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).^[1]

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