# 2001 World Rowing Championships

The 2001 World Rowing Championships were held from 19 to 26 August 2001 at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland.

## Medal summary
### Men

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | Norway Olaf Tufte | 6:43.04 | Slovenia Iztok Čop | 6:43.36 | Czech Republic Václav Chalupa | 6:43.62 |
| M2x | Hungary Ákos Haller (b) Tibor Pető (s) | 6:14.16 | France Adrien Hardy (b) Sébastien Vieilledent (s) | 6:14.29 | Italy Rossano Galtarossa (b) Alessio Sartori (s) | 6:14.43 |
| M4x | Germany Christian Schreiber (b) André Willms (2) Marco Geisler (3) Andreas Hajek (s) | 5:40.89 | Netherlands Geert Cirkel (b) Dirk Lippits (2) Diederik Simon (3) Michiel Bartman (s) | 5:42.64 | Italy Nicola Sartori (b) Mattia Righetti (2) Franco Berra (3) Simone Raineri (s) | 5:42.87 |
| M2+ | Great Britain James Cracknell (b) Matthew Pinsent (s) Neil Chugani (c) | 6:49.33 | Italy Mattia Trombetta (b) Lorenzo Carboncini (s) Andrea Monizza (c) | 6:49.75 | Romania Cornel Nemțoc (b) Ioan Florariu (s) Marin Gheorghe (c) | 6:54.45 |
| M2- | Great Britain James Cracknell (b) Matthew Pinsent (s) | 6:27.57 | Yugoslavia Đorđe Višacki (b) Nikola Stojić (s) | 6:27.59 | South Africa Ramon di Clemente (b) Donovan Cech (s) | 6:29.31 |
| M4+ | France Gilles Bosquet (b) Vincent Gazan (2) Vincent Millot (3) Sidney Chouraqui (s) Christophe Lattaignant (c) | 6:08.25 | Italy Luca Agamennoni (b) Edoardo Verzotti (2) Massimo Cascone (3) Luca Ghezzi (s) Gianluca Barattolo (c) | 6:09.71 | Great Britain Chris Martin (b) Henry Adams (2) Alex Partridge (3) Dan Ouseley (s) Peter Rudge (c) | 6:11.62 |
| M4- | Great Britain Toby Garbett (b) Steve Williams (2) Ed Coode (3) Rick Dunn (s) | 5:48.98 | Germany Sebastian Thormann (b) Paul Dienstbach (2) Philipp Stüer (3) Bernd Heidicker (s) | 5:50.56 | Slovenia Jani Klemenčič (b) Milan Janša (2) Rok Kolander (3) Matej Prelog (s) | 5:52.23 |
| M8+ | Romania Daniel Măstăcan (b) Florin Corbeanu (2) Cornel Nemțoc (3) Ioan Florariu (4) Ovidiu Cornea (5) Andrei Bănică (6) Gheorghe Pîrvan (7) Vasile Măstăcan (s) Marin Gheorghe (c) | 5:27.48 | Croatia Oliver Martinov (b) Damir Vučičić (2) Tomislav Smoljanović (3) Nikša Skelin (4) Siniša Skelin (5) Krešimir Čuljak (6) Igor Boraska (7) Branimir Vujević (s) Silvijo Petriško (c) | 5:28.47 | Germany Sebastian Schulte (b) Thorsten Engelmann (2) Johannes Dobershütz (3) Stephan Koltzk (4) Jörg Dießner (5) Enrico Schnabel (6) Ulf Siems (7) Michael Ruhe (s) Peter Thiede (c) | 5:29.41 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Ireland Sam Lynch | 6:49.38 | Italy Stefano Basalini | 6:51.71 | Czech Republic Michal Vabroušek | 6:53.02 |
| LM2x | Italy Elia Luini (b) Leonardo Pettinari (s) | 6:16.75 | Poland Tomasz Kucharski (b) Robert Sycz (s) | 6:19.45 | France Fabrice Moreau (b) Thibaud Chapelle (s) | 6:20.30 |
| LM4x | Italy Daniele Gilardoni (b) Luca Moncada (2) Mauro Baccelli (3) Filippo Mannucci (s) | 5:50.76 | Greece Nikolaos Skiathitis (b) Ioannis Korkouritis (2) Vasileios Polymeros (3) Panagiotis Miliotis (s) | 5:52.87 | Japan Akio Yano (b) Hitoshi Hase (2) Atsushi Obata (3) Kazuaki Mimoto (s) | 5:54.19 |
| LM2- | Ireland Gearoid Towey (b) Tony O'Connor (s) | 6:34.72 | Netherlands Simon Kolkman (b) Robert van der Vooren (s) | 6:36.40 | Italy Massimo Guglielmi (b) Giuseppe Del Gaudio (s) | 6:36.99 |
| LM4- | Austria Sebastian Sageder (b) Bernd Wakolbinger (2) Wolfgang Sigl (3) Martin Kobau (s) | 5:53.55 | Denmark Thomas Ebert (b) Thor Kristensen (2) Søren Madsen (3) Eskild Ebbesen (s) | 5:54.36 | France Laurent Porchier (b) Jean-Christophe Bette (2) Yves Hocdé (3) Xavier Dorfman (s) | 5:55.55 |
| LM8+ | France Jean-Baptiste Dupy (b) Erwan Péron (2) Laurent Porchier (3) Franck Bussière (4) Pascal Touron (5) Jean-Christophe Bette (6) Yves Hocdé (7) Xavier Dorfman (s) Christophe Lattaignant (c) | 5:37.21 | Denmark Morten Riis (b) Stephan Mølvig (2) Thomas Croft Buck (3) Kenneth Bülow (4) Rasmus Hjortshøj (5) Svend Pedersen (6) Jesper Krogh (7) Morten Hansen (s) Sebastian Claus (c) | 5:37.99 | United States Erik Miller (b) Eric Feins (2) Gavin Blackmore (3) Tom Paradiso (4) John Cashman (5) Ben Cotting-Gagne (6) John Wall (7) Eric Kratochvil (s) Bill McManus (c) | 5:38.80 |

