1985 World Rowing Championships

{{Short description|International rowing regatta}}

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

{{Infobox sports competition event

| name = 1985 World Rowing Championships

| image =

| caption =

| venue = Hazewinkel

| location = Heindonk, Willebroek, Belgium

| dates = 26 August to 1 September

| competitors =

| nations =

| prev = 1984 Montreal

| next = 1986 Nottingham

}}

The 1985 World Rowing Championships refer to the World Rowing Championships held from 26 August to 1 September 1985 at Hazewinkel in Heindonk, Belgium.{{cite web |title=1985 World Rowing Championships |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation | access-date=19 March 2016}}

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1985 World Rowing Championships were:

= Men's events =

class="wikitable"
Event

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700" | Gold

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | Silver

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#cc9966" | Bronze

M1x {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-single-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M1x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{FIN}}
Pertti Karppinen

6:48.08

| {{USA}}
Andrew Sudduth

6:50.96

| {{FRG}}
Peter-Michael Kolbe

6:59.75
M2x {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-double-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M2x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{GDR}}
Thomas Lange
Uwe Heppner

6:15.49

| {{URS}}
Mykola Chupryna
Yuriy Zelikovich

6:19.48

| {{SUI}}
Jürg Weitnauer
Urs Steinemann

6:22.27
M4x{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-quadruple-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M4x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{CAN}}
Doug Hamilton
Robert Mills
Paul Douma
Mel LaForme

5:44.57

| {{GDR}}
Jens Köppen
Rüdiger Reiche
Uwe Sägling
Karl-Heinz Bußert

5:44.85

| {{TCH}}
Jan Vochoska
Zdeněk Bureš
Miloš Zářecký
Jaroslav Švrček

5:47.42
M2- {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-pair/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M2- bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{URS}}
Nikolay Pimenov
Yuriy Pimenov

6:38.39

| {{GBR2}}
Adam Clift
Martin Cross

6:38.47

| {{ESP}}
Fernando Climent
Luis María Lasúrtegui

6:40.23
M2+ {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-coxed-pair/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M2+ bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

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

6:53.40

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Dimitrie Popescu
Vasile Tomoiagă
Dumitru Răducanu (c)

6:56.04

| {{GDR}}
Thomas Kessler
Uwe Gasch
Olaf Gerschau (c)

6:57.80
M4-{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-four/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M4- bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{FRG}}
Norbert Keßlau
Volker Grabow
Jörg Puttlitz
Guido Grabow

6:00.19

| {{URS}}
Jonas Narmontas
Sergey Smirnov
Viktor Pereverzev
Gennadi Kryuçkin

6:01.25

| {{GDR}}
Hans Sennewald
Thomas Greiner
Thomas Bänsch
Olaf Förster

6:03.87
M4+{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-coxed-four/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M4+ bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{URS}}
Sigitas Kučinskas
Ivan Visotchkin
Vladimir Romanishin
Igor Zotov
Mikhail Sassov (c)

6:07.23

| {{ITA}}
Mario Lafranconi
Giovanni Suarez
Gino Iseppi
Giuseppe Carando
Siro Meli (c)

6:08.79

| {{GDR}}
Dietmar Schiller
Karsten Schmeling
Bernd Niesecke
Bernd Eichwurzel
Hendrik Reiher (c)

6:08.97
M8+{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-eight/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im M8+ bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{URS}}
Mykola Komarov
Viktor Diduk
Jonas Pinskus
Veniamin But
Viktor Omelyanovich
Pavlo Hurkovskiy
Aleksander Voloshin
Andrey Vasilyev
Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c)

5:33.71

| {{ITA}}
Agostino Abbagnale
Sergio Caropreso
Antonio Maurogiovanni
Alfredo Bollati
Giovanni Miccoli
Maurizio Donna
Annibale Venier
Pasquale Marigliano
Siro Meli (c)

5:34.58

| {{USA}}
John Strotbeck
Thomas Kiefer
Jonathan Smith
Kurt Bausback
Chris Penny
Kevin Still
Chris Huntington
Michael Teti
Mark Zembsch (c)

5:34.72
colspan="7" style="background-color:#CCC;" | Men's lightweight events
LM1x {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-mens-single-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LM1x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{ITA}}
Ruggero Verroca

7:05.80

| {{AUT}}
Raimund Haberl

7:10.16

| {{USA}}
Paul Fuchs

7:10.56
LM2x {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-mens-double-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LM2x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{FRA}}
Luc Crispon
Thierry Renault

6:29.44

| {{ITA}}
Carlo Gaddi
Francesco Esposito

6:30.05

| {{FRG}}
Hartmut Schäfer
Roland Ehrenfels

6:32.50
LM4-{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-mens-four/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LM4- bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{FRG}}
Alwin Otten
Frank Rogall
Thomas Jaekel
Wolfgang Birkner

6:12.44

| {{ITA}}
Franco Pantano
Dario Longhin
Nerio Gainotti
Mauro Torta

6:14.97

| {{USA}}
Edward Gribbin
Charles Cobbs
Michael Morrison
Fred Michini

6:17.18
LM8+ {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-mens-eight/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LM8+ bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{ITA}}
Maurizio Losi
Michele Savoia
Vittorio Torcellan
Massimo Lana
Stefano Spremberg
Paolo Marostica
Andrea Re
Fabrizio Ravasi
Massimo Di Deco (c)

5:46.66

| {{USA}}
Mark Hanley
Seymour Danberg
Neil Olesen
Michael Scott
John Younger
Peter Kermond
Charles Butt
Stephen Schmitt
Jonathan Fish (c)

5:48.47

| {{ESP}}
José Manuel Cañete
José Crespo
Carlos Muniesa
Jacinto Accensi Abella
Víctor Llorente
Fernando Molina Castillo
Eulogio Génova
Benito Elizalde
Ibon Alcorta (c)

5:50.88

= Women's events =

class="wikitable"
Event

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700" | Gold

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0" | Silver

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#cc9966" | Bronze

W1x{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/womens-single-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im W1x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{GDR}}
Cornelia Linse

7:48.37

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Valeria Răcilă

7:45.85

| {{USA}}
Anne Marden

7:48.43
W2x{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/womens-double-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im W2x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{GDR}}
Sylvia Schwabe
Martina Schröter

6:58.80

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Mărioara Popescu
Elisabeta Lipă

7:05.70

| {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}
Magdalena Georgieva
Violeta Ninova

7:06.52
W4x{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im W4x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{GDR}}
Ramona Balthasar
Birgit Peter
Jutta Hampe
Kristina Mundt

6:22.47

| {{URS}}
Antonina Machina
Nataliya Grigoryeva
Yelena Khloptseva
Yelena Matiyevskaya

6:23.99

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Anișoara Bălan
Veronica Cochela
Anișoara Sorohan
Maricica Țăran

6:29.09
W2-{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/womens-pair/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im W2- bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Rodica Arba
Elena Horvat

7:25.08

| {{USA}}
Sherri Cassuto
Susan Broome

7:31.96

| {{GDR}}
Kerstin Toußaint
Ramona Hein

7:34.44
W4+{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/womens-coxed-four/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im W4+ bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{GDR}}
Kerstin Spittler
Jutta Abromeit
Steffi Götzelt
Carola Lichey
Daniela Neunast (c)

6:50.08

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Florica Lavric
Maria Fricioiu
Chira Apostol
Olga Homeghi
Viorica Ioja (c)

6:53.33

| {{CAN}}
Lisa Robertson
Barbara Armbrust
Christina Clarke
Tricia Smith
Lesley Thompson (c)

6:55.67
W8+{{Cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/womens-eight/ | title=(W8+) Women's Eight - Final | publisher=International Rowing Federation | access-date= 7 November 2017}}

| {{URS}}
Olena Pukhaieva
Sariya Zakyrova
Elena Tereshina
Marina Suprun
Marina Znak
Irina Teterina
Nataliya Yatsenko
Lidiya Averyanova
Valentina Khokhlova (c)

6:14.00

| {{GDR}}
Susann Heinicke
Gerlinde Doberschütz-Mey
Beatrix Lehman
Martina Walther
Kathrin Thurm
Ute Stange
Kathrin Dienstbier
Carola Hornig
Sylke Kretzschmar (c)

6:14.89

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Doina Bălan
Marioara Trașcă
Livia Țicanu
Mihaela Armășescu
Adriana Chelariu
Carolina Matei
Camelia Diaconescu
Lucia Sauca
Ecaterina Oancia (c)

6:19.49
colspan="7" style="background-color:#CCC;" | Women's lightweight events
LW1x {{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-womens-single-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LW1x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{AUS}}
Adair Ferguson

7:59.82

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Maria Micșa

8:01.58

| {{USA}}
Ann Martin

8:02.74
LW2x{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LW2x bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{GBR2}}
Lin Clark
Beryl Crockford

7:30.52

| {{FRG}}
Brigitte Helmers
Alrun Urbach

7:33.31

| {{FRA}}
Desiree Decriem
Isabelle Lignan

7:38.90
LW4-{{Cite web| url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/lightweight-womens-four/ | title=Ergebnis des Finals im LW4- bei den Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften 1985 nahe Mechelen. Belgien | publisher=FISA | access-date=21 March 2016}}

| {{FRG}}
Monika Wolf
Sonja Petri
Claudia Engels
Evelyn Herwegh

7:05.31

| {{USA}}
Sandy Kendall
Jennifer Marron
Marise Widmer
Charlotte Hollings

7:10.38

| {{AUS}}
Denise Rennex
Karin Riedel
Amanda Cross
Gayle Toogood

7:12.84

Medal table

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"

! style="text-align:left;" | Platz

! style="text-align:left;" | Land

! style="background-color:#FFD700;" | Gold

! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;" | Silver

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

! Total

1

| style="text-align:left;" | {{GDR}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 5

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

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 4

| 11

2

| style="text-align:left;" | {{URS}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 4

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |

| 7

3

| style="text-align:left;" | {{ITA}}

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

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |

| 7

4

| style="text-align:left;" | {{FRG}}

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

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

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

| 6

5

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}

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

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

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

| 8

6

| style="text-align:left;" | {{GBR2}}

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

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

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |

| 2

rowspan="3" | 7

| style="text-align:left;" | {{AUS}}

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

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 2

style="text-align:left;" | {{CAN}}

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

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 2

style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}

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

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 2

10

| style="text-align:left;" | {{FIN}}

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

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |

| 1

11

| style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 5

| 9

12

| style="text-align:left;" | {{AUT}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |

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

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |

| 1

13

| style="text-align:left;" | {{ESP}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 2

rowspan="3" | 14

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 1

style="text-align:left;" | {{SUI}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 1

style="text-align:left;" | {{TCH}}

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |

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

| 1

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