1987 World Rowing Championships

Host City København
Country DEN
Held 26 – 30 August 1987
Competitors 218
Countries 14

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 4 1 9
2 Romania ROU 4 2 2 8
3 Bulgaria BUL 3 1 1 5
4 Italy ITA 3 0 5 8
5 United States USA 2 1 4 7
6 Germany GER 1 4 0 5
7 Soviet Union URS 1 2 4 7
8 Great Britain GBR 1 2 1 4
9 Belgium BEL 1 2 0 3
10 Canada CAN 1 1 1 3
11 France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
13 China CHN 0 0 1 1
= Finland FIN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Thomas Lange GDR Peter-Michael Kolbe GER Pertti Karppinen FIN
Coxless Pairs, Men Andy Holmes / Steven Redgrave GBR Dragoș Neagu / Dănuț Dobre ROU Yury Pimenov / Nikolay Pimenov URS
Coxed Pairs, Men Carmine Abbagnale / Giuseppe Di Capua ITA Andy Holmes / Patrick Sweeney GBR Dimitrie Popescu / Marin Gheorghe ROU
Double Sculls, Men Danail Yordanov / Vasil Radev BUL Andreas Schmelz / Ralf Thienel GER Uwe Sägling / Uwe Heppner GDR
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS United States USA
Coxed Fours, Men East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Italy ITA
Quadruple Sculls, Men Soviet Union URS Norway NOR Canada CAN
Eights, Men United States USA East Germany GDR Italy ITA
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Wim Van Belleghem BEL David Wright CAN Ruggero Verroca ITA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Enrico Gandola / Giovanni Calabrese ITA Luc Crispon / Thierry Renault FRA Carl Smith / Allan Whitwell GBR
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Germany GER Great Britain GBR Italy ITA
Lightweight Eights, Men Italy ITA Germany GER United States USA
Single Sculls, Women Magdalena Georgieva BUL Martina Schröter GDR Mărioara Popescu-Ciobanu ROU
Coxless Pairs, Women Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Olga Homeghi-Bularda ROU Kathrin Haacker / Ute Wild GDR Marina Pegova / Nadezhda Sugako URS
Double Sculls, Women Stefka Madina / Violeta Ninova BUL Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă / Liliana Geneș ROU Anne Marden / Barbara Kirch USA
Coxed Fours, Women Romania ROU East Germany GDR Bulgaria BUL
Quadruple Sculls, Women East Germany GDR Bulgaria BUL Soviet Union URS
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Romania ROU United States USA Soviet Union URS
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Maria Sava ROU Rita Defauw BEL Francesca Bentivoglio ITA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Women Janice Mason / Heather Hattin CAN Lucia Focque / Marie-Anne Vandermoere BEL Carey Sands-Bohrer / Christine Ernst USA
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Women United States USA Germany GER China CHN