# 1982 World Rowing Championships

The 1982 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 28 to 29 August 1982 at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | East Germany Rüdiger Reiche | 7:00.67 | Soviet Union Vasil Yakusha | 7:01.15 | United States John Biglow | 7:02.08 |
| M2x | Norway Rolf Thorsen Alf Hansen | 6:23.66 | East Germany Klaus Kröppelien Joachim Dreifke | 6:25.36 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska | 6:28.08 |
| M4x | East Germany Karl-Heinz Bußert Uwe Mund Uwe Heppner Martin Winter | 5:55.50 | West Germany Albert Hedderich Raimund Hörmann Dieter Wiedenmann Michael Dürsch | 5:59.10 | Soviet Union Viktor Rudakovich Vladimir Koldishkin Aleksandr Sdramvomislov Valeriy Kleshnyov | 6:00.90 |
| M2+ | Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (c) | 6:59.63 | East Germany Jürgen Seyfarth Karsten Schmeling Hendrik Reiher (c) | 7:01.55 | Czechoslovakia Milan Doleček Sr Milan Skopek Oldřich Hejdušek (c) | 7:02.07 |
| M2- | Norway Hans Magnus Grepperud Sverre Løken | 6:41.98 | East Germany Carl Ertel Ulf Sauerbrey | 6:44.88 | Netherlands Sjoerd Hoekstra Joost Adema | 6:45.72 |
| M4+ | East Germany Thomas Greiner Hans Sennewald Ulrich Kons Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (c) | 6:19.04 | Czechoslovakia Vojtech Caska Josef Neštický Jan Kabrhel Karel Neffe Jiří Pták (c) | 6:21.69 | United States Andy Sudduth Charles Altekruse John Everett Fred Borchelt Robert Jaugstetter (c) | 6:25.33 |
| M4- | Switzerland Bruno Saile Jürg Weitnauer Hans-Konrad Trümpler Stefan Netzle | 6:10.41 | Soviet Union Vitaliy Eliseyev Aleksandr Kulagin Valeriy Dolinin Aleksey Kamkin | 6:11.82 | Romania Petru Iosub Valer Toma Daniel Voiculescu Constantin Airoaie | 6:12.32 |
| M8+ | New Zealand Les O'Connell Mike Stanley Andrew Stevenson George Keys Roger White-Parsons Chris White Tony Brook Dave Rodger Andy Hay (c) | 5:36.99 | East Germany Jens Doberschütz Hans-Peter Koppe Gert Uebeler Jörg Friedrich Ralf Brudel Harald Jährling Bernd Niesecke Bernd Höing Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c) | 5:39.17 | Soviet Union Žoržs Tikmers Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Viktor Omelyanovich Viktor Diduk Vladimir Krilov Zigmantas Gudauskas Nikolai Solomakhin Juris Bērziņš (c) | 5:39.52 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Austria Raimund Haberl | 7:12.57 | United States Scott Roop | 7:14.26 | Italy Luca Migliaccio | 7:14.58 |
| LM2x | Italy Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca | 06:34.85 | United States Paul Fuchs William Belden | 6:37.28 | Switzerland Kurt Steiner Pius Z'rotz | 06:38.87 |
| LM4- | Italy Marco Romano Daniele Boschin Paolo Martinelli Pasquale Aiese | 6:17.79 | Spain Guillermo Mueller Gascon José María de Marco Pérez Enrique Briones Luis Marina Moreno Perpina | 6:19.68 | Denmark Mikael Espersen Flemming Jensen Lars Porneki Kim Hagsted | 6:20.33 |
| LM8+ | Italy Vittorio Valentinis Mauro Torta Franco Pantano Valentino Tontodonati Renzo Borsini Lanfranco Borsini Claudio Castiglioni Leonardo Salani Giuseppe Di Capua (c) | 5:49.45 | Denmark Michael Djervig Jørn Jørgensen Ivar Mølgaard Arne Højlund Søren Hansson Søren Christensen Jan Christensen Bent Fransson Jan Rasmussen (c) | 5:50.47 | Spain Fernando Climent Angel Sáez Bernardos Francisco Goicoechea García Antonio Elizalde Alberto Molina Castillo Ángel Viana Bravo Javier Puertas Cabezudo Dionisio Redondo González Jose Delgado (c) | 5:51.90 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Soviet Union Irina Fetisova | 3:42.83 | Romania Valeria Răcilă | 3:42.92 | New Zealand Stephanie Foster | 3:44.61 |
| W2x | Soviet Union Yelena Bratischko Antonina Makhina | 3:19.47 | East Germany Kerstin Kirst Martina Schröter | 3:23.05 | Canada Janice Mason Lisa Roy | 3:26.49 |
| W4x+ | Soviet Union Larisa Popova Yelena Khloptseva Olga Kaspina Tatiana Bachkatova Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c) | 3:32.41 | East Germany Jutta Hampe Heidi Westphal Cornelia Linse Jutta Ploch Elke Rost (c) | 3:12.48 | Romania Maria Micșa Maricica Țăran Elisabeta Lipă Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia (c) | 3:16.63 |
| W2- | East Germany Silvia Fröhlich Marita Sandig | 3:32.41 | Poland Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska | 3:34.58 | Canada Elizabeth Craig Tricia Smith | 3:35.93 |
| W4+ | Soviet Union Svetlana Semenova Valentina Semenova Galina Stepanova Larisa Zavarzina Nina Cheremisina (c) | 3:17.16 | United States Kathy Keeler Carol Bower Harriet Metcalf Barbara Kirch Valerie McClain-Ward (c) | 3:19.55 | Romania Rodica Arba Mihaela Armășescu Aurora Darko Elena Horvat Cristina Dinu (c) | 3:19.71 |
| W8+ | Soviet Union Elena Makushkina Ludmila Konopleva Nina Umanets Elena Tereshina Nataliya Yatsenko Marina Studneva Raissa Doligaida Sarmīte Stone Nina Frolova (c) | 2:57.97 | United States Liz Miles Shyril O'Steen Kristine Norelius Jan Harville Jennie Marshall Joline Esparza Jane McDougall Kristen Thorsness Nanette Bernadou (c) | 3:01.50 | East Germany Claudia Noack Ute Steindorf Sabine Portius Carola Hornig Steffi Götzelt Sigrid Anders Iris Rudolph Karin Metze Kirsten Wenzel (c) | 3:02.89 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | East Germany | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Italy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |