1991 World Rowing Championships

1991 World Rowing Championships
Location	Vienna, Austria
Dates	21 to 25 August

The 20th World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 21 to 25 August 1991 in Vienna, Austria.

Medal summary

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Men's Events
M1x	Germany Thomas Lange	6:41.29	Czechoslovakia Václav Chalupa	6:45.26	Poland Kajetan Broniewski	6:48.91
M2x	Netherlands Nico Rienks Henk-Jan Zwolle	6:06.14	Soviet Union Ugis Lasmanis Leonid Shaposhnykov	6:07.49	Germany Oliver Grüner André Steiner	6:08.36
M4x	Soviet Union Valeri Dossenko Sergei Kinjakin Nikolai Tchuprina Guirts Vilks	6:08.39	Italy Alessandro Corona Gianluca Farina Massimo Paradiso Filippo Soffici	6:11.21	Netherlands Rutger Arisz Koos Maasdijk Hans Keldermann Ronald Florijn	6:13.03
M2+	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua	7:34.39	Poland Piotr Basta Tomasz Mruczkowski Bartosz Sroga	7:35.83	Czechoslovakia Michal Dalecky Dusan Machacek Oldrich Hejdusek	7:38.02
M2-	Great Britain Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent	6:21.35	Yugoslavia Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj	6:24.18	Austria Hermann Bauer Karl Sinzinger Jr	6:24.51
M4+	Germany Armin Eichholz Bahne Rabe Matthias Ungemach Armin Weyrauch Joerg Dedering	5:58.96	Romania Danut Dobre Dragos Neagu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Dumitru Răducanu	6:00.29	Poland Wojciech Jankowski Maciej Lasicki Jacek Streich Tomasz Tomiak Michał Cieślak	6:01.30
M4-	Australia Andrew Cooper Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins	6:29.69	United States Thomas Bohrer Patrick Manning Jr Jeffrey McLaughlin Michael Porterfield	6:32.22	Germany Markus Braeuer Andreas Luetkefels Stefan Scholz Markus Vogt	6:34.43
M8+	Germany Martin Steffes-Mies Dirk Balster Claas-Peter Fischer Thorsten Streppelhoff Jürgen Hecht Wolfgang Klapheck Ansgar Wessling Roland Baar Manfred Klein	5:50.98	Canada Darren Barber Andy Crosby Robert Bob Marland Derek Porter Michael Mike Rascher Bruce Robertson Don Telfer John Wallace Terry Paul	5:51.68	Great Britain Martin Cross Tim Foster Anton Obholzer Richard Phelps Greg Searle Jonny Searle Jonny Singfield Richard Stanhope Garry Herbert	5:52.74
LM1x	Ireland Niall O'Toole	6:49.17	Germany Peter Uhrig	6:49.96	Belgium Wim Van Belleghem	6:52.26
LM2x	Germany Michael Buchheit Kai Von Warburg	6:20.04	Austria Walter Rantasa Christoph Schmoelzer	6:25.29	Netherlands Jan van Bekkum Daan Boddeke	6:26.22
LM4x	Australia Simon Burgess Gary Lynagh Bruce Hick Steve Hawkins	6:37.02	Sweden Joakim Brischewski Bo Ekros Lars-Johan Flodin Per Lundberg	6:37.25	France Roland Gaillac Patrick Maiore Laurent Porchier Thierry Renault	6:38.02
LM4-	Great Britain Christopher Bates Toby Hessian Tom Kay Carl Smith	5:57.60	Italy Sabino Bellomo Franco Cattaneo Danilo Fraquelli Alfredo Striani	5:58.61	Spain Juan Luis Aguierre Barco Fernando Climent Huerta Jose Maria De Marco Perez Fernando Molina Castillo	6:00.85
LM8+	Italy Enrico Barbaranelli Domenico Cantoni Carlo Gaddi Pasquale Marigliano Fabrizio Ranieri Fabrizio Ravasi Andrea Re Roberto Romanini Gaetano Iannuzzi	6:13.21	France Stephane Barre Sebastien Bel Bruno Boucher Stephane Guerinot Laurent Irazusta Benoit Masson Antoine Orieux Jose Oyarzabal Philippe Spinelli	6:13.40	United States Eduardo Montalvo Tom Hartley Robert Hermann Brian Varga David Collins Dale Hurley Tom Auth James Manson Michael O'Gorman	6:15.25
Women's Events
W1x	Canada Silken Laumann	8:17.58	Romania Elisabeta Lipă	8:20.53	Belgium Annelies Bredael	8:21.96
W2x	Germany Kathrin Boron Beate Schramm	6:44.71	Romania Anisoara Balan-Dobre Elisabeta Lipă	6:46.40	Soviet Union Ekaterina Karsten Saria Zakirova	6:47.36
W4x	Germany Kerstin Köppen Claudia Krüger Sybille Schmidt Jana Rau-Sorgers	6:55.85	Soviet Union Elena Khloptseva Maria Omeljanovitch Tatjana Ustiujanina Mira Vaganova	7:00.37	Romania Constanţa Burcică Anisoara Balan Doina Ignat Fanica Costea	7:04.86
W2-	Canada Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	6:57.42	Germany Stefanie Werremeier Ingeburg Schwerzmann	6:59.55	Great Britain Miriam Batten Fiona Freckleton	7:02.28
W4-	Canada Kirsten Barnes Jennifer Doey Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor	6:25.47	United States Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson Anna Seaton	6:27.39	Germany Kathrin Haacker Gebriele Mehl Cerstin Petersmann Judith Ungemach-Zeidler	6:30.30
W8+	Canada Kirsten Barnes Megan Delehanty Jennifer Doey Kathleen Heddle Kelly Mahon Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson-Willie	6:28.20	Soviet Union Irina Gribko Marina Suprun Nataliya Grigoryeva Ekaterina Kotko Olga Smetannikova Sarmīte Stone Marina Znak Elena Medvedeva Natalia Stasyuk	6:28.73	Romania Doina Snep Adriana Chelariu-Bazon Iulia Bobeica Veronica Cochelea Marioara Curela Viorica Neculai Maria Padurariu Doina Ciucanu-Robu Elena Georgescu	6:34.07
LW1x	New Zealand Philippa Baker	7:29.99	Netherlands Laurien Vermulst	7:32.41	Denmark Mette Bloch Jensen	7:33.17
LW2x	Germany Claudia Waldi Christiane Weber	7:58.53	United States Lindsay Burns Teresa Zarzeczny	8:00.16	Denmark Elisabeth Fraas Ulla Jensen	8:06.32
LW4-	China Fei Li Sanmei Liang Xiaoli Liao Shaoyan Ou	7:37.06	Great Britain Alison Brownless Katharine Brownlow Anna Marie Dryden Claire Davies	7:41.15	United States Christine Smith-Collins Ellen Minzner Alison Shaw Kelly Sherman	7:43.99

Medals table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	7	2	3	12
2	Canada	4	1	0	5
3	Italy	2	2	0	4
4	Great Britain	2	1	2	5
5	Australia	2	0	0	2
6	Soviet Union	1	3	1	5
7	Denmark	1	1	2	4
8	China	1	0	0	1
	Ireland	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
11	Romania	0	3	2	5
	United States	0	3	2	5
13	Poland	0	1	2	3
14	Austria	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
17	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
19	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Denmark	0	0	2	2
21	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66