# 2002 World Rowing Championships

The 2002 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 15 to 22 September 2002 on the Guadalquivir at Seville, Spain. Adaptive events were held for the first time at a World Championships.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| M1x | Germany Marcel Hacker | 6:36.33 | Slovenia Iztok Čop | 6:39.00 | Norway Olaf Tufte | 6:39.45 |
| M2x | Hungary Ákos Haller (b) Tibor Pető (s) | 6:05.74 | Italy Agostino Abbagnale (b) Franco Berra (s) | 6:06.93 | Germany André Willms (b) Andreas Hajek (s) | 6:07.77 |
| M4x | Germany René Bertram (b) Stephan Volkert (2) Marco Geisler (3) Robert Sens (s) | 5:39.57 | Poland Adam Bronikowski (b) Marek Kolbowicz (2) Sławomir Kruszkowski (3) Adam Korol (s) | 5:40.43 | Italy Mattia Righetti (b) Marco Ragazzi (2) Rossano Galtarossa (3) Simone Raineri (s) | 5:43.62 |
| M2+ | Germany Lars Krisch (b) Andreas Werner (s) Claus Müller-Gatermann (c) | 6:47.93 | United States Dan Beery (b) Dana Schmunk (s) Joe Manion (c) | 6:50.60 | Australia Tom Laurich (b) Rob Jahrling (s) Michael Toon (c) | 6:53.77 |
| M2- | Great Britain James Cracknell (b) Matthew Pinsent (s) | 6:14.27 | South Africa Ramon di Clemente (b) Donovan Cech (s) | 6:15.60 | Croatia Siniša Skelin (b) Nikša Skelin (s) | 6:15.97 |
| M4+ | Great Britain Tom Stallard (b) Steve Trapmore (2) Luka Grubor (3) Kieran West (s) Christian Cormack (c) | 6:06.70 | Germany Arne Landgraf (b) Martin Zobelt (2) Jan-Martin Bröer (3) Klaus Rogge (s) Stefan Lier (c) | 6:08.88 | Croatia Igor Boraska (b) Oliver Martinov (2) Ivan Jukić (3) Ninoslav Saraga (s) Luka Travaš (c) | 6:10.54 |
| M4- | Germany Sebastian Thormann (b) Paul Dienstbach (2) Philipp Stüer (3) Bernd Heidicker (s) | 5:41.35 | Great Britain Steve Williams (b) Josh West (2) Toby Garbett (3) Rick Dunn (s) | 5:41.60 | Italy Niccolò Mornati (b) Raffaello Leonardo (2) Lorenzo Carboncini (3) Carlo Mornati (s) | 5:44.12 |
| M8+ | Canada Matt Swick (b) Kevin Light (2) Ben Rutledge (3) Kyle Hamilton (4) Joe Stankevicius (5) Andrew Hoskins (6) Adam Kreek (7) Jeff Powell (s) Brian Price (c) | 5:26.92 | Germany Sebastian Schulte (b) Thorsten Engelmann (2) Jörg Dießner (3) Stephan Koltzk (4) Johannes Doberschütz (5) Enrico Schnabel (6) Ulf Siemes (7) Michael Ruhe (s) Peter Thiede (c) | 5:28.16 | United States Ryan Torgerson (b) Garrett Klugh (2) Joseph Hansen (3) Wolfgang Moser (4) Michael Wherley (5) Eric Mueller (6) Bryan Volpenhein (7) Jonathan Watling (s) Peter Cipollone (c) | 5:29.27 |
| Men's lightweight events |||||||
| LM1x | Ireland Sam Lynch | 6:49.86 | Italy Stefano Basalini | 6:51.29 | United States Steve Tucker | 6:52.94 |
| LM2x | Italy Elia Luini (b) Leonardo Pettinari (s) | 6:10.80 | Poland Tomasz Kucharski (b) Robert Sycz (s) | 6:13.50 | Denmark Mads Rasmussen (b) Rasmus Quist Hansen (s) | 6:14.82 |
| LM4x | Italy Emanuele Federici (b) Daniele Gilardoni (2) Luca Moncada (3) Filippo Mannucci (s) | 5:51.89 | Spain José Antonio Martín (b) Juan Luis Aguierre Barco (2) Carlos Loriente (3) Alberto Domínguez (s) | 5:54.23 | Netherlands Wolter Blankert (b) Vincent de Loos (2) Dylan van der Linde (3) Marten Bosma (s) | 5:54.59 |
| LM2- | Chile Christián Yantani (b) Miguel Cerda (s) | 6:29.97 | Italy Carlo Gaddi (b) Franco Sancassani (s) | 6:31.94 | Great Britain Ned Kittoe (b) Nick English (s) | 6:34.40 |
| LM4- | Denmark Thor Kristensen (b) Thomas Ebert (2) Stephan Mølvig (3) Eskild Ebbesen (s) | 5:47.21 | Italy Lorenzo Bertini (b) Catello Amarante (2) Salvatore Amitrano (3) Bruno Mascarenhas (s) | 5:49.41 | Canada Douglas Vandor (b) Iain Brambell (2) Jonathan Mandick (3) Gavin Hassett (s) | 5:50.55 |
