The 1980 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held in August 1980 at Hazewinkel in Heindonk, 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 Christian-Georg Warlich |
07:00.94 |  United States William Belden |
07:06.32 |  Spain José Antonio Montosa Ortega |
07:08.80 |
| LM2x[3] |  Italy Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca |
06:29.18 | United States Scott Roop Lawrence Klecatsky |
06:31.10 |  Switzerland Kurt Steiner Reto Wyss |
06:33.44 |
| LM4-[4] |  Australia Graham Gardiner Charles Bartlett Clyde Hefer Simon Gillett |
06:12.35 |  Denmark Mogens Rasmussen Juul Søren Christensen Jan Christensen Kim Hagsted |
06:23.75 |  Great Britain Antony Richardson Andrew Cusack Duncan Innes Colin Cusack |
06:25.76 |
| LM8+[5] | Great Britain Colin Barratt David Hosking Robert Downie Nicholas Howe Peter Zeun Clive Roberts Nigel Read Stephen Simpole Simon Jefferies (cox) |
05:42.76 |  France Bernard Gronchi Thierry Farelle Bertrand Razat Serge Grenier Jean-François Razat Gerard Avril Maxime Mantovani Laurent Fritsch Bertrand Le Cossec (cox) |
05:45.62 | Spain Felix Alonso Muñoz Carlos Sáez Bernardos José Marti Miranda Francisco Goicoechea García Luis Arteaga Leon José Rojí Angel Sáez Bernardos Fernando Climent Javier Sabriá (cox) |
05:45.87 |
References
- ^ "1980 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "(LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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