2018 World Rowing Championships
International rowing event
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The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the World Rowing Championships held at the regatta course in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event was held from 9 to 16 September. Events held were men and women's open class, lightweight class, and para-rowing.[2]
Prior FISA regattas that had been held in Plovdiv include the 1999 and 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships, and the 2011 European Rowing Championships.[3]
The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the first world rowing championships where the number of men’s and women’s events was equal. The world governing body made that decision in 2017.[4]
Host selection
During 2013, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships. In April 2013, a committee of International Rowing Federation (FISA) officials visited the city in Florida and they went to Plovdiv the following month. It was then noted that Plovdiv had hosted the 2012 World Rowing Championships and that the bid documentation for 2017 had not been finalised.[5] Before the next FISA congress, the bid from Plovdiv was changed to apply for the 2018 hosting rights.[6] At the FISA congress held on 2 September 2013, hosting rights were assigned by unanimous decision for World Rowing Championships to Sarasota for 2017, Plovdiv for 2018, and Plovdiv for the 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships.[7]
Medal summary
Rowing
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  United States | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Australia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 |  New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (27 entries) | 20 | 20 | 19 | 59 | |
Para rowing
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |
Men's events
Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes
Women's events
Para
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Para-rowing events | ||||||
| PR1M1x[28] |
Erik Horrie Australia | 9:16.90 | Roman Polianskyi Ukraine | 9:17.36 | Alexey Chuvashev Russia | 9:35.33 |
| PR2M1x[29] |
Corne de Koning Netherlands | 8:35.89 | Jeremy Hall Canada | 8:42.46 | Daniele Stefanoni Italy | 8:52.08 |
| PR3M2−[30] |
Canada Kyle Fredrickson Andrew Todd | 7:12.82 | Australia James Talbot Jed Altschwager | 7:23.96 | France Jérôme Pailler Laurent Viala | 7:29.08 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Para-rowing events | ||||||
| PR1W1x[31] |
Norway Birgit Skarstein | 10:13.63 | Israel Moran Samuel | 11:02.06 | United States Hallie Smith | 11:17.56 |
| PR2W1x[32] |
Perle Bouge France | 9:39.73 | Annika van der Meer Netherlands | 9:45.52 | Jolanta Majka Poland | 9:58.52 |
| PR3W2−[33] |
United States Danielle Hansen Jaclyn Smith | 7:39.30 | not awarded as only 1 boat competed | |||
Mixed pararowing events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR2Mix2x[34] |
Netherlands Annika van der Meer Corné de Koning | 8:07.92 | Poland Michał Gadowski Jolanta Majka | 8:12.60 | Ukraine Svitlana Bohuslavska Iaroslav Koiuda | 8:20.61 |
| PR3Mix2x[35] |
Brazil Diana Barcelos Jairo Klug | 7:30.82 | Austria Johanna Beyer David Erkinger | 7:42.68 | Russia Evgenii Borisov Valentina Zhagot | 7:49.93 |
| PR3Mix4+[36] |
Great Britain Ellen Buttrick Grace Clough Oliver Stanhope Daniel Brown Erin Wysocki-Jones (c) | 7:00.36 | United States Alexandra Reilly Michael Varro Charley Nordin Danielle Hansen Jennifer Sichel (c) | 7:02.13 | France Élodie Lorandi Guylaine Marchand Rémy Taranto Antoine Jesel Robin Le Barreau (c) | 7:04.93 |
Event codes
| Single sculls | Double sculls | Quadruple sculls | Coxless pair | Coxless four | Coxed pair | Coxed four | Eight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | M1x[8] | M2x[9] | M4x[10] | M2−[11] | M4−[12] | M8+ [13] | ||
| Lightweight men's | LM1x[14] | LM2x[15] | LM4x[16] | LM2−[17] | ||||
| PR1 men's | PR1M1x[28] | |||||||
| PR2 men's | PR2M1x[29] | |||||||
| PR3 men's | PR3M2−[30] | |||||||
| Women's | W1x[18] | W2x[19] | W4x[20] | W2−[21] | W4−[22] | W8+ [23] | ||
| Lightweight women's | LW1x[24] | LW2x[25] | LW4x[26] | LW2−[27] | ||||
| PR1 women's | PR1W1x[31] | |||||||
| PR2 women's | PR2W1x[32] | |||||||
| PR3 women's | PR3W2−[33] | |||||||
| PR2 mixed | PR2Mix2x[34] | |||||||
| PR3 mixed | PR3Mix2x[35] | PR3Mix4+ [36] |
- Para-rowing classification — PR1: arms & shoulders, PR2: trunk & arms, PR3: legs, trunk, arms