11 September 2023
The World Championships concluded yesterday on the Ada Ciganlija Regatta course in Belgrade, Serbia. The Netherlands topped the medal table with six gold and three silvers medals. Second came Great Britain with six golds, one silver and two bronze medals.
At these championships, Olympic boat classes qualified for the 2024 Games in Paris.
Here are the medal winners:
LM1X – Lightweight Men’ Single Sculls
Switzerland, Italy, Poland
LW1X – Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls
Ireland, Mexico, USA
PR2 Men’s Single Sculls
The Netherlands, Italy, Germany
PR3 Mix Double Sculls
Australia, USA, France
LM2- – Lightweight Men’s Pair
Italy, Hungary
LW2- – Lightweight Women’s Pair
Italy, Germany
LM4x – Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Italy, Germany
PR3 Men’s Pair
Ukraine
PR2 Women’s Single Sculls
Ukraine
PR2 Mixed Double Sculls
Great Britain, China, Poland
PR3 Mixed 4+ Coxed Four
Great Britain, USA, Germany
W2- – Women’s Pair
Netherlands, Australia, Romania
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Romania, Ireland, Chile, Australia, Netherlands, USA, Greece, Spain, Great Britain, Lithuania, Czech Republic
M2- – Men’s Pair
Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Great Britain, Switzerland, USA, Romania, Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Croatia
LW2x – Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls
Great Britain, USA, Romania
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Great Britain, Romania, China, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Ireland
LM2x – Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls
Ireland, Switzerland, Italy
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Ireland, Czech Republic, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Mexico
W4- – Women’s Four
Netherlands, Romania, Great Britain
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Netherlands, Romania, Australia, Great Britain, USA, China, New Zealand
M4- – Men’s Four
Great Britain, USA, New Zealand
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: USA, Netherlands, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Romania
W4x – Women’s Quadruple Sculls
Great Britain, Netherlands, China
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Netherlands, China, Romania, Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Germany
M4x – Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Netherlands, Italy, Poland
Boats qualified for Paris 2024: Poland, Netherlands, Germany, Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland, Romania
PR1 M1x Men’s Single Sculls
Ukraine, Italy, Great Britain
Boats qualified for Paris: Italy, Ukraine, Israel, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Uzbekistan
PR1 W1x Women’s Single Sculls
Norway, France, Ukraine
Boats qualified for Paris: Israel, Norway, France, China, Ukraine, Germany, Brazil
M2x – Men’s Double Sculls
Netherlands, Croatia, Ireland
Boats qualified for Paris: Netherlands, Italy, China, Croatia, Ireland, Spain, Romania, Germany, Norway, France, New Zealand
W2x – Women’s Double Sculls
Romania, Lithuania, USA
Boats qualified for Paris: USA, Ireland, France, Romania, Lithuania, New Zealand, Italy, Australia, Norway, China, Netherlands
W8+ – Women’s Eight
Romania, USA, Australia
Boats qualified for Paris: Romania, Australia, USA, Great Britain, Canada
M1x – Men’s Single Sculls
Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand
Boats qualified for Paris: Germany, Greece, Croatia, Netherlands, Denmark, New Zealand, Japan, Lithuania
W1x – Women’s Single Sculls
Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia
Boats qualified for Paris: Netherlands, New Zealand, Bulgaria, USA, Australia, Lithuania, Austria, Germany, Serbia
M8+ – Men’s Eight
Great Britain, Netherlands, Australia
Boats qualified for Paris: Great Britain, Netherlands, Australia, Romania, Germany
Hear The Boat Sing 
Two questions:
Where were all the USA crews at this regatta?
Why, out of all the former Warsaw Pact countries, are Rumania so successful at Rowing?
Lionel, regarding your second question, why Romania is so successful, I really don’t know. Regarding your first question about the USA, this is what USRowing, the governing body of rowing in the USA, write on their website today:
“In total, the U.S. won seven medals and qualified 10 boats for Paris (eight Olympic and two Paralympic) over the eight-day regatta. The U.S. finished fourth in total medals. The U.S. won silver in the women’s eight, PR3 mixed double sculls, PR3 mixed four with coxswain, lightweight women’s double sculls, and men’s four, as well as bronze in the women’s double sculls and lightweight women’s single sculls.
“The U.S. qualified the women’s single sculls, women’s double sculls, lightweight women’s double sculls, women’s pair, men’s pair, men’s four, women’s four, and women’s eight for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as well as the PR3 mixed double sculls and the PR3 mixed four with coxswain for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.”
It’s not that bad, I think.
Göran
Thank you , Goran, for that quote from the US governing body of rowing.
I wonder if anyone from the Romanian governing body of rowing reads HTBS and would care to answer my second question?
Lionel, I do see that, now and then, HTBS has some readers from Romania, but unfortunately, they are few and far between. Romania’s greatest rower, Elisabeta Lipa, was for some years the Minister for Youth and Sport, and she is still the President of the Romanian Rowing Federation. What better role model can you have leading the sport of rowing in your country? / Göran
Three other para events had qualification for Paris; not just the 2 singles events.