1981 World Rowing Championships

Host City München
Country GER
Held 30 August – 6 September 1981
Competitors 210
Countries 18

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
Quadruple Sculls Men — Medal 12 3
Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Lightweight Single Sculls Men — Medal 3 3
Lightweight Double Sculls Men — Medal 6 3
Lightweight Coxless Fours Men — Medal 12 3
Lightweight Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Single Sculls Women — Medal 3 3
Coxless Pairs Women — Medal 6 3
Double Sculls Women — Medal 6 3
Coxed Fours Women — Medal 15 3
Coxed Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 15 3
Eights Women — Medal 27 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 7 1 2 10
2 East Germany GDR 4 5 1 10
3 Italy ITA 2 1 1 4
4 United States USA 1 3 3 7
5 Romania ROU 1 0 3 4
6 Denmark DEN 1 0 1 2
7 Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
= Germany GER 1 0 0 1
9 Great Britain GBR 0 2 1 3
10 Netherlands NED 0 2 0 2
11 Canada CAN 0 1 2 3
12 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
15 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= France FRA 0 0 1 1
= Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
= Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Peter-Michael Kolbe GER Rüdiger Reiche GDR John Biglow USA
Coxless Pairs, Men Yury Pimenov / Nikolay Pimenov URS Willem Jan Atsma / Ted Bosman NED Antonio Baldacci / Ezio Pacovich ITA
Coxed Pairs, Men Italy ITA East Germany GDR Great Britain GBR
Double Sculls, Men Klaus Kröppelien / Joachim Dreifke GDR Reima Karppinen / Pertti Karppinen FIN Rolf Thorsen / Alf Hansen NOR
Coxless Fours, Men Soviet Union URS Switzerland SUI East Germany GDR
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR United States USA Soviet Union URS
Quadruple Sculls, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS France FRA
Eights, Men Soviet Union URS Great Britain GBR United States USA
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Scott Roop USA Raimund Haberl AUT Brian Thorne CAN
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Francesco Esposito / Ruggero Verroca ITA Paul Fuchs / Bill Belden USA Leif Kruse / Bjarne Eltang DEN
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Australia AUS Netherlands NED Canada CAN
Lightweight Eights, Men Denmark DEN Italy ITA Spain ESP
Single Sculls, Women Sanda Toma ROU Beryl Mitchell GBR Irina Fetisova URS
Coxless Pairs, Women Iris Rudolph / Sigrid Anders GDR Betty Craig / Tricia Smith CAN Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Elena Horvat ROU
Double Sculls, Women Margerita Kokarevich / Antonina Makhina-Dumcheva-Zelikovich URS Kerstin Kirst / Jutta Hampe GDR Iskra Velinova / Anka Bakova BUL
Coxed Fours, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR United States USA
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Romania ROU
Eights, Women Soviet Union URS United States USA Romania ROU