# 2010 World Rowing Championships

The 2010 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 October to 7 November 2010 on Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). Usually held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer, they were held later in the year in the southern hemisphere. In non-Olympic years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.

## Background

The World Rowing Championships were previously held at Lake Karapiro in 1978. Rowing's international body said Lake Karapiro's 2010 World Rowing Championships raised the bar for the rest of the world and more international events would be held there.
The 2010 World Rowing Championships turned out to be one of the most impressive championships ever. Of the 161 races at the championships, Robert Treharne Jones, FISA commentator (GBR). commentated 88 of them, “by far my favourite race was the men’s pair. It was an awesome race and it was all that it was billed to be and more. Although it was a six boat final it was really one on one between New Zealand and Great Britain and to have them so close all the way. The crowd were literally on their feet. The event was great from every point of view. I can’t fault it. The organisers worked very hard to get everything right.”
It was predicted that it would take at least 70,000 people to make back the £16m price tag [but 66,000 attended]. The event lost $2.2m and a report by SPARC (Sport And Recreation New Zealand, rebranded as Sport New Zealand in 2012) found that a lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities of the Karapiro 2010 Board was a factor, alongside others mostly relating to shortcomings in governance, inadequate financial management, and less revenue than expected from ticket sales.
SPARC chief executive Peter Miskimmin said the review was a stark reminder for everyone involved in hosting major events in New Zealand, including the Government agencies which invest in them. “The Karapiro 2010 Board was committed to putting on a world-class event, and they achieved that. Operationally the event was a huge success." Miskimmin said, adding that the findings of the SPARC review would be used to develop additional good practice guidelines for those running future major events.
With the roaring success of the world championships behind them, Rowing New Zealand is eager to make further use of their world-class facility at Lake Karapiro.
To interpret abbreviations in medals tables see Glossary of rowing terms. FISA publishes results online.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | Czech Republic Ondřej Synek | 6:47.49 | New Zealand Mahé Drysdale | 6:49.42 | Great Britain Alan Campbell | 6:49.83 |
| M2x | New Zealand Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan | 6:22.63 | Great Britain Matthew Wells Marcus Bateman | 6:24.21 | France Cédric Berrest Julien Bahain | 6:28.54 |
| M4x | Croatia David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković | 6:15.78 | Italy Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Matteo Stefanini Simone Raineri | 6:17.04 | Australia Karsten Forsterling David Crawshay James McRae Daniel Noonan | 6:18.93 |
| M2+ | Australia Chris Morgan Dominic Grimm David Webster | 7:03.32 | Italy Paolo Perino Pierpaolo Frattini Andrea Lenzi | 7:04.38 | Germany Maximilian Munski Filip Adamski Albert Kowert | 7:06.20 |
| M2- | New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond | 6:30.16 | Great Britain Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge | 6:30.48 | Greece Georgios Tziallas Ioannis Christou | 6:36.00 |
| M4- | France Jean-Baptiste Macquet Germain Chardin Julien Desprès Dorian Mortelette | 6:45.38 | Greece Stergios Papachristos Ioannis Tsilis Nikolaos Goudoulas Apostolos Goudoulas | 6:47.15 | New Zealand Jade Uru Simon Watson Hamish Burson David Eade | 6:48.38 |
| M8+ | Germany Gregor Hauffe Maximilian Reinelt Kristof Wilke Florian Mennigen Richard Schmidt Lukas Müller Toni Seifert Sebastian Schmidt Martin Sauer | 5:33.84 | Great Britain Tom Broadway James Clarke Cameron Nichol James Foad Moe Sbihi Greg Searle Tom Ransley Daniel Ritchie Phelan Hill | 5:34.46 | Australia Will Lockwood Matt Ryan Francis Hegerty Cameron McKenzie-McHarg James Marburg Samuel Loch Nicholas Purnell Josh Dunkley-Smith Tobias Lister | 5:35.96 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Italy Marcello Miani | 7:05.82 | Slovakia Lukáš Babač | 7:08.19 | Hungary Péter Galambos | 7:09.86 |
| LM2x | Great Britain Zac Purchase Mark Hunter | 7:13.47 | Italy Lorenzo Bertini Elia Luini | 7:15.88 | New Zealand Storm Uru Peter Taylor | 7:18.31 |
| LM4x | Germany Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Linus Lichtschlag Lars Hartig | 6:11.44 | France Alexandre Pilat Pierre-Étienne Pollez Stany Delayre Frédéric Dufour | 6:14.02 | Denmark Steffen Jensen Martin Batenburg Christian Nielsen Hans Christian Sørensen | 6:14.94 |
| LM2- | France Fabien Tilliet Jean-Christophe Bette | 7:18.92 | New Zealand Graham Oberlin-Brown James Lassche | 7:21.29 | Canada Matt Jensen Rares Crisan | 7:23.79 |
| LM4- | Great Britain Richard Chambers Paul Mattick Rob Williams Chris Bartley | 6:10.71 | Australia Anthony Edwards Samuel Beltz Blair Tunevitsch Todd Skipworth | 6:10.78 | China Li Lei Yu Chenggang Huang Zhe Li Zhongwei | 6:10.79 |
| LM8+ | Germany Daniel Wisgott Robby Gerhardt Jan Lüke Lars Wichert Jochen Kühner Bastian Seibt Jost Schömann-Finck Martin Kühner Albert Kowert | 5:48.61 | Australia Ross Brown Angus Tyers Blair Tunevitsch Alister Foot Nicholas Baker Darryn Purcell Thomas Bertrand Perry Ward David Webster | 5:50.27 | Italy Luigi Scala Davide Riccardi Luca De Maria Armando Dell'Aquila Matteo Pinca Gennaro Gallo Livio La Padula Bruno Mascarenhas Vincenzo Di Palma | 5:52.24 |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Sweden Frida Svensson | 7:47.61 | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten | 7:47.79 | New Zealand Emma Twigg | 7:49.64 |
| W2x | Great Britain Anna Watkins Katherine Grainger | 7:04.70 | Australia Kerry Hore Kim Crow | 7:10.08 | Poland Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska | 7:14.40 |
| W4x | Great Britain Debbie Flood Beth Rodford Frances Houghton Annabel Vernon | 7:12.78 | Ukraine Kateryna Tarasenko Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yana Dementyeva | 7:14.95 | Germany Britta Oppelt Carina Bär Tina Manker Julia Richter | 7:15.26 |
| W2- | New Zealand Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown | 7:17.12 | Great Britain Helen Glover Heather Stanning | 7:20.24 | United States Susan Francia Erin Cafaro | 7:22.46 |
| W4- | Netherlands Chantal Achterberg Nienke Kingma Carline Bouw Femke Dekker | 7:21.09 | Australia Sarah Heard Sarah Cook Pauline Frasca Kate Hornsey | 7:23.99 | United States Mara Allen Grace Luczak Adrienne Martelli Alison Cox | 7:24.56 |
| W8+ | United States Anna Goodale Amanda Polk Jamie Redman Taylor Ritzel Esther Lofgren Elle Logan Meghan Musnicki Katherine Glessner Mary Whipple | 6:12.42 | Canada Emma Darling Cristy Nurse Janine Hanson Rachelle Viinberg Krista Guloien Ashley Brzozowicz Darcy Marquardt Andréanne Morin Lesley Thompson-Willie | 6:16.12 | Romania Roxana Cogianu Ionela Zaharia Maria Diana Bursuc Ioana Craciun Adelina Cojocariu Nicoleta Albu Camelia Lupașcu Eniko Mironcic Teodora Stoica | 6:18.96 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Germany Marie-Louise Dräger | 7:43.45 | New Zealand Louise Ayling | 7:48.48 | Italy Laura Milani | 7:49.04 |
| LW2x | Canada Lindsay Jennerich Tracy Cameron | 8:06.20 | Germany Daniela Reimer Anja Noske | 8:07.33 | Greece Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou | 8:09.14 |
| LW4x | Germany Lena Müller Daniela Reimer Anja Noske Marie-Louise Dräger | 6:44.94 | United States Victoria Burke Kristin Hedstrom Ursula Grobler Abelyn Broughton | 6:47.99 | China Yan Shimin Wang Xinnan Liu Jing Liu Tingting | 6:49.50 |

