# 1999 World Rowing Championships

The 1999 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 29 August 1999 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event: | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | New Zealand Rob Waddell | 6:36.68 | Switzerland Xeno Müller | 6:40.96 | Canada Derek Porter | 6:43.99 |
| M2x | Slovenia Iztok Čop (b) Luka Špik (s) | 6:04.37 | Germany Sebastian Mayer (b) Stefan Roehnert (s) | 6:06.15 | Norway Fredrik Bekken (b) Olaf Tufte (s) | 6:06.20 |
| M4x | Germany Marco Geisler (b) Andreas Hajek (2) Stephan Volkert (3) André Willms (s) | 6:24.37 | Ukraine Oleh Lykov (b) Oleksandr Marchenko (2) Leonid Shaposhnikov (3) Oleksandr Zaskalko (s) | 6:27.39 | Australia Jason Day (b) Duncan Free (2) Peter Hardcastle (3) Stuart Reside (s) | 6:28.20 |
| M2+ | United States James Neil (b) Phil Henry (s) Nicholas Anderson (c) | 6:48.56 | Germany Jörg Dießner (b) Enrico Schnabel (s) Felix Erdmann (c) | 6:48.81 | Argentina Damian Ordás (b) Walter Balunek (s) Patricio Mouche (c) | 6:56.07 |
| M2− | Australia Drew Ginn (b) James Tomkins (s) | 6:19.00 | France Michel Andrieux (b) Jean-Christophe Rolland (s) | 6:22.21 | Croatia Oliver Martinov (b) Ninoslav Saraga (s) | 6:24.86 |
| M4+ | United States Tom Murray (b) Daniel Protz (2) Garrett Klugh (3) Jake Wetzel (s) Sean Mulligan (c) | 6:38.31 | Great Britain Rick Dunn (b) Jonny Searle (2) Jonny Singfield (3) Graham Smith (s) Alistair Potts (c) | 6:40.18 | Romania Ovidiu Cornea (b) Vasile Măstăcan (2) Valentin Robu (3) Nicolae Țaga (s) Dumitru Răducanu (c) | 6:41.89 |
| M4− | Great Britain James Cracknell (b) Steve Redgrave (2) Ed Coode (3) Matthew Pinsent (s) | 5:48.57 | Australia Ben Dodwell (b) Bo Hanson (2) Geoff Stewart (3) James Stewart (s) | 5:50.11 | Italy Lorenzo Carboncini (b) Riccardo Dei Rossi (2) Valter Molea (3) Carlo Mornati (s) | 5:51.41 |
| M8+ | United States Bryan Volpenhein (b) Robert Kaehler (2) Porter Collins (3) Tom Welsh (4) Michael Wherley (5) Jeffrey Klepacki (6) Garrett Miller (7) Chris Ahrens (s) Peter Cipollone (c) | 6:01.58 | Great Britain Bob Thatcher (b) Ben Hunt-Davis (2) Fred Scarlett (3) Louis Attrill (4) Luka Grubor (5) Kieran West (6) Tim Foster (7) Steve Trapmore (s) Rowley Douglas (c) | 6:03.27 | Russia Sergey Matveyev (b) Aleksandr Litvinchev (2) Dmitri Kovalev (3) Vladimir Volodenkov (4) Andrey Glukhov (5) Dimitri Axenov (6) Nikolay Aksyonov (6) Pavel Melnikov (7) Dmitry Rozinkevich (s) Aleksandr Lukyanov (c) | 6:04.64 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Denmark Karsten Nielsen | 6:47.97 | Czech Republic Michal Vabroušek | 6:51.14 | Hungary Gergely Kokas | 6:53.14 |
| LM2x | Italy Michelangelo Crispi (b) Leonardo Pettinari (s) | 7:12.46 | Australia Bruce Hick (b) Haimish Karrasch (s) | 7:15.95 | Germany Ingo Euler (b) Bernhard Rühling (s) | 7:18.80 |
| LM4x | Italy Simone Forlani (b) Daniele Gilardoni (2) Franco Sancassani (3) Mauro Baccelli (s) | 6:27.71 | Germany Manuel Brehmer (b) Franz Mayer (2) Dennis Niemeyer (3) Thorsten Schmidt (s) | 6:32.41 | Ireland Neal Byrne (b) James Lindsay-Fynn (2) Noel Monahan (3) Gearoid Towey (s) | 6:32.81 |
| LM2− | Italy Stefano Basalini (b) Paolo Pittino (s) | 7:28.35 | Chile Miguel Cerda (b) Christián Yantani (s) | 7:29.05 | Ireland Neville Maxwell (b) Tony O'Connor (s) | 7:29.18 |
| LM4− | Denmark Eskild Ebbesen (b) Thomas Ebert (2) Victor Feddersen (3) Thomas Poulsen (s) | 6:45.63 | Australia Darren Balmforth (b) Simon Burgess (2) Anthony Edwards (3) Bob Richards (s) | 6:47.15 | France Jean-David Bernard (b) Xavier Dorfman (2) Yves Hocdé (3) Laurent Porchier (s) | 6:47.35 |
| LM8+ | United States William Plifka (b) Chris Kerber (2) John Cashman (3) Eric Den Besten (4) Kevin Cotter (5) Greg Ruckman (6) Nicholas Tripician (7) Sean Kammann (s) Alexey Salamini (c) | 5:34.43 | Great Britain Phil Baker (b) Gareth Davis (2) Aiden Tucker (3) Mike Louzado (4) James McGarva (5) Ned Kittoe (6) Nick Strange (7) Ben Webb (s) Christian Cormack (c) | 5:36.08 | Italy Lorenzo Bertini (b) Filippo Dodero (2) Stefano Fraquelli (3) Carlo Grande (4) Andrea Lupini (5) Salvatore Messina (6) Marco Paniccia (7) Bruno Pasqualini (s) Antonio Cirillo (c) | 5:36.93 |

