2019 World Rowing Championships

The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019.^[1] Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese in Italy.^[2]

2019 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Ottensheim
Location	Ottensheim, Austria
Dates	25 August – 1 September
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The event determined the majority of qualifiers to the rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[3][4]

On 21 August, three days before the championships, pararower Dzmitry Ryshkevich from Belarus died after he capsized during a training session. He was expected to participate in the PR1M1x at his third consecutive championships.^[5]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Austria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	4	2	0	6
2	Italy	3	4	3	10
3	China	3	1	0	4
4	Germany	3	0	3	6
5	Netherlands	2	5	3	10
6	Australia	2	3	3	8
7	United States	2	1	3	6
8	Ireland	2	1	1	4
9	Great Britain	2	0	4	6
10	Poland	1	2	1	4
11	Russia	1	2	0	3
12	Canada	1	1	1	3
13	Norway	1	0	1	2
14	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
16	Romania	0	2	0	2
17	France	0	1	2	3
18	Denmark	0	1	1	2
19	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
22	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		29	29	28	86

^[6]

  Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Openweight events
M1x[7] details	Oliver Zeidler  Germany	6:44.55	Sverri Sandberg Nielsen  Denmark	6:44.58	Kjetil Borch  Norway	6:44.84
M2x[8] details	China Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang	6:05.68	Ireland Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne	6:06.25	Poland Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup	6:07.87
M4x[9] details	Netherlands Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Koen Metsemakers	5:51.75	Poland Dominik Czaja Wiktor Chabel Szymon Pośnik Fabian Barański	5:55.59	Italy Filippo Mondelli Andrea Panizza Luca Rambaldi Giacomo Gentili	5:56.11
M2−[10] details	Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	6:42.28	New Zealand Thomas Murray Michael Brake	6:45.47	Australia Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks	6:51.81
M4−[11] details	Poland Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Marcin Brzeziński Michał Szpakowski	6:09.86	Romania Mihăiță Țigănescu Mugurel Semciuc Ștefan Berariu Cosmin Pascari	6:11.41	Great Britain Matthew Rossiter Oliver Cook Rory Gibbs Sholto Carnegie	6:11.71
M8+[12] details	Germany Johannes Weißenfeld Laurits Follert Christopher Reinhardt Torben Johannesen Jakob Schneider Malte Jakschik Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer	5:19.41	Netherlands Bjorn van den Ende Ruben Knab Jasper Tissen Simon van Dorp Maarten Hurkmans Bram Schwarz Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Aranka Kops	5:19.96	Great Britain Thomas George James Rudkin Josh Bugajski Moe Sbihi Jacob Dawson Oliver Wynne-Griffith Matthew Tarrant Thomas Ford Henry Fieldman	5:22.35
Lightweight events
LM1x[13] details	Martino Goretti  Italy	6:59.48	Péter Galambos  Hungary	7:02.37	Sean Murphy  Australia	7:04.55
LM2x[14] details	Ireland Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	6:37.28	Italy Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	6:39.71	Germany Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne	6:41.07
LM4x[15] details	China Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen Lü Fanpu Zeng Tao	5:53.63	Italy Lorenzo Fontana Alfonso Scalzone Catello Amarante II Gabriel Soares	5:55.01	Netherlands Damion Eigenberg David Kampman Ward van Zeijl Bart Lukkes	5:56.06
LM2−[16] details	Italy Giuseppe Di Mare Raffaele Serio	6:37.75	Russia Nikita Bolozin Maksim Telitsyn	6:42.07	Brazil Vangelys Pereira Emanuel Borges	6:45.28
Pararowing events
PR1M1x[17] details	Roman Polianskyi  Ukraine	9:12.99	Aleksey Chuvashev  Russia	9:19.43	Erik Horrie  Australia	9:23.86
PR2M1x[18] details	Corné de Koning  Netherlands	8:42.78	Jeremy Hall  Canada	8:47.44	Daniele Stefanoni  Italy	9:11.55
PR3M2−[19] details	Canada Kyle Fredrickson Andrew Todd	7:16.42	Australia William Smith Jed Altschwager	7:17.83	France Jérôme Hamelin Laurent Viala	7:24.00

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Openweight events
W1x[20] details	Sanita Pušpure  Ireland	7:17.14	Emma Twigg  New Zealand	7:20.56	Kara Kohler  United States	7:22.21
W2x[21] details	New Zealand Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	6:47.17	Romania Nicoleta Ancuța-Bodnar Simona Radiș	6:48.55	Netherlands Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard	6:49.22
W4x[22] details	China Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong	6:34.65	Poland Agnieszka Kobus Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	6:36.59	Netherlands Olivia van Rooijen Inge Janssen Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	6:36.62
W2−[23] details	New Zealand Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	7:21.35	Australia Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre	7:23.62	Canada Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	7:26.52
W4−[24] details	Australia Olympia Aldersey Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Lucy Stephan	6:43.45	Netherlands Ellen Hogerwerf Karolien Florijn Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester	6:45.55	Denmark Ida Jacobsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Hedvig Rasmussen Christina Johansen	6:47.84
W8+[25] details	New Zealand Ella Greenslade Emma Dyke Lucy Spoors Kelsey Bevan Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler Elizabeth Ross Jackie Gowler Caleb Shepherd	5:56.91	Australia Leah Saunders Jacinta Edmunds Bronwyn Cox Georgina Rowe Rosemary Popa Annabelle McIntyre Jessica Morrison Molly Goodman James Rook	5:59.63	United States Felice Mueller Kristine O'Brien Meghan Musnicki Dana Moffat Olivia Coffey Emily Regan Gia Doonan Erin Reelick Katelin Guregian	6:01.93
Lightweight events
LW1x[26] details	Marie-Louise Dräger  Germany	7:43.98	Chiaki Tomita  Japan	7:47.28	Madeleine Arlett  Great Britain	7:49.82
LW2x[27] details	New Zealand Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	7:15.32	Netherlands Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	7:19.51	Great Britain Emily Craig Imogen Grant	7:21.38
LW4x[28] details	Italy Giulia Mignemi Greta Martinelli Silvia Crosio Arianna Noseda	6:34.00	China Cheng Mengyin Wu Qiang Chen Fang Yuan Xiaoyu	6:36.31	Germany Fini Sturm Vera Spanke Leonie Pieper Leonie Pless	6:37.72
LW2−[29] details	United States Margaret Bertasi Cara Stawicki	7:32.64	Italy Sofia Tanghetti Maria Ludovica Costa	7:34.20	Germany Janika Kölblin Marie-Christine Gerhardt	7:37.72
Pararowing events
PR1W1x[30] details	Birgit Skarstein  Norway	10:18.83	Nathalie Benoit  France	10:24.07	Moran Samuel  Israel	10:30.19
PR2W1x[31] details	Kathryn Ross  Australia	9:37.30	Annika van der Meer  Netherlands	9:56.84	Katie O'Brien  Ireland	10:01.64
PR3W2−[32] details	United States Molly Moore Jaclyn Smith	8:06.51	Italy Greta Muti Maryam Afgei	9:20.71	None awarded

Mixed pararowing events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
PR2Mix2x[33] details	Great Britain Lauren Rowles Laurence Whiteley	8:34.95	Netherlands Annika van der Meer Corne de Koning	8:37.78	France Perle Bouge Christophe Lavigne	9:02.60
PR3Mix2x[34] details	Russia Valentina Zhagot Evgenii Borisov	7:48.32	Austria Johanna Beyer David Erkinger	8:01.12	United States Joshua Boissoneau Pearl Outlaw	8:17.51
PR3Mix4+[35] details	Great Britain Ellen Buttrick Giedrė Rakauskaitė James Fox Oliver Stanhope Erin Wysocki-Jones	7:09.54	United States Alexandra Reilly Charley Nordin John Tanguay Danielle Hansen Karen Petrik	7:21.61	Italy Cristina Scazzosi Alessandro Brancato Lorenzo Bernard Greta Muti Lorena Fuina	7:29.34

Event codes

	Single sculls	Double sculls	Quadruple sculls	Coxless pair	Coxless four	Coxed pair	Coxed four	Eight
Men's	M1x[7]	M2x[8]	M4x[9]	M2−[10]	M4−[11]			M8+ [12]
Lightweight men's	LM1x[13]	LM2x[14]	LM4x[15]	LM2−[16]
PR1 men's	PR1M1x[17]
PR2 men's	PR2M1x[18]
PR3 men's				PR3M2−[19]
Women's	W1x[20]	W2x[21]	W4x[22]	W2−[23]	W4−[24]			W8+ [25]
Lightweight women's	LW1x[26]	LW2x[27]	LW4x[28]	LW2−[29]
PR1 women's	PR1W1x[30]
PR2 women's	PR2W1x[31]
PR3 women's				PR3W2−[32]
PR2 mixed		PR2Mix2x[33]
PR3 mixed		PR3Mix2x[34]					PR3Mix4+ [35]

Pararowing classification — PR1: arms & shoulders, PR2: trunk & arms, PR3: legs, trunk, arms