1980 World Rowing Championships


The 1980 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held in August 1980 at Hazewinkel in Belgium. Since 1980 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include the 14 Olympic classes scheduled for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Only the four lightweight men's event formed part of the competition, and all finals were raced on 16 August.

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1980 World Rowing Championships were:

Men's lightweight events

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
LM1x
Christian-Georg Warlich		07:00.94
William Belden		07:06.32
José Antonio Montosa Ortega		07:08.80
LM2x
Francesco Esposito
Ruggero Verroca		06:29.18
Scott Roop
Lawrence Klecatsky		06:31.10
Kurt Steiner
Reto Wyss		06:33.44
LM4-
Graham Gardiner
Charles Bartlett
Clyde Hefer
Simon Gillett		06:12.35
Mogens Rasmussen Juul
Søren Christensen
Jan Christensen
Kim Hagsted		06:23.75
Antony Richardson
Andrew Cusack
Duncan Innes
Colin Cusack		06:25.76
LM8+
Colin Barratt
David Hosking
Robert Downie
Nicholas Howe
Peter Zeun
Clive Roberts
Nigel Read
Stephen Simpole
Simon Jefferies 		05:42.76
Bernard Gronchi
Thierry Farelle
Bertrand Razat
Serge Grenier
Jean-François Razat
Gerard Avril
Maxime Mantovani
Laurent Fritsch
Bertrand Le Cossec 		05:45.62
Felix Alonso Muñoz
Carlos Sáez Bernardos
José Marti Miranda
Francisco Goicoechea García
Luis Arteaga Leon
José Rojí
Angel Sáez Bernardos
Fernando Climent
Javier Sabriá 		05:45.87