2009 World Rowing Championships

The 2009 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 23 to 30 August 2009 at Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland.^[1] The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic years it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.

2009 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Malta
Location	Poznań, Poland
Dates	23 to 30 August
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Medal summary

Men's events

  Non-Olympic classes

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
M1x	New Zealand Mahé Drysdale	6:33.25	Great Britain Alan Campbell	6:34.30	Czech Republic Ondřej Synek	6:38.53
M2x	Germany Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger	6:07.02	France Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	6:07.82	Estonia Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo	6:07.86
M4x	Poland Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Adam Korol	5:38.53	Australia Nick Hudson Jared Bidwell David Crawshay Daniel Noonan	5:39.66	Germany Tim Grohmann Karsten Brodowski Marcel Hacker Tim Bartels	5:39.85
M2+	United States Troy Kepper Henrik Rummel Marcus McElhenney	6:53.58	Czech Republic Jakub Makovička Václav Chalupa Oldřich Hejdušek	6:54.58	Germany Philipp Naruhn Florian Eichner Tim Berent	6:55.44
M2-	New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6:15.93	Great Britain Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge	6:17.45	Greece Nikolaos Goudoulas Apostolos Goudoulas	6:23.01
M4-	Great Britain Alex Partridge Richard Egington Alex Gregory Matt Langridge	5:47.28	Australia Matt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty	5:49.20	Slovenia Tomaž Pirih Rok Rozman Rok Kolander Miha Pirih	5:51.11
M8+	Germany Urs Käufer Gregor Hauffe Florian Mennigen Kristof Wilke Richard Schmidt Filip Adamski Toni Seifert Sebastian Schmidt Martin Sauer	5:24.13	Canada Steven Van Knotsenburg Gabriel Bergen Robert Gibson Douglas Csima Malcolm Howard Andrew Byrnes James Dunaway Derek O'Farrell Mark Laidlaw	5:27.15	Netherlands Meindert Klem Robert Lücken David Kuiper Jozef Klaassen Olivier Siegelaar Mitchel Steenman Olaf van Andel Diederik Simon Peter Wiersum	5:28.32
Men's lightweight events
LM1x	New Zealand Duncan Grant	6:50.78	Greece Vasileios Polymeros	6:52.33	Denmark Mads Rasmussen	6:56.25
LM2x	New Zealand Storm Uru Peter Taylor	6:10.62	France Jérémie Azou Frédéric Dufour	6:12.57	Italy Marcello Miani Elia Luini	6:15.08
LM4x	Italy Franco Sancassani Daniele Gilardoni Lorenzo Bertini Stefano Basalini	5:47.50	Germany Knud Lange Lars Wichert Felix Övermann Michael Wieler	5:49.89	Denmark Hans Christian Sørensen Christian Nielsen Rasmus Quist Hansen Andreas Ramboel	5:51.67
LM2-	France Fabien Tilliet Jean-Christophe Bette	6:29.63	Italy Andrea Caianiello Armando Dell'Aquila	6:31.40	Serbia Nenad Babović Miloš Tomić	6:31.58
LM4-	Germany Matthias Schömann-Finck Jost Schömann-Finck Jochen Kühner Martin Kühner	5:50.77	Denmark Christian Pedersen Jens Vilhelmsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen	5:51.02	Poland Łukasz Pawłowski Łukasz Siemion Miłosz Bernatajtys Paweł Rańda	5:52.70
LM8+	Italy Luigi Scala Davide Riccardi Livio La Padula Martino Goretti Emiliano Ceccatelli Gennaro Gallo Jiri Vlcek Bruno Mascarenhas Andrea Lenzi	5:33.92	United States John Dise Kenneth McMahon Ryan Fox Andrew Diebold Anthony Fahden Matthew Muffelman James Sopko Matthew Kochem Kerry Quinn	5:37.15	Netherlands Thom Van Den Anker Diederick Van Den Bouwhuijsen Maarten Tromp Jolmer Van Der Sluis Stijn Verwey Rutger Bruil Dion Van Schie Joeri Bruschinski Ryan Der Drijver	5:39.69

Women's events

  Non-Olympic classes

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
W1x	Belarus Ekaterina Karsten	7:11.78	Great Britain Katherine Grainger	7:13.57	Czech Republic Miroslava Knapková	7:16.22
W2x	Poland Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska	6:47.18	Great Britain Anna Bebington Annabel Vernon	6:48.82	Bulgaria Rumyana Neykova Miglena Markova	6:50.16
W4x	Ukraine Svitlana Spiriukhova Tetiana Kolesnikova Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yana Dementyeva	6:18.41	United States Megan Walsh Stesha Carle Sarah Trowbridge Kathleen Bertko	6:21.54	Germany Annekatrin Thiele Peggy Waleska Stephanie Schiller Christiane Huth	6:24.27
W2-	United States Susan Francia Erin Cafaro	7:06.28	Romania Camelia Lupașcu Nicoleta Albu	7:06.64	New Zealand Emma Feathery Rebecca Scown	7:06.94
W4-	Netherlands Chantal Achterberg Nienke Kingma Carline Bouw Femke Dekker	6:31.34	United States Amanda Polk Jamie Redman Elle Logan Esther Lofgren	6:36.01	Canada Sarah Waterfield Sandra Kisil Jennifer Tuters Emma Darling	6:36.87
W8+	United States Erin Cafaro Mara Allen Laura Larsen-Strecker Susan Francia Anna Goodale Lindsay Shoop Caroline Lind Katherine Glessner Katelin Snyder	6:05.34	Romania Roxana Cogianu Ionela Zaharia Maria Diana Bursuc Ioana Craciun Adelina Cojocariu Nicoleta Albu Camelia Lupașcu Enikő Mironcic Teodora Stoica	6:06.94	Netherlands Nienke Groen Claudia Belderbos Jacobine Veenhoven Sytske de Groot Chantal Achterberg Nienke Kingma Carline Bouw Femke Dekker Anne Schellekens	6:07.43
Women's lightweight events
LW1x	Switzerland Pamela Weisshaupt	7:36.23	Italy Laura Milani	7:37.18	Denmark Juliane Rasmussen	7:37.42
LW2x	Greece Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou	6:51.46	Poland Magdalena Kemnitz Agnieszka Renc	6:56.65	Great Britain Hester Goodsell Sophie Hosking	6:56.67
LW4x	Germany Lena Müller Helke Nieschlag Laura Tibitanzl Julia Kröger	6:32.91	Great Britain Stephanie Cullen Laura Greenhalgh Andrea Dennis Jane Hall	6:35.42	United States Hillary Saeger Lindsey Hochman Stefanie Sydlik Abelyn Broughton	6:36.88

Adaptive events

  Non-Paralympic classes

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
ASM1x[2]	Great Britain Tom Aggar	4:51.48	Ukraine Andrii Kryvchun	5:07.37	Australia Benjamin Houlison	5:12.11
ASW1x[3]	Ukraine Alla Lysenko	5:25.17	France Nathalie Benoit	5:29.95	Belarus Liudmila Vauchok	5:34.45
TAMix2x[4]	Ukraine Dmytro Ivanov Iryna Kyrychenko	4:03.96	Brazil Elton Santana Josiane Lima	4:04.80	Poland Jolanta Pawlak Piotr Majka	4:05.28
LTAID4+[5]	Hong Kong Lam King Shan Chu Pui Man Szeto Tung Chun Tsui Kwok Man Chu Ying Chun	3:55.70	Italy Giorgia Indelicato Carlo Dal Verme Francesco Borsani Elisabetta Tieghi Mahila Di Battista	4:31.66	Not awarded
LTAMix4+[6]	Great Britain Vicki Hansford James Roe David Smith Naomi Riches Rhiannon Jones	3:25.33	Italy Paola Protopapa Luca Agoletto Andrea Bozzato Graziana Saccocci Alessandro Franzetti	3:28.44	Germany Marcus Klemp Martin Lossau Susanne Lackner Anke Molkenthin Arne Maury	3:28.90

Medal table

Men's and women's events

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	4	1	3	8
2	New Zealand	4	0	1	5
3	United States	3	3	1	7
4	Italy	2	2	1	5
5	Poland	2	1	1	4
6	Great Britain	1	5	1	7
7	France	1	2	0	3
8	Greece	1	1	1	3
9	Netherlands	1	0	3	4
10	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
13	Australia	0	2	0	2
	Romania	0	2	0	2
15	Denmark	0	1	3	4
16	Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
17	Canada	0	1	1	2
18	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

Adaptive events

Place	Nation				Total
1	Ukraine	2	1	0	3
2	Great Britain	2	0	0	2
3	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
4	Italy	0	2	0	2
5	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
7	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	4	14