2008 World Rowing Championships
| 2008 World Rowing Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ottensheim near Linz, Austria |
| Dates | 22 to 27 July |
The 37th World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 27 July 2008 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships in Ottensheim near Linz, Austria.[1] Since 2008 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics, or the adaptive rowing events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Medal summary
Men
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M2+ |  Canada Gabriel Bergen (b) James Dunaway (s) Mark Laidlaw (c) | 7:06.69 |  France Sébastien Lente (b) Benjamin Lang (s) Benjamin Manceau (c) | 7:08.64 |  Australia Nick Baxter (b) Fergus Pragnell (s) Hugh Rawlinson (c) | 7:09.30 |
| LM1x |  New Zealand Duncan Grant | 6:52.38 |  Netherlands Jaap Schouten | 6:52.73 |  Greece Ilias Pappas | 6:55.00 |
| LM2- | Greece Nikolaos Gkountoulas (b) Apostolos Gkountoulas (s) | 6:40.92 |  Italy Andrea Caianiello (b) Armando Dell'Aquila(s) | 6:42.88 |  Serbia Goran Nedeljković (b) Miloš Tomić (s) | 6:45.25 |
| LM4x | Italy Franco Sancassani (b) Daniele Gilardoni (2) Stefano Basalini (3) Daniele Danesin (s) | 5:57.30 | France Rémi Di Girolamo (b) Jérémie Azou (2) Fabrice Moreau (3) Pierre-Étienne Pollez (s) | 5:57.56 |  Germany Stephan Schad (b) Knud Lange (2) Felix Övermann (3) Michael Wieler (s) | 5:59.50 |
| LM8+ |  United States Simon Carcagno (b) Andrew Bolton (2) Colin Farrell (3) Mike Altman (4) Patrick Todd (5) Will Daly (6) Thomas Paradiso (7) Matt Muffelman (s) Ned del Guercio (c) | 5:50.29 | Germany Matthias Veit (b) Marc Rippel (2) Johann-Sebastian Diemann (3) Jonas Schützeberg (4) Matthias Schömann-Finck (5) Adrian Bretting (6) Olaf Beckmann (7) Axel Schuster (s) Martin Sauer (c) | 5:51.69 | Netherlands Pieter Rom Colthoff (b) Diederick van den Bouwhuijsen (2) Reinoud de Groot (3) Dennis Beemsterboer (4) Rutger Bruil (5) Jolmer van der Sluis (6) Maarten Tromp (7) Maarten de Boer (s) Ryan den Drijver (c) | 5:52.37 |
Women
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W4- |  Belarus Hanna Nakhayeva (b) Volha Shcharbachenia (2) Natallia Helakh (3) Yuliya Bichyk (s) | 6:39.89 | United States Karen Colwell (b) Stesha Carle (2) Sarah Trowbridge (3) Esther Lofgren (s) | 6:43.56 |  Denmark Maria Pertl (b) Lisbet Jakobsen (2) Fie Graugaard (3) Lea Jakobsen (s) | 6:44.69 |
| LW1x |  Switzerland Pamela Weisshaupt | 7:43.26 |  Ireland Sinead Jennings | 7:43.81 |  Croatia Mirna Rajle Brodanac | 7:47.15 |
| LW4x | Australia Ingrid Fenger (b) Bronwen Watson (2) Miranda Bennett (3) Alice McNamara (s) | 6:36.41 |  Poland Monika Myszk (s) Magdalena Kemnitz (2) Weronika Deresz (3) Ilona Mokronowska (s) | 6:39.38 | United States Elizabeth Peters (b) Wendy Tripician (2) Rebecca Smith (3) Hannah Moore (s) | 6:40.77 |
Medals table
| Place | Nation |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Italy |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Australia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greece |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Belarus |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | France |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Ireland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Croatia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Serbia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
References
- ↑ "2008 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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