1997 World Rowing Championships

Host City Aiguebelette
Country FRA
Held 31 August – 7 September 1997
Competitors 230
Countries 20

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 Coxless Pairs Men — Medal 6 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 12 3
Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 12 3
ROW-W4x+-F Women — Medal 27 3
Lightweight Single Sculls Women — Medal 3 3
Lightweight Coxless Pairs Women — Medal 6 3
Lightweight Double Sculls Women — Medal 6 3
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 5 3 3 11
2 United States USA 4 1 1 6
3 Denmark DEN 2 3 1 6
4 France FRA 2 3 0 5
= Italy ITA 2 3 0 5
6 Great Britain GBR 2 2 4 8
7 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
8 Romania ROU 1 3 3 7
9 Canada CAN 1 2 1 4
10 Switzerland SUI 1 1 0 2
11 Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
= Poland POL 1 0 0 1
13 Ireland IRL 0 1 1 2
14 Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
15 Sweden SWE 0 0 2 2
= Ukraine UKR 0 0 2 2
17 Czech Republic CZE 0 0 1 1
= Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
= Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
= Russia RUS 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Jamie Koven USA André Willms GER Greg Searle GBR
Coxless Pairs, Men Michel Andrieux / Jean-Christophe Rolland FRA Lorenzo Carboncini / Mattia Trombetta ITA Adam Holland / Ted Murphy USA
Coxed Pairs, Men Nicholas Anderson / Jordan Irving USA David Cameron / David Colvin AUS Georgios Fotou / Lampros Rizos GRE
Double Sculls, Men Andreas Hajek / Stephan Volkert GER Steffen Størseth / Kjetil Undset NOR Duncan Free / Marcus Free AUS
Coxless Fours, Men Great Britain GBR France FRA Romania ROU
Coxed Fours, Men France FRA Italy ITA Great Britain GBR
Quadruple Sculls, Men Italy ITA Germany GER Ukraine UKR
Eights, Men United States USA Romania ROU Australia AUS
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Karsten Nielsen DEN Michael Bänninger SUI Tomáš Kacovský CZE
Lightweight Coxless Pairs, Men Mathias Binder / Beni Schmidt SUI Neville Maxwell / Tony O'Connor IRL Jeppe Jensen Kollat / Jacob Nielsen DEN
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Tomasz Kucharski / Robert Sycz POL Michelangelo Crispi / Leonardo Pettinari ITA Ingo Euler / Bernhard Rühling GER
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Denmark DEN France FRA Germany GER
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Men Italy ITA Germany GER Ireland IRL
Lightweight Eights, Men Australia AUS Great Britain GBR Canada CAN
Single Sculls, Women Katsiaryna Khadatovich-Karsten BLR Trine Hansen DEN Maria Brandin SWE
Coxless Pairs, Women Alison Korn / Emma Robinson CAN Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela / Georgeta Damian-Andrunache ROU Albina Ligachova / Vera Pochitayeva RUS
Double Sculls, Women Kathrin Boron / Meike Evers GER Miriam Batten / Gillian Lindsay GBR Liliana Gafencu / Viorica Susanu ROU
Coxless Fours, Women Great Britain GBR Romania ROU Germany GER
Quadruple Sculls, Women Germany GER Denmark DEN Ukraine UKR
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Romania ROU Canada CAN Great Britain GBR
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Sarah Garner USA Bénédicte Luzuy-Dorfman FRA Kristina Knejp SWE
Lightweight Coxless Pairs, Women Eliza Blair / Justine Joyce AUS Michelle Borkhuis / Linda Muri USA Caroline Hobson / Malindi Myers GBR
Lightweight Double Sculls, Women Angelika Brand / Michelle Darvill GER Lene Andersson / Anna Helleberg DEN Angela Tamaș-Alupei / Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea ROU
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Women Germany GER Canada CAN Netherlands NED