1980 World Rowing Championships

1980 World Rowing Championships
Venue Hazewinkel
Location Heindonk, Willebroek, Belgium
Dates 16 August

The 9th World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held in August 1980 at Hazewinkel in Belgium.[1] 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: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
LM1x[2]  West Germany 07:00.94  United States 07:06.32  Spain 07:08.80
LM2x[3]  Italy 06:29.18  United States 06:31.10   Switzerland 06:33.44
LM4-[4]  Australia 06:12.35  Denmark 06:23.75  Great Britain 06:25.76
LM8+[5]  Great Britain 05:42.76  France 05:45.62  Spain 05:45.87

References

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