Ginn Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins Brett Hayman (c)	6:09.43	Croatia Denis Boban Igor Boraska Tihomir Franković Siniša Skelin Ratko Cvitanić (c)	6:12.97	Italy Marco Bizzozero Dario Lari Giuseppe Musemeci Pasquale Panzarino Daniele Sorice (c)	6:13.59
M4-	Great Britain James Cracknell Tim Foster Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave	5:48.06	France Gilles Bosquet Daniel Fauché François Meurillon Anthony Perrot	5:49.44	Italy Lorenzo Carboncini Riccardo Dei Rossi Valter Molea Carlo Mornati	5:49.46
M8+	United States Chris Ahrens Porter Collins Robert Kaehler Jeffrey Klepacki Garrett Miller Bryan Volpenhein Tom Welsh Michael Wherley Peter Cipollone (c)	5:38.78	Germany Jörg Dießner Stefan Forster Stefan Heinze Kai Horl Thomas Jung Ike Landvoigt Enrico Schnabel Marc Weber Peter Thiede (c)	5:39.48	Romania Dorin Alupei Andrei Bănică Cornel Nemțoc Gheorghe Pîrvan Nicolae Țaga Viorel Talapan Valentin Robu Florian Tudor Dumitru Răducanu (c)	5:40.27
Men's lightweight events
LM1x	Italy Stefano Basalini	6:48.90	Czech Republic Michal Vabroušek	6:50.98	Denmark Karsten Nielsen	6:51.52
LM2x	Poland Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	6:19.11	Italy Michelangelo Crispi Leonardo Pettinari	6:21.02	Switzerland Markus Gier Michael Gier	6:22.35
LM4x	Italy Lorenzo Bertini Elia Luini Paolo Pittino Franco Sancassani	5:57.68	Germany Markus Baumann Alexander Lutz Franz Mayer Christian Von Gyldenfeldt	5:58.59	United States Conal Groom Sean Groom Ransom Weaver Coop Wessels	6:02.74
LM2-	France Jean-Christophe Bette Vincent Montabonel	6:40.53	Italy Catello Amarante Carlo Gaddi	6:41.75	Chile Miguel Cerda Christián Yantani	6:44.00
LM4-	Denmark Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Victor Feddersen Thomas Poulsen	6:01.53	France Xavier Dorfman Yves Hocdé Frederic Pinon Laurent Porchier	6:02.37	Australia Darren Balmforth Simon Burgess Anthony Edwards Robert Richards	6:04.43
LM8+	Germany Matthias Edeler Oliver Ibielski Andreas Laib Stefan Locher Daniel Rosenberger Bernhard Stomporowski Manuel Strauch Vladimir Vukelic Olaf Kaska (c)	5:36.28	United States Michael Altmann William Carlucci John Cashman Eric Gillett Sean Kammann William Plifka Martin Schwartz Andrea Trento Sean Mulligan (c)	5:36.56	Italy Antonello Aliberti Carlo Artico Filippo Dodero Daniele Gilardoni Andrea Lupini Giuseppe Manzo Salvatore Messina Massimo Guglielmi Antonio Cirillo (c)	5:37.06

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x	Russia Irina Fedotova	7:25.09	Germany Katrin Rutschow	7:26.67	Sweden Maria Brandin	7:30.99
W2x	Great Britain Miriam Batten Gillian Lindsay	6:48.85	Netherlands Pieta van Dishoeck Eeke van Nes	6:49.75	Romania Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu	6:50.49
W4x	Germany Kathrin Boron Manuela Lutze Jana Thieme Christiane Will	6:24.38	Russia Oksana Dorodnova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk Inna Moiseeva	6:26.66	Australia Marina Hatzakis Sally Newmarch Jane Robinson Bronwyn Roye	6:32.11
W2-	Canada Alison Korn Emma Robinson	7:05.19	Great Britain Catherine Bishop Dot Blackie	7:08.12	United States Amy Martin Linda Miller	7:08.76
W4-	Ukraine Yevheniya Andrieieva Tatyana Fesenko Nina Proskura Tetyana Savchenko	6:30.63	Canada Buffy-Lynne Williams Laryssa Biesenthal Marnie McBean Kubet Weston	6:31.90	Netherlands Tessa Zwolle-Appeldoorn Nelleke Penninx Carin ter Beek Christine Vink	6:32.73
W8+	Romania Angela Cazac Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian Maria Magdalena Dumitrache Liliana Gafencu Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu Viorica Susanu Elena Georgescu (c)	6:14.62	United States Jennifer Dore-Terhaar Torrey Folk Amy Fuller Sarah Jones Katie Maloney Lianne Nelson-Bennion Sally Scovel Wendy Wilbur Rajanya Shah (c)	6:15.81	Canada Buffy-Lynne Williams Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Marnie McBean Emma Robinson Dorota Urbaniak Kubet Weston Lesley Thompson-Willie (c)	6:18.25
Women's lightweight events
LW1x	Switzerland Pia Vogel	7:41.01	France Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy	7:42.01	Argentina María Garisoain	7:44.40
LW2x	United States Christine Collins Sarah Garner	7:03.73	Germany Claudia Blasberg Karin Stephan	7:06.53	Romania Angela Alupei-Tamas Camelia Macoviviuc	7:09.45
LW4x	Germany Nicole Faust Anna Kleinz Christine Morawitz Valerie Viehoff	6:40.99	United States Cassandra Cunningham Sara Den Besten Terry Paige Lisa Schlenker	6:42.97	Greece Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou Evangelia Kokkinou Irini Zora	6:43.27
LW2-	Great Britain Juliet Machan Jo Nitsch	7:29.42	Argentina Patricia Conte Ana Urbano	7:32.51	United States Michelle Borkhuis Linda Muri	7:37.50

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	5	5	0	10
2	Italy	3	3	3	9
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	4
4	United States	2	2	4	8
5	Australia	2	1	2	5
6	France	1	3	0	4
7	Romania	1	1	3	5
8	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
	Canada	1	1	1	3
10	Russia	1	1	0	2
11	Poland	1	0	1	2
	Denmark	1	0	1	2
13	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
15	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
	Argentina	0	1	1	2
18	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
20	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
	Austria	0	0	1	1
Total		24	24	24	72