1988 World Rowing Championships

{{Infobox sports competition event

| name = 1988 World Rowing Championships

| image =

| caption =

| venue = Idroscalo

| location = Milan, Italy

| dates = 6 August

| competitors =

| nations =

| prev = 1987 Copenhagen

| next = 1989 Bled

}}

The 1988 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held on 6 August 1988 at Milan in Italy.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/ |title=1988 World Rowing Championships |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher= FISA}} Since 1988 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but instead the lightweight events were held in conjunction with the World Junior Championships, which ran from 3 to 7 August.

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1988 World Rowing Championships were:

=Men's lightweight events=

class="wikitable"

| Event:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Time

| style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Time

| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Time

LM1x{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-mens-single-sculls/ | title=(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{FRG}}
Alwin Otten

| 7:05.60

| {{NED}}
Frans Göbel

| 7:09.86

| {{ITA}}
Ruggero Verroca

| 7:10.57

LM2x{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-mens-double-sculls/ | title=(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{ITA}}
Enrico Gandola
Francesco Esposito

| 6:30.42

| {{FRG}}
Hartmut Schäfer
Roland Ehrenfels

| 6:32.83

| {{NED}}
Theo Nieuweboer
Jan van Bekkum

| 6:33.61

LM4-{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-mens-four/ | title=(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{ITA}}
Mauro Torta
Dario Longhin
Massimo Lana
Nerio Gainotti

| 6:09.48

| {{GBR2}}
Rob Williams
Nicholas Howe
Richard Metcalf
Michael Diserens

| 6:13.31

| {{FRG}}
Thomas Palm
Erik Ring
Gerd Meyer
Sebastian Franke

| 6:15.98

LM8+{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-mens-eight/ | title=(LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{ITA}}
Alfredo Striani
Andrea Re
Stefano Spremberg
Maurizio Losi
Fabrizio Ravasi
Enrico Barbaranelli
Sabino Bellomo
Vittorio Torcellan
Luigi Velotti (cox)

| 5:43.35

| {{USA}}
Jeff Pfaendtner
Mike Tuchen
Luke Nelson
John Irvine
Tom White
Edward Hewitt
Tim Howell
Tim O'Brien
Michael O'Gorman (cox)

| 5:45.88

| {{DEN}}
Peter Lund
Bo Vestergaard
Niels Henriksen
Jesper Vedel
Flemming Meyer
Lars Rasmussen
Vagn Nielsen
Svend Blitskov
Stephen Masters (cox)

| 5:46.05

=Women's lightweight events=

class="wikitable"

| Event:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Time

| style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Time

| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze:

| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Time

LW1x{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-womens-single-sculls/ | title=(LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{USA}}
Kristine Karlson

| 7:45.25

| {{FRG}}
Angela Schuster

| 7:48.13

| {{flagcountry|ROU|1965}}
Maria Sava

| 7:48.62

LW2x{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/ | title=(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{NED}}
Laurien Vermulst
Ellen Meliesie

| 7:11.85

| {{FRA}}
Christine Liegeois
Aline Peyrat

| 7:14.87

| {{GBR2}}
Gillian Bond
Caroline Lucas

| 7:15.94

LW4-{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-world-championships/lightweight-womens-four/ | title=(LW4-) Lightweight Women's Four – Final | publisher=FISA | access-date=20 March 2016}}

| {{CHN}}
Zeng Meilan
Zhang Huajie
Lin Zhi-ai
Liang Sanmei

| 6:51.47

| {{AUS}}
Brigid Cassells
Leeanne Whitehouse
Marina Cade
Justine Carroll

| 6:54.98

| {{FRG}}
Christiane Zimmer
Claudia Engels
Sonja Petri
Kathrin Schamck

| 6:56.67

References

Category:World Rowing Championships

World Rowing Championships

Category:Rowing competitions in Italy

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Category:1980s in Milan