1986 World Rowing Championships

Host City Nottingham
Country GBR
Held 16 – 24 August 1986
Competitors 228
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
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 4 2 5 11
2 Soviet Union URS 3 2 2 7
3 Romania ROU 3 2 1 6
4 Italy ITA 3 2 0 5
5 United States USA 3 0 4 7
6 Great Britain GBR 2 3 0 5
7 Australia AUS 2 0 0 2
8 Germany GER 1 2 1 4
9 Bulgaria BUL 0 2 0 2
10 Denmark DEN 0 1 1 2
= Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
= New Zealand NZL 0 1 1 2
13 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
= France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
17 Canada CAN 0 0 3 3
18 Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Peter-Michael Kolbe GER Pertti Karppinen FIN Vasily Yakusha URS
Coxless Pairs, Men Yury Pimenov / Yury Pimenov URS Marco Romano / Marco Romano ITA Dirk Rendant / Dirk Rendant GDR
Coxed Pairs, Men Andy Holmes / Andy Holmes GBR Carmine Abbagnale / Carmine Abbagnale ITA Thomas Greiner / Thomas Greiner GDR
Double Sculls, Men Alberto Belgeri / Alberto Belgeri ITA Chavdar Radev / Chavdar Radev BUL Andreas Hajek / Andreas Hajek GDR
Coxless Fours, Men United States USA Germany GER East Germany GDR
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR New Zealand NZL United States USA
Quadruple Sculls, Men Soviet Union URS Poland POL Canada CAN
Eights, Men Australia AUS Soviet Union URS United States USA
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Peter Antonie AUS Bjarne Eltang DEN Glenn Florio USA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Allan Whitwell / Carl Smith GBR Luc Crispon / Thierry Renault FRA Rob Haag / Cam Harvey CAN
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Italy ITA Great Britain GBR Spain ESP
Lightweight Eights, Men Italy ITA Germany GER Denmark DEN
Single Sculls, Women Jutta Hampe GDR Magdalena Georgieva BUL Antonina Makhina-Dumcheva-Zelikovich URS
Coxless Pairs, Women Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Olga Homeghi-Bularda ROU Galina Stepanova / Marina Pegova URS Kathrin Haacker / Martina Walther GDR
Double Sculls, Women Sylvia Schwabe / Beate Schramm GDR Veronica Cogeanu / Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă ROU Robin Clarke / Stephanie Foster NZL
Coxed Fours, Women Romania ROU East Germany GDR Canada CAN
Quadruple Sculls, Women East Germany GDR Romania ROU Netherlands NED
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR Romania ROU
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Maria Sava ROU Rita Defauw BEL Angie Herron USA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Women Christine Ernst / Carey Sands-Bohrer USA Gillian Bond / Carol Ann Wood
Karin Hommers / Ellen Meliesie 		GBR
NED
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Women United States USA Great Britain GBR Germany GER