### Adaptive events

Non-Paralympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| ASM1x | Great Britain Tom Aggar | 5:19.36 | Ukraine Andrii Kryvchun | 5:32.67 | New Zealand Daniel McBride | 5:33.39 |
| ASW1x | France Nathalie Benoit | 6:43.18 | Brazil Cláudia Santos | 6:47.60 | Portugal Filomena Franco | 7:37.46 |
| TAMx2x | Ukraine Dmytro Ivanov Iryna Kyrychenko | 4:24.71 | France Stephane Tardieu Perle Bouge | 4:28.05 | Australia Grant Bailey Kathryn Ross | 4:28.16 |
| IDMx4+ | Hong Kong Liu Wang Sin Lam King Shan Szeto Tung Chun Tsui Kwok Man Lee Yuen Wah | 4:09.58 | Italy Giorgia Indelicato Elisabetta Tieghi Francesco Borsani Matteo Brunengo Andrea Lenzi | 4:30.37 | Russia Iulia Zhdanova Olga Orlova Boris Maximov Gennady Mikhaylov Irina Kostyukhina | 5:00.28 |
| LTAMx4+ | Canada Anthony Theriault Meghan Montgomery Victoria Nolan David Blair Laura Comeau | 3:36.53 | Great Britain Kelsie Gibson Ryan Chamberlain James Roe Katherine Jones Rhiannon Jones | 3:37.08 | Germany Christiane Quirin Michael Schulz Martin Lossau Anke Molkenthin Katrin Splitt | 3:39.65 |

## Medal table
### Men's and women's events

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Australia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

### Adaptive events

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |