# 2019 World Rowing Championships

The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese in Italy.
The event determined the majority of qualifiers to the rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
On 21 August, three days before the championships, pararower Dzmitry Ryshkevich from Belarus died after he capsized during a training session. He was expected to participate in the PR1M1x at his third consecutive championships.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Austria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Australia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 86 |
Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Openweight events |||||||
| M1x details | Oliver Zeidler Germany | 6:44.55 | Sverri Sandberg Nielsen Denmark | 6:44.58 | Kjetil Borch Norway | 6:44.84 |
| M2x details | China Liu Zhiyu Zhang Liang | 6:05.68 | Ireland Philip Doyle Ronan Byrne | 6:06.25 | Poland Mirosław Ziętarski Mateusz Biskup | 6:07.87 |
| M4x details | Netherlands Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Koen Metsemakers | 5:51.75 | Poland Dominik Czaja Wiktor Chabel Szymon Pośnik Fabian Barański | 5:55.59 | Italy Filippo Mondelli Andrea Panizza Luca Rambaldi Giacomo Gentili | 5:56.11 |
| M2− details | Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | 6:42.28 | New Zealand Thomas Murray Michael Brake | 6:45.47 | Australia Sam Hardy Joshua Hicks | 6:51.81 |
| M4− details | Poland Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Marcin Brzeziński Michał Szpakowski | 6:09.86 | Romania Mihăiță Țigănescu Mugurel Semciuc Ștefan Berariu Cosmin Pascari | 6:11.41 | Great Britain Matthew Rossiter Oliver Cook Rory Gibbs Sholto Carnegie | 6:11.71 |
| M8+ details | Germany Johannes Weißenfeld Laurits Follert Christopher Reinhardt Torben Johannesen Jakob Schneider Malte Jakschik Richard Schmidt Hannes Ocik Martin Sauer | 5:19.41 | Netherlands Bjorn van den Ende Ruben Knab Jasper Tissen Simon van Dorp Maarten Hurkmans Bram Schwarz Mechiel Versluis Robert Lücken Aranka Kops | 5:19.96 | Great Britain Thomas George James Rudkin Josh Bugajski Moe Sbihi Jacob Dawson Oliver Wynne-Griffith Matthew Tarrant Thomas Ford Henry Fieldman | 5:22.35 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x details | Martino Goretti Italy | 6:59.48 | Péter Galambos Hungary | 7:02.37 | Sean Murphy Australia | 7:04.55 |
| LM2x details | Ireland Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan | 6:37.28 | Italy Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | 6:39.71 | Germany Jonathan Rommelmann Jason Osborne | 6:41.07 |
| LM4x details | China Zhang Zhiyuan Chen Sensen Lü Fanpu Zeng Tao | 5:53.63 | Italy Lorenzo Fontana Alfonso Scalzone Catello Amarante II Gabriel Soares | 5:55.01 | Netherlands Damion Eigenberg David Kampman Ward van Zeijl Bart Lukkes | 5:56.06 |
| LM2− details | Italy Giuseppe Di Mare Raffaele Serio | 6:37.75 | Russia Nikita Bolozin Maksim Telitsyn | 6:42.07 | Brazil Vangelys Pereira Emanuel Borges | 6:45.28 |
| Pararowing events |||||||
| PR1M1x details | Roman Polianskyi Ukraine | 9:12.99 | Aleksey Chuvashev Russia | 9:19.43 | Erik Horrie Australia | 9:23.86 |
| PR2M1x details | Corné de Koning Netherlands | 8:42.78 | Jeremy Hall Canada | 8:47.44 | Daniele Stefanoni Italy | 9:11.55 |
| PR3M2− details | Canada Kyle Fredrickson Andrew Todd | 7:16.42 | Australia William Smith Jed Altschwager | 7:17.83 | France Jérôme Hamelin Laurent Viala | 7:24.00 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Openweight events |||||||
| W1x details | Sanita Pušpure Ireland | 7:17.14 | Emma Twigg New Zealand | 7:20.56 | Kara Kohler United States | 7:22.21 |
| W2x details | New Zealand Brooke Donoghue Olivia Loe | 6:47.17 | Romania Nicoleta Ancuța-Bodnar Simona Radiș | 6:48.55 | Netherlands Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard | 6:49.22 |
| W4x details | China Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong | 6:34.65 | Poland Agnieszka Kobus Marta Wieliczko Maria Springwald Katarzyna Zillmann | 6:36.59 | Netherlands Olivia van Rooijen Inge Janssen Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers | 6:36.62 |
| W2− details | New Zealand Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler | 7:21.35 | Australia Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre | 7:23.62 | Canada Caileigh Filmer Hillary Janssens | 7:26.52 |
| W4− details | Australia Olympia Aldersey Katrina Werry Sarah Hawe Lucy Stephan | 6:43.45 | Netherlands Ellen Hogerwerf Karolien Florijn Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester | 6:45.55 | Denmark Ida Jacobsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Hedvig Rasmussen Christina Johansen | 6:47.84 |
| W8+ details | New Zealand Ella Greenslade Emma Dyke Lucy Spoors Kelsey Bevan Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler Elizabeth Ross Jackie Gowler Caleb Shepherd | 5:56.91 | Australia Leah Saunders Jacinta Edmunds Bronwyn Cox Georgina Rowe Rosemary Popa Annabelle McIntyre Jessica Morrison Molly Goodman James Rook | 5:59.63 | United States Felice Mueller Kristine O'Brien Meghan Musnicki Dana Moffat Olivia Coffey Emily Regan Gia Doonan Erin Reelick Katelin Guregian | 6:01.93 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x details | Marie-Louise Dräger Germany | 7:43.98 | Chiaki Tomita Japan | 7:47.28 | Madeleine Arlett Great Britain | 7:49.82 |
| LW2x details | New Zealand Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle | 7:15.32 | Netherlands Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis | 7:19.51 | Great Britain Emily Craig Imogen Grant | 7:21.38 |
| LW4x details | Italy Giulia Mignemi Greta Martinelli Silvia Crosio Arianna Noseda | 6:34.00 | China Cheng Mengyin Wu Qiang Chen Fang Yuan Xiaoyu | 6:36.31 | Germany Fini Sturm Vera Spanke Leonie Pieper Leonie Pless | 6:37.72 |
| LW2− details | United States Margaret Bertasi Cara Stawicki | 7:32.64 | Italy Sofia Tanghetti Maria Ludovica Costa | 7:34.20 | Germany Janika Kölblin Marie-Christine Gerhardt | 7:37.72 |
| Pararowing events |||||||
| PR1W1x details | Birgit Skarstein Norway | 10:18.83 | Nathalie Benoit France | 10:24.07 | Moran Samuel Israel | 10:30.19 |
| PR2W1x details | Kathryn Ross Australia | 9:37.30 | Annika van der Meer Netherlands | 9:56.84 | Katie O'Brien Ireland | 10:01.64 |
| PR3W2− details | United States Molly Moore Jaclyn Smith | 8:06.51 | Italy Greta Muti Maryam Afgei | 9:20.71 | None awarded | None awarded |

### Mixed pararowing events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| PR2Mix2x details | Great Britain Lauren Rowles Laurence Whiteley | 8:34.95 | Netherlands Annika van der Meer Corne de Koning | 8:37.78 | France Perle Bouge Christophe Lavigne | 9:02.60 |
| PR3Mix2x details | Russia Valentina Zhagot Evgenii Borisov | 7:48.32 | Austria Johanna Beyer David Erkinger | 8:01.12 | United States Joshua Boissoneau Pearl Outlaw | 8:17.51 |
| PR3Mix4+ details | Great Britain Ellen Buttrick Giedrė Rakauskaitė James Fox Oliver Stanhope Erin Wysocki-Jones | 7:09.54 | United States Alexandra Reilly Charley Nordin John Tanguay Danielle Hansen Karen Petrik | 7:21.61 | Italy Cristina Scazzosi Alessandro Brancato Lorenzo Bernard Greta Muti Lorena Fuina | 7:29.34 |

### 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+ | |
    Pararowing classification — PR1: arms & shoulders, PR2: trunk & arms, PR3: legs, trunk, arms