| LM8+ | Italy Luigi Scala (b) Alessandro Lodigiani (2) Giuseppe Del Gaudio (3) Nicola Moriconi (4) Marco Paniccia (5) Carlo Grande (6) Stefano Fraquelli (7) Bruno Pasqualini (s) Vincenzo Di Palma (c) | 5:35.05 | Germany Martin Raeder (b) Lars Achtruth (2) Martin Fauck (3) Joachim Drews (4) Markus Pütz (5) Matthias Hobein (6) Sven Johannesmeier (7) Christian Dahlke (s) Jörg Dederding (c) | 5:36.61 | United States Gavin Blackmore (b) Eric Feins (2) John Cashman (3) Andrew Liverman (4) Erik Miller (5) Jon Douglas (6) Tom Paradiso (7) Matthew Smith (s) Bill McManus (c) | 5:38.21 |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| W1x | Bulgaria Rumyana Neykova | 7:07.71 | Belarus Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch | 7:11.74 | Germany Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski | 7:17.07 |
| W2x | New Zealand Georgina Evers-Swindell (b) Caroline Evers-Swindell | 6:38.78 | Russia Larisa Merk (b) Irina Fedotova (s) | 6:41.06 | Italy Elisabetta Sancassani (b) Gabriella Bascelli (s) | 6:41.65 |
| W4x | Germany Peggy Waleska (b) Marita Scholz (2) Manuela Lutze (3) Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski (s) | 6:15.66 | Denmark Astrid Jespersen (b) Sarah Lauritzen (2) Dorthe Pedersen (3) Majbrit Nielsen (s) | 6:16.84 | Belarus I. Jansen-Zakhareuskaya (b) Volha Berazniova (2) Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch (3) Mariya Vorona (s) | 6:18.12 |
| W2- | Romania Georgeta Damian (b) Viorica Susanu (s) | 6:53.80 | Canada Jacqui Cook (b) Karen Clark (s) | 6:57.08 | Belarus Yuliya Bichyk (b) Natallia Helakh (s) | 6:59.21 |
| W4- | Australia Kristina Larsen (b) Jodi Winter (2) Rebecca Sattin (3) Victoria Roberts (s) | 6:26.11 | Canada Roslin McLeod (b) Rachelle de Jong (2) Darcy Marquardt (3) Paulina Van Roessel (s) | 6:28.32 | China Guifeng Zhao (b) Yang Cuiping (2) Cong Huanling (3) Feng Xueling (s) | 6:31.28 |
| W8+ | United States Kate Johnson (b) Dana Peirce (2) Caryn Davies (3) Maite Urtasun (4) Bernadette Marten (5) Alison Cox (6) Anna Mickelson (7) Kate Mackenzie (s) Mary Whipple (c) | 6:04.25 | Australia Jodi Winter (b) Jo Lutz (2) Julia Wilson (3) Jane Robinson (4) Rachael Taylor (5) Rebecca Sattin (6) Victoria Roberts (7) Kristina Larsen (s) Carly Bilson (c) | 6:05.10 | Germany Anja Pyritz (b) Maja Tucholke (2) Britta Holthaus (3) Dana Pyritz (4) Nicole Zimmermann (5) Susanne Schmidt (6) Lenka Wech (7) Silke Günther (s) Annina Ruppel (c) | 6:05.19 |
| Women's lightweight events |||||||
| LW1x | Bulgaria Viktoriya Dimitrova | 7:28.89 | United States Lisa Schlenker | 7:30.56 | Spain Teresa Mas De Xaxars | 7:31.21 |
| LW2x | Australia Sally Causby (b) Amber Halliday (s) | 6:52.84 | Germany Janet Radünzel (b) Claudia Blasberg (s) | 6:53.56 | Great Britain Helen Casey (b) Tracy Langlands (s) | 6:55.28 |
| LW4x | Australia Zita van de Walle (b) Marguerite Houston (2) Miranda Bennett (3) Hannah Every-Hall (s) | 6:29.55 | Netherlands Mariel Pikkemaat (b) Mirjam ter Beek (2) Judith van Os (3) Maud Klinkers (s) | 6:30.01 | United States Anne Finke (b) Abigail Cromwell (2) Michelle Borkhuis (3) Wendy Campanella (s) | 6:32.48 |
| LW2- | Great Britain Naomi Ashcroft (b) Leonie Barron (s) | 7:29.91 | Chile Paola Rodriguez Gallardo (b) Carolina Godoy Alarcon (s) | 7:41.21 | Spain Maria Almuedo Castillo(b) Beatriz Casanueva (s) | 7:47.26 |

### Para

Pararowing (or adaptive rowing) was first included in rowing world championships in 2002.
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| TAMix1x TA singles | United States Scott Brown | 4:47.95 | United States Angela Madsen | 5:03.62 | Australia Peter Taylor | 6:17.44 |
| LTAM4+ LTA men's coxed four | Australia Ben Vines Brett Horten Bernard Pelten Glenn Blackley Susie Edwards (cox) | 3:42.75 | Spain Ramon Martin Marcos Vega Verona Juan Pedro Fiz Alfonso Galiano Martinez Javier Maestre (cox) | 3:55.05 | United States Aerial Gilbert Jean Longchamps Dwayne Adams Tracy Lee Lisa Boron (cox) | 3:59.97 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |