1989 World Rowing Championships

Host City Bled
Country YUG
Held 3 – 10 September 1989
Competitors 224
Countries 22

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 Quadruple Sculls 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
Coxless Fours Women — Medal 11 3
Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 12 3
ROW-W4x+-F Women — Medal 26 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 7 3 0 10
2 Romania ROU 3 3 1 7
3 Germany GER 3 0 5 8
4 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4
5 Netherlands NED 2 1 1 4
6 United States USA 2 1 0 3
7 China CHN 1 1 1 3
8 Austria AUT 1 0 2 3
9 Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
10 Great Britain GBR 0 2 3 5
11 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 2 1 3
12 Belgium BEL 0 2 0 2
13 New Zealand NZL 0 1 1 2
= Soviet Union URS 0 1 1 2
15 Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
18 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 2 2
19 France FRA 0 0 1 1
= Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Thomas Lange GDR Václav Chalupa TCH Jüri Jaanson URS
Coxless Pairs, Men Thomas Jung / Uwe Kellner GDR Simon Berrisford / Steven Redgrave GBR Karl Sinzinger, Sr. / Hermann Bauer AUT
Coxed Pairs, Men Carmine Abbagnale / Giuseppe Di Capua ITA Dragoș Neagu / Marin Gheorghe ROU Milan Janša / Gorazd Slilvnik YUG
Double Sculls, Men Rolf Thorsen / Lars Bjønness NOR Ronald Florijn / Nico Rienks NED Christoph Zerbst / Arnold Jonke AUT
Coxless Fours, Men East Germany GDR United States USA New Zealand NZL
Coxed Fours, Men Romania ROU Czechoslovakia TCH Great Britain GBR
Quadruple Sculls, Men Netherlands NED Italy ITA Sweden SWE
Eights, Men Germany GER East Germany GDR Great Britain GBR
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Frans Göbel NED Wim Van Belleghem BEL Alwin Otten GER
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Christoph Schmölzer / Walter Rantasa AUT José María de Marco / Fernando Climent ESP Petr Kovac / Tibor Groeppel TCH
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Germany GER Italy ITA Great Britain GBR
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Men Germany GER Switzerland SUI France FRA
Lightweight Eights, Men Italy ITA Denmark DEN Germany GER
Single Sculls, Women Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă ROU Birgit Peter GDR Katalin Sarlós HUN
Coxless Pairs, Women Kathrin Haacker / Judith Zeidler GDR Doina Liliana Șnep-Bălan / Mărioara Curelea ROU Stefani Werremeier / Ingeburg Schwerzmann GER
Double Sculls, Women Jana Sorgers / Beate Schramm GDR Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela / Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă ROU Pavlina Alexandrova / Magdalena Georgieva BUL
Coxless Fours, Women East Germany GDR China CHN Romania ROU
Quadruple Sculls, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Romania ROU East Germany GDR China CHN
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Kris Karlson USA Rita Defauw BEL Laurien Vermulst NED
Lightweight Double Sculls, Women Carey Sands-Bohrer / Kris Karlson USA Philippa Baker / Linda de Jong NZL Christiane Weber / Alrun Urbach GER
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Women China CHN Great Britain GBR Germany GER