# 2005 World Rowing Championships

The 2005 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 29 August to 4 September 2005 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The international rowing season usually ends with the World Championship regatta. Apart from the Olympic Games, this is the most prestigious international rowing event attracting over 1,000 rowers. The 2005 championships were the first championships to be held in Asia.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M1x | New Zealand Mahé Drysdale | 7:16.42 | Norway Olaf Tufte | 7:18.34 | Czech Republic Ondřej Synek | 7:21.12 |
| M2x | Slovenia Luka Špik Iztok Čop | 6:37.61 | Italy Federico Gattinoni Luca Ghezzi | 6:37.96 | Germany Christian Schreiber René Burmeister | 6:46.71 |
| M4x | Poland Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Adam Korol | 5:34.96 | Slovenia Matej Prelog Davor Mizerit Luka Špik Iztok Čop | 5:35.45 | Estonia Jüri Jaanson Leonid Gulov Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä | 5:36.61 |
| M2- | New Zealand Nathan Twaddle George Bridgewater | 6:52.51 | South Africa Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech | 6:55.52 | Italy Luca Agamennoni Dario Lari | 6:57.29 |
| M2+ | Australia Hardy Cubasch Sam Conrad Marc Douez | 7:16.61 | Italy Dario Cerasola Edoardo Verzotti Manuel Belingerio | 7:23.22 | United States Jordan Smith Micah Boyd Chase Phillips | 7:26.22 |
| M4- | Great Britain Steve Williams Pete Reed Alex Partridge Andrew Triggs Hodge | 6:11.59 | Netherlands Geert Cirkel Jan-Willem Gabriëls Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen | 6:13.23 | Canada Robert Weitemeyer Peter Dembicki Andrew Ireland Kristopher McDaniel | 6:16.02 |
| M4+ | France Nicolas Podpovitny Vincent Durupt Alex Johnatan Mathis Lionel Jacquiot Nicolas Majerus | 6:02.42 | United States Troy Keeper Matt Hughes Patrick Sullivan Brett Newlin Marcus McElhenney | 6:03.44 | Germany Toni Seifert Matthias Flach Johannes Doberschütz Falk Müller Martin Sauer | 6:06.01 |
| M8+ | United States Paul Daniels Matt Deakin Steven Coppola Dan Beery Josh Inman Bryan Volpenhein Beau Hoopman Marcus McElhenney Mike Blomquist | 5:22.75 | Italy Lorenzo Carboncini Niccolò Mornati Pierpaolo Frattini Valerio Pinton Mario Palmisano Dario Dentale Raffaello Leonardo Carlo Mornati Gaetano Iannuzzi | 5:24.01 | Germany Jochen Urban Sebastian Schulte Stephan Koltzk Jan-Martin Bröer Jan Tebrügge Ulf Siemes Thorsten Engelmann Andreas Penkner Peter Thiede | 5:25.66 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Greece Vasileios Polymeros | 7:17.79 | Great Britain Zac Purchase | 7:23.10 | France Fabrice Moreau | 7:23.97 |
| LM2x | Hungary Zsolt Hirling Tamás Varga | 6:05.10 | Denmark Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen | 6:05.62 | Poland Paweł Rańda Robert Sycz | 6:07.93 |
| LM2- | Denmark Bo Helleberg Thomas Ebert | 6:22.59 | Chile Miguel Cerda Félipe Leal | 6:23.31 | Italy Salvatore Amitrano Catello Amarante | 6:25.63 |
| LM4x | Italy Gardino Pellolio Daniele Gilardoni Luca Moncada Filippo Mannucci | 5:44.76 | Belgium Justin Gevaert François Libois Wouter van der Fraenen Kristof Dekeyser | 5:46.00 | Canada Jeff Bujas Douglas Vandor Matthew Jensen Morgan Jarvis | 5:47.86 |
| LM4- | France Franck Solforosi Jérémy Pouge Jean-Christophe Bette Fabien Tilliet | 5:47.91 | Ireland Timmy Harnedy Eugene Coakley Richard Archibald Paul Griffin | 5:49.26 | Italy Lorenzo Bertini Salvatore Di Somma Elia Luini Bruno Mascarenhas | 5:49.30 |
