| 2005 World Rowing Championships | |
| Venue: | Nagaragawa International Regatta Course |
| Location: | Kaizu, Gifu, Japan |
| Dates: | 29 August to 4 September |
| Prev: | 2004 Banyoles |
| Next: | 2006 Dorney |
The 2005 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 29 August to 4 September 2005 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] The international rowing season usually ends with the World Championship regatta. Apart from the Olympic Games, this is the most prestigious international rowing event attracting over 1,000 rowers. The 2005 championships were the first championships to be held in Asia.
Non-Olympic classes
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time | |
| M1x | 7:16.42 | 7:18.34 | 7:21.12 | ||||
| M2x | 6:37.61 | 6:37.96 | 6:46.71 | ||||
| M4x | 5:34.96 | 5:35.45 | 5:36.61 | ||||
| M2- | 6:52.51 | 6:55.52 | 6:57.29 | ||||
| M2+ | 7:16.61 | 7:23.22 | 7:26.22 | ||||
| M4- | 6:11.59 | 6:13.23 | 6:16.02 | ||||
| M4+ | 6:02.42 | 6:03.44 | 6:06.01 | ||||
| M8+ |  United States Paul Daniels Matt Deakin Steven Coppola Dan Beery Josh Inman Bryan Volpenhein Beau Hoopman Marcus McElhenney Mike Blomquist | 5:22.75 | 5:24.01 | 5:25.66 | |||
| Men's lightweight events | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM1x | 7:17.79 | 7:23.10 | 7:23.97 | ||||
| LM2x | 6:05.10 | 6:05.62 | 6:07.93 | ||||
| LM2- | 6:22.59 | 6:23.31 | 6:25.63 | ||||
| LM4x | 5:44.76 | 5:46.00 | 5:47.86 | ||||
| LM4- | 5:47.91 | 5:49.26 | 5:49.30 | ||||
| LM8+ |  Italy Jiri Vlcek Daniele Danesin Michele Savrie Martino Goretti Luigi Scala Nicola Moriconi Giuseppe Del Gaudio Fabrizio Gabriele Gianluca Barattolo (c) | 5:59.42 |  Japan Yusuke Imai Shuya Matsuda Kazuyoshi Okamoto Masayuki Yoshizaki Shimpei Murai Yu Kataoka Takehiro Kubo Tatsuya Mizobe Makoto Nakasaka (c) | 6:09.87 | only two teams competed | ||
Non-Olympic classes
World Rowing Championship races in the Para classes are usually held over the Paralympic distance of 1000 meters. Exceptionally at 2005 World Rowing Championships, the LTA mixed coxed four was raced over the Olympic distance of 2000 meters as a trial.
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time | |
| ASM1x[2] | 6:28.82 | 6:31.99 | 7:08.00 | ||||
| TAMix2x[3] | 5:03.28 | 6:52.59 | 7:16.30 | ||||
| LTAMix4+[4] | Alastair McKean Naomi Riches Katie-George Dunlevy Alan Crowther Loretta Williams (cox) | 8:12.07 | Monica Campizes Ferreira José Pereira Bruno Indio Sonia Costa Isabel Jesus (cox) | 8:22.85 | Marianna Huijben Joleen Hakker Martin Lauriks Paul de Jong Tonia Harmsen (cox) | 8:23.52 |
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