# 2009 World Rowing Championships

The 2009 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 23 to 30 August 2009 at Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic years it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | New Zealand Mahé Drysdale | 6:33.25 | Great Britain Alan Campbell | 6:34.30 | Czech Republic Ondřej Synek | 6:38.53 |
| M2x | Germany Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger | 6:07.02 | France Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest | 6:07.82 | Estonia Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo | 6:07.86 |
| M4x | Poland Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Adam Korol | 5:38.53 | Australia Nick Hudson Jared Bidwell David Crawshay Daniel Noonan | 5:39.66 | Germany Tim Grohmann Karsten Brodowski Marcel Hacker Tim Bartels | 5:39.85 |
| M2+ | United States Troy Kepper Henrik Rummel Marcus McElhenney | 6:53.58 | Czech Republic Jakub Makovička Václav Chalupa Oldřich Hejdušek | 6:54.58 | Germany Philipp Naruhn Florian Eichner Tim Berent | 6:55.44 |
| M2- | New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond | 6:15.93 | Great Britain Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge | 6:17.45 | Greece Nikolaos Goudoulas Apostolos Goudoulas | 6:23.01 |
| M4- | Great Britain Alex Partridge Richard Egington Alex Gregory Matt Langridge | 5:47.28 | Australia Matt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty | 5:49.20 | Slovenia Tomaž Pirih Rok Rozman Rok Kolander Miha Pirih | 5:51.11 |
| M8+ | Germany Urs Käufer Gregor Hauffe Florian Mennigen Kristof Wilke Richard Schmidt Filip Adamski Toni Seifert Sebastian Schmidt Martin Sauer | 5:24.13 | Canada Steven Van Knotsenburg Gabriel Bergen Robert Gibson Douglas Csima Malcolm Howard Andrew Byrnes James Dunaway Derek O'Farrell Mark Laidlaw | 5:27.15 | Netherlands Meindert Klem Robert Lücken David Kuiper Jozef Klaassen Olivier Siegelaar Mitchel Steenman Olaf van Andel Diederik Simon Peter Wiersum | 5:28.32 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | New Zealand Duncan Grant | 6:50.78 | Greece Vasileios Polymeros | 6:52.33 | Denmark Mads Rasmussen | 6:56.25 |
| LM2x | New Zealand Storm Uru Peter Taylor | 6:10.62 | France Jérémie Azou Frédéric Dufour | 6:12.57 | Italy Marcello Miani Elia Luini | 6:15.08 |
| LM4x | Italy Franco Sancassani Daniele Gilardoni Lorenzo Bertini Stefano Basalini | 5:47.50 | Germany Knud Lange Lars Wichert Felix Övermann Michael Wieler | 5:49.89 | Denmark Hans Christian Sørensen Christian Nielsen Rasmus Quist Hansen Andreas Ramboel | 5:51.67 |
| LM2- | France Fabien Tilliet Jean-Christophe Bette | 6:29.63 | Italy Andrea Caianiello Armando Dell'Aquila | 6:31.40 | Serbia Nenad Babović Miloš Tomić | 6:31.58 |
| LM4- | Germany Matthias Schömann-Finck Jost Schömann-Finck Jochen Kühner Martin Kühner | 5:50.77 | Denmark Christian Pedersen Jens Vilhelmsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen | 5:51.02 | Poland Łukasz Pawłowski Łukasz Siemion Miłosz Bernatajtys Paweł Rańda | 5:52.70 |
| LM8+ | Italy Luigi Scala Davide Riccardi Livio La Padula Martino Goretti Emiliano Ceccatelli Gennaro Gallo Jiri Vlcek Bruno Mascarenhas Andrea Lenzi | 5:33.92 | United States John Dise Kenneth McMahon Ryan Fox Andrew Diebold Anthony Fahden Matthew Muffelman James Sopko Matthew Kochem Kerry Quinn | 5:37.15 | Netherlands Thom Van Den Anker Diederick Van Den Bouwhuijsen Maarten Tromp Jolmer Van Der Sluis Stijn Verwey Rutger Bruil Dion Van Schie Joeri Bruschinski Ryan Der Drijver | 5:39.69 |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten | 7:11.78 | Great Britain Katherine Grainger | 7:13.57 | Czech Republic Miroslava Knapková | 7:16.22 |
| W2x | Poland Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska | 6:47.18 | Great Britain Anna Bebington Annabel Vernon | 6:48.82 | Bulgaria Rumyana Neykova Miglena Markova | 6:50.16 |
| W4x | Ukraine Svitlana Spiriukhova Tetiana Kolesnikova Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yana Dementyeva | 6:18.41 | United States Megan Walsh Stesha Carle Sarah Trowbridge Kathleen Bertko | 6:21.54 | Germany Annekatrin Thiele Peggy Waleska Stephanie Schiller Christiane Huth | 6:24.27 |
| W2- | United States Susan Francia Erin Cafaro | 7:06.28 | Romania Camelia Lupașcu Nicoleta Albu | 7:06.64 | New Zealand Emma Feathery Rebecca Scown | 7:06.94 |
| W4- | Netherlands Chantal Achterberg Nienke Kingma Carline Bouw Femke Dekker | 6:31.34 | United States Amanda Polk Jamie Redman Elle Logan Esther Lofgren | 6:36.01 | Canada Sarah Waterfield Sandra Kisil Jennifer Tuters Emma Darling | 6:36.87 |
| W8+ | United States Erin Cafaro Mara Allen Laura Larsen-Strecker Susan Francia Anna Goodale Lindsay Shoop Caroline Lind Katherine Glessner Katelin Snyder | 6:05.34 | Romania Roxana Cogianu Ionela Zaharia Maria Diana Bursuc Ioana Craciun Adelina Cojocariu Nicoleta Albu Camelia Lupașcu Enikő Mironcic Teodora Stoica | 6:06.94 | Netherlands Nienke Groen Claudia Belderbos Jacobine Veenhoven Sytske de Groot Chantal Achterberg Nienke Kingma Carline Bouw Femke Dekker Anne Schellekens | 6:07.43 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Switzerland Pamela Weisshaupt | 7:36.23 | Italy Laura Milani | 7:37.18 | Denmark Juliane Rasmussen | 7:37.42 |
| LW2x | Greece Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou | 6:51.46 | Poland Magdalena Kemnitz Agnieszka Renc | 6:56.65 | Great Britain Hester Goodsell Sophie Hosking | 6:56.67 |
| LW4x | Germany Lena Müller Helke Nieschlag Laura Tibitanzl Julia Kröger | 6:32.91 | Great Britain Stephanie Cullen Laura Greenhalgh Andrea Dennis Jane Hall | 6:35.42 | United States Hillary Saeger Lindsey Hochman Stefanie Sydlik Abelyn Broughton | 6:36.88 |

