2008 World Rowing Championships
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 31st World Rowing Championships were held between July 22 and July 27, 2008 in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships in Linz/Ottensheim, Austria.
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.
Contents
Medal summary
Men
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 |