1962 World Rowing Championships
| Host City | Luzern |
|---|---|
| Country |  SUI |
| Held | 6 – 9 September 1962 |
| Competitors | 76 |
| Countries | 8 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Sculls | Men | — | Medal | 3 | 3 |
| Coxless Pairs | Men | — | Medal | 6 | 3 |
| Coxed Pairs | Men | — | Medal | 9 | 3 |
| Double Sculls | Men | — | Medal | 6 | 3 |
| Coxless Fours | Men | — | Medal | 12 | 3 |
| Coxed Fours | Men | — | Medal | 15 | 3 |
| Eights | Men | — | Medal | 27 | 3 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |  GER |
5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |  URS |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France |  FRA |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain |  GBR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | Romania |  ROU |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria |  AUT |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Switzerland | SUI |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | United States |  USA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Sculls, Men | Vyacheslav Ivanov |
URS
|
Stuart MacKenzie |
GBR
|
Sy Cromwell |
USA
|
| Coxless Pairs, Men | Dieter Bender / Dieter Bender |
GER
|
Valentin Boreyko / Valentin Boreyko |
URS
|
Hugo Waser / Hugo Waser |
SUI
|
| Coxed Pairs, Men | Wolfgang Neuß / Wolfgang Neuß |
GER
|
Ionel Petrov / Ionel Petrov |
ROU
|
Vladimir Smirnov / Vladimir Smirnov |
URS
|
| Double Sculls, Men | René Duhamel / René Duhamel |
FRA
|
Boris Dubrovsky / Boris Dubrovsky |
URS
|
Jost Krause-Wichmann / Jost Krause-Wichmann |
GER
|
| Coxless Fours, Men | Germany |
GER
|
France |
FRA
|
Austria |
AUT
|
| Coxed Fours, Men | Germany |
GER
|
France |
FRA
|
Soviet Union |
URS
|
| Eights, Men | Germany |
GER
|
Soviet Union |
URS
|
France |
FRA
|