| 1983 World Rowing Championships | |
| Venue: | Wedau |
| Location: | Duisburg, West Germany |
| Dates: | 3 to 4 September |
| Prev: | 1982 Lucerne |
| Next: | 1984 Montreal |
The 1983 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 3 to 4 September 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, West Germany.[1]
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1x | 3:36.51 | 3:37.79 | 3:39.05 | ||||
| W2x | Jutta Schenk (b) Martina Schröter (s) | 3:13.44 | Yelena Bratishko (b) Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva (s) | 3:14.28 | Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (b) Elisabeta Lipă (s) | 3:15.45 | |
| W4x+ | Tatiana Bachkatova (b) Olga Kaspina (2) Yelena Khloptseva (3) Larisa Popova (s) Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c) | 3:02.48 | Kerstin Kirst (b) Kerstin Pieloth (2) Cornelia Linse (3) Sylvia Schwabe (s) Andrea Rost (c) | 3:04.51 | Stefka Madina (b) Teodora Lazarova (2) Margarita Dobtcheva (3) Violeta Ninova (s) Greta Georgieva (c) | 3:10.69 | |
| W2-[4] | Marita Sandig (b) Silvia Fröhlich (s) | 3:26.68 | Rodica Arba (b) Elena Horvat (s) | 3:32.13 | Tricia Smith (b) Elizabeth Craig-Eaton (s) | 3:33.52 | |
| W4+ | Claudia Noack (b) Iris Rudolph (2) Sigrid Anders (3) Carola Miseler (s) Carolina Richter (c) | 3:11.18 | Florica Lavric (b) Maria Tanase-Fricioiu (2) Chira Apostol (3) Olga Homegi-Bularda (s) Viorica Veres (c) | 3:14.11 | Feodossia Kaleinikova (b) (2) Svetlana Semyonova (3) (s) Nina Cheremisina (c) | 3:14.36 | |
| W8+ | Sarmīte Stone (b) Lidiya Averyanova (2) Ludmila Konopleva (3) Marina Studneva (4) Nina Umanets (5) Elena Tereshina (6) Nataliya Yatsenko (7) Elena Makushkina (s) Valentina Khokhlova (c) | 2:56.22 | Kristen Thorsness (b) Patricia Spratlin (2) Shyril O'Steen (3) Carie Graves (4) Carol Bower (5) Kristine Norelius (6) Jan Harville (7) Harriet Metcalf (s) Valerie McClain-Ward (c) | 2:58.14 | Susann Heinicke (b) Viola Kestler (2) Annekatrin Jage (3) Karin Metze-Ullbricht (4) Steffi Götzelt (5) Carola Lichey (6) Sabine Portius (7) Ramona Hein (s) Kirsten Strohbach (c) | 2:59.06 |
Seventeen nations won medals of the championships.[5]
| width=50 | Place | width=200 | Nation | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | width=50 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |||||||