1997 World Rowing Championships

1997 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lac d'Aiguebelette
Location	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France
Dates	31 August to 7 September

The 1997 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 August to 7 September 1997 at 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

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

Women's lightweight events
Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x	Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch	7:29.30	Denmark Trine Hansen	7:30.73	Sweden Maria Brandin	7:31.39
W2x	Germany Kathrin Boron Meike Evers	6:51.07	Great Britain Miriam Batten Gillian Lindsay	6:48.82	Romania Liliana Gafencu Viorica Susanu	6:50.16
W4x	Germany Kathrin Boron Kerstin Köppen Manuela Lutze Jana Thieme	6:16.15	Denmark Ulla Hansen Werner Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen Stinne Petersen	6:19.35	Ukraine Inna Frolova Svitlana Mazii Dina Miftakhutdinova Olena Morozova-Ronzhina	6:20.16
W2-	Canada Alison Korn Emma Robinson	7:08.09	Romania Veronica Cochelea Georgeta Damian	7:14.77	Russia Albina Ligatcheva Vera Pochitaeva	7:17.10
W4-	Great Britain Alex Beever Lisa Eyre Elizabeth Henshilwood Sue Walker	6:40.30	Romania Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu Doina Spîrcu Anca Tănase	6:41.13	Germany Anna Coenen Pia Coenen Kristina Erbe Elke Hipler	6:45.70
W8+	Romania Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu Ioana Olteanu Angela Cazac Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochelea Doina Ignat Anca Tănase Elena Georgescu (c)	6:02.40	Canada 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	Great Britain Alex Beever Lisa Eyre Katherine Grainger Elizabeth Henshilwood Elise Laverick Sue Walker Rachel Woolf Francesca Zino Suzie Ellis (c)	6:10.00
LW1x	United States Sarah Garner	7:38.39	France Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy	7:42.48	Sweden Kristina Knejp Christensson	7:46.98
LW2x	Germany Angelika Brand Michelle Darvill	7:00.93	Denmark Lene Andersson Anna Helleberg	7:01.77	Romania Angela Alupei Camelia Macoviciuc	7:03.86
LW2-	Australia Eliza Blair Justine Joyce	7:18.32	United States Michelle Borkhuis Linda Muri	7:20.34	Great Britain Caroline Hobson Malindi Myers	7:23.97
LW4x	Germany Christiane Brand Nicole Faust Christine Morawitz Gunda Reimers	6:36.63	Canada Nathalie Benzing Brie Ellard Renata Troc Samara Walbohm	6:37.16	Netherlands Hedi Poot Brechtje van Eijck Sigrid Winkelhuis Floortje van Eijck	6:39.38

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	5	3	2	10
2	United States	4	1	1	6
3	Great Britain	2	2	3	7
4	Italy	2	2	0	4
5	Australia	2	1	2	5
6	Romania	1	3	3	7
7	Denmark	1	3	1	5
8	Canada	1	2	1	4
9	France	1	2	0	3
10	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
11	Belarus	1	0	0	1
11	Poland	1	0	0	1
13	Ireland	0	1	1	2
14	Norway	0	1	0	1
15	Sweden	0	0	2	2
15	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
17	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

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References

"1997 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
"(M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
"1997 Aiguebelette World Championships – Australian Rowing History". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links

Results on World Rowing website

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[overview-1] "1997 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

[2] "(M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[3] "1997 Aiguebelette World Championships – Australian Rowing History". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.