### Women

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Germany Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski | 7:19.25 | Russia Yuliya Levina | 7:23.28 | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch | 7:25.18 |
| W2x | Germany Kathrin Boron (b) Kerstin Kowalski | 6:50.20 | New Zealand Georgina Evers-Swindell (b) Caroline Evers-Swindell (s) | 6:51.73 | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch (b) Volna Berazniova (s) | 6:52.72 |
| W4x | Germany Peggy Waleska (b) Marita Scholz (2) Manuela Lutze (3) Manja Kowalski (s) | 6:12.95 | New Zealand Sonia Waddell (b) Paula Twining (2) Caroline Evers-Swindell (3) Georgina Evers-Swindell (s) | 6:15.35 | United States Sarah Jones (b) Carol Skricki (2) Hilary Gehman (3) Laura Rauchfuss (s) | 6:18.30 |
| W2- | Romania Georgeta Damian (b) Viorica Susanu (s) | 7:01.27 | Belarus Olga Tratsevskaya (b) Yuliya Bichyk (s) | 7:03.51 | Canada Jacqui Cook (b) Karen Clark (s) | 7:05.52 |
| W4- | Australia Jane Robinson (b) Julia Wilson (2) Jo Lutz (3) Victoria Roberts (s) | 6:27.23 | New Zealand Jackie Abraham-Lawrie (b) Kate Robinson (2) Rochelle Saunders (3) Nicky Coles (s) | 6:28.58 | Netherlands Christine Vink (b) Carin ter Beek (2) Anneke Venema (3) Femke Dekker (s) | 6:30.81 |
| W8+ | Australia Jodi Winter (b) Jo Lutz (2) Julia Wilson (3) Jane Robinson (4) Emily Martin (5) Rebecca Sattin (6) Victoria Roberts (7) Kristina Larsen (s) Carly Bilson (c) | 6:03.66 | Romania Elena Pirvan (b) Aurica Bărăscu (2) Natalita Berteanu-Pelin (3) Elena Gavrilescu (4) Mihaela Nastasa (5) Doina Spircu-Craciun (6) Georgeta Damian-Andrunache (7) Viorica Susanu (s) Rodica Anghel (c) | 6:04.96 | Germany Silke Günther (b) Anja Pyritz (2) Dana Pyritz (3) Britta Holthaus (4) Susanne Schmidt (5) Sandra Goldbach (6) Maja Tucholke (7) Lenka Wech (s) Annina Ruppel (c) | 6:05.32 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Ireland Sinéad Jennings | 7:33.20 | Netherlands Mirjam ter Beek | 7:34.43 | Switzerland Pia Vogel | 7:36.26 |
| LW2x | Germany Janet Radünzel (b) Claudia Blasberg (s) | 6:55.55 | Poland Katarzyna Demianiuk (b) Ilona Mokronowska (s) | 6:58.02 | Romania Monica Eremia-Stan (b) Irina Acsinte (s) | 6:58.97 |
| LW4x | Australia Catriona Roach (b) Sally Causby (2) Amber Halliday (3) Josephine Lips (s) | 6:29.68 | United States Marny Jaastad (b) Abigail Cromwell (2) Jennifer Edwards (3) Stacey Borgman (s) | 6:32.64 | Netherlands Mariel Pikkemaat (b) Maud Klinkers (2) Aukje Zuidema (3) Hedi Poot (s) | 6:33.70 |
| LW2- | Great Britain Sarah Birch (b) Jo Nitsch (s) | 7:23.00 | United States Suzanne Walther (b) Michelle Borkhuis (s) | 7:25.37 | Argentina Patricia Conte(b) Ana Urbano (s) | 7:26.02 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |