# 1990 World Rowing Championships

The 1990 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 October to 4 November 1990 at Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia.

## German teams

A month prior to the World Championships, Germany completed the political process of reunification of the eastern and western parts of the country. This was done at great speed, and organisational changes at the sports level took longer, with the German rowing federations due to merge by the end of 1990. FISA confirmed to the East German rowing federation that their rowers could participate as an separate team to West Germany, but without the designation of East Germany (GDR). There were no problems with medal ceremonies, as national anthems were not played nor national flags raised based on a decision made in 1955.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M1x | Soviet Union Jüri Jaanson | 7:22.15 | Czechoslovakia Václav Chalupa | 7:26.98 | New Zealand Eric Verdonk | 7:31.70 |
| M2x | Austria Arnold Jonke (b) Christoph Zerbst (s) | 6:56.37 | East Germany Thomas Lange (b) Stefan Ullrich (s) | 6:57.08 | Australia Peter Antonie (b) Paul Reedy (s) | 7:04.49 |
| M4x | Soviet Union Valeriy Dosenko (b) Sergey Kinyakin (2) Mykola Chupryna (3) Ģirts Vilks (s) | 5:40.44 | Switzerland Ueli Bodenmann (b) Marc-Sven Nater (2) Alexander Rückstuhl (3) Beat Schwerzmann (s) | 5:41.81 | Italy Alessandro Corona (b) Gianluca Farina (2) Massimo Paradiso (3) Filippo Soffici (s) | 5:42.18 |
| M2+ | Italy Carmine Abbagnale (b) Giuseppe Abbagnale (s) Giuseppe Di Capua (c) | 6:48.30 | Spain José Ignacio Bugarín (b) Ibon Urbieta (s) Gabriel de Marco (c) | 6:50.52 | Yugoslavia Milan Janša (b) Robert Krašovec (s) Robert Eržen (c) | 6:51.84 |
| M2- | East Germany Thomas Jung (b) Uwe Kellner (s) | 7:07.91 | Soviet Union Nikolay Pimenov (b) Yuriy Pimenov (s) | 7:10.20 | Great Britain Matthew Pinsent (b) Steve Redgrave (s) | 7:12.38 |
| M4+ | East Germany Bernd Eichwurzel (b) Mario Gruessel (2) Detlef Kirchhoff (3) Stefan Schulz (s) Hendrik Reiher (c) | 6:46.73 | West Germany Wolfgang Klapheck (b) Stefan Scholz (2) Ansgar Wessling (3) Volker Zimmermann (s) Thomas Alt (c) | 6:48.03 | Soviet Union Igor Bortnitski (b) Sigitas Kučinskas (2) Jonas Narmontas (3) Vladimir Romanishin (s) Petr Petrinitch (c) | 6:49.40 |
| M4- | Australia Nick Green (b) Mike McKay (2) Samuel Patten (3) James Tomkins (s) | 5:52.20 | Netherlands Niels van der Zwan (b) Jaap Krijtenburg (2) Bart Peters (3) Sven Schwarz (s) | 5:53.41 | East Germany Ralf Brudel (b) Olaf Förster (2) Thomas Greiner (3) Jens Luedecke (s) | 5:54.71 |
| M8+ | West Germany Roland Baar (b) Dirk Balster (2) Frank Dietrich (3) Christoph Korte (4) Frank Richter (5) Martin Steffes-Mies (6) Matthias Ungemach (7) Armin Weyrauch (s) Manfred Klein (c) | 5:26.62 | Canada Darren Barber (b) Andy Crosby (2) Robert Bob Marland (3) Derek Porter (4) Michael Mike Rascher (5) Bruce Robertson (6) Brian Saunderson (7) John Wallace (s) Terrence Paul (c) | 5:27.57 | East Germany Thomas Baensch (b) Andre Hache (2) Frank Pawlowski (3) Michael Peter (4) Roland Schröder (5) Hans Sennewald (6) Thomas Woddow (7) Lutz Thiede (s) Peter Thiede (c) | 5:29.88 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Netherlands Frans Göbel | 7:21.24 | Belgium Wim Van Belleghem | 7:22.49 | Norway Per Sætersdal | 7:28.80 |
| LM2x | United States Robert Dreher (b) Stephen Peterson (s) | 7:46.15 | West Germany Karsten Krueger (b) Peter Müller (s) | 7:46.38 | Austria Walter Rantasa (b) Christoph Schmölzer (s) | 7:46.88 |
| LM4x | Italy Francesco Esposito (b) Massimo Lana (2) Paolo Pittino (3) Massimo Guglielmi (s) | 5:46.38 | France Bruno Boucher (b) Bruno Lebeda (2) Laurent Porchier (3) Thierry Renault (s) | 5:48.58 | Australia Simon Burgess (b) Bruce Hick (2) Gary Lynagh (3) Stephen Hawkins (s) | 5:48.72 |
| LM4- | West Germany Klaus Altena (b) Michael Buchheit (2) Stephan Fahrig (3) Bernhard Stomporowski (s) | 7:03.68 | France Stéphane Guerinot (b) Laurent Irazusta (2) Benoit Masson (3) Jose Oyarzabal (s) | 7:05.57 | Netherlands Frank Gerritse (b) Pim Laken (2) Mark Emke (3) Han de Regt (s) | 7:05.84 |
| LM8+ | Italy Enrico Barbaranelli (b) Franco Falossi (2) Carlo Gaddi (3) Fabrizio Ranieri (4) Fabrizio Ravasi (5) Andrea Re (6) Roberto Romanini (7) Alfredo Striani (s) Giuseppe Lamberti (c) | 5:35.03 | Denmark Svend Blitskov (b) Peter Madsen (2) Flemming Meyer (3) Vagn Nielsen (4) Henning Bay Nielsen (5) Lars Rasmussen (6) Hans Christian Sørensen (7) Bo Vestergaard (s) Stephen Masters (c) | 5:36.98 | Great Britain Christopher Bates (b) Marysh Chmiel (2) Peter Haining (3) Toby Hessian (4) Tom Kay (5) Carl Smith (6) Neil Staite (7) Stephen Wright (s) John Deakin (c) | 5:37.75 |

