# 2015 World Rowing Championships

The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at the Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette-le-Lac in France.

## Description

The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). In non-Olympic years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar; as 2015 was a pre-Olympic year, the championships were also the main qualification event for the following year's Olympics and Paralympics.
For the first time, Rowing New Zealand started in all (14) Olympic boat classes.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

Combined standings :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | United States | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| M1x | Czech Republic Ondřej Synek | 6:54.76 | New Zealand Mahé Drysdale | 6:55.10 | Lithuania Mindaugas Griškonis | 6:57.64 |
| M2x | Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | 6:03.33 | Lithuania Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter | 6:05.31 | New Zealand Robbie Manson Christopher Harris | 6:06.73 |
| M4x | Germany Philipp Wende Karl Schulze Lauritz Schoof Hans Gruhne | 5:53.22 | Australia David Crawshay Karsten Forsterling Cameron Girdlestone David Watts | 5:54.75 | Estonia Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Tõnu Endrekson Kaspar Taimsoo | 5:56.34 |
| M2− | New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond | 6:15.83 | Great Britain James Foad Matt Langridge | 6:22.35 | Serbia Miloš Vasić Nenad Beđik | 6:25.36 |
| M4− | Italy Marco Di Costanzo Matteo Castaldo Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino | 5:46.78 | Australia Will Lockwood Spencer Turrin Josh Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill | 5:48.74 | Great Britain Scott Durant Alan Sinclair Tom Ransley Stewart Innes | 5:49.00 |
| M2+ | Great Britain Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell Matthew Tarrant Henry Fieldman | 6:51.31 | Germany Jakob Schneider Clemens Ernsting Jonas Wiesen | 6:57.36 | Serbia Viktor Pivač Martin Mačković Luka Mladenović | 6:59.53 |
| M8+ | Great Britain Matt Gotrel Constantine Louloudis Pete Reed Paul Bennett Moe Sbihi Alex Gregory George Nash Will Satch Phelan Hill | 5:36.18 | Germany Maximilian Munski Malte Jakschik Maximilian Reinelt Eric Johannesen Anton Braun Felix Drahotta Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer | 5:36.36 | Netherlands Dirk Uittenbogaard Boaz Meylink Kaj Hendriks Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Tone Wieten Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Peter Wiersum | 5:38.09 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | New Zealand Adam Ling | 6:53.80 | Slovenia Rajko Hrvat | 6:54.59 | Serbia Miloš Stanojević | 6:55.88 |
| LM2x | France Stany Delayre Jérémie Azou | 6:13.38 | Great Britain Will Fletcher Richard Chambers | 6:15.15 | Norway Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | 6:15.52 |
| LM4x | France Maxime Demontfaucon Damien Piqueras Pierre Houin Morgan Maunoir | 5:48.50 | Germany Roman Acht Daniel Lawitzke Philipp Grebner Jonathan Rommelmann | 5:48.81 | Denmark Emil Espensen Andrej Bendtsen Mathias Larsen Oscar Petersen | 5:50.41 |
| LM2− | Great Britain Joel Cassells Sam Scrimgeour | 6:29.40 | France Augustin Mouterde Théophile Onfroy | 6:32.02 | Germany Jonas Kilthau Matthias Arnold | 6:34.53 |
| LM4− | Switzerland Lucas Tramèr Simon Schürch Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr | 5:55.31 | Denmark Kasper Winther Jørgensen Jens Vilhelmsen Jacob Barsøe Jacob Larsen | 5:57.58 | France Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau | 5:58.22 |
| LM8+ | Germany Tobias Schad Simon Barr Torben Neumann Florian Roller Tobias Franzmann Stefan Wallat Claas Mertens Can Temel Felix Heinemann | 5:38.92 | France Gaël Chocheyras Alexis Guérinot Clément Duret Thibault Lecomte Clément Fonta Vincent Cavard Clément Roulet-Dubonnet Fabrice Moreau Thibaut Hacot | 5:40.14 | United States Tobin McGee John Devlin Christopher Lambert Peter Schmidt Phillip Henson Alex Twist David Smith Matthew Lenhart Jack Carlson | 5:40.41 |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| W1x | Australia Kim Crow | 7:38.92 | Czech Republic Miroslava Knapková | 7:41.88 | China Duan Jingli | 7:43.21 |
| W2x | New Zealand Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson | 6:45.09 | Greece Aikaterini Nikolaidou Sofia Asoumanaki | 6:46.51 | Germany Julia Lier Mareike Adams | 6:47.19 |
| W4x | United States Amanda Elmore Tracy Eisser Megan Kalmoe Olivia Coffey | 6:27.07 | Germany Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Marie-Cathérine Arnold Lisa Schmidla | 6:28.41 | Netherlands Nicole Beukers Chantal Achterberg Inge Janssen Carline Bouw | 6:29.69 |
| W2− | Great Britain Helen Glover Heather Stanning | 6:52.99 | New Zealand Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | 6:56.75 | United States Felice Mueller Elle Logan | 7:00.55 |
| W4− | United States Kristine O'Brien Grace Latz Adrienne Martelli Grace Luczak | 6:25.22 | Great Britain Rebecca Chin Karen Bennett Lucinda Gooderham Holly Norton | 6:31.52 | China Yin Dameng Cheng Wenjing Yi Liqin Yu Jing | 6:35.56 |
| W8+ | United States Victoria Opitz Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Lauren Schmetterling Emily Regan Kerry Simmonds Tessa Gobbo Heidi Robbins Katelin Snyder | 6:05.65 | New Zealand Kayla Pratt Emma Dyke Ruby Tew Kelsey Bevan Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown Francie Turner | 6:08.52 | Canada Lisa Roman Cristy Nurse Jennifer Martins Ashley Brzozowicz Christine Roper Susanne Grainger Natalie Mastracci Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson | 6:09.05 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | New Zealand Zoe McBride | 7:32.45 | Great Britain Imogen Walsh | 7:33.99 | United States Kathleen Bertko | 7:34.58 |
| LW2x | New Zealand Sophie MacKenzie Julia Edward | 6:53.01 | Great Britain Katherine Copeland Charlotte Taylor | 6:54.22 | South Africa Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann | 6:55.79 |
| LW4x | Germany Katrin Thoma Leonie Pieper Lena Müller Anja Noske | 6:25.10 | Great Britain Brianna Stubbs Ruth Walczak Emily Craig Eleanor Piggott | 6:27.07 | Netherlands Anne Marie Schonk Mirte Kraaijkamp Elisabeth Woerner Marie-Anne Frenken | 6:28.27 |

### Pararowing (adaptive) events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| ASM1x | Australia Erik Horrie | 4:45.55 | Great Britain Tom Aggar | 4:51.09 | Ukraine Igor Bondar | 4:51.70 |
| ASW1x | Israel Moran Samuel | 5:25.92 | Great Britain Rachel Morris | 5:27.02 | Norway Birgit Skarstein | 5:31.94 |
| TAMix2x | Australia Gavin Bellis Kathryn Ross | 4:03.51 | Great Britain Laurence Whiteley Lauren Rowles | 4:04.03 | France Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu | 4:06.08 |
| LTAMix4+ | Great Britain Grace Clough Daniel Brown Pam Relph James Fox Oliver James | 3:19.56 | United States Jaclyn Smith Danielle Hansen Zachary Burns Richard Vandegrift Jennifer Sichel | 3:19.82 | Canada Victoria Nolan Veronique Boucher Curtis Halladay Andrew Todd Kristen Kit | 3:27.38 |

### Event codes

| | Single sculls | Double sculls | Quadruple sculls | Coxless pair | Coxless four | Coxed pair | Coxed four | Eight |
| Men's | M1x | M2x | M4x | M2− | M4− | M2+ | | M8+ |
| Lightweight men's | LM1x | LM2x | LM4x | LM2− | LM4− | | | LM8+ |
| Women's | W1x | W2x | W4x | W2− | W4− | | | W8+ |
| Lightweight women's | LW1x | LW2x | LW4x | | | | | |
| AS men's | ASM1x | | | | | | | |
| AS women's | ASW1x | | | | | | | |
| TA mixed | | TAMix2x | | | | | | |
| LTA mixed | | | | | | | LTAMix4+ | |
    Adaptive rowing classification — AS: arms & shoulders, TA: trunk & arms, LTA: legs, trunk, arms