1997 World Rowing Championships Explained

1997 World Rowing Championships
Venue:	Lac d'Aiguebelette
Location:	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France
Dates:	31 August to 7 September
Prev:	1996 Motherwell
Next:	1998 Cologne

The 1997 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 August to 7 September 1997 at the Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.^[1] The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic years it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
M1x	Jamie Koven	6:44.86		6:47.49	Greg Searle	6:47.57
M2x	Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert	6:13.35	Steffen Størseth Kjetil Undset	6:14.98	Duncan Free Marcus Free	6:16.05
M4x	Agostino Abbagnale Giovanni Calabrese Alessandro Corona Rossano Galtarossa	5:42.50	Jens Burow Marco Geisler Marcel Hacker Stefan Röhnert	5:45.88	Oleh Lykov Oleksandr Marchenko Leonid Shaposhnikov Oleksandr Zaskalko	5:46.11
M2+	Nicholas Anderson Scott Fentress Jordan Irving (c)	6:56.30	David Cameron Nick McDonald-Crowley David Colvin (c)	6:56.36	Georgios Fotou Konstantinos Kariotis Lampros Rizos (c)	6:57.62
M2-	Michel Andrieux Jean-Christophe Rolland	6:27.69	Lorenzo Carboncini Mattia Trombetta	6:31.51	Adam Holland Edward Murphy	6:32.10
M4-	James Cracknell Tim Foster Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave	5:52.40	Gilles Bosquet Daniel Fauché Olivier Moncelet Bertrand Vecten	5:56.34	Dorin Alupei Gabriel Marin Cornel Nemțoc Florian Tudor	5:57.10
M4+^[2]	Antoine Béghin Vincent Maliszewski Bernard Roche Laurent Béghin Christophe Lattaignant (cox)	6:04.17	Giuliano De Stabile Rosario Gioia Francesco Mattei Mario Palmisano Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox)	6:05.98	Ed Coode Mark Johnson Garry McAdams Steve Trapmore David Chung (cox)	6:09.80
M8+	Chris Ahrens Sebastian Bea Phil Henry Robert Kaehler Garrett Miller Timothy Richter Michael Wherley Robert Cummins Peter Cipollone (c)	5:27.20	Valentin Robu Florin Corbeanu Viorel Talapan Florian Tudor Gabriel Marin Andrei Bănică Cornel Nemțoc Dorin Alupei Marin Gheorghe (c)	5:27.76	^[3] Robert Walker Geoff Stewart Alastair Gordon David Porzig James Stewart Daniel Burke Drew Ginn Richard Wearne David Colvin	5:28.14
Men's lightweight events
LM1x	Karsten Nielsen	6:57.16		6:59.62	Tomáš Kacovský	7:00.92
LM2x	Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	6:14.57	Michelangelo Crispi Leonardo Pettinari	6:15.98	Ingo Euler Bernhard Rühling	6:18.38
LM2-	Mathias Binder Beni Schmidt	6:32.81	Neville Maxwell Tony O'Connor	6:33.51	Jeppe Jensen Kollat Jakob Øjvind Nielsen	6:34.11
LM4x	Stefano Basalini Paolo Pittino Franco Sancassani Massimo Guglielmi	5:50.68	Markus Baumann Oliver Ibielski Alexander Lutz Frank Mager	5:52.90	John Armstrong Neal Byrne Brendan Dolan Emmet O'Brien	5:55.04
LM4-	Thomas Ebert Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen Victor Feddersen	5:54.35	Xavier Dorfman Frederic Pinon Yves Hocdé Laurent Porchier	5:54.91	Martin Weis Marcus Mielke Jan Herzog Roland Haendle	5:57.87
LM8+	Darren Balmforth Jon Berney Simon Burgess Alastair Isherwood Rob Mitchell Bob Richards Michael Wiseman Tim Wright Brett Hayman (c)	5:40.00	Phil Baker James Brown Jim Hartland Alex Henshilwood Jason Keys Dave Lemon Jim Mcniven Ben Webb John Deakin (c)	5:40.03	Jon Beare Chris Davidson Jeff Lay Graham Mclaren Anthony Shearing Ben Storey Bryan Thompson Edward Winchester Chris Taylor (c)	5:40.91

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x		7:29.30	Trine Hansen	7:30.73	Maria Brandin	7:31.39
W2x		6:51.07	Miriam Batten Gillian Lindsay	6:48.82		6:50.16
W4x	Kathrin Boron Kerstin Köppen Manuela Lutze Jana Thieme	6:16.15	Ulla Hansen Werner Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen Stinne Petersen	6:19.35	Inna Frolova Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdinova Olena Morozova-Ronzhina	6:20.16
W2-	Alison Korn Emma Robinson	7:08.09	Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian	7:14.77	Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitaeva	7:17.10
W4-	Alex Beever Lisa Eyre Elizabeth Henshilwood Sue Walker	6:40.30	Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu Doina Spîrcu Anca Tănase	6:41.13	Anna Coenen Pia Coenen Kristina Erbe Elke Hipler	6:45.70
W8+	Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu Ioana Olteanu Angela Cazac Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochela Doina Ignat Anca Tănase Elena Georgescu (c)	6:02.40	Buffy-Lynne Williams-Alexander Laryssa Biesenthal Jessica Gonin Alison Korn Emma Robinson Dorota Urbaniak Kristen Wall Kubet Weston Lesley Thompson-Willie (c)	6:07.18	Alex Beever Lisa Eyre Katherine Grainger Elizabeth Henshilwood Elise Laverick Sue Walker Rachel Woolf Francesca Zino Suzie Ellis (c)	6:10.00
Women's lightweight events
LW1x		7:38.39	Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy	7:42.48	Kristina Knejp Christensson	7:46.98
LW2x		7:00.93	Lene Andersson Anna Helleberg	7:01.77		7:03.86
LW2-	Eliza Blair Justine Joyce	7:18.32	Michelle Borkhuis Linda Muri	7:20.34	Caroline Hobson Malindi Myers	7:23.97
LW4x	Christiane Brand Nicole Faust Christine Morawitz Gunda Reimers	6:36.63	Nathalie Benzing Brie Ellard Renata Troc Samara Walbohm	6:37.16	Hedi Poot Brechtje van Eijck Sigrid Winkelhuis Floortje van Eijck	6:39.38

Medal table

width=50	Place	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1		5	3	2	10
2		4	1	1	6
3		2	2	3	7
4		2	2	0	4
5		2	1	2	5
6		1	3	3	7
7		1	3	1	5
8		1	2	1	4
9		1	2	0	3
10		1	1	0	2
11		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
13		0	1	1	2
14		0	1	0	1
15		0	0	2	2
		0	0	2	2
17		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

External links

• Results on World Rowing website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1997 World Rowing Championships . . 18 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428114149/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1997-world-championships/ . 28 April 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: (M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final . FISA . 17 December 2016.
3. Web site: 1997 Aiguebelette World Championships – Australian Rowing History. 19 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092330/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1997-Aiguebelette.html. 24 September 2015. dead.