| LM8+ | Italy Jiri Vlcek Daniele Danesin Michele Savrie Martino Goretti Luigi Scala Nicola Moriconi Giuseppe Del Gaudio Fabrizio Gabriele Gianluca Barattolo (c) | 5:59.42 | Japan Yusuke Imai Shuya Matsuda Kazuyoshi Okamoto Masayuki Yoshizaki Shimpei Murai Yu Kataoka Takehiro Kubo Tatsuya Mizobe Makoto Nakasaka (c) | 6:09.87 | only two teams competed | only two teams competed |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch | 7:48.35 | Czech Republic Miroslava Knapková | 7:51.69 | United States Michelle Guerette | 7:51.62 |
| W2x | New Zealand Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell | 7:08.03 | Bulgaria Rumyana Neykova Miglena Markova | 7:10.92 | Australia Amber Bradley Sally Kehoe | 7:22.86 |
| W4x | Great Britain Rebecca Romero Sarah Winckless Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger | 6:09.59 | Germany Britta Oppelt Susanne Schmidt Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller | 6:09.93 | Russia Olga Samulenkova Oksana Dorodnova Larisa Merk Irina Fedotova | 6:12.19 |
| W2- | New Zealand Juliette Haigh Nicky Coles | 7:43.83 | Australia Sarah Outhwaite Natalie Bale | 7:47.57 | Russia Vera Potchitaeva Valerya Starodubrovskaya | 7:50.07 |
| W4- | Australia Robyn Selby Smith Emily Martin Pauline Frasca Kate Hornsey | 6:55.56 | Germany Mandy Emmrich Wilma Dressel Kerstin Naumann Christiane Hölzel | 7:03.24 | Belarus Natallia Haurylenka Volha Plashkova Tatsina Narelik Mariya Brel | 7:07.96 |
| W8+ | Australia Sarah Outhwaite Robyn Selby Smith Sonia Mills Kate Hornsey Emily Martin Fleur Chew Pauline Frasca Sarah Heard Elizabeth Patrick | 5:58.10 | Romania Enikő Barabás Georgeta Craciun Camelia Lupașcu Ana Maria Apachitei Elena Serban-Parvan Ioana Papuc Rodica Florea Simona Strimbeschi Rodica Anghel | 5:59.50 | Netherlands Femke Dekker Nienke Dekkers Nienke Hommes Hurnet Dekkers Annamarieke van Rumpt Laura Posthuma Annemiek de Haan Helen Tanger Ester Workel | 5:59.61 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Netherlands Marit van Eupen | 8:07.39 | France Bénédicte Dorfman | 8:10.53 | Spain Teresa Mas De Xaxars Rivero | 8:12.71 |
| LW2x | Germany Daniela Reimer Marie-Louise Dräger | 6:48.47 | United States Renee Hykel Julia Nichols | 6:48.77 | Finland Sanna Stén Minna Nieminen | 6:49.02 |
| LW4x | Canada Tracy Cameron Mara Jones Elizabeth Urbach Melanie Kok | 6:19.87 | Denmark Kirsten Jepsen Maria Pertl Katrin Olsen Juliane Rasmussen | 6:20.69 | Great Britain Tanya Brady Lorna Norris Hester Goodsell Naomi Hoogesteger | 6:22.49 |

### Pararowing

World Rowing Championship races in the Para classes are usually held over the Paralympic distance of 1000 meters. Exceptionally at 2005 World Rowing Championships, the LTA mixed coxed four was raced over the Olympic distance of 2000 meters as a trial.
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| ASM1x | Australia Dominic Monypenny | 6:28.82 | Italy Marco Re Calegari | 6:31.99 | United States Ronald Harvey | 7:08.00 |
| TAMix2x | United States Angela Madsen Scott Brown | 5:03.28 | Italy Enio Billiato Valeria Corazzin | 6:52.59 | France Christophe Somme Marie-Pierre Baskevitch Six | 7:16.30 |
| LTAMix4+ | Great Britain Alastair McKean Naomi Riches Katie-George Dunlevy Alan Crowther Loretta Williams (cox) | 8:12.07 | Portugal Monica Campizes Ferreira José Pereira Bruno Indio Sonia Costa Isabel Jesus (cox) | 8:22.85 | Netherlands Marianna Huijben Joleen Hakker Martin Lauriks Paul de Jong Tonia Harmsen (cox) | 8:23.52 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (28 entries) | Totals (28 entries) | 23 | 23 | 22 | 68 |