# 2003 World Rowing Championships

The 2003 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2003 on the lake Idroscalo at Milan, Italy. 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 1000 rowers.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M1x | Norway Olaf Tufte | 6:46.15 | Germany Marcel Hacker | 6:47.47 | Slovenia Iztok Čop | 6:48.31 |
| M2x | France Sébastien Vieilledent Adrien Hardy | 6:13.93 | Italy Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori | 6:15.65 | Czech Republic Milan Doleček Ondřej Synek | 6:16.59 |
| M4x | Germany André Willms Stephan Volkert Marco Geisler Robert Sens | 6:12.26 | Czech Republic David Kopřiva Petr Vitásek Jakub Hanák David Jirka | 6:15.59 | Poland Adam Bronikowski Marek Kolbowicz Sławomir Kruszkowski Adam Korol | 6:18.80 |
| M2- | Australia Drew Ginn James Tomkins | 6:19.31 | Croatia Siniša Skelin Nikša Skelin | 6:20.79 | South Africa Ramon di Clemente Donovan Cech | 6:21.69 |
| M4- | Canada Cameron Baerg Thomas Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams | 5:52.91 | Great Britain Steve Williams Josh West Toby Garbett Rick Dunn | 5:53.54 | Germany Sebastian Thormann Paul Dienstbach Philipp Stüer Bernd Heidicker | 5:55.13 |
| M2+ | United States Matt Rich Dan Beery Andrew Kelly | 7:10.11 | Australia Luke Pougnault Jonathan Fievez Marc Douez | 7:13.13 | Canada Kevin Burt Geoff Hodgson Brian Price | 7:20.23 |
| M4+ | United States Brian McDonough Matt Deakin Jason Flickinger Lucas McGee Marcus McElhenney | 6:04.68 | Great Britain James Livingston Richard Egington Kieran West Tom Stallard Peter Rudge | 6:05.82 | Germany Arne Landgraf Matthias Flach Jan-Martin Bröer Klaus Rogge Stefan Lier | 6:08.90 |
| M8+ | Canada Joe Stankevicius Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Kyle Hamilton David Calder Andrew Hoskins Adam Kreek Jeff Powell Brian Price | 6:00.44 | USA Ryan Torgerson Jonathan Watling Michael Wherley Wolfgang Moser Bryan Volpenhein Jeffrey Klepacki Joseph Hansen Jason Read Peter Cipollone | 6:01.46 | Great Britain Alex Partridge Dan Ouseley Jonno Devlin Andrew Triggs Hodge Josh West Ed Coode Robin Bourne-Taylor Tom James Christian Cormack | 6:03.45 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Italy Stefano Basalini | 6:59.65 | Great Britain Tom Kay | 7:02.12 | Germany Peter Ording | 7:05.36 |
| LM2x | Italy Elia Luini Leonardo Pettinari | 6:30.60 | Poland Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz | 6:33.12 | Ireland Sam Lynch Gearoid Towey | 6:35.90 |
| LM4x | Italy Emanuele Federici Daniele Gilardoni Luca Moncada Filippo Mannucci | 6:07.10 | Australia Deon Birtwistle Michael McBryde Shane Broad Samuel Beltz | 6:09.36 | Germany Jörg Lehnigk Matthias Schömann-Finck Nils Ipsen Jens Wittwer | 6:10.88 |
| LM2- | Denmark Bo Helleberg Mads Andersen | 6:35.73 | Germany Frank Mager Christian Gerlach | 6:37.36 | United States Simon Carcagno Michael Mike Altman | 6:41.05 |
| LM4- | Denmark Thor Kristensen Thomas Ebert Stephan Mølvig Eskild Ebbesen | 6:10.46 | Netherlands Gerard van der Linden Ivo Snijders Karel Dormans Joeri de Groot | 6:12.24 | Italy Lorenzo Bertini Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Bruno Mascarenhas | 6:13.04 |
| LM8+ | Germany Bastian Seibt Martin Raeder Joachim Drews Martin Hasse Carsten Borchardt Birger Schmidt Matthias Hobein Christian Dahlke Olaf Kaska | 5:41.43 | United States Tom Paradiso Eric Feins Pat Todd (rower) Andrew Bolton William Fedyna John Wall Angus Maclaurin John Wachter III Joseph Finelli | 5:43.95 | France Vincent Faucheux Fabien Dagada Rémi Le Flohic Damien Margat Alexis Saïtta Franck Bussière Nicolas Planque Jérôme Bandiera Nicolas Majerus | 6:03.45 |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | Bulgaria Rumyana Neykova | 7:18.12 | Germany Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski | 7:21.44 | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch | 7:.23.30 |
| W2x | New Zealand Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell | 6:45.79 | Germany Britta Oppelt Kathrin Boron | 6:47.57 | Russia Larisa Merk Irina Fedotova | 6:49.50 |
| W4x | Australia Jane Robinson Dana Faletic Kerry Hore Amber Bradley | 6:46.52 | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch Yuliya Bichyk Volha Berazniova Mariya Vorona | 6:48.87 | Germany Peggy Waleska Marita Scholz Manuela Lutze Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski | 6:49.34 |
| W2- | Great Britain Katherine Grainger Cath Bishop | 7:04.88 | Belarus Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh | 7:05.89 | Romania Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu | 7:06.16 |
| W4- | United States Liane Malcos Whitney Webber Caryn Davies Wendy Wilbur | 6:53.08 | Netherlands Sarah Siegelaar Laura Posthuma Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger | 6:54.42 | Germany Ulrike Stadlmayr Dana Pyritz Sandra Goldbach Manuela Zander | 6:56.36 |
| W8+ | Germany Elke Hipler Anja Pyritz Maja Tucholke Britta Holthaus Susanne Schmidt Nicole Zimmermann Silke Günther Lenka Wech Annina Ruppel | 6:41.23 | Romania Georgeta Craciun Aurica Barascu-Chirita Liliana Gafencu Viorica Susanu Magdalena Irincu Elisabeta Lipă-Pleniuc Georgeta Damian-Andrunache Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu-Nedelc | 6:44.63 | Canada Jacqui Cook Karen Clark Rachel Dunnet Andréanne Morin Darcy Marquardt Pauline Van Roessel Roslyn McLeod Buffy-Lynne Williams-Alexander Sarah Pape | 6:45.53 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Canada Fiona Milne | 7:52.87 | Croatia Mirna Rajle Brođanac | 7:54.49 | Germany Janet Radünzel | 7:56.53 |
| LW2x | Germany Marie-Louise Dräger Claudia Blasberg | 7:14.55 | Australia Sally Causby Amber Halliday | 7:17.28 | Romania Constanța Burcică Camelia Mihalcea | 7:18.24 |
| LW4x | China Li Quan Deng Yanping Tan Meiyun Zhou Weijuan | 6:36.43 | Netherlands Mariel Pikkemaat Danielle Broekhuizen Anne van Drumpt Judith van Os | 6:40.95 | Australia Bronwen Watson Sally Newmarch Marguerite Houston Miranda Bennett | 6:42.02 |
| LW2- | Romania Alina Scurtu Mihaela Niga | 7:30.26 | Great Britain Julia Warren Michelle Dollimore | 7:32.53 | Greece Elpida Grigoriadou Angeliki Gkremou | 7:34.50 |

