# 1998 World Rowing Championships

The 1998 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 9 to 18 September 1998 in Cologne, Germany. The World Rowing Championships are organized by FISA, back then International Rowing Federation (since renamed to the World Rowing Federation).

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | New Zealand Rob Waddell | 6:39.65 | Switzerland Xeno Müller | 6:41.55 | Czech Republic Václav Chalupa | 6:43.89 |
| M2x | Germany Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert | 6:13.20 | Norway Steffen Størseth Kjetil Undset | 6:14.49 | Poland Marek Kolbowicz Adam Korol | 6:15.50 |
| M4x | Italy Agostino Abbagnale Alessandro Corona Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori | 5:51.19 | Germany Marco Geisler Marcel Hacker Sebastian Mayer Stefan Roehnert | 5:56.13 | Austria Raphael Hartl Norbert Lambing Andreas Nader Horst Nußbaumer | 5:57.91 |
| M2+ | Australia Nick Green James Tomkins Brett Hayman (c) | 6:45.01 | Italy Gioacchino Cascone Rosario Gioia Gianluca Barattolo (c) | 6:47.71 | United States Nicholas Anderson Kurt Borcherding Phil Henry (c) | 6:50.06 |
| M2- | Germany Detlef Kirchhoff Robert Sens | 6:22.32 | Australia Drew Ginn Mike McKay | 6:24.23 | Yugoslavia Nikola Stojić Đorđe Višacki | 6:25.52 |
| M4+ | Australia Drew Ginn Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins Brett Hayman (c) | 6:09.43 | Croatia Denis Boban Igor Boraska Tihomir Franković Siniša Skelin Ratko Cvitanić (c) | 6:12.97 | Italy Marco Bizzozero Dario Lari Giuseppe Musemeci Pasquale Panzarino Daniele Sorice (c) | 6:13.59 |
| M4- | Great Britain James Cracknell Tim Foster Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave | 5:48.06 | France Gilles Bosquet Daniel Fauché François Meurillon Anthony Perrot | 5:49.44 | Italy Lorenzo Carboncini Riccardo Dei Rossi Valter Molea Carlo Mornati | 5:49.46 |
| M8+ | United States Chris Ahrens Porter Collins Robert Kaehler Jeffrey Klepacki Garrett Miller Bryan Volpenhein Tom Welsh Michael Wherley Peter Cipollone (c) | 5:38.78 | Germany Jörg Dießner Stefan Forster Stefan Heinze Kai Horl Thomas Jung Ike Landvoigt Enrico Schnabel Marc Weber Peter Thiede (c) | 5:39.48 | Romania Dorin Alupei Andrei Bănică Cornel Nemțoc Gheorghe Pîrvan Nicolae Țaga Viorel Talapan Valentin Robu Florian Tudor Dumitru Răducanu (c) | 5:40.27 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Italy Stefano Basalini | 6:48.90 | Czech Republic Michal Vabroušek | 6:50.98 | Denmark Karsten Nielsen | 6:51.52 |
| LM2x | Poland Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz | 6:19.11 | Italy Michelangelo Crispi Leonardo Pettinari | 6:21.02 | Switzerland Markus Gier Michael Gier | 6:22.35 |
| LM4x | Italy Lorenzo Bertini Elia Luini Paolo Pittino Franco Sancassani | 5:57.68 | Germany Markus Baumann Alexander Lutz Franz Mayer Christian Von Gyldenfeldt | 5:58.59 | United States Conal Groom Sean Groom Ransom Weaver Coop Wessels | 6:02.74 |
| LM2- | France Jean-Christophe Bette Vincent Montabonel | 6:40.53 | Italy Catello Amarante Carlo Gaddi | 6:41.75 | Chile Miguel Cerda Christián Yantani | 6:44.00 |
| LM4- | Denmark Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Victor Feddersen Thomas Poulsen | 6:01.53 | France Xavier Dorfman Yves Hocdé Frederic Pinon Laurent Porchier | 6:02.37 | Australia Darren Balmforth Simon Burgess Anthony Edwards Robert Richards | 6:04.43 |
| LM8+ | Germany Matthias Edeler Oliver Ibielski Andreas Laib Stefan Locher Daniel Rosenberger Bernhard Stomporowski Manuel Strauch Vladimir Vukelic Olaf Kaska (c) | 5:36.28 | United States Michael Altmann William Carlucci John Cashman Eric Gillett Sean Kammann William Plifka Martin Schwartz Andrea Trento Sean Mulligan (c) | 5:36.56 | Italy Antonello Aliberti Carlo Artico Filippo Dodero Daniele Gilardoni Andrea Lupini Giuseppe Manzo Salvatore Messina Massimo Guglielmi Antonio Cirillo (c) | 5:37.06 |

### Women's events

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | Russia Irina Fedotova | 7:25.09 | Germany Katrin Rutschow | 7:26.67 | Sweden Maria Brandin | 7:30.99 |
| W2x | Great Britain Miriam Batten Gillian Lindsay | 6:48.85 | Netherlands Pieta van Dishoeck Eeke van Nes | 6:49.75 | Romania Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu | 6:50.49 |
| W4x | Germany Kathrin Boron Manuela Lutze Jana Thieme Christiane Will | 6:24.38 | Russia Oksana Dorodnova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk Inna Moiseeva | 6:26.66 | Australia Marina Hatzakis Sally Newmarch Jane Robinson Bronwyn Roye | 6:32.11 |
| W2- | Canada Alison Korn Emma Robinson | 7:05.19 | Great Britain Catherine Bishop Dot Blackie | 7:08.12 | United States Amy Martin Linda Miller | 7:08.76 |
| W4- | Ukraine Yevheniya Andrieieva Tatyana Fesenko Nina Proskura Tetyana Savchenko | 6:30.63 | Canada Buffy-Lynne Williams Laryssa Biesenthal Marnie McBean Kubet Weston | 6:31.90 | Netherlands Tessa Zwolle-Appeldoorn Nelleke Penninx Carin ter Beek Christine Vink | 6:32.73 |
| W8+ | Romania Angela Cazac Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian Maria Magdalena Dumitrache Liliana Gafencu Doina Ignat Ioana Olteanu Viorica Susanu Elena Georgescu (c) | 6:14.62 | United States Jennifer Dore-Terhaar Torrey Folk Amy Fuller Sarah Jones Katie Maloney Lianne Nelson-Bennion Sally Scovel Wendy Wilbur Rajanya Shah (c) | 6:15.81 | Canada Buffy-Lynne Williams Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Marnie McBean Emma Robinson Dorota Urbaniak Kubet Weston Lesley Thompson-Willie (c) | 6:18.25 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Switzerland Pia Vogel | 7:41.01 | France Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy | 7:42.01 | Argentina María Garisoain | 7:44.40 |
| LW2x | United States Christine Collins Sarah Garner | 7:03.73 | Germany Claudia Blasberg Karin Stephan | 7:06.53 | Romania Angela Alupei-Tamas Camelia Macoviviuc | 7:09.45 |
| LW4x | Germany Nicole Faust Anna Kleinz Christine Morawitz Valerie Viehoff | 6:40.99 | United States Cassandra Cunningham Sara Den Besten Terry Paige Lisa Schlenker | 6:42.97 | Greece Chrysi Biskitzi Angeliki Gremou Evangelia Kokkinou Irini Zora | 6:43.27 |
| LW2- | Great Britain Juliet Machan Jo Nitsch | 7:29.42 | Argentina Patricia Conte Ana Urbano | 7:32.51 | United States Michelle Borkhuis Linda Muri | 7:37.50 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | United States | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |