1999 World Rowing Championships

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1999 World Rowing Championships
Venue Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course
Location St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Dates22 to 29 August

The 1999 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 29 August 1999 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. [1]

Contents

Medal summary

Men's events

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
M1xFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Rob Waddell
6:36.68Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Xeno Müller
6:40.96Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Derek Porter
6:43.99
M2xFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Iztok Čop (b)
Luka Špik (s)
6:04.37Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sebastian Mayer (b)
Stefan Roehnert (s)
6:06.15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Fredrik Bekken (b)
Olaf Tufte (s)
6:06.20
M4xFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Marco Geisler (b)
Andreas Hajek (2)
Stephan Volkert (3)
André Willms (s)
6:24.37Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Oleh Lykov (b)
Oleksandr Marchenko (2)
Leonid Shaposhnikov (3)
Oleksandr Zaskalko (s)
6:27.39Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Jason Day (b)
Duncan Free (2)
Peter Hardcastle (3)
Stuart Reside (s)
6:28.20
M2+Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
James Neil (b)
Phil Henry (s)
Nicholas Anderson (c)
6:48.56Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Jörg Dießner (b)
Enrico Schnabel (s)
Felix Erdmann (c)
6:48.81Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Damian Ordás (b)
Walter Balunek (s)
Patricio Mouche (c)
6:56.07
M2−Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Drew Ginn (b)
James Tomkins (s)
6:19.00Flag of France.svg  France
Michel Andrieux (b)
Jean-Christophe Rolland (s)
6:22.21Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Oliver Martinov (b)
Ninoslav Saraga (s)
6:24.86
M4+Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Tom Murray (b)
Daniel Protz (2)
Garrett Klugh (3)
Jake Wetzel (s)
Sean Mulligan (c)
6:38.31Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Rick Dunn (b)
Jonny Searle (2)
Jonny Singfield (3)
Graham Smith (s)
Alistair Potts (c)
6:40.18Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Ovidiu Cornea (b)
Vasile Măstăcan (2)
Valentin Robu (3)
Nicolae Țaga (s)
Dumitru Răducanu (c)
6:41.89
M4−Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
James Cracknell (b)
Steve Redgrave (2)
Ed Coode (3)
Matthew Pinsent (s)
5:48.57Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Ben Dodwell (b)
Bo Hanson (2)
Geoff Stewart (3)
James Stewart (s)
5:50.11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lorenzo Carboncini (b)
Riccardo Dei Rossi (2)
Valter Molea (3)
Carlo Mornati (s)
5:51.41
M8+Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Bryan Volpenhein (b)
Robert Kaehler (2)
Porter Collins (3)
Tom Welsh (4)
Michael Wherley (5)
Jeffrey Klepacki (6)
Garrett Miller (7)
Chris Ahrens (s)
Peter Cipollone (c)
6:01.58Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bob Thatcher (b)
Ben Hunt-Davis (2)
Fred Scarlett (3)
Louis Attrill (4)
Luka Grubor (5)
Kieran West (6)
Tim Foster (7)
Steve Trapmore (s)
Rowley Douglas (c)
6:03.27Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Sergey Matveyev (b)
Aleksandr Litvinchev (2)
Dmitri Kovalev (3)
Vladimir Volodenkov (4)
Andrey Glukhov (5)
Dimitri Axenov (6)
Nikolay Aksyonov (6)
Pavel Melnikov (7)
Dmitry Rozinkevich (s)
Aleksandr Lukyanov (c)
6:04.64
Men's lightweight events
LM1xFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Karsten Nielsen
6:47.97Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Michal Vabroušek
6:51.14Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Gergely Kokas
6:53.14
LM2xFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Michelangelo Crispi (b)
Leonardo Pettinari (s)
7:12.46Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bruce Hick (b)
Haimish Karrasch (s)
7:15.95Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Ingo Euler (b)
Bernhard Rühling (s)
7:18.80
LM4xFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Simone Forlani (b)
Daniele Gilardoni (2)
Franco Sancassani (3)
Mauro Baccelli (s)
6:27.71Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Manuel Brehmer (b)
Franz Mayer (2)
Dennis Niemeyer (3)
Thorsten Schmidt (s)
6:32.41Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Neal Byrne (b)
James Lindsay-Fynn (2)
Noel Monahan (3)
Gearoid Towey (s)
6:32.81
LM2−Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Stefano Basalini (b)
Paolo Pittino (s)
7:28.35Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Miguel Cerda (b)
Christián Yantani (s)
7:29.05Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Neville Maxwell (b)
Tony O'Connor (s)
7:29.18
LM4−Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Eskild Ebbesen (b)
Thomas Ebert (2)
Victor Feddersen (3)
Thomas Poulsen (s)
6:45.63Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Darren Balmforth (b)
Simon Burgess (2)
Anthony Edwards (3)
Bob Richards (s)
6:47.15Flag of France.svg  France
Jean-David Bernard (b)
Xavier Dorfman (2)
Yves Hocdé (3)
Laurent Porchier (s)
6:47.35
LM8+Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
William Plifka (b)
Chris Kerber (2)
John Cashman (3)
Eric Den Besten (4)
Kevin Cotter (5)
Greg Ruckman (6)
Nicholas Tripician (7)
Sean Kammann (s)
Alexey Salamini (c)
5:34.43Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Phil Baker (b)
Gareth Davis (2)
Aiden Tucker (3)
Mike Louzado (4)
James McGarva (5)
Ned Kittoe (6)
Nick Strange (7)
Ben Webb (s)
Christian Cormack (c)
5:36.08Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lorenzo Bertini (b)
Filippo Dodero (2)
Stefano Fraquelli (3)
Carlo Grande (4)
Andrea Lupini (5)
Salvatore Messina (6)
Marco Paniccia (7)
Bruno Pasqualini (s)
Antonio Cirillo (c)
5:36.93

