# 1997 World Rowing Championships

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. 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 | 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+ | 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 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 | 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

| 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 Maziy Dina Miftakhutdinova Olena Morozova-Ronzhina | 6:20.16 |
| W2- | Canada Alison Korn Emma Robinson | 7:08.09 | Romania Veronica Cochela 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 Cochela 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 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| 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 |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |