1998 World Rowing Championships

Host City Köln
Country GER
Held 6 – 13 September 1998
Competitors 236
Countries 24

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 5 0 10
2 Italy ITA 3 3 3 9
3 Great Britain GBR 3 1 0 4
4 United States USA 2 3 4 9
5 Australia AUS 2 1 2 5
6 France FRA 1 3 0 4
7 Canada CAN 1 1 1 3
= Switzerland SUI 1 1 1 3
9 Russia RUS 1 1 0 2
10 Romania ROU 1 0 3 4
11 Denmark DEN 1 0 1 2
= Poland POL 1 0 1 2
13 New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
= Ukraine UKR 1 0 0 1
15 Argentina ARG 0 1 1 2
= Czech Republic CZE 0 1 1 2
= Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
18 Croatia CRO 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
20 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
= Greece GRE 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 Rob Waddell NZL Xeno Müller SUI Václav Chalupa CZE
Coxless Pairs, Men Detlef Kirchhoff / Robert Sens GER Drew Ginn / Mike McKay AUS Nikola Stojić / Đorđe Višacki YUG
Coxed Pairs, Men Nick Green / Brett Hayman AUS Gioacchino Cascone / Gianluca Barattolo ITA Nicholas Anderson / Phil Henry USA
Double Sculls, Men Andreas Hajek / Stephan Volkert GER Steffen Størseth / Kjetil Undset NOR Marek Kolbowicz / Adam Korol POL
Coxless Fours, Men Great Britain GBR France FRA Italy ITA
Coxed Fours, Men Australia AUS Croatia CRO Italy ITA
Quadruple Sculls, Men Italy ITA Germany GER Austria AUT
Eights, Men United States USA Germany GER Romania ROU
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Stefano Basalini ITA Michal Vabroušek CZE Karsten Nielsen DEN
Lightweight Coxless Pairs, Men Jean-Christophe Bette / Vincent Montabonel FRA Catello Amarante / Carlo Gaddi ITA Miguel Cerda / Christian Yantani CHI
Lightweight Double Sculls, Men Tomasz Kucharski / Robert Sycz POL Michelangelo Crispi / Leonardo Pettinari ITA Markus Gier / Michael Gier SUI
Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men Denmark DEN France FRA Australia AUS
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Men Italy ITA Germany GER United States USA
Lightweight Eights, Men Germany GER United States USA Italy ITA
Single Sculls, Women Irina Fedotova RUS Katrin Rutschow GER Maria Brandin SWE
Coxless Pairs, Women Alison Korn / Emma Robinson CAN Cath Bishop / Dot Blackie GBR Amy Martin / Linda Miller USA
Double Sculls, Women Miriam Batten / Gillian Lindsay GBR Pieta van Dishoeck / Eeke van Nes NED Doina Ignat / Ioana Olteanu ROU
Coxless Fours, Women Ukraine UKR Canada CAN Netherlands NED
Quadruple Sculls, Women Germany GER Russia RUS Australia AUS
ROW-W4x+-F, Women Romania ROU United States USA Canada CAN
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Pia Vogel SUI Bénédicte Luzuy-Dorfman FRA María Garisoain ARG
Lightweight Coxless Pairs, Women Juliet Machan / Jo Nitsch GBR Patricia Conte / Ana Urbano ARG Michelle Borkhuis / Linda Muri USA
Lightweight Double Sculls, Women Christine Collins / Sarah Garner USA Claudia Blasberg / Karin Stephan GER Angela Tamaș-Alupei / Camelia Macoviciuc ROU
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Women Germany GER United States USA Greece GRE