1986 World Rowing Championships

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Looking at the open weight classes only, East Germany was the most successful nation (4 gold – 2 silver – 5 bronze) followed by the Soviet Union (3–2–2) and Romania (2–2–1).^[3]

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
M1x [4]	West Germany Peter-Michael Kolbe	6:54.90	Finland Pertti Karppinen	6:58.90	Soviet Union Vasil Yakusha	7:00.13
M2x[5]	Italy Alberto Belgeri (b) Igor Pescialli (s)	6:11.33	Bulgaria Chavdar Radev (b) Dimitar Kamburski (s)	6:32.22	East Germany Andreas Hajek (b) Uwe Heppner (s)	6:33.64
M4x[6]	Soviet Union Valeriy Dosenko (b) Sergey Kinyakin (2) Mikhail Ivanov (3) Igor Kotko (s)	5:47.41	Poland Waldemar Wojda (b) Mirosław Mruk (2) Sławomir Cieślakowski (3) Andrzej Krzepiński (s)	5:49.51	Canada Doug Hamilton (2) (b) Robert Mills (3) Paul Douma Mel LaForme (s)	5:50.52
M2+[7]	Great Britain Andy Holmes (b) Steve Redgrave (s) Patrick Sweeney (c)	6:51.66	Italy Carmine Abbagnale (b) Giuseppe Abbagnale (s) Giuseppe Di Capua (c)	6:52.90	East Germany Thomas Greiner (b) Olaf Förster (s) Udo Kühn (c)	6:54.58
M2-[8]	Soviet Union Yuriy Pimenov (b) Nikolay Pimenov (s)	6:42.37	Italy Marco Romano (b) Pasquale Aiese (s)	6:44.52	East Germany Dirk Rendant (b) Mario Kliesch [de] (s)	6:44.70
M4+[9]	East Germany Frank Klawonn (b) Bernd Eichwurzel (2) Bernd Niesecke (3) Karsten Schmeling (s) Hendrik Reiher (c)	6:03.81	New Zealand Nigel Atherfold (b) Bruce Holden (2) Greg Johnston (3) Chris White (s) Andrew Bird (c)	6:05.77	United States Doug Burden (b) Chris Huntington (2) Kurt Bausback (3) John Walters (s) Jon Fish (c)	6:08.58
M4-[10]	United States Ted Swinford (b) Daniel Lyons (2) John Riley (3) Robert Espeseth (s)	6:03.53	West Germany Norbert Keßlau (b) Volker Grabow (2) Jörg Puttlitz (3) Guido Grabow (s)	6:03.63	East Germany Jörg Timmermann (b) Jens Luedecke (2) Ralf Brudel (3) Thomas-Robert Füting (s)	6:06.25
M8+[11]	Australia James Galloway (b) Malcolm Batten (2) Andrew Cooper (3) Mike McKay (4) Mark Doyle (5) James Tomkins (6) Ion Popa (7) Stephen Evans (s) Dale Caterson (c)	5:33.54	Soviet Union Veniamin But (b) Jonas Pinskus (2) Aleksander Voloshin (3) Mykola Komarov (4) Pavlo Hurkovskiy (5) Viktor Diduk (6) Viktor Omelyanovich (7) Zigmantas Gudauskas (s) Hryhoriy Dmytrenko (c)	5:37.61	United States Jonathan Kissick (b) John Smith (2) Thomas Kiefer (3) David Krmpotich (4) John Terwilliger (5) Edward Ives (6) Kevin Still (7) Andrew Sudduth (s) Mark Zembsch (c)	5:38.20
Men's lightweight events
LM1x[12]	Australia Peter Antonie	7:18.10	Denmark Bjarne Eltang	7:18.12	United States Glenn Florio	7:20.87
LM2x[13]	Great Britain Allan Whitwell (b) Carl Smith (s)	6:41.73	France Luc Crispon (b) Thierry Renault (s)	6:44.76	Canada Rob Haag (b) Cam Harvey (s)	6:45.46
LM4-[14]	Italy Franco Pantano (b) Dario Longhin (2) Nerio Gainotti (3) Mauro Torta (s)	6:18.26	Great Britain Christopher Bates (b) Peter Haining (2) Neil Staite (3) Stuart Forbes (s)	6:20.79	Spain Fernando Molina Castillo (b) José María de Marco Pérez (2) Carlos Muniesa (3) Alberto Molina Castillo (s)	6:21.68
LM8+[15]	Italy Maurizio Losi (b) Michele Savoia (2) Vittorio Torcellan (3) Massimo Lana (4) Stefano Spremberg (5) Carlo Gaddi (6) Andrea Re (7) Fabrizio Ravasi (s) Massimo Di Deco (c)	5:44.63	West Germany Thomas Güntermann (b) Udo Hennig (2) Detlef Glitsch (3) Harald Galster (4) Alwin Otten (5) Frank Rogall (6) Andreas Hobler (7) Wolfgang Birkner (s) Torsten Kreis (c)	5:46.58	Denmark Jørn Jørgensen (b) Kim Hagsted (2) Morten Espersen (3) Leif Jacobsen (4) Michael Sørensen (5) Flemming Jensen (6) Vagn Nielsen (7) Bent Fransson (s) Stephen Masters (c)	5:50.05

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x[16]	East Germany Jutta Hampe	7:29.60	Bulgaria Magdalena Georgieva	7:32.22	Soviet Union Antonina Dumcheva	7:35.08
W2x[17]	East Germany Sylvia Schwabe (b) Beate Schramm (s)	6:57.71	Romania Veronica Cogeanu (b) Elisabeta Lipă (s)	7:00.96	New Zealand Robin Clarke (b) Stephanie Foster (s)	7:03.35
W4x[18]	East Germany Kerstin Pieloth (b) Birgit Peter (2) Kerstin Hinze (3) Jana Sorgers (s)	6:13.91	Romania Anișoara Bălan (b) Doina Robu (2) Anișoara Sorohan (3) Maricica Țăran (s)	6:20.56	Netherlands Marijke Zeekant (b) Marjan Pentenga (2) Nicolette Wessel (3) Jos Compaan (s)	6:24.85
W2-[19]	Romania Rodica Arba (b) Olga Homeghi (s)	7:12.20	Soviet Union Galina Stepanova (b) Marina Pegova (s)	7:17.06	East Germany Kathrin Haacker (b) Martina Walther (s)	7:18.84
W4+[20]	Romania Doina Bălan (b) Marioara Trașcă (2) Chira Stoean (3) Lucia Sauca (s) Viorica Ioja (c)	6:43.86	East Germany Kerstin Spittler (b) Beatrix Schröer (2) Corinna Scheid (3) Carola Lichey (s) Sylvia Müller (c)	6:48.46	Canada Jane Tregunno (b) Jennifer Walinga (2) Christina Clarke (3) Tricia Smith (s) Lesley Thompson-Willie (c)	6:51.27
W8+[21]	Soviet Union Elena Tereshina (b) Marina Suprun (2) Saria Sakirova (3) Olena Pukhaieva (4) Marina Znak (5) Irina Teterina (6) Lidiya Averyanova (7) Vida Cesiūnaitė (s) Valentina Khokhlova (c)	6:08.76	East Germany Gerlinde Doberschütz (b) Anett Devantier (2) Kathrin Dienstbier (3) Ute Stange (4) Anja Kluge (5) Carola Hornig (6) Annekathrin Fercho (7) Ute Wild (s) Daniela Neunast (c)	6:09.77	Romania Mihaela Armășescu (b) Camelia Diaconescu (2) Carolina Matei (3) Adriana Chelariu (4) Veronica Necula (5) Livia Țicanu (6) Florica Lavric (7) Herta Anitaș (s) Mariana Dorobantu (c)	6:11.26
Women's lightweight events
LW1x[22]	Romania Maria Sava	7:33.28	Belgium Rita Defauw	7:35.24	United States Angela Herron	7:37.11
LW2x[23]	United States Christine Ernst (b) Carey Sands-Marden (s)	7:17.13	Great Britain Gillian Bond (b) Carol Ann Wood (s)  Netherlands Karin Hommers (b) Ellen Meliesie (s)	7:19.12	tie for second place
LW4-[24]	United States Carolyn Mehaffey (b) Sandy Kendall (2) Mandy Kowal (3) Anne Martin (s)	6:53.92	Great Britain Alexa Forbes (b) Gillian Hodges (2) Lin Clark (3) Judith Burne (s)	6:56.36	West Germany Claudia Engels (b) Ute Zobeley (2) Sonja Petri (3) Evelyn Herwegh [de] (s)	6:56.64