The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991^[1] in Vienna, Austria.^[2] The regatta was held on the New Danube.^[1]

Medal summary

The finals were raced on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 August.^[3]

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
M1x	Germany Thomas Lange	6:41.29	Czechoslovakia Václav Chalupa	6:45.26	Poland Kajetan Broniewski	6:48.91
M2x	Netherlands Nico Rienks Henk-Jan Zwolle	6:06.14	Soviet Union Uģis Lasmanis Leonid Shaposhnikov	6:07.49	Germany Oliver Grüner André Steiner	6:08.36
M4x	Soviet Union Valeriy Dosenko Sergey Kinyakin Mykola Chupryna Ģirts Vilks	6:08.39	Italy Alessandro Corona Gianluca Farina Massimo Paradiso Filippo Soffici	6:11.21	Netherlands Rutger Arisz Koos Maasdijk Hans Keldermann Ronald Florijn	6:13.03
M2+	Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua	7:34.39	Poland Piotr Basta Tomasz Mruczkowski Bartosz Sroga	7:35.83	Czechoslovakia Michal Dalecký Dušan Macháček Oldřich Hejdušek	7:38.02
M2-	Great Britain Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent	6:21.35	Yugoslavia Iztok Čop Denis Žvegelj	6:24.18	Austria Hermann Bauer Karl Sinzinger Jr	6:24.51
M4+	Germany Armin Eichholz Bahne Rabe Matthias Ungemach Armin Weyrauch Jörg Dedering	5:58.96	Romania Dănuț Dobre Dragoș Neagu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Dumitru Răducanu	6:00.29	Poland Wojciech Jankowski Maciej Łasicki Jacek Streich Tomasz Tomiak Michał Cieślak	6:01.30
M4-	Australia Andrew Cooper Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins	6:29.69	United States Thomas Bohrer Patrick Manning Jeffrey McLaughlin Michael Porterfield	6:32.22	Germany Markus Bräuer Andreas Lütkefels Stefan Scholz Markus Vogt	6:34.43
M8+	Germany[4] Martin Steffes-Mies Dirk Balster Claas-Peter Fischer Thorsten Streppelhoff Jürgen Hecht [de] Wolfgang Klapheck Ansgar Wessling Roland Baar Manfred Klein	5:50.98	Canada Darren Barber Andy Crosby Robert Bob Marland Derek Porter Michael Mike Rascher Bruce Robertson Don Telfer John Wallace Terrence Paul	5:51.68	Great Britain Martin Cross Tim Foster Anton Obholzer Richard Phelps Greg Searle Jonny Searle Jonny Singfield Richard Stanhope Garry Herbert	5:52.74
Men's lightweight events
LM1x	Ireland Niall O'Toole	6:49.17	Germany Peter Uhrig	6:49.96	Belgium Wim Van Belleghem	6:52.26
LM2x	Germany Michael Buchheit Kai von Warburg	6:20.04	Austria Walter Rantasa Christoph Schmölzer	6:25.29	Netherlands Jan van Bekkum Daan Boddeke	6:26.22
LM4x[5]	Australia Simon Burgess Gary Lynagh Bruce Hick Stephen Hawkins	6:37.02	Sweden Joakim Brischewski Bo Ekros Lars-Johan Flodin Per Lundberg	6:37.25	France Roland Gaillac Patrick Maiore Laurent Porchier Thierry Renault	6:38.02
LM4-	Great Britain Christopher Bates Toby Hessian Tom Kay Carl Smith	5:57.60	Italy Sabino Bellomo Franco Cattaneo Danilo Fraquelli Alfredo Striani	5:58.61	Spain Juan Luis Aguierre Barco Fernando Climent José María de Marco Pérez Fernando Molina Castillo	6:00.85
LM8+	Italy Enrico Barbaranelli Domenico Cantoni Carlo Gaddi Pasquale Marigliano Fabrizio Ranieri Fabrizio Ravasi Andrea Re Roberto Romanini Gaetano Iannuzzi	6:13.21	France Stéphane Barré Sebastien Bel Bruno Boucher Stéphane Guerinot Laurent Irazusta Benoit Masson Antoine Orieux Jose Oyarzabal Philippe Spinelli	6:13.40	United States Eduardo Montalvo Tom Hartley Robert Hermann Brian Varga David Collins Dale Hurley Tom Auth James Manson Michael O'Gorman	6:15.25

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
W1x	Canada Silken Laumann	8:17.58	Romania Elisabeta Lipă	8:20.53	Belgium Annelies Bredael	8:21.96
W2x	Germany Kathrin Boron Beate Schramm	6:44.71	Romania Anișoara Dobre-Bălan Elisabeta Lipă	6:46.40	Soviet Union Ekaterina Khadatovich Sariya Zakyrova	6:47.36
W4x	Germany Kerstin Köppen Claudia Krüger Sybille Schmidt Jana Sorgers	6:55.85	Soviet Union Yelena Khloptseva Mariya Omelianovych Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Mira Vaganova	7:00.37	Romania Constanța Burcică Anișoara Dobre-Bălan Doina Ignat Fanica Costea	7:04.86
W2-	Canada Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	6:57.42	Germany Stefani Werremeier Ingeburg Althoff	6:59.55	Great Britain Miriam Batten Fiona Freckleton	7:02.28
W4-	Canada Kirsten Barnes Jennifer Doey Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor	6:25.47	United States Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson Anna Seaton	6:27.39	Germany Kathrin Haacker Gebriele Mehl Cerstin Petersmann Judith Ungemach-Zeidler	6:30.30
W8+	Canada Kirsten Barnes Megan Delehanty Jennifer Doey Kathleen Heddle Kelly Mahon Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson-Willie	6:28.20	Soviet Union Irina Gribko Marina Suprun Nataliya Grigoryeva Ekaterina Kotko Olga Smetannikova Sarmīte Stone Marina Znak Elena Medvedeva Nataliya Stasyuk	6:28.73	Romania Doina Snep Adriana Chelariu-Bazon Iulia Bobeica Veronica Cochela Marioara Curela Viorica Neculai Maria Padurariu Doina Ciucanu-Robu Elena Georgescu	6:34.07
Women's lightweight events
LW1x	New Zealand Philippa Baker	7:29.99	Netherlands Laurien Vermulst	7:32.41	Denmark Mette Bloch Jensen	7:33.17
LW2x	Germany Claudia Waldi Christiane Weber	7:58.53	United States Lindsay Burns Teresa Zarzeczny	8:00.16	Denmark Elisabeth Fraas Ulla Jensen	8:06.32
LW4-	China Li Fei Liang Sanmei Liao Xiaoli Ou Shaoyan	7:37.06	Great Britain Alison Brownless Katharine Brownlow Anna Marie Dryden Claire Davies	7:41.15	United States Christine Collins Ellen Minzner Alison Shaw Kelly Sherman	7:43.99

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	7	2	3	12
2	Canada	4	1	0	5
3	Italy	2	2	0	4
4	Great Britain	2	1	2	5
5	Australia	2	0	0	2
6	Soviet Union	1	3	1	5
7	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
8	China	1	0	0	1
	Ireland	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
11	Romania	0	3	2	5
	United States	0	3	2	5
13	Poland	0	1	2	3
14	Austria	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
17	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
19	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Denmark	0	0	2	2
21	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66