Women's events

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
W1xFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Ekaterina Karsten
7:11.68Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Katrin Rutschow
7:14.70Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Rumyana Neykova
7:17.02
W2xFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Kathrin Boron (b)
Jana Thieme
6:41.98Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Liu Lin (b)
Zhang Xiuyun (s)
6:45.99Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Pieta van Dishoeck (b)
Eeke van Nes (s)
6:46.18
W4xFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Maren Derlien (b)
Meike Evers (2)
Kerstin Kowalski (3)
Manuela Lutze (s)
7:06.53Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Yana Kramarenko (b)
Svitlana Maziy (2)
Tetiana Ustiuzhanina (3)
Olena Morozova-Ronzhina (s)
7:09.98Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Oxana Dorodnova (b)
Yuliya Levina (2)
Larisa Merk (3)
Olga Samulenkova (s)
7:11.64
W2−Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Theresa Luke (b)
Emma Robinson (s)
7:00.85Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Elke Hipler (b)
Kathleen Naser (s)
7:02.77Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Kate Slatter (b)
Rachael Taylor (s)
7:03.83
W4−Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Yuliya Bichyk (b)
Yelena Mikulich (2)
Olga Tratsevskaya (3)
Marina Znak (s)
6:26.25Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sandra Goldbach (b)
Marita Scholz (2)
Mira Van Daelen (3)
Sonja Van Daelen (s)
6:28.29Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sara Field (b)
Tristine Glick (2)
Wendy Wilbur (3)
Maite Urtasun (s)
6:31.15
W8+Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Georgeta Damian (b)
Maria Magdalena Dumitrache (2)
Doina Ignat (3)
Ioana Olteanu (4)
Marioara Popescu (5)
Doina Spîrcu (6)
Viorica Susanu (7)
Aurica Bărăscu (s)
Elena Georgescu (c)
6:47.66Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Torrey Folk (b)
Amy Fuller (2)
Sarah Jones (3)
Katherine Maloney (4)
Amy Marie Martin (5)
Elizabeth McCagg (6)
Linda Miller (7)
Monica Tranel-Michini (s)
Rajanya Shah (c)
6:48.81Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Buffy-Lynne Williams (b)
Laryssa Biesenthal (2)
Alison Korn (3)
Theresa Luke (4)
Heather McDermid (5)
Emma Robinson (6)
Dorota Urbaniak (7)
Kubet Weston (s)
Lesley Thompson-Willie (c)
6:53.19
Women's lightweight events
LW1xFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Pia Vogel
7:33.80Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Lisa Schlenker
7:34.99Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Maria Garisoain
7:35.81
LW2xFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Constanța Burcică (b)
Camelia Macoviciuc (s)
8:12.67Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Christine Smith-Collins (b)
Sarah Garner (s)
8:16.30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Virginia Lee (b)
Sally Newmarch (s)
8:19.88
LW4xFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Molly Brock (b)
Mary Angie Cummins (2)
Sara Den Besten (3)
Sherri Kiklas (s)
7:17.82Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Angelika Brand (b)
Maja Tarmstadt (2)
Anna Kleinz (3)
Christine Morawitz (s)
7:20.19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Nathalie Benzing (b)
Tracy Duncan (2)
Katrina Scott (3)
Renata Troc (s)
7:33.57
LW2−Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Linda Muri (b)
Rachel Anderson (s)
8:31.11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Jane Hall (b)
Milindi Myers (s)
8:31.72Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Nicola Davies(b)
Jill Lancaster (s)
9:00.98

Medal table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 63110
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 37111
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3025
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2013
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2002
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2002
7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1337
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1405
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1102
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1034
11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1001
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1001
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0202
14Flag of France.svg  France 0112
15Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0101
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0101
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0101
18Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0022
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0022
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0022
21Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0011
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0011
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0011
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0011
Total24242472

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References

  1. "1999 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.