1997 World Rowing Championships
Introduction The '''1997 World Rowing Championships''' were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 August to 7 September 1997 at the Lac d'Aiguebelette, France. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic years it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.
Medal summary ===Men's events===Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time'''M1x ''' Jamie Koven 6:44.86André Willms  6:47.49 Greg Searle 6:47.57 '''M2x ''' Andreas HajekStephan Volkert 6:13.35  Steffen StørsethKjetil Undset 6:14.98  Duncan FreeMarcus Free 6:16.05'''M4x ''' Agostino AbbagnaleGiovanni CalabreseAlessandro CoronaRossano Galtarossa 5:42.50  Jens BurowMarco GeislerMarcel HackerStefan Röhnert 5:45.88  Oleh LykovOleksandr MarchenkoLeonid ShaposhnikovOleksandr Zaskalko 5:46.11'''M2+''' Nicholas AndersonScott FentressJordan Irving (c) 6:56.30 David CameronNick McDonald-CrowleyDavid Colvin (c) 6:56.36 Georgios FotouKonstantinos KariotisLampros Rizos (c) 6:57.62'''M2-''' Michel AndrieuxJean-Christophe Rolland 6:27.69 Lorenzo CarbonciniMattia Trombetta 6:31.51 Adam HollandEdward Murphy 6:32.10'''M4-'''  James CracknellTim FosterMatthew PinsentSteve Redgrave 5:52.40   Gilles BosquetDaniel FauchéOlivier MonceletBertrand Vecten 5:56.34  Dorin AlupeiGabriel MarinCornel NemțocFlorian Tudor 5:57.10 '''M4+'''   Antoine Béghin  Vincent Maliszewski  Bernard Roche  Laurent Béghin  Christophe Lattaignant (cox)  6:04.17   Giuliano De Stabile  Rosario Gioia  Francesco Mattei  Mario Palmisano  Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox)  6:05.98   Ed Coode  Mark Johnson  Garry McAdams  Steve Trapmore  David Chung (cox)  6:09.80'''M8+''' Chris AhrensSebastian BeaPhil HenryRobert KaehlerGarrett MillerTimothy RichterMichael WherleyRobert CumminsPeter Cipollone (c) 5:27.20 Valentin RobuFlorin CorbeanuViorel TalapanFlorian TudorGabriel MarinAndrei BănicăCornel NemțocDorin AlupeiMarin Gheorghe (c) 5:27.76 Robert WalkerGeoff StewartAlastair GordonDavid PorzigJames StewartDaniel BurkeDrew GinnRichard WearneDavid Colvin 5:28.14 Men's lightweight events'''LM1x ''' Karsten Nielsen 6:57.16Michael Bänninger  6:59.62 Tomáš Kacovský 7:00.92'''LM2x ''' Tomasz KucharskiRobert Sycz 6:14.57  Michelangelo CrispiLeonardo Pettinari 6:15.98  Ingo EulerBernhard Rühling 6:18.38 '''LM2-''' Mathias BinderBeni Schmidt 6:32.81  Neville MaxwellTony O'Connor 6:33.51  Jeppe Jensen KollatJakob Øjvind Nielsen 6:34.11 '''LM4x ''' Stefano BasaliniPaolo PittinoFranco SancassaniMassimo Guglielmi 5:50.68  Markus BaumannOliver IbielskiAlexander LutzFrank Mager 5:52.90  John ArmstrongNeal ByrneBrendan DolanEmmet O'Brien 5:55.04'''LM4- ''' Thomas EbertThomas PoulsenEskild EbbesenVictor Feddersen 5:54.35 Xavier DorfmanFrederic PinonYves HocdéLaurent Porchier 5:54.91 Martin WeisMarcus MielkeJan HerzogRoland Haendle 5:57.87'''LM8+''' Darren BalmforthJon BerneySimon BurgessAlastair IsherwoodRob MitchellBob RichardsMichael WisemanTim WrightBrett Hayman (c) 5:40.00  Phil BakerJames BrownJim HartlandAlex HenshilwoodJason KeysDave LemonJim McnivenBen WebbJohn Deakin (c) 5:40.03  Jon BeareChris DavidsonJeff LayGraham MclarenAnthony ShearingBen StoreyBryan ThompsonEdward WinchesterChris Taylor (c) 5:40.91 ===Women's events===Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time'''W1x'''  Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch  7:29.30 Trine Hansen 7:30.73 Maria Brandin 7:31.39'''W2x'''  Kathrin BoronMeike Evers  6:51.07 Miriam BattenGillian Lindsay 6:48.82Liliana GafencuViorica Susanu  6:50.16'''W4x''' Kathrin BoronKerstin KöppenManuela LutzeJana Thieme 6:16.15 Ulla Hansen WernerSarah LauritzenDorthe PedersenStinne Petersen 6:19.35 Inna FrolovaSvitlana MaziiDina MiftakhutdinovaOlena Morozova-Ronzhina 6:20.16'''W2-''' Alison KornEmma Robinson 7:08.09 Veronica CochelaGeorgeta Damian 7:14.77 Albina LigatchevaVera Pochitaeva 7:17.10'''W4-''' Alex BeeverLisa EyreElizabeth HenshilwoodSue Walker 6:40.30 Doina IgnatIoana OlteanuDoina SpîrcuAnca Tănase 6:41.13 Anna CoenenPia CoenenKristina ErbeElke Hipler 6:45.70'''W8+'''  Georgeta DamianViorica SusanuIoana OlteanuAngela CazacLiliana GafencuVeronica CochelaDoina IgnatAnca TănaseElena Georgescu (c)  6:02.40  Buffy-Lynne Williams-AlexanderLaryssa BiesenthalJessica GoninAlison KornEmma RobinsonDorota UrbaniakKristen WallKubet WestonLesley Thompson-Willie (c)   6:07.18  Alex BeeverLisa EyreKatherine GraingerElizabeth HenshilwoodElise LaverickSue WalkerRachel WoolfFrancesca ZinoSuzie Ellis (c) 6:10.00 Women's lightweight events'''LW1x''' Sarah Garner  7:38.39 Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy 7:42.48 Kristina Knejp Christensson 7:46.98 '''LW2x'''  Angelika BrandMichelle Darvill  7:00.93  Lene AnderssonAnna Helleberg 7:01.77 Angela AlupeiCamelia Macoviciuc  7:03.86'''LW2-''' Eliza BlairJustine Joyce 7:18.32   Michelle BorkhuisLinda Muri 7:20.34 Caroline HobsonMalindi Myers 7:23.97  '''LW4x''' Christiane BrandNicole FaustChristine MorawitzGunda Reimers 6:36.63  Nathalie BenzingBrie EllardRenata TrocSamara Walbohm 6:37.16  Hedi PootBrechtje van EijckSigrid WinkelhuisFloortje van Eijck 6:39.38
Medal table  Place Nation    Total 1  5 3 2 10 2  4 1 1 63  2 2 3 7 4  2 2 0 4 5  2 1 2 5 6  1 3 3 7 7  1 3 1 5 8  1 2 1 4 9  1 2 0 3 10  1 1 0 211  1 0 0 1  1 0 0 1 13  0 1 1 2 14  0 1 0 115  0 0 2 2  0 0 2 217  0 0 1 1  0 0 1 1  0 0 1 1  0 0 1 1Total  22  22  22  66
References
External links *  Results on World Rowing website