# 1991 World Rowing Championships

The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991 in Vienna, Austria. The regatta was held on the New Danube.

## Medal summary

The finals were raced on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 August.

### Men's events

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M1x | Germany Thomas Lange | 6:41.29 | Czechoslovakia Václav Chalupa | 6:45.26 | Poland Kajetan Broniewski | 6:48.91 |
| M2x | Netherlands Nico Rienks Henk-Jan Zwolle | 6:06.14 | Soviet Union Uģis Lasmanis Leonid Shaposhnikov | 6:07.49 | Germany Oliver Grüner André Steiner | 6:08.36 |
| M4x | Soviet Union Valeriy Dosenko Sergey Kinyakin Mykola Chupryna Ģirts Vilks | 6:08.39 | Italy Alessandro Corona Gianluca Farina Massimo Paradiso Filippo Soffici | 6:11.21 | Netherlands Rutger Arisz Koos Maasdijk Hans Kelderman Ronald Florijn | 6:13.03 |
| M2+ | Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua | 7:34.39 | Poland Piotr Basta Tomasz Mruczkowski Bartosz Sroga | 7:35.83 | Czechoslovakia Michal Dalecký Dušan Macháček Oldřich Hejdušek | 7:38.02 |
| M2- | Great Britain Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent | 6:21.35 | Yugoslavia Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj | 6:24.18 | Austria Hermann Bauer Karl Sinzinger Jr | 6:24.51 |
| M4+ | Germany Armin Eichholz Bahne Rabe Matthias Ungemach Armin Weyrauch Jörg Dedering | 5:58.96 | Romania Dănuț Dobre Dragoș Neagu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Dumitru Răducanu | 6:00.29 | Poland Wojciech Jankowski Maciej Łasicki Jacek Streich Tomasz Tomiak Michał Cieślak | 6:01.30 |
| M4- | Australia Andrew Cooper Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins | 6:29.69 | United States Thomas Bohrer Patrick Manning Jeffrey McLaughlin Michael Porterfield | 6:32.22 | Germany Markus Bräuer Andreas Lütkefels Stefan Scholz Markus Vogt | 6:34.43 |
| M8+ | Germany Martin Steffes-Mies Dirk Balster Claas-Peter Fischer Thorsten Streppelhoff Jürgen Hecht [de] Wolfgang Klapheck Ansgar Wessling Roland Baar Manfred Klein | 5:50.98 | Canada Darren Barber Andy Crosby Robert Bob Marland Derek Porter Michael Mike Rascher Bruce Robertson Don Telfer John Wallace Terrence Paul | 5:51.68 | Great Britain Martin Cross Tim Foster Anton Obholzer Richard Phelps Greg Searle Jonny Searle Jonny Singfield Richard Stanhope Garry Herbert | 5:52.74 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Ireland Niall O'Toole | 6:49.17 | Germany Peter Uhrig | 6:49.96 | Belgium Wim Van Belleghem | 6:52.26 |
| LM2x | Germany Michael Buchheit Kai von Warburg | 6:20.04 | Austria Walter Rantasa Christoph Schmölzer | 6:25.29 | Netherlands Jan van Bekkum Daan Boddeke | 6:26.22 |
| LM4x | Australia Simon Burgess Gary Lynagh Bruce Hick Stephen Hawkins | 6:37.02 | Sweden Joakim Brischewski Bo Ekros Lars-Johan Flodin Per Lundberg | 6:37.25 | France Roland Gaillac Patrick Maiore Laurent Porchier Thierry Renault | 6:38.02 |
| LM4- | Great Britain Christopher Bates Toby Hessian Tom Kay Carl Smith | 5:57.60 | Italy Sabino Bellomo Franco Cattaneo Danilo Fraquelli Alfredo Striani | 5:58.61 | Spain Juan Luis Aguierre Barco Fernando Climent José María de Marco Pérez Fernando Molina Castillo | 6:00.85 |
| LM8+ | Italy Enrico Barbaranelli Domenico Cantoni Carlo Gaddi Pasquale Marigliano Fabrizio Ranieri Fabrizio Ravasi Andrea Re Roberto Romanini Gaetano Iannuzzi | 6:13.21 | France Stéphane Barré Sebastien Bel Bruno Boucher Stéphane Guerinot Laurent Irazusta Benoit Masson Antoine Orieux Jose Oyarzabal Philippe Spinelli | 6:13.40 | United States Eduardo Montalvo Tom Hartley Robert Hermann Brian Varga David Collins Dale Hurley Tom Auth James Manson Michael O'Gorman | 6:15.25 |

### Women's events

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | Canada Silken Laumann | 8:17.58 | Romania Elisabeta Lipă | 8:20.53 | Belgium Annelies Bredael | 8:21.96 |
| W2x | Germany Kathrin Boron Beate Schramm | 6:44.71 | Romania Anișoara Dobre-Bălan Elisabeta Lipă | 6:46.40 | Soviet Union Ekaterina Khadatovich Sariya Zakyrova | 6:47.36 |
| W4x | Germany Kerstin Köppen Claudia Krüger Sybille Schmidt Jana Sorgers | 6:55.85 | Soviet Union Yelena Khloptseva Mariya Omelianovych Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Mira Vaganova | 7:00.37 | Romania Constanța Burcică Anișoara Dobre-Bălan Doina Ignat Fanica Costea | 7:04.86 |
| W2- | Canada Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean | 6:57.42 | Germany Stefani Werremeier Ingeburg Althoff | 6:59.55 | Great Britain Miriam Batten Fiona Freckleton | 7:02.28 |
| W4- | Canada Kirsten Barnes Jennifer Doey Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor | 6:25.47 | United States Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson Anna Seaton | 6:27.39 | Germany Kathrin Haacker Gebriele Mehl Cerstin Petersmann Judith Ungemach-Zeidler | 6:30.30 |
| W8+ | Canada Kirsten Barnes Megan Delehanty Jennifer Doey Kathleen Heddle Kelly Mahon Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson-Willie | 6:28.20 | Soviet Union Irina Gribko Marina Suprun Nataliya Grigoryeva Ekaterina Kotko Olga Smetannikova Sarmīte Stone Marina Znak Elena Medvedeva Nataliya Stasyuk | 6:28.73 | Romania Doina Snep Adriana Chelariu-Bazon Iulia Bobeica Veronica Cochela Marioara Curela Viorica Neculai Maria Padurariu Doina Ciucanu-Robu Elena Georgescu | 6:34.07 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | New Zealand Philippa Baker | 7:29.99 | Netherlands Laurien Vermulst | 7:32.41 | Denmark Mette Bloch Jensen | 7:33.17 |
| LW2x | Germany Claudia Waldi Christiane Weber | 7:58.53 | United States Lindsay Burns Teresa Zarzeczny | 8:00.16 | Denmark Elisabeth Fraas Ulla Jensen | 8:06.32 |
| LW4- | China Li Fei Liang Sanmei Liao Xiaoli Ou Shaoyan | 7:37.06 | Great Britain Alison Brownless Katharine Brownlow Anna Marie Dryden Claire Davies | 7:41.15 | United States Christine Collins Ellen Minzner Alison Shaw Kelly Sherman | 7:43.99 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Romania | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | United States | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |