2008 World Rowing Championships

Host City Ottensheim
Country AUT
Held 20 – 27 July 2008
Competitors 84
Countries 16

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Coxed Pairs Men — Medal 9 3
Lightweight Single Sculls Men — Medal 3 3
Lightweight Coxless Pairs Men — Medal 6 3
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Men — Medal 12 3
Lightweight Eights Men — Medal 27 3
Coxless Fours Women — Medal 12 3
Lightweight Single Sculls Women — Medal 3 3
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 1 1 1 3
2 Italy ITA 1 1 0 2
3 Australia AUS 1 0 1 2
= Greece GRE 1 0 1 2
5 Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
= Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
9 France FRA 0 2 0 2
10 Germany GER 0 1 1 2
= Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
12 Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
14 Croatia CRO 0 0 1 1
= Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
= Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Coxed Pairs, Men Gabe Bergen / Mark Laidlaw CAN Sébastien Lente / Benjamin Manceau FRA Nicholas Baxter / Hugh Rawlinson AUS
Lightweight Single Sculls, Men Duncan Grant NZL Jaap Schouten NED Ilias Pappas GRE
Lightweight Coxless Pairs, Men Nikos Gkountoulas / Apostolos Gkountoulas GRE Andrea Caianiello / Armando Dell'Aquila ITA Goran Nedeljković / Miloš Tomić SRB
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Men Italy ITA France FRA Germany GER
Lightweight Eights, Men United States USA Germany GER Netherlands NED
Coxless Fours, Women Belarus BLR United States USA Denmark DEN
Lightweight Single Sculls, Women Pamela Weisshaupt SUI Sinéad Jennings IRL Mirna Rajle Brođanac CRO
Lightweight Quadruple Sculls, Women Australia AUS Poland POL United States USA