1981 World Rowing Championships

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

Events

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 / Yury Pimenov	URS	Willem Jan Atsma / Willem Jan Atsma	NED	Antonio Baldacci / Antonio Baldacci	ITA
Coxed Pairs, Men	Carmine Abbagnale / Carmine Abbagnale	ITA	Karsten Schmeling / Karsten Schmeling	GDR	Thomas Cadoux-Hudson / Thomas Cadoux-Hudson	GBR
Double Sculls, Men	Klaus Kröppelien / Klaus Kröppelien	GDR	Reima Karppinen / Reima Karppinen	FIN	Rolf Thorsen / Rolf Thorsen	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 / Francesco Esposito	ITA	Paul Fuchs / Paul Fuchs	USA	Leif Kruse / Leif Kruse	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 / Iris Rudolph	GDR	Betty Craig / Betty Craig	CAN	Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Rodica Arba-Pușcatu	ROU
Double Sculls, Women	Margerita Kokarevich / Margerita Kokarevich	URS	Kerstin Kirst / Kerstin Kirst	GDR	Iskra Velinova / Iskra Velinova	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
ROW-W4x+-F, Women	Soviet Union	URS	United States	USA	Romania	ROU