### Para

Pararowing (or adaptive rowing) was for the second time included in rowing world championships in 2003.
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| TAMix2x TA mixed double scull | United States Scott Brown Angela Madsen | 4:21.72 | Italy Agnese Moro Enio Billiato | 6:43.29 | only two boats competed | only two boats competed |
| LTAM4x+ LTA men's coxed four | Great Britain Paul Askam-Spencer Alan Crowther Mathew Harrison Hugh Huddy Loretta Williams (cox) | 3:16.38 | Germany Silke Tampe Philipp Torwesten Bernd Fromm Marcus Klemp Arne Maury (cox) | 3:40.95 | Greece Antonis Axagororaris Lampros Giouroukis Konstantinos Monachos Athanasios Kitromilidis George-Christos Polakis (cox) | 3:46.30 |
| LTAMix4x+ LTA mixed coxed four | Australia Jennifer Emerson Julia Veness-Collins Gene Barrett Ben Felten Susie Edwards (cox) | 3:46.81 | Netherlands Catharina Bijl Marianna Huijben Paul de Jong Martin Lauriks Helen op den Velde-Berger (cox) | 3:53.84 | Portugal Bruno Indio José Pereira Sonia Costa Monica Campizes Ferreira Isabel Jesus (cox) | 3:57.23 |
| ASM1x AS men's singles | Australia Peter Taylor | (?) | Great Britain Rob Holliday | (?) | United States Dale Doornek | (?) |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Australia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Croatia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |