2018 World Rowing Championships

2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv,Bulgaria
Dates	9–16 September

The2018 World Rowing Championshipswere theWorld Rowing Championshipsheld at the regatta course inPlovdiv,Bulgaria. The event was held from 9 to 16 September. Events held were men and women's open class, lightweight class, and para-rowing.

Prior FISA regattas that had been held in Plovdiv include the 1999 and 2012World Rowing Junior Championships,and the2011 European Rowing Championships.

The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the first world rowing championships where the number of men’s and women’s events was equal. The world governing body made that decision in 2017.

Host selection

During 2013,PlovdivandSarasota, Floridaboth applied to host the2017 World Rowing Championships.In April 2013, a committee ofInternational Rowing Federation(FISA) officials visited the city in Florida and they went to Plovdiv the following month. It was then noted that Plovdiv had hosted the2012 World Rowing Championshipsand that the bid documentation for 2017 had not been finalised.Before the next FISA congress, the bid from Plovdiv was changed to apply for the 2018 hosting rights.At the FISA congress held on 2 September 2013, hosting rights were assigned by unanimous decision for World Rowing Championships to Sarasota for 2017, Plovdiv for 2018, and Plovdiv for the2015 World Rowing U23 Championships.

Medal summary

Rowing

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	3	4	0	7
2	Germany	3	1	1	5
3	United States	2	2	3	7
4	France	2	0	1	3
5	Ireland	2	0	0	2
6	Australia	1	3	1	5
7	Canada	1	1	0	2
	Romania	1	1	0	2
9	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
10	China	1	0	0	1
	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
14	Switzerland	0	3	0	3
15	New Zealand	0	2	1	3
16	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
19	Great Britain	0	0	3	3
20	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
21	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
27	Brazil	0	0	0	0
Totals (27 entries)		20	20	19	59

Para rowing

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Australia	1	1	0	2
	Canada	1	1	0	2
5	France	1	0	2	3
6	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
9	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
11	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
13	Russia	0	0	2	2
14	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		9	8	8	25

Medal summary

Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Openweight events
M1x	Kjetil Borch Norway	6:38.31	Ondřej Synek Czech Republic	6:39.90	Mindaugas Griškonis Lithuania	6:42.90
M2x	France Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias	6:05.16	Switzerland Barnabé Delarze Roman Röösli	6:06.49	New Zealand John Storey Chris Harris	6:06.71
M4x	Italy Filippo Mondelli Andrea Panizza Luca Rambaldi Giacomo Gentili	5:35.31	Australia Caleb Antill Campbell Watts Alexander Purnell David Watts	5:36.51	Ukraine Dmytro Mikhay Serhiy Hryn Oleksandr Nadtoka Ivan Dovhodko	5:37.28
M2−	Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	6:14.96	Romania Marius Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosă	6:16.90	France Valentin Onfroy Théophile Onfroy	6:17.51
M4−	Australia Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	5:44.74	Italy Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	5:44.99	Great Britain Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	5:46.46
M8+	Germany Johannes Weißenfeld Felix Wimberger Max Planer Torben Johannesen Jakob Schneider Malte Jakschik Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer	5:24.31	Australia Liam Donald Robert Black Angus Moore Simon Keenan Nicholas Purnell Timothy Masters Josh Booth Angus Widdicombe Kendall Brodie	5:26.11	Great Britain James Rudkin Alan Sinclair Tom Ransley Thomas George Moe Sbihi Oliver Wynne-Griffith Matthew Tarrant Will Satch Henry Fieldman	5:26.14
Lightweightevents
LM1x	Jason Osborne Germany	6:56.36	Michael Schmid Switzerland	6:58.34	Andrew Campbell United States	7:00.04
LM2x	Ireland Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	6:06.81	Italy Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	6:08.31	Belgium Tim Brys Niels Van Zandweghe	6:11.25
LM4x	Germany Joachim Agne Max Röger Florian Roller Moritz Moos	5:51.21	Italy Catello Amarante Paolo Di Girolamo Andrea Micheletti Matteo Mulas	5:52.85	Turkey Mert Kartal Bayram Sönmez Fatih Ünsal Enes Kuşku	5:53.95
LM2−	Italy Giuseppe Di Mare Alfonso Scalzone	6:38.55	Greece Antonios Papakonstantinou Ioannis Marokos	6:41.48	United States David Smith Thomas Foster	6:56.99

