1985 World Rowing Championships

Host City Hazewinkel
Country BEL
Held 26 August – 1 September 1985
Competitors 227
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
Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 12 3
ROW-W4x+-F Women — Medal 27 3
Lightweight Single Sculls Women — Medal 3 3
Lightweight Double Sculls Women — Medal 6 3
Lightweight Coxless Fours Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 5 2 4 11
2 Soviet Union URS 4 3 0 7
3 Italy ITA 3 4 0 7
4 Germany GER 3 1 2 6
5 Romania ROU 1 5 2 8
6 Great Britain GBR 1 1 0 2
7 Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
= Canada CAN 1 0 1 2
= France FRA 1 0 1 2
10 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
11 United States USA 0 4 5 9
12 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
13 Spain ESP 0 0 2 2
14 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Pertti Karppinen FIN Andy Sudduth USA Peter-Michael Kolbe GER
Coxless Pairs, Men Nikolay Pimenov / Nikolay Pimenov URS Adam Clift / Adam Clift GBR Fernando Climent / Fernando Climent ESP
Coxed Pairs, Men Carmine Abbagnale / Carmine Abbagnale ITA Dimitrie Popescu / Dimitrie Popescu ROU Thomas Keßler / Thomas Keßler GDR
Double Sculls, Men Thomas Lange / Thomas Lange GDR Mykola Chupryna / Mykola Chupryna URS Jörg Weitnauer / Jörg Weitnauer SUI
Coxless Fours, Men Germany GER Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR
Coxed Fours, Men Soviet Union URS Italy ITA East Germany GDR
Quadruple Sculls, Men Canada CAN East Germany GDR Czechoslovakia TCH
Eights, Men Soviet Union URS Italy ITA United States USA
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Ruggero Verroca ITA Raimund Haberl AUT Paul Fuchs USA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Luc Crispon / Luc Crispon FRA Carlo Gaddi / Carlo Gaddi ITA Hartmut Schäfer / Hartmut Schäfer GER
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Germany GER Italy ITA United States USA
Lightweight Eights, Men Italy ITA United States USA Spain ESP
Single Sculls, Women Cornelia Linse GDR Valeria Roșca-Răcilă ROU Anne Marden USA
Coxless Pairs, Women Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Rodica Arba-Pușcatu ROU Sherri Cassuto / Sherri Cassuto USA Kerstin Toußaint / Kerstin Toußaint GDR
Double Sculls, Women Sylvia Schwabe / Sylvia Schwabe GDR Mărioara Popescu-Ciobanu / Mărioara Popescu-Ciobanu ROU Magdalena Georgieva / Magdalena Georgieva BUL
Coxed Fours, Women East Germany GDR Romania ROU Canada CAN
Quadruple Sculls, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Romania ROU
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Romania ROU
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Adair Ferguson AUS Maria Micșa-Macoviciuc ROU Anne Martin USA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Women Lin Clark / Lin Clark GBR Brigitte Helmers / Brigitte Helmers GER Désirée Decriem / Désirée Decriem FRA
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Women Germany GER United States USA Australia AUS