### Women's events

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | East Germany Birgit Peter | 7:24.10 | Canada Silken Laumann | 7:27.08 | West Germany Titie Jordache | 7:30.03 |
| W2x | East Germany Kathrin Boron (b) Beate Schramm | 8:18.63 | Soviet Union Inna Frolova (b) Tetiana Ustiuzhanina (s) | 8:23.46 | United States Kristine Karlson (b) Alison Townley (s) | 8:29.35 |
| W4x | East Germany Kerstin Köppen (b) Claudia Krüger (2) Sybille Schmidt (3) Jana Sorgers (s) | 6:14.08 | Soviet Union Yelena Khloptseva (b) Svitlana Maziy (2) Mariya Omelianovych (3) Sariya Zakyrova (s) | 6:20.25 | Czechoslovakia Hana Kafková (b) Iva Mikolova (2) Martina Šefčíková (3) Irena Soukupová (s) | 6:22.33 |
| W2- | West Germany Stefani Werremeier (b) Ingeburg Althoff (s) | 8:28.37 | United States Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson (b) Anna Seaton (s) | 8:41.62 | East Germany Ina Justh (b) Birte Siech (s) | 8:44.59 |
| W4- | Romania Doina Șnep (b) Iulia Bobeică (2) Marioara Curela (3) Doina Robu (s) | 7:51.68 | West Germany Sylvia Dördelmann (b) Meike Holländer (2) Gabriele Mehl (3) Cerstin Petersmann (s) | 7:52.45 | East Germany Jeannette Barth (b) Antje Frank (2) Kathrin Haacker (3) Judith Zeidler (s) | 7:56.54 |
| W8+ | Romania Doina Șnep (b) Iulia Bobeică (2) Constanța Burcică (3) Veronica Cochela (4) Marioara Curela (5) Anisoara Oprea (6) Marioara Popescu (7) Doina Ciucanu-Robu (s) Elena Nedelcu (c) | 5:59.26 | United States Shelagh Donohoe (b) Cynthia Eckert (2) Sarah Gengler (3) Kelley Jones (4) Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson (5) Tracy Rude (6) Anna Seaton (7) Kathryn Young (s) Yasmin Farooq (c) | 6:01.67 | East Germany Ramona Franz (b) Christiane Harzendorf (2) Anette Hohn (3) Micaela Schmidt (4) Ute Wagner (5) Annegret Strauch (6) Ute Noetzel-Wild (7) Heike Winkler (s) Yvonne Illing (c) | 6:03.18 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Denmark Mette Bloch Jensen | 8:12.64 | Netherlands Laurien Vermulst | 8:14.58 | Belgium Rita Defauw | 8:21.20 |
| LW2x | Denmark Ulla Jensen (b) Regitze Siggaard (s) | 6:57.96 | United States Holly Brunkov (b) Lindsay Burns (s) | 7:03.24 | Canada Brenda Colby (b) Wendy Wiebe (s) | 7:03.30 |
| LW4- | Canada Rachel Starr (b) Jill Blois (2) Diana Sinnige (3) Colleen Miller (s) | 6:38.40 | Australia Amanda Cross (b) Pam Westendorf (2) Sally Ninham (3) Rebecca Joyce (s) | 6:40.32 | China Liang Sanmei (b) Lin Zhi-ai (2) Zeng Meilan (3) Zhang Huajie (s) | 6:42.30 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |