1982 World Rowing Championships

Host City Luzern
Country SUI
Held 25 – 29 August 1982
Competitors 209
Countries 16

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
ROW-W4x+-F Women — Medal 27 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 2 2 9
2 East Germany GDR 4 6 1 11
3 Italy ITA 4 0 1 5
4 Norway NOR 2 0 0 2
5 New Zealand NZL 1 0 1 2
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 1 2
7 Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
8 United States USA 0 4 2 6
9 Romania ROU 0 1 3 4
10 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 2 3
11 Denmark DEN 0 1 1 2
= Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
13 Germany GER 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
15 Canada CAN 0 0 2 2
16 Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Rüdiger Reiche GDR Vasily Yakusha URS John Biglow USA
Coxless Pairs, Men Hans Magnus Grepperud / Hans Magnus Grepperud NOR Carl Ertel / Carl Ertel GDR Sjoerd Hoekstra / Sjoerd Hoekstra NED
Coxed Pairs, Men Carmine Abbagnale / Carmine Abbagnale ITA Jürgen Seyfarth / Jürgen Seyfarth GDR Milan Doleček / Milan Doleček TCH
Double Sculls, Men Rolf Thorsen / Rolf Thorsen NOR Klaus Kröppelien / Klaus Kröppelien GDR Zdeněk Pecka / Zdeněk Pecka TCH
Coxless Fours, Men Switzerland SUI Soviet Union URS Romania ROU
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR Czechoslovakia TCH United States USA
Quadruple Sculls, Men East Germany GDR Germany GER Soviet Union URS
Eights, Men New Zealand NZL East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Raimund Haberl AUT Scott Roop USA Luca Migliaccio ITA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Francesco Esposito / Francesco Esposito ITA Paul Fuchs / Paul Fuchs USA Kurt Steiner / Kurt Steiner SUI
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Italy ITA Spain ESP Denmark DEN
Lightweight Eights, Men Italy ITA Denmark DEN Spain ESP
Single Sculls, Women Irina Fetisova URS Valeria Roșca-Răcilă ROU Stephanie Foster NZL
Coxless Pairs, Women Silvia Fröhlich / Silvia Fröhlich GDR Małgorzata Dłużewska / Małgorzata Dłużewska POL Betty Craig / Betty Craig CAN
Double Sculls, Women Yelena Bratishko / Yelena Bratishko URS Kerstin Kirst / Kerstin Kirst GDR Janice Mason / Janice Mason CAN
Coxed Fours, Women Soviet Union URS United States USA Romania ROU
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Romania ROU
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Soviet Union URS United States USA East Germany GDR