1986 World Rowing Championships Explained

1986 World Rowing Championships
Venue:	National Watersports Centre
Location:	Nottingham, United Kingdom
Dates:	17 to 24 August
Prev:	1985 Heindonk
Next:	1987 Copenhagen

The 1986 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 17 to 24 August 1986 at Nottingham in the United Kingdom.^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Looking at the open weight classes only, East Germany was the most successful nation (4 gold – 2 silver – 5 bronze) followed by the Soviet Union (3–2–2) and Romania (2–2–1).^[3]

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
M1x ^[4]		6:54.90		6:58.90		7:00.13
M2x^[5]	Alberto Belgeri (b) Igor Pescialli (s)	6:11.33	Chavdar Radev (b) Dimitar Kamburski (s)	6:32.22	Andreas Hajek (b) Uwe Heppner (s)	6:33.64
M4x^[6]	Valeriy Dosenko (b) Sergey Kinyakin (2) Mikhail Ivanov (3) Igor Kotko (s)	5:47.41	Waldemar Wojda (b) Mirosław Mruk (2) Sławomir Cieślakowski (3) Andrzej Krzepiński (s)	5:49.51	Doug Hamilton (2) (b) Robert Mills (3) Paul Douma Mel LaForme (s)	5:50.52
M2+^[7]	Andy Holmes (b) Steve Redgrave (s) Patrick Sweeney (c)	6:51.66	Carmine Abbagnale (b) Giuseppe Abbagnale (s) Giuseppe Di Capua (c)	6:52.90	Thomas Greiner (b) Olaf Förster (s) Udo Kühn (c)	6:54.58
M2-^[8]	Yuriy Pimenov (b) Nikolay Pimenov (s)	6:42.37	Marco Romano (b) Pasquale Aiese (s)	6:44.52	Dirk Rendant (b) (s)	6:44.70
M4+^[9]	Frank Klawonn (b) Bernd Eichwurzel (2) Bernd Niesecke (3) Karsten Schmeling (s) Hendrik Reiher (c)	6:03.81	Nigel Atherfold (b) Bruce Holden (2) Greg Johnston (3) Chris White (s) Andrew Bird (c)	6:05.77	Doug Burden (b) Chris Huntington (2) Kurt Bausback (3) John Walters (s) Jon Fish (c)	6:08.58
M4-^[10]	Ted Swinford (b) Daniel Lyons (2) John Riley (3) Robert Espeseth (s)	6:03.53	Norbert Keßlau (b) Volker Grabow (2) Jörg Puttlitz (3) Guido Grabow (s)	6:03.63	Jörg Timmermann (b) Jens Luedecke (2) Ralf Brudel (3) Thomas-Robert Füting (s)	6:06.25
M8+^[11]	James Galloway (b) Malcolm Batten (2) Andrew Cooper (3) Mike McKay (4) Mark Doyle (5) James Tomkins (6) Ion Popa (7) Stephen Evans (s) Dale Caterson (c)	5:33.54	Veniamin But (b) Jonas Pinskus (2) Aleksander Voloshin (3) Mykola Komarov (4) Pavlo Hurkovskiy (5) Viktor Diduk (6) Viktor Omelyanovich (7) Zigmantas Gudauskas (s) Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c)	5:37.61	Jonathan Kissick (b) John Smith (2) Thomas Kiefer (3) David Krmpotich (4) John Terwilliger (5) Edward Ives (6) Kevin Still (7) Andrew Sudduth (s) Mark Zembsch (c)	5:38.20
Men's lightweight events
LM1x^[12]	Peter Antonie	7:18.10	Bjarne Eltang	7:18.12	Glenn Florio	7:20.87
LM2x^[13]	Allan Whitwell (b) Carl Smith (s)	6:41.73	Luc Crispon (b) Thierry Renault (s)	6:44.76	Rob Haag (b) Cam Harvey (s)	6:45.46
LM4-^[14]	Franco Pantano (b) Dario Longhin (2) Nerio Gainotti (3) Mauro Torta (s)	6:18.26	Christopher Bates (b) Peter Haining (2) Neil Staite (3) Stuart Forbes (s)	6:20.79	Fernando Molina Castillo (b) José María de Marco Pérez (2) Carlos Muniesa (3) Alberto Molina Castillo (s)	6:21.68
LM8+^[15]	Maurizio Losi (b) Michele Savoia (2) Vittorio Torcellan (3) Massimo Lana (4) Stefano Spremberg (5) Carlo Gaddi (6) Andrea Re (7) Fabrizio Ravasi (s) Massimo Di Deco (c)	5:44.63	Thomas Güntermann (b) Udo Hennig (2) Detlef Glitsch (3) Harald Galster (4) Alwin Otten (5) Frank Rogall (6) Andreas Hobler (7) Wolfgang Birkner (s) Torsten Kreis (c)	5:46.58	Jørn Jørgensen (b) Kim Hagsted (2) Morten Espersen (3) Leif Jacobsen (4) Michael Sørensen (5) Flemming Jensen (6) Vagn Nielsen (7) Bent Fransson (s) Stephen Masters (c)	5:50.05

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x^[16]	Jutta Hampe	7:29.60	Magdalena Georgieva	7:32.22	Antonina Dumcheva	7:35.08
W2x^[17]	Sylvia Schwabe (b) Beate Schramm (s)	6:57.71	Veronica Cogeanu (b) Elisabeta Lipă (s)	7:00.96	Robin Clarke (b) Stephanie Foster (s)	7:03.35
W4x^[18]	Kerstin Pieloth (b) Birgit Peter (2) Kerstin Hinze (3) Jana Sorgers (s)	6:13.91	Anișoara Bălan (b) Doina Robu (2) Anișoara Sorohan (3) Maricica Țăran (s)	6:20.56	Marijke Zeekant (b) Marjan Pentenga (2) Nicolette Wessel (3) Jos Compaan (s)	6:24.85
W2-^[19]	Rodica Arba (b) Olga Homeghi (s)	7:12.20	Galina Stepanova (b) Marina Pegova (s)	7:17.06	Kathrin Haacker (b) Martina Walther (s)	7:18.84
W4+^[20]	Doina Bălan (b) Marioara Trașcă (2) Chira Stoean (3) Lucia Sauca (s) Viorica Ioja (c)	6:43.86	Kerstin Spittler (b) Beatrix Schröer (2) Corinna Scheid (3) Carola Lichey (s) Sylvia Müller (c)	6:48.46	Jane Tregunno (b) Jennifer Walinga (2) Christina Clarke (3) Tricia Smith (s) Lesley Thompson-Willie (c)	6:51.27
W8+^[21]	Elena Tereshina (b) Marina Suprun (2) Saria Sakirova (3) Olena Pukhaieva (4) Marina Znak (5) Irina Teterina (6) Lidiya Averyanova (7) Vida Cesiūnaitė (s) Valentina Khokhlova (c)	6:08.76	Gerlinde Doberschütz (b) Anett Devantier (2) Kathrin Dienstbier (3) Ute Stange (4) Anja Kluge (5) Carola Hornig (6) Annekathrin Fercho (7) Ute Wild (s) Daniela Neunast (c)	6:09.77	Mihaela Armășescu (b) Camelia Diaconescu (2) Carolina Matei (3) Adriana Chelariu (4) Veronica Necula (5) Livia Țicanu (6) Florica Lavric (7) Herta Anitaș (s) Mariana Dorobantu (c)	6:11.26
Women's lightweight events
LW1x^[22]	Maria Sava	7:33.28	Rita Defauw	7:35.24	Angela Herron	7:37.11
LW2x^[23]	Christine Ernst (b) Carey Sands-Marden (s)	7:17.13	Gillian Bond (b) Carol Ann Wood (s) Karin Hommers (b) Ellen Meliesie (s)	7:19.12	tie for second place
LW4-^[24]	Carolyn Mehaffey (b) Sandy Kendall (2) Mandy Kowal (3) Anne Martin (s)	6:53.92	Alexa Forbes (b) Gillian Hodges (2) Lin Clark (3) Judith Burne (s)	6:56.36	Claudia Engels (b) Ute Zobeley (2) Sonja Petri (3) (s)	6:56.64

Notes and References

1. Book: British Rowing Almanack . 1987 . Amateur Rowing Association.
2. Web site: 1986 World Rowing Championships . . 18 March 2016.
3. News: Hart bedrängt, doch am Ende die erfolgreichste Mannschaft . Hard pressed, but in the end the most successful team . 23 September 2018 . . 41 . 200 . 25 August 1986 . 7 . de .
4. Web site: (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
5. Web site: (M2x) Men's Double Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
6. Web site: (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
7. Web site: (M2+) Men's Coxed Pair – Final . . 7 December 2016.
8. Web site: (M2-) Men's Pair – Final . . 7 December 2016.
9. Web site: (M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final . . 7 December 2016.
10. Web site: (M4-) Men's Four – Final . . 7 December 2016.
11. Web site: (M8+) Men's Eight – Final . . 7 December 2016.
12. Web site: (LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
13. Web site: (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
14. Web site: (LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final . . 7 December 2016.
15. Web site: (LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final . . 7 December 2016.
16. Web site: (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
17. Web site: (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
18. Web site: (W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
19. Web site: (W2-) Women's Pair – Final . . 26 November 2016.
20. Web site: (W4+) Women's Coxed Four – Final . . 7 December 2016.
21. Web site: (W8+) Women's Eight – Final . . 7 December 2016.
22. Web site: (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
23. Web site: (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Final . . 7 December 2016.
24. Web site: (LW4-) Lightweight Women's Four – Final . . 7 December 2016.