1991 World Rowing Championships Explained

1991 World Rowing Championships
Venue:	New Danube
Location:	Vienna, Austria
Dates:	19–25 August
Prev:	1990 Tasmania
Next:	1992 Montreal

The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991^[1] in Vienna, Austria.^[2] The regatta was held on the New Danube.

Medal summary

The finals were raced on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 August.^[3]

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
M1x		6:41.29		6:45.26		6:48.91
M2x	Nico Rienks Henk-Jan Zwolle	6:06.14		6:07.49		6:08.36
M4x	Valeriy Dosenko Sergey Kinyakin Mykola Chupryna Ģirts Vilks	6:08.39		6:11.21		6:13.03
M2+		7:34.39		7:35.83		7:38.02
M2-	Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent	6:21.35		6:24.18		6:24.51
M4+	Armin Eichholz Bahne Rabe Matthias Ungemach Armin Weyrauch Jörg Dedering	5:58.96		6:00.29		6:01.30
M4-	Andrew Cooper Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins	6:29.69	Thomas Bohrer Patrick Manning Jeffrey McLaughlin Michael Porterfield	6:32.22	Markus Bräuer Andreas Lütkefels Stefan Scholz Markus Vogt	6:34.43
M8+	^[4] Martin Steffes-Mies Dirk Balster Claas-Peter Fischer Thorsten Streppelhoff Wolfgang Klapheck Ansgar Wessling Roland Baar Manfred Klein	5:50.98		5:51.68		5:52.74
Men's lightweight events
LM1x		6:49.17		6:49.96		6:52.26
LM2x	Michael Buchheit Kai von Warburg	6:20.04		6:25.29		6:26.22
LM4x^[5]		6:37.02		6:37.25		6:38.02
LM4-		5:57.60		5:58.61		6:00.85
LM8+	Enrico Barbaranelli Domenico Cantoni Carlo Gaddi Pasquale Marigliano Fabrizio Ranieri Fabrizio Ravasi Andrea Re Roberto Romanini Gaetano Iannuzzi	6:13.21	Stéphane Barré Sebastien Bel Bruno Boucher Stéphane Guerinot Laurent Irazusta Benoit Masson Antoine Orieux Jose Oyarzabal Philippe Spinelli	6:13.40	Eduardo Montalvo Tom Hartley Robert Hermann Brian Varga David Collins Dale Hurley Tom Auth James Manson Michael O'Gorman	6:15.25

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x	Silken Laumann	8:17.58		8:20.53		8:21.96
W2x		6:44.71		6:46.40		6:47.36
W4x	Kerstin Köppen Claudia Krüger Sybille Schmidt Jana Sorgers	6:55.85		7:00.37		7:04.86
W2-	Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	6:57.42		6:59.55		7:02.28
W4-	Kirsten Barnes Jennifer Doey Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor	6:25.47		6:27.39		6:30.30
W8+	Kirsten Barnes Megan Delehanty Jennifer Doey Kathleen Heddle Kelly Mahon Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson-Willie	6:28.20		6:28.73		6:34.07
Women's lightweight events
LW1x		7:29.99		7:32.41		7:33.17
LW2x	Claudia Waldi Christiane Weber	7:58.53		8:00.16		8:06.32
LW4-	Li Fei Liang Sanmei Liao Xiaoli Ou Shaoyan	7:37.06		7:41.15		7:43.99

Medal table

width=50	Place	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1		7	2	3	12
2		4	1	0	5
3		2	2	0	4
4		2	1	2	5
5		2	0	0	2
6		1	3	1	5
7		1	1	2	4
8		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
11		0	3	2	5
		0	3	2	5
13		0	1	2	3
14		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
17		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
19		0	0	2	2
		0	0	2	2
21		0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

Notes and References

1. News: Vereinte Ruderflotte geht auf Medaillenjagd . United rowing fleet goes for medal hunt . 25 September 2018 . . 47 . 191 . 17 August 1991 . 27 . de . registration . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180924224850/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19910817-0-27-739-0 . dead .
2. Web site: 1991 World Rowing Championships . . 18 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428120239/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1991-world-rowing-championships/ . 28 April 2016 . dead. dmy-all .
3. News: Ergebnisspiegel . Result list . 25 September 2018 . . 47 . 198 . 26 August 1991 . 20 . de . registration . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180924224856/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19910826-0-20-685-0 . dead .
4. Web site: RRK 08 Rudern – Deutsche Erfolge bei Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften . Rrk-online.de . 19 March 2016.
5. Web site: Australia's World Championship Medallists – Australian Rowing History . Rowinghistory-aus.info . 19 March 2016 . https://archive.today/20120910213739/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/australian-medallists.html . 10 September 2012 . dead.