1983 World Rowing Championships

Host City Duisburg
Country GER
Held 30 August – 4 September 1983
Competitors 210
Countries 17

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 East Germany GDR 7 5 1 13
2 Germany GER 3 0 2 5
3 Soviet Union URS 2 5 2 9
4 New Zealand NZL 2 0 0 2
= Spain ESP 2 0 0 2
6 Denmark DEN 1 0 2 3
= Italy ITA 1 0 2 3
8 Romania ROU 0 2 1 3
9 Great Britain GBR 0 2 0 2
10 United States USA 0 1 2 3
11 Australia AUS 0 1 1 2
= Norway NOR 0 1 1 2
13 France FRA 0 1 0 1
14 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Peter-Michael Kolbe GER Uwe Mund GDR Christopher Wood USA
Coxless Pairs, Men Carl Ertel / Ulf Sauerbrey GDR Viktor Pereverzev / Gennady Kryuchkin URS Hans Magnus Grepperud / Sverre Løken NOR
Coxed Pairs, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Italy ITA
Double Sculls, Men Thomas Lange / Uwe Heppner GDR Rolf Thorsen / Alf Hansen NOR Andreas Schmelz / Georg Agrikola GER
Coxless Fours, Men Germany GER Soviet Union URS Sweden SWE
Coxed Fours, Men New Zealand NZL East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
Quadruple Sculls, Men Germany GER East Germany GDR Italy ITA
Eights, Men New Zealand NZL East Germany GDR Australia AUS
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Bjarne Eltang DEN John Melvin GBR Gerd Naujoks GER
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Francesco Esposito / Ruggero Verroca ITA Luc Crispon / Thierry Renault FRA Roland Rosset / Pius Z'rotz SUI
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Spain ESP Great Britain GBR Denmark DEN
Lightweight Eights, Men Spain ESP Australia AUS Denmark DEN
Single Sculls, Women Jutta Hampe GDR Irina Fetisova URS Ginny Gilder USA
Coxless Pairs, Women Marita Sandig / Silvia Fröhlich GDR Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Elena Horvat ROU Tricia Smith / Elizabeth Craig-Eaton CAN
Double Sculls, Women Jutta Schenk / Martina Schröter GDR Yelena Bratishko / Antonina Makhina-Dumcheva-Zelikovich URS Mărioara Popescu-Ciobanu / Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă ROU
Coxed Fours, Women East Germany GDR Romania ROU Soviet Union URS
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Bulgaria BUL
Eights, Women Soviet Union URS United States USA East Germany GDR