2008 World Rowing Championships

The 2008 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 27 July 2008 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships in Ottensheim near Linz, Austria.[1] Since 2008 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics, or the adaptive rowing events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

2008 World Rowing Championships
LocationOttensheim near Linz, Austria
Dates22 to 27 July

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
M2+   Canada
Gabriel Bergen (b)
James Dunaway (s)
Mark Laidlaw (c)
7:06.69   France
Sébastien Lente (b)
Benjamin Lang (s)
Benjamin Manceau (c)
7:08.64   Australia
Nick Baxter (b)
Fergus Pragnell (s)
Hugh Rawlinson (c)
7:09.30
Men's lightweight events
LM1x   New Zealand
Duncan Grant
6:52.38   Netherlands
Jaap Schouten
6:52.73   Greece
Ilias Pappas
6:55.00
LM2-   Greece
Nikolaos Goudoulas (b)
Apostolos Goudoulas (s)
6:40.92   Italy
Andrea Caianiello (b)
Armando Dell'Aquila(s)
6:42.88   Serbia
Goran Nedeljković (b)
Miloš Tomić (s)
6:45.25
LM4x   Italy
Franco Sancassani (b)
Daniele Gilardoni (2)
Stefano Basalini (3)
Daniele Danesin (s)
5:57.30   France
Rémi Di Girolamo (b)
Jérémie Azou (2)
Fabrice Moreau (3)
Pierre-Étienne Pollez (s)
5:57.56   Germany
Stephan Schad (b)
Knud Lange (2)
Felix Övermann (3)
Michael Wieler (s)
5:59.50
LM8+   United States
Simon Carcagno (b)
Andrew Bolton (2)
Colin Farrell (3)
Mike Altman (4)
Pat Todd (5)
Will Daly (6)
Tom Paradiso (7)
Matt Muffelman (s)
Edmund del Guercio (c)
5:50.29   Germany
Matthias Veit (b)
Marc Rippel (2)
Johann-Sebastian Diemann (3)
Jonas Schützeberg (4)
Matthias Schömann-Finck (5)
Adrian Bretting (6)
Olaf Beckmann (7)
Axel Schuster (s)
Martin Sauer (c)
5:51.69   Netherlands
Pieter Rom Colthoff (b)
Diederick van den Bouwhuijsen (2)
Reinoud de Groot (3)
Dennis Beemsterboer (4)
Rutger Bruil (5)
Jolmer van der Sluis (6)
Maarten Tromp (7)
Maarten de Boer (s)
Ryan den Drijver (c)
5:52.37

Women's events

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
W4-   Belarus
Hanna Nakhayeva (b)
Volha Shcharbachenia (2)
Natallia Helakh (3)
Yuliya Bichyk (s)
6:39.89   United States
Karen Colwell (b)
Stesha Carle (2)
Sarah Trowbridge (3)
Esther Lofgren (s)
6:43.56   Denmark
Maria Pertl (b)
Lisbet Jakobsen (2)
Fie Graugaard (3)
Lea Jakobsen (s)
6:44.69
Women's lightweight events
LW1x   Switzerland
Pamela Weisshaupt
7:43.26   Ireland
Sinéad Jennings
7:43.81   Croatia
Mirna Rajle Brodanac
7:47.15
LW4x   Australia
Ingrid Fenger (b)
Bronwen Watson (2)
Miranda Bennett (3)
Alice McNamara (s)
6:36.41   Poland
Monika Myszk (s)
Magdalena Kemnitz (2)
Weronika Deresz (3)
Ilona Mokronowska (s)
6:39.38   United States
Elizabeth Peters (b)
Wendy Tripician (2)
Rebecca Smith (3)
Hannah Moore (s)
6:40.77

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)1113
2  Italy (ITA)1102
3  Australia (AUS)1012
  Greece (GRE)1012
5  Belarus (BLR)1001
  Canada (CAN)1001
  New Zealand (NZL)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
9  France (FRA)0202
10  Germany (GER)0112
  Netherlands (NED)0112
12  Ireland (IRL)0101
  Poland (POL)0101
14  Croatia (CRO)0011
  Denmark (DEN)0011
  Serbia (SER)0011
Totals (16 entries)88824

References

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  1. ^ "2008 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.