### Women's events

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten | 7:11.68 | Germany Katrin Rutschow | 7:14.70 | Bulgaria Rumyana Neykova | 7:17.02 |
| W2x | Germany Kathrin Boron (b) Jana Thieme | 6:41.98 | China Liu Lin (b) Zhang Xiuyun (s) | 6:45.99 | Netherlands Pieta van Dishoeck (b) Eeke van Nes (s) | 6:46.18 |
| W4x | Germany Maren Derlien (b) Meike Evers (2) Kerstin Kowalski (3) Manuela Lutze (s) | 7:06.53 | Ukraine Yana Kramarenko (b) Svitlana Maziy (2) Tetiana Ustiuzhanina (3) Olena Morozova-Ronzhina (s) | 7:09.98 | Russia Oxana Dorodnova (b) Yuliya Levina (2) Larisa Merk (3) Olga Samulenkova (s) | 7:11.64 |
| W2− | Canada Theresa Luke (b) Emma Robinson (s) | 7:00.85 | Germany Elke Hipler (b) Kathleen Naser (s) | 7:02.77 | Australia Kate Slatter (b) Rachael Taylor (s) | 7:03.83 |
| W4− | Belarus Yuliya Bichyk (b) Yelena Mikulich (2) Olga Tratsevskaya (3) Marina Znak (s) | 6:26.25 | Germany Sandra Goldbach (b) Marita Scholz (2) Mira Van Daelen (3) Sonja Van Daelen (s) | 6:28.29 | United States Sara Field (b) Tristine Glick (2) Wendy Wilbur (3) Maite Urtasun (s) | 6:31.15 |
| W8+ | Romania Georgeta Damian (b) Maria Magdalena Dumitrache (2) Doina Ignat (3) Ioana Olteanu (4) Marioara Popescu (5) Doina Spîrcu (6) Viorica Susanu (7) Aurica Bărăscu (s) Elena Georgescu (c) | 6:47.66 | United States Torrey Folk (b) Amy Fuller (2) Sarah Jones (3) Katherine Maloney (4) Amy Marie Martin (5) Elizabeth McCagg (6) Linda Miller (7) Monica Tranel-Michini (s) Rajanya Shah (c) | 6:48.81 | Canada Buffy-Lynne Williams (b) Laryssa Biesenthal (2) Alison Korn (3) Theresa Luke (4) Heather McDermid (5) Emma Robinson (6) Dorota Urbaniak (7) Kubet Weston (s) Lesley Thompson-Willie (c) | 6:53.19 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Switzerland Pia Vogel | 7:33.80 | United States Lisa Schlenker | 7:34.99 | Argentina Maria Garisoain | 7:35.81 |
| LW2x | Romania Constanța Burcică (b) Camelia Macoviciuc (s) | 8:12.67 | United States Christine Smith-Collins (b) Sarah Garner (s) | 8:16.30 | Australia Virginia Lee (b) Sally Newmarch (s) | 8:19.88 |
| LW4x | United States Molly Brock (b) Mary Angie Cummins (2) Sara Den Besten (3) Sherri Kiklas (s) | 7:17.82 | Germany Angelika Brand (b) Maja Tarmstadt (2) Anna Kleinz (3) Christine Morawitz (s) | 7:20.19 | Canada Nathalie Benzing (b) Tracy Duncan (2) Katrina Scott (3) Renata Troc (s) | 7:33.57 |
| LW2− | United States Linda Muri (b) Rachel Anderson (s) | 8:31.11 | Great Britain Jane Hall (b) Milindi Myers (s) | 8:31.72 | Zimbabwe Nicola Davies(b) Jill Lancaster (s) | 9:00.98 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |