1983 World Rowing Championships

{{Short description|International rowing regatta}}

{{use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

| name = 1983 World Rowing Championships

| image =

| caption =

| venue = Wedau

| location = Duisburg, West Germany

| dates = 3 to 4 September

| competitors =

| nations =

| prev = 1982 Lucerne

| next = 1984 Montreal

}}

The 1983 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 3 to 4 September 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, West Germany.{{cite web |title=1983 World Championships – Duisburg Wedau, Germany|author=FISA – The Official World Rowing Database|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1983-world-championships/}}

Medal summary

=Men's events=

class="wikitable"

! Event

! style="background: gold;"|Gold

! style="background: gold;"|Time

! style="background: silver;"|Silver

! style="background: silver;"|Time

! style="background: #cc9966;"|Bronze

! style="background: #cc9966;"|Time

M1x

| {{FRG}}
Peter-Michael Kolbe

6:49.88

| {{GDR}}
Uwe Mund

6:51.70

| {{USA}}
Christopher Wood

6:54.30
M2x

| {{GDR}}
Thomas Lange (b)
Uwe Heppner (s)

6:20.17

| {{NOR}}
Rolf Thorsen (b)
Alf Hansen (s)

6:23.43

| {{FRG}}
Andreas Schmelz (b)
Georg Agrikola (s)

6:23.63
M4x

| {{FRG}}
Albert Hedderich (b)
Raimund Hörmann (2)
Dieter Wiedenmann (3)
Michael Dürsch (s)

5:45.97

| {{GDR}}
Karl-Heinz Bußert (b)
Martin Winter (2)
Rüdiger Reiche (3)
Joachim Dreifke (s)

5:47.87

| {{ITA}}
Piero Poli (b)
Renato Gaeta (2)
Antonio Dell'Aquila (3)
Stefano Lari (s)

5:49.79
M2+

| {{GDR}}
Thomas Greiner (b)
Ullrich Dießner (s)
Andreas Gregor (c)

6:49.75

| {{URS}}
Stasys Narušaitis (b)
Ihar Maystrenka (s)
Pyotr Petrinich (c)

6:53.23

| {{ITA}}
Carmine Abbagnale (b)
Giuseppe Abbagnale (s)
Giuseppe Di Capua (c)

6:55.45
M2-

| {{GDR}}
Carl Ertel (b)
Ulf Sauerbrey (s)

6:35.85

| {{URS}}
Viktor Pereverzev (b)
Gennadi Kryuçkin (s)

6:37.92

| {{NOR}}
Hans Magnus Grepperud (b)
Sverre Løken (s) (s)

6:39.72
M4+

| {{NZL}}
Conrad Robertson (b)
Greg Johnston (2)
Keith Trask (3)
Les O'Connell (s)
Brett Hollister (c)

6:13.89

| {{GDR}}
Dietmar Schiller (b)
Joerg Friedrich (2)
Bernd Niesecke (3)
Bernd Eichwurzel (s)
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c)

6:16.29

| {{URS}}
Sergey Frolov (b)
Jonas Pinskus (2)
Jonas Narmontas (3)
Vladimir Semin (s)
Vladimir Nizhegorodov (c)

6:16.98
M4-

| {{FRG}}
Norbert Keßlau (b)
Volker Grabow (2)
Jörg Puttlitz (3)
Guido Grabow (s)

5:57.02

| {{URS}}
Nikolay Pimenov (b)
Aleksandr Kulagin (2)
Yuriy Pimenov (3)
Žoržs Tikmers (s)

5:57.39

| {{SWE}}
Anders Wilgotson (b)
Hans Svensson (2)
Lars-Åke Lindqvist (3)
Anders Larson (s)

6:01.54
M8+{{cite web |title= (M8+) Men's Eight - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1983-world-championships/mens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=2 November 2017}}

| {{NZL}}
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

| {{GDR}}
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

| {{AUS}}
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
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 | Lightweight events

LM1x

| {{DEN}}
Bjarne Eltang

7:07.35

| {{GBR2}}
John Melvin

7:09.84

| {{FRG}}
Gerd Naujoks

7:10.08
LM2x

| {{ITA}}
Francesco Esposito (b)
Ruggero Verroca (s)

06:25.42

| {{FRA}}
Luc Crispon (b)
Thierry Renault (s)

6:30.73

| {{SUI}}
Roland Rosset (b)
Pius Z'rotz (s)

06:31.92
LM4-

| {{ESP}}
Alberto Molina (b)
Luis María Moreno (2)
José María de Marco Pérez (3)
Juan María Altuna (s)

6:16.47

| {{GBR2}}
Christopher Bates (b)
Carl Smith (2)
Ian Wilson (3)
Stuart Forbes (s)

6:19.13

| {{DEN}}
Richard Biller (b)
Michael Djervig (2)
Vagn Nielsen (3)
Karsten Kobbernagel (s)

6:19.48
LM8+

| {{ESP}}{{cite web |title=Rowing and Olympism |url= http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1984/ore205/ORE205a.pdf |publisher=LA84 Foundation |access-date=10 December 2017 |page=941}}
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

| {{AUS}}
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

| {{DEN}}
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=

class="wikitable"

! Event

! style="background: gold;"|Gold

! style="background: gold;"|Time

! style="background: silver;"|Silver

! style="background: silver;"|Time

! style="background: #cc9966;"|Bronze

! style="background: #cc9966;"|Time

W1x

| {{GDR}}
Jutta Hampe

3:36.51

| {{URS}}
Irina Fetisova

3:37.79

| {{USA}}
Virginia Gilder

3:39.05
W2x

| {{GDR}}
Jutta Schenk (b)
Martina Schröter (s)

3:13.44

| {{URS}}
Yelena Bratishko (b)
Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva (s)

3:14.28

| {{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}
Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (b)
Elisabeta Lipă (s)

3:15.45
W4x+

| {{URS}}
Tatiana Bachkatova (b)
Olga Kaspina (2)
Yelena Khloptseva (3)
Larisa Popova (s)
Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c)

3:02.48

| {{GDR}}
Kerstin Kirst (b)
Kerstin Pieloth (2)
Cornelia Linse (3)
Sylvia Schwabe (s)
Andrea Rost (c)

3:04.51

| {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}
Stefka Madina (b)
Teodora Lazarova (2)
Margarita Dobtcheva (3)
Violeta Ninova (s)
Greta Georgieva (c)

3:10.69
W2-{{cite web |title=(W2-) Women's Pair – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1983-world-championships/womens-pair/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=26 November 2016}}

| {{GDR}}
Marita Sandig (b)
Silvia Fröhlich (s)

3:26.68

| {{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}
Rodica Arba (b)
Elena Horvat (s)

3:32.13

| {{CAN}}
Tricia Smith (b)
Elizabeth Craig-Eaton (s)

3:33.52
W4+

| {{GDR}}
Claudia Noack (b)
Iris Rudolph (2)
Sigrid Anders (3)
Carola Miseler (s)
Carolina Richter (c)

3:11.18

| {{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}
Florica Lavric (b)
Maria Tanase-Fricioiu (2)
Chira Apostol (3)
Olga Homegi-Bularda (s)
Viorica Veres (c)

3:14.11

| {{URS}}
Feodossia Kaleinikova (b)
{{ill|Valentina Semenova|ru|Семёнова,_Валентина_Петровна}} (2)
Svetlana Semyonova (3)
{{ill|Angelina Kaolikauskaite|es|Angelė Kulikauskáitė}} (s)
Nina Cheremisina (c)

3:14.36
W8+

| {{URS}}
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

| {{USA}}
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

| {{GDR}}
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.{{cite web |title= Medal Table |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1983-world-championships/medals |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=20 November 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA"
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

! width=50 | Place

! width=200 | Nation

! width=50 | {{gold1}}

! width=50 | {{silver2}}

! width=50 | {{bronze3}}

! width=50 | Total

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 1

| align="left" | {{GDR}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 7

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 5

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 13

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 2

| align="left" | {{FRG}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2

| 5

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 3

| align="left" | {{URS}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 5

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2

| 9

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 4

| align="left" | {{ESP}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

| 2

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 4

| align="left" | {{NZL}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

| 2

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 6

| align="left" | {{DEN}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2

| 3

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 6

| align="left" | {{ITA}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2

| 3

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 8

| align="left" | {{flagcountry|ROM|1965}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 3

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 9

| align="left" | {{GBR2}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

| 2

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 10

| align="left" | {{USA}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2

| 3

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 11

| align="left" | {{AUS}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 2

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 11

| align="left" | {{NOR}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 2

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 13

| align="left" | {{FRA}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

| 1

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 14

| align="left" | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 1

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 14

| align="left" | {{CAN}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 1

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 14

| align="left" | {{SUI}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 1

align=center bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| 14

| align="left" | {{SWE}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

| 1

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

! colspan=2 | Total !! 18 !! 18 !! 18 !! 54

References