# 1983 World Rowing Championships

The 1983 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 3 to 4 September 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, West Germany.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe | 6:49.88 | East Germany Uwe Mund | 6:51.70 | United States Christopher Wood | 6:54.30 |
| M2x | East Germany Thomas Lange (b) Uwe Heppner (s) | 6:20.17 | Norway Rolf Thorsen (b) Alf Hansen (s) | 6:23.43 | West Germany Andreas Schmelz (b) Georg Agrikola (s) | 6:23.63 |
| M4x | West Germany Albert Hedderich (b) Raimund Hörmann (2) Dieter Wiedenmann (3) Michael Dürsch (s) | 5:45.97 | East Germany Karl-Heinz Bußert (b) Martin Winter (2) Rüdiger Reiche (3) Joachim Dreifke (s) | 5:47.87 | Italy Piero Poli (b) Renato Gaeta (2) Antonio Dell'Aquila (3) Stefano Lari (s) | 5:49.79 |
| M2+ | East Germany Thomas Greiner (b) Ullrich Dießner (s) Andreas Gregor (c) | 6:49.75 | Soviet Union Stasys Narušaitis (b) Ihar Maystrenka (s) Pyotr Petrinich (c) | 6:53.23 | Italy Carmine Abbagnale (b) Giuseppe Abbagnale (s) Giuseppe Di Capua (c) | 6:55.45 |
| M2- | East Germany Carl Ertel (b) Ulf Sauerbrey (s) | 6:35.85 | Soviet Union Viktor Pereverzev (b) Gennadi Kryuçkin (s) | 6:37.92 | Norway Hans Magnus Grepperud (b) Sverre Løken (s) (s) | 6:39.72 |
| M4+ | New Zealand Conrad Robertson (b) Greg Johnston (2) Keith Trask (3) Les O'Connell (s) Brett Hollister (c) | 6:13.89 | East Germany Dietmar Schiller (b) Joerg Friedrich (2) Bernd Niesecke (3) Bernd Eichwurzel (s) Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c) | 6:16.29 | Soviet Union Sergey Frolov (b) Jonas Pinskus (2) Jonas Narmontas (3) Vladimir Semin (s) Vladimir Nizhegorodov (c) | 6:16.98 |
| M4- | West Germany Norbert Keßlau (b) Volker Grabow (2) Jörg Puttlitz (3) Guido Grabow (s) | 5:57.02 | Soviet Union Nikolay Pimenov (b) Aleksandr Kulagin (2) Yuriy Pimenov (3) Žoržs Tikmers (s) | 5:57.39 | Sweden Anders Wilgotson (b) Hans Svensson (2) Lars-Åke Lindqvist (3) Anders Larson (s) | 6:01.54 |
| M8+ | New Zealand Mike Stanley (b) Andrew Stevenson (2) Dave Rodger (3) Roger White-Parsons (4) Chris White (5) Barrie Mabbott (6) George Keys (7) Nigel Atherfold (s) Andy Hay (c) | 5:34.39 | East Germany Klaus Büttner (b) Uwe Gasch (2) Gert Uebeler (3) Karsten Schmeling (4) Ralf Brudel (5) Harald Jährling (6) Jürgen Seyfarth (7) Bernd Höing (s) Hendrik Reiher (c) | 5:35.94 | Australia Samuel Patten (b) Bruce Keynes (2) Ian Edmunds (3) David Doyle (4) James Battersby (5) Tim Willoughby (6) Ion Popa (7) John Quigley (s) Gavin Thredgold (c) | 5:38.04 |
| Lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Denmark Bjarne Eltang | 7:07.35 | Great Britain John Melvin | 7:09.84 | West Germany Gerd Naujoks | 7:10.08 |
| LM2x | Italy Francesco Esposito (b) Ruggero Verroca (s) | 06:25.42 | France Luc Crispon (b) Thierry Renault (s) | 6:30.73 | Switzerland Roland Rosset (b) Pius Z'rotz (s) | 06:31.92 |
| LM4- | Spain Alberto Molina (b) Luis María Moreno (2) José María de Marco Pérez (3) Juan María Altuna (s) | 6:16.47 | Great Britain Christopher Bates (b) Carl Smith (2) Ian Wilson (3) Stuart Forbes (s) | 6:19.13 | Denmark Richard Biller (b) Michael Djervig (2) Vagn Nielsen (3) Karsten Kobbernagel (s) | 6:19.48 |
| LM8+ | Spain Alejandro Moya (b) José Manuel Cañete (2) Eulogio Génova (3) Carlos Muniesa (4) José Crespo (5) Enrique Briones (6) Víctor Llorente (7) Benito Elizalde (s) José Rojí (c) | 5:45.05 | Australia Brian Digby (b) Paul Harvey (2) Greg Raszyk (3) Richard Hay (4) Peter Antonie (5) Bruce House (6) Ian Jordan (7) Stephen Spurling (s) Graeme Barns (c) | 5:46.75 | Denmark Mikael Espersen (b) Kim Hagsted (2) Ivar Mølgaard (3) Leif Jacobsen (4) Søren Hansson (5) Flemming Jensen (6) Jan Christensen (7) Bent Fransson (s) Henrik Kruse (c) | 5:46.86 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | East Germany Jutta Hampe | 3:36.51 | Soviet Union Irina Fetisova | 3:37.79 | United States Virginia Gilder | 3:39.05 |
| W2x | East Germany Jutta Schenk (b) Martina Schröter (s) | 3:13.44 | Soviet Union Yelena Bratishko (b) Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva (s) | 3:14.28 | Romania Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu (b) Elisabeta Lipă (s) | 3:15.45 |
| W4x+ | Soviet Union Tatiana Bachkatova (b) Olga Kaspina (2) Yelena Khloptseva (3) Larisa Popova (s) Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c) | 3:02.48 | East Germany Kerstin Kirst (b) Kerstin Pieloth (2) Cornelia Linse (3) Sylvia Schwabe (s) Andrea Rost (c) | 3:04.51 | Bulgaria Stefka Madina (b) Teodora Lazarova (2) Margarita Dobtcheva (3) Violeta Ninova (s) Greta Georgieva (c) | 3:10.69 |
| W2- | East Germany Marita Sandig (b) Silvia Fröhlich (s) | 3:26.68 | Romania Rodica Arba (b) Elena Horvat (s) | 3:32.13 | Canada Tricia Smith (b) Elizabeth Craig-Eaton (s) | 3:33.52 |
| W4+ | East Germany Claudia Noack (b) Iris Rudolph (2) Sigrid Anders (3) Carola Miseler (s) Carolina Richter (c) | 3:11.18 | Romania Florica Lavric (b) Maria Tanase-Fricioiu (2) Chira Apostol (3) Olga Homegi-Bularda (s) Viorica Veres (c) | 3:14.11 | Soviet Union Feodossia Kaleinikova (b) Valentina Semenova [ru] (2) Svetlana Semyonova (3) Angelina Kaolikauskaite [es] (s) Nina Cheremisina (c) | 3:14.36 |
| W8+ | Soviet Union Sarmīte Stone (b) Lidiya Averyanova (2) Ludmila Konopleva (3) Marina Studneva (4) Nina Umanets (5) Elena Tereshina (6) Nataliya Yatsenko (7) Elena Makushkina (s) Valentina Khokhlova (c) | 2:56.22 | United States Kristen Thorsness (b) Patricia Spratlin (2) Shyril O'Steen (3) Carie Graves (4) Carol Bower (5) Kristine Norelius (6) Jan Harville (7) Harriet Metcalf (s) Valerie McClain-Ward (c) | 2:58.14 | East Germany Susann Heinicke (b) Viola Kestler (2) Annekatrin Jage (3) Karin Metze-Ullbricht (4) Steffi Götzelt (5) Carola Lichey (6) Sabine Portius (7) Ramona Hein (s) Kirsten Strohbach (c) | 2:59.06 |

## Medals table

Seventeen nations won medals of the championships.
| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |