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.^[1] Adaptive events were held^[2] 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) Cuiping Yang (2) Huanling Cong (3) Xueling Feng (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[3]	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[4]	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
	Ireland	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
14	Poland	0	2	0	2
15	Belarus	0	1	2	3
	Spain	0	1	2	3
17	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
18	South Africa	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
20	Croatia	0	0	2	2
22	China	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Total		24	24	24	72

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