# 2018 World Rowing Championships

The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the World Rowing Championships held at the regatta course in Plovdiv, 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 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships, and the 2011 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, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships. In April 2013, a committee of International 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 the 2012 World Rowing Championships and 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 the 2015 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 |
| 7 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (27 entries) | 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 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |

## Medal summary

Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Openweight events |||||||
| M1x details | Kjetil Borch Norway | 6:38.31 | Ondřej Synek Czech Republic | 6:39.90 | Mindaugas Griškonis Lithuania | 6:42.90 |
| M2x details | 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 details | 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− details | 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− details | 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+ details | 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 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x details | Jason Osborne Germany | 6:56.36 | Michael Schmid Switzerland | 6:58.34 | Andrew Campbell United States | 7:00.04 |
| LM2x details | 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 details | 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− details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Openweight events |||||||
| W1x details | Sanita Pušpure Ireland | 7:20.12 | Jeannine Gmelin Switzerland | 7:25.93 | Magdalena Lobnig Austria | 7:29.51 |
| W2x details | 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 details | 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− details | 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− details | 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+ details | 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 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x details | Laura Tarantola France | 7:51.79 | Clara Guerra Italy | 7:51.96 | Imogen Grant Great Britain | 7:52.61 |
| LW2x details | 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 details | 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− details | 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 | not awarded as only 2 boats competed |

### Para
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Para-rowing events |||||||
| PR1M1x details | Erik Horrie Australia | 9:16.90 | Roman Polianskyi Ukraine | 9:17.36 | Alexey Chuvashev Russia | 9:35.33 |
| PR2M1x details | Corne de Koning Netherlands | 8:35.89 | Jeremy Hall Canada | 8:42.46 | Daniele Stefanoni Italy | 8:52.08 |
| PR3M2− details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Para-rowing events |||||||
| PR1W1x details | Norway Birgit Skarstein | 10:13.63 | Israel Moran Samuel | 11:02.06 | United States Hallie Smith | 11:17.56 |
| PR2W1x details | Perle Bouge France | 9:39.73 | Annika van der Meer Netherlands | 9:45.52 | Jolanta Majka Poland | 9:58.52 |
| PR3W2− details | United States Danielle Hansen Jaclyn Smith | 7:39.30 | not awarded as only 1 boat competed | not awarded as only 1 boat competed | not awarded as only 1 boat competed | not awarded as only 1 boat competed |

#### Mixed pararowing events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| PR2Mix2x details | 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 details | 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+ details | 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 four | Eight |
| Men's | M1x | M2x | M4x | M2− | M4− | | M8+ |
| Lightweight men'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-rowing classification — PR1: arms & shoulders, PR2: trunk & arms, PR3: legs, trunk, arms