2011 World Rowing Championships

The 2011 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 28 August to 4 September 2011 at Lake Bled, adjoining the Slovenian city of Bled.^[1] The annual week-long rowing regatta is organized by World Rowing Federation (FISA), and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic Games years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar, and in the year prior to the Olympics it is the main qualification event for the following year's Olympics.

2011 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Bled
Location	Bled, Slovenia
Dates	28 August to 4 September
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Medal summary

Men's events

  Non-Olympic classes

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
M1x[2]	New Zealand Mahé Drysdale	6:39.56	Czech Republic Ondřej Synek	6:40.05	Great Britain Alan Campbell	6:44.86
M2x[3]	New Zealand Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	6:10.76	Germany Hans Gruhne Stephan Krüger	6:10.82	France Cédric Berrest Julien Bahain	6:14.31
M4x[4]	Australia Chris Morgan James McRae Karsten Forsterling Daniel Noonan	5:39.31	Germany Karl Schulze Philipp Wende Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann	5:39.56	Croatia David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković	5:42.82
M2-[5]	New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6:14.77	Great Britain Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge	6:16.27	Italy Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	6:21.33
M4-[6]	Great Britain Matt Langridge Richard Egington Tom James Alex Gregory	5:55.18	Greece Stergios Papachristos Ioannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas Ioannis Christou	5:57.20	Australia Samuel Loch Drew Ginn Nicholas Purnell Josh Dunkley-Smith	5:58.44
M2+[7]	Italy Vincenzo Capelli Pierpaolo Frattini Niccolò Fanchi	6:56.45	Australia Will Lockwood James Chapman David Webster	6:58.20	Canada Kevin Light Steven Van Knotsenburg Brian Price	7:00.76
M8+[8]	Germany Gregor Hauffe Andreas Kuffner Eric Johannesen Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Lukas Müller Florian Mennigen Kristof Wilke Martin Sauer	5:28.81	Great Britain Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell Cameron Nichol James Foad Alex Partridge Moe Sbihi Greg Searle Tom Ransley Daniel Ritchie Phelan Hill	5:30.83	Canada Gabriel Bergen Andrew Byrnes Jeremiah Brown Douglas Csima Malcolm Howard Conlin McCabe Robert Gibson Will Crothers Brian Price	5:31.18
Men's lightweight events
LM1x[9]	Denmark Henrik Stephansen	6:54.73	Italy Pietro Ruta	7:01.54	New Zealand Duncan Grant	7:03.30
LM2x[10]	Great Britain Zac Purchase Mark Hunter	6:18.67	New Zealand Storm Uru Peter Taylor	6:19.01	Italy Lorenzo Bertini Elia Luini	6:21.33
LM4x[11]	Italy Francesco Rigon Daniele Gilardoni Franco Sancassani Stefano Basalini	6:00.95	Germany Michael Wieler Stefan Wallat Jonas Schützeberg Ingo Voigt	6:01.08	Denmark Steffen Jensen Martin Batenburg Christian Nielsen Hans Christian Sørensen	6:02.81
LM2-[12]	Great Britain Peter Chambers Kieren Emery	6:27.30	Italy Luca De Maria Armando Dell'Aquila	6:28.59	Germany Bastian Seibt Lars Wichert	6:29.05
LM4-[13]	Australia Anthony Edwards Samuel Beltz Ben Cureton Todd Skipworth	5:55.10	Italy Daniele Danesin Andrea Caianiello Marcello Miani Martino Goretti	5:56.33	Great Britain Richard Chambers Chris Bartley Paul Mattick Rob Williams	5:57.33
LM8+[14]	Australia Thomas Bertrand Ross Brown Blair Tunevitsch Thomas Gibson Alister Foot Roderick Chisholm Nicholas Baker Darryn Purcell David Webster	5:44.57	Italy Luigi Scala Fabrizio Gabriele Davide Riccardi Gianluca Santi Livio La Padula Catello Amarante Jiri Vlcek Giorgio Tuccinardi Gianluca Barattolo	5:44.73	Denmark Lasse Dittmann Daniel Graff Anders Hansen Jens Vilhelmsen Thorbjørn Patscheider Jacob Larsen Christian Pedersen Martin Kristensen Emil Blach	5:46.75

Women's events

  Non-Olympic classes

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
W1x[15]	Czech Republic Miroslava Knapková	7:26.64	Belarus Ekaterina Karsten	7:28.68	New Zealand Emma Twigg	7:30.68
W2x[16]	Great Britain Anna Watkins Katherine Grainger	6:44.73	Australia Kerry Hore Kim Crow	6:45.98	New Zealand Fiona Paterson Anna Reymer	6:46.74
W4x[17]	Germany Julia Richter Tina Manker Stephanie Schiller Britta Oppelt	6:18.37	United States Stesha Carle Natalie Dell Adrienne Martelli Megan Kalmoe	6:19.90	New Zealand Sarah Gray Louise Trappitt Fiona Bourke Eve MacFarlane	6:23.33
W2-[18]	New Zealand Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown	6:58.16	Great Britain Helen Glover Heather Stanning	6:58.24	Australia Sarah Tait Kate Hornsey	7:03.98
W4-[19]	United States Sarah Zelenka Kara Kohler Emily Regan Sara Hendershot	6:30.30	Australia Peta White Renee Chatterton Pauline Frasca Kate Hornsey	6:31.18	Netherlands Wianka van Dorp Olivia van Rooijen Ellen Hogerwerf Femke Dekker	6:34.06
W8+[20]	United States Esther Lofgren Susan Francia Meghan Musnicki Taylor Ritzel Jamie Redman Amanda Polk Caroline Lind Elle Logan Mary Whipple	6:03.65	Canada Janine Hanson Rachelle Viinberg Natalie Mastracci Cristy Nurse Krista Guloien Ashley Brzozowicz Darcy Marquardt Andréanne Morin Lesley Thompson	6:04.39	Great Britain Alison Knowles Jo Cook Jessica Eddie Louisa Reeve Natasha Page Lindsey Maguire Katie Greves Victoria Thornley Caroline O'Connor	6:06.03
Women's lightweight events
LW1x[21]	Brazil Fabiana Beltrame	7:44.58	Switzerland Pamela Weisshaupt	7:48.24	Germany Lena Müller	7:50.44
LW2x[22]	Greece Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou	6:59.80	Canada Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee	7:03.46	Great Britain Hester Goodsell Sophie Hosking	7:04.33
LW4x[23]	Great Britain Stephanie Cullen Imogen Walsh Kathryn Twyman Andrea Dennis	6:28.14	China Pan Dandan Tang Chanjuan Liu Jing Yan Xiaohua	6:30.41	United States Hillary Saeger Nicole Dinion Lindsey Hochman Katherine Robinson	6:33.91

Adaptive events

  Non-Paralympic class

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
ASW1x[24]	Ukraine Alla Lysenko	5:39.52	France Nathalie Benoit	5:41.39	Israel Moran Samuel	5:49.97
ASM1x[25]	Great Britain Tom Aggar	4:58.01	Russia Alexey Chuvashev	5:00.09	Australia Erik Horrie	5:04.75
TAMix2x[26]	China Lou Xiaoxian Fei Tianming	4:01.81	France Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu	4:02.98	Australia John Maclean Kathryn Ross	4:05.13
IDMix4+[27]	Hong Kong Wang Sin Liu King Shan Lam Tung Chun Szeto Kwok Man Tsui Tsz Wai Chan	3:51.08	Germany Clara von der Gruen Paula Hamann Fabian Neitzel Maximilian Kunze Florian Schaefer	4:01.12	Italy Giorgia Indelicato Elisabetta Tieghi Luca Varesano Francesco Borsani Federico Zoppi	4:01.41
LTAMix4+[28]	Great Britain Pam Relph Naomi Riches David Smith James Roe Lily van den Broecke	3:27.10	Canada Anthony Theriault David Blair Victoria Nolan Meghan Montgomery Laura Comeau	3:31.84	Germany Anke Molkenthin Christiane Quirin Martin Lossau Michael Schulz Katrin Splitt	3:33.27

Medal table

Men's & women's events

Place	Nation				Total
1	Great Britain	5	3	4	12
2	New Zealand	4	1	4	9
3	Australia	3	3	2	8
4	Italy	2	4	2	8
5	Germany	2	3	2	7
6	United States	2	1	1	4
7	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
	Greece	1	1	0	2
9	Denmark	1	0	2	3
10	Brazil	1	0	0	1
11	Canada	0	2	2	4
12	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
15	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

Adaptive events

Place	Nation				Total
1	Great Britain	2	0	0	2
2	China	1	0	0	1
	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
5	France	0	2	0	2
6	Germany	0	1	1	2
7	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
9	Australia	0	0	2	2
10	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	5	15