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Openweight events
W1x	Sanita Pušpure Ireland	7:20.12	Jeannine Gmelin Switzerland	7:25.93	Magdalena Lobnig Austria	7:29.51
W2x	Lithuania Milda Valčiukaitė Ieva Adomavičiūtė	6:44.15	New Zealand Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe	6:46.28	United States Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	6:47.75
W4x	Poland Agnieszka Kobus Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann	6:08.96	Germany Marie-Cathérine Arnold Carlotta Nwajide Franziska Kampmann Frieda Hämmerling	6:11.42	Netherlands Olivia van Rooijen Karolien Florijn Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers	6:11.79
W2−	Canada Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens	6:50.67	New Zealand Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	6:52.96	Spain Anna Boada Aina Cid	7:04.60
W4−	United States Madeleine Wanamaker Erin Boxberger Molly Bruggeman Erin Reelick	6:25.57	Australia Lucy Stephan Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Molly Goodman	6:27.09	Russia Ekaterina Sevostianova Anastasia Tikhanova Ekaterina Potapova Elena Oriabinskaia	6:27.36
W8+	United States Kristine O'Brien Felice Mueller Victoria Opitz Gia Doonan Dana Moffat Tracy Eisser Emily Regan Olivia Coffey Katelin Guregian	6:00.97	Canada Lisa Roman Stephanie Grauer Madison Mailey Susanne Grainger Christine Roper Sydney Payne Jennifer Martins Rebecca Zimmerman Kristen Kit	6:03.05	Australia Leah Saunders Georgina Gotch Rosemary Popa Georgina Rowe Annabelle McIntyre Ciona Wilson Jacinta Edmunds Emma Fessey James Rook	6:03.06
Lightweightevents
LW1x	Laura Tarantola France	7:51.79	Clara Guerra Italy	7:51.96	Imogen Grant Great Britain	7:52.61
LW2x	Romania Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	6:50.71	United States Emily Schmieg Mary Jones	6:52.30	Netherlands Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis	6:52.56
LW4x	China Wu Qiang Liang Guoru Chen Fang Pan Dandan	6:28.32	Denmark Trine Toft Andersen Aja Runge Holmegaard Juliane Rasmussen Mathilde Persson	6:33.33	Germany Fini Sturm Caroline Meyer Ladina Meier Anja Noske	6:34.25
LW2−	Italy Serena Lo Bue Giorgia Lo Bue	7:30.84	United States Jennifer Sager Jillian Zieff	7:45.50	not awarded as only 2 boats competed

Para

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Para-rowingevents
PR1M1x	Erik Horrie Australia	9:16.90	Roman Polianskyi Ukraine	9:17.36	Alexey Chuvashev Russia	9:35.33
PR2M1x	Corne de Koning Netherlands	8:35.89	Jeremy Hall Canada	8:42.46	Daniele Stefanoni Italy	8:52.08
PR3M2−	Canada Kyle Fredrickson Andrew Todd	7:12.82	Australia James Talbot Jed Altschwager	7:23.96	France Jérôme Pailler Laurent Viala	7:29.08

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Para-rowingevents
PR1W1x	Norway Birgit Skarstein	10:13.63	Israel Moran Samuel	11:02.06	United States Hallie Smith	11:17.56
PR2W1x	Perle Bouge France	9:39.73	Annika van der Meer Netherlands	9:45.52	Jolanta Majka Poland	9:58.52
PR3W2−	United States Danielle Hansen Jaclyn Smith	7:39.30	not awarded as only 1 boat competed

Mixed pararowing events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
PR2Mix2x	Netherlands Annika van der Meer Corné de Koning	8:07.92	Poland Michał Gadowski Jolanta Majka	8:12.60	Ukraine Svitlana Bohuslavska Iaroslav Koiuda	8:20.61
PR3Mix2x	Brazil Diana Barcelos Jairo Klug	7:30.82	Austria Johanna Beyer David Erkinger	7:42.68	Russia Evgenii Borisov Valentina Zhagot	7:49.93
PR3Mix4+	Great Britain Ellen Buttrick Grace Clough Oliver Stanhope Daniel Brown Erin Wysocki-Jones(c)	7:00.36	United States Alexandra Reilly Michael Varro Charley Nordin Danielle Hansen Jennifer Sichel(c)	7:02.13	France Élodie Lorandi Guylaine Marchand Rémy Taranto Antoine Jesel Robin Le Barreau(c)	7:04.93

Event codes

	Single sculls	Double sculls	Quadruple sculls	Coxless pair	Coxless four	Coxed pair	Coxed four	Eight
Men's	M1x	M2x	M4x	M2−	M4−			M8+
Lightweightmen's	LM1x	LM2x	LM4x	LM2−
PR1 men's	PR1M1x
PR2 men's	PR2M1x
PR3 men's				PR3M2−
Women's	W1x	W2x	W4x	W2−	W4−			W8+
Lightweight women's	LW1x	LW2x	LW4x	LW2−
PR1 women's	PR1W1x
PR2 women's	PR2W1x
PR3 women's				PR3W2−
PR2 mixed		PR2Mix2x
PR3 mixed		PR3Mix2x					PR3Mix4+

Para-rowingclassification —PR1:arms & shoulders,PR2:trunk & arms,PR3:legs, trunk, arms

External links

• Official website