### Adaptive events

Non-Paralympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| ASM1x | Great Britain Tom Aggar | 4:51.48 | Ukraine Andrii Kryvchun | 5:07.37 | Australia Benjamin Houlison | 5:12.11 |
| ASW1x | Ukraine Alla Lysenko | 5:25.17 | France Nathalie Benoit | 5:29.95 | Belarus Liudmila Vauchok | 5:34.45 |
| TAMix2x | Ukraine Dmytro Ivanov Iryna Kyrychenko | 4:03.96 | Brazil Elton Santana Josiane Lima | 4:04.80 | Poland Jolanta Pawlak Piotr Majka | 4:05.28 |
| LTAID4+ | Hong Kong Lam King Shan Chu Pui Man Szeto Tung Chun Tsui Kwok Man Chu Ying Chun | 3:55.70 | Italy Giorgia Indelicato Carlo Dal Verme Francesco Borsani Elisabetta Tieghi Mahila Di Battista | 4:31.66 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| LTAMix4+ | Great Britain Vicki Hansford James Roe David Smith Naomi Riches Rhiannon Jones | 3:25.33 | Italy Paola Protopapa Luca Agoletto Andrea Bozzato Graziana Saccocci Alessandro Franzetti | 3:28.44 | Germany Marcus Klemp Martin Lossau Susanne Lackner Anke Molkenthin Arne Maury | 3:28.90 |

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

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

